"-ies" meaning in Latin

See -ies in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [i.eːs] [Classical-Latin], [i.es] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Italic *-jēs; according to Steinbauer, from hysterokinetic Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s ~ *-ih₂és. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*-jēs<id:noun>|id=noun|pos=suffix|title=-iēs}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-iēs", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="noun" data-lang="la" data-title="-iēs" id="Latin:_noun">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-jēs|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Italic *-jēs, {{inh+|la|itc-pro|*-jēs}} Inherited from Proto-Italic *-jēs, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-yḗh₂s|*-yḗh₂s ~ *-ih₂és}} Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s ~ *-ih₂és Head templates: {{la-suffix-noun|-iēs<5>}} -iēs f (genitive -iēī); fifth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-iēs<5>}} Forms: -iēs [canonical, feminine], -iēī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -iēs [nominative, singular], -iēs [nominative, plural], -iēī [genitive, singular], -iērum [genitive, plural], -iēī [dative, singular], -iēbus [dative, plural], -iem [accusative, singular], -iēs [accusative, plural], -iē [ablative, singular], -iēbus [ablative, plural], -iēs [singular, vocative], -iēs [plural, vocative], -itiēs [alternative]
  1. Used to form an abstract noun, usually from the stem of an adjective or verb. Tags: declension-5, morpheme Synonyms: -ia, -tās Derived forms: -itiēs
    Sense id: en--ies-la-suffix-la:noun Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine suffixes in the fifth declension Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 3 22 27 2 0 20 10 3 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 91 9 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [i.eːs] [Classical-Latin], [i.es] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: -iēs [canonical], -iēns [alternative]
Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|id=adverb|pos=suffix}} Head templates: {{head|la|suffix|cat2=adverb-forming suffixes|head=-iēs}} -iēs
  1. Used to form frequency adverbs, usually from a number and having the meaning "N times" Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ies-la-suffix-la:adverb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "links": [
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          "-iēbus",
          "-iebus#Latin"
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      ]
    },
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    },
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          "-iē",
          "-ie#Latin"
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      ],
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      ]
    },
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          "-iēbus",
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      "word": "-ia"
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      "word": "-tās"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.