"-elis" meaning in Latin

See -elis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Head templates: {{la-suffix-adj|-ēlis}} -ēlis (neuter -ēle); third-declension two-termination suffix Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-ēlis}} Forms: -ēlis [canonical], -ēle [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ēlis [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], -ēle [neuter, nominative, singular], -ēlēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], -ēlia [neuter, nominative, plural], -ēlis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], -ēlium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], -ēlī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], -ēlibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ēlem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], -ēle [accusative, neuter, singular], -ēlīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], -ēlēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], -ēlia [accusative, neuter, plural], -ēlī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], -ēlibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ēlis [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], -ēle [neuter, singular, vocative], -ēlēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], -ēlia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (rare) alternative form of -ālis Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-3, morpheme, rare, suffix, two-termination Alternative form of: -ālis
    Sense id: en--elis-la-suffix-dzxF0VD~ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension suffixes of two terminations, Pages using catfix, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -ēlīs [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form|head=-ēlīs}} -ēlīs
  1. dative/ablative plural of -ēla Tags: ablative, dative, form-of, morpheme, plural Form of: -ēla
    Sense id: en--elis-la-suffix-YqPtB9PM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "form": "-ēlis",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēle",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēle",
          "-ele"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlis",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlis",
          "-elis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēle",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēle",
          "-ele#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlēs",
          "-eles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlia",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlia",
          "-elia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlis",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlis",
          "-elis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlium",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlium",
          "-elium#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        [
          "-ēlī",
          "-eli#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlibus",
          "-elibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlem",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlem",
          "-elem#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēle",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēle",
          "-ele#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlīs",
          "-elis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlēs",
          "-eles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlia",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlia",
          "-elia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlī",
          "-eli#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlibus",
          "-elibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlis",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlis",
          "-elis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēle",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēle",
          "-ele#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlēs",
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          "-ēlēs",
          "-eles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlia",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlia",
          "-elia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "-ēlis"
      },
      "expansion": "-ēlis (neuter -ēle); third-declension two-termination suffix",
      "name": "la-suffix-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "-ēlis"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        {
          "word": "-ālis"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "fidēs (“faith, trust”) + -ēlis → fidēlis (“faithful, loyal”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en--elis-la-suffix-dzxF0VD~",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ālis",
          "-alis#Latin"
        ]
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        "(rare) alternative form of -ālis"
      ],
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        "morpheme",
        "rare",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-elis"
}

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    {
      "form": "-ēlīs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "suffix form",
        "head": "-ēlīs"
      },
      "expansion": "-ēlīs",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "-ēla",
          "-ela#Latin"
        ]
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        "dative",
        "form-of",
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-elis"
}

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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin suffix forms",
    "Latin suffixes",
    "Latin third declension suffixes",
    "Latin third declension suffixes of two terminations",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
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          "-ēle",
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        ]
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          "-ēlis",
          "-elis#Latin"
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        [
          "-ēle",
          "-ele#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        [
          "-ēlia",
          "-elia#Latin"
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          "-ēlis",
          "-elis#Latin"
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          "-ēlium",
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          "-ēlī",
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    },
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      "form": "-ēlibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlibus",
          "-elibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "dative",
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        "neuter",
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      "form": "-ēlem",
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        [
          "-ēlem",
          "-elem#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
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        [
          "-ēle",
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      "form": "-ēlīs",
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        [
          "-ēlīs",
          "-elis#Latin"
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        "accusative",
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    },
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      "form": "-ēlēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlēs",
          "-eles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlia",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ēlia",
          "-elia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        [
          "-ēlī",
          "-eli#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "ablative",
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        "neuter",
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      "form": "-ēlibus",
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        [
          "-ēlibus",
          "-elibus#Latin"
        ]
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        "ablative",
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        [
          "-ēlis",
          "-elis#Latin"
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    },
    {
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          "-ēle",
          "-ele#Latin"
        ]
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        "singular",
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          "-ēlēs",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        [
          "-ēlia",
          "-elia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "-elis"
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