"acus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈa.kus/ [Classical], [ˈäkʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈa.kus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈäːkus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *akus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱus, from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Related to acuō (“sharpen, whet”) and aciēs (“edge”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro||*akus}} Proto-Italic *akus, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*h₂eḱus}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱus, {{m|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-||sharp}} *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), {{m|la|acuō||sharpen, whet}} acuō (“sharpen, whet”), {{m|la|aciēs||edge}} aciēs (“edge”) Head templates: {{la-noun|acus<4>|g=f}} acus f (genitive acūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|acus<4>}} Forms: acūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], acus [nominative, singular], acūs [nominative, plural], acūs [genitive, singular], acuum [genitive, plural], acuī [dative, singular], acibus [dative, plural], acum [accusative, singular], acūs [accusative, plural], acū [ablative, singular], acibus [ablative, plural], acus [singular, vocative], acūs [plural, vocative]
  1. a needle, a pin Tags: declension-4, feminine
    Sense id: en-acus-la-noun-la:pin Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the fourth declension, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the fourth declension: 28 37 35 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 14 24 29 33
  2. bodkin Tags: declension-4, feminine
    Sense id: en-acus-la-noun-nU90yABx Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the fourth declension, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the fourth declension: 28 37 35 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 14 24 29 33
  3. Alternative form of acus (“bran”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-4, feminine Alternative form of: acus (extra: bran)
    Sense id: en-acus-la-noun-wrp5rE1G Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves, Latin feminine nouns in the fourth declension, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the fourth declension: 28 37 35 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 14 24 29 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: acia, acula, aculeus, acuārius, acuō, acū pingō, acūcula, acūmen, aquifolium, foramen acūs, rem acū tetigistī, acū tetigistī

Noun

IPA: /ˈa.kus/ [Classical], [ˈäkʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈa.kus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈäːkus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *akos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱos (“tip, bristle; ear/blade of grain, awn, chaff”), from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Cognates include agna (“ear”) and Proto-Germanic *ahaz (“ear”), Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (> English awn), Ancient Greek ἄχυρον (ákhuron) (> Greek άχυρο (áchyro, “hay”)), and Tocharian B āke (“tip, peak, end”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*akos}} Proto-Italic *akos, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*h₂éḱos||tip, bristle; ear/blade of grain, awn, chaff}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱos (“tip, bristle; ear/blade of grain, awn, chaff”), {{m|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-|t=sharp}} *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), {{m|la|agna|t=ear}} agna (“ear”), {{cog|gem-pro|*ahaz|t=ear}} Proto-Germanic *ahaz (“ear”), {{cog|gem-pro|*aganō}} Proto-Germanic *aganō, {{m|gem-pro|*ahanō|t=chaff}} *ahanō (“chaff”), {{cog|en|awn}} English awn, {{cog|grc|ἄχυρον}} Ancient Greek ἄχυρον (ákhuron), {{cog|el|άχυρο|t=hay}} Greek άχυρο (áchyro, “hay”), {{cog|txb|āke||tip, peak, end}} Tocharian B āke (“tip, peak, end”) Head templates: {{la-noun|acus/acer<3>}} acus n (genitive aceris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|acus/acer<3>}} Forms: aceris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], acus [nominative, singular], acera [nominative, plural], aceris [genitive, singular], acerum [genitive, plural], acerī [dative, singular], aceribus [dative, plural], acus [accusative, singular], acera [accusative, plural], acere [ablative, singular], aceribus [ablative, plural], acus [singular, vocative], acera [plural, vocative]
  1. bran, awn, chaff Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: āplūda Derived forms: acerātus, acerōsus
    Sense id: en-acus-la-noun-la:bran Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 29 7 62 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 14 24 29 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "text": "Italian: ago"
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      "text": "Northern-Italo Romance:"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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          "_dis": "28 37 35",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "14 24 29 33",
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        "a needle, a pin"
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          "needle",
          "needle"
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        [
          "pin",
          "pin"
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        "feminine"
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          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        [
          "bodkin",
          "bodkin"
        ]
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        "feminine"
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          "extra": "bran",
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        }
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "ref": "4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De re rustica 2.14",
          "text": "nam sēmina excussa in āreā jacēbunt, superque eā paulātim eōdem modō reliquī fasciculī excutientur, ac dūrissimae quidem acūs rejectae sēparataeque erunt ā cūdentibus, minūtae vērō, quae dē siliquīs cum fabā resēderint, aliter sēcernentur."
        }
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        "Alternative form of acus (“bran”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-acus-la-noun-wrp5rE1G",
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          "acus",
          "acus#Latin:_bran"
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        "feminine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈäkʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "name": "m"
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    {
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "acere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "aceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "singular",
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    {
      "form": "acera",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "_dis": "2 29 7 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "14 24 29 33",
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          "parents": [],
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          "word": "acerātus"
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          "word": "acerōsus"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De agri cultura 54.2",
          "text": "sī fēnum non erit, frondem īligneam et hederāceam datō. paleās trīticeās et hordeāceās, acus fabāginum, viciam, vel dē lupīnō, item dē cēterīs frūgibus omnia condito."
        },
        {
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Res rusticae 1.52",
          "text": "īs trītīs oportet ē terrā subjectārī vallīs aut ventilābrīs, cum ventus spīrat lēnis. ita fit ut quod levissimum est in eō atque appellātur acus ēvannātur forās extrā āream ac frūmentum, quod est ponderōsum, pūrum veniat ad corbem."
        },
        {
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Res rusticae 1.57",
          "text": "parietēs et solum opere tēctōriō marmorātō lōrīcandī; sī minus, ex argillā mixtā acere ē frūmentō et amurcā, quod mūrem et vermem nōn patitur esse et grāna facit solidiōra ac firmiōra."
        },
        {
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Res rusticae 3.9.8",
          "text": "in cubīlibus, cum parturient, acus substernendum."
        }
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        "bran, awn, chaff"
      ],
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        [
          "bran",
          "bran"
        ],
        [
          "awn",
          "awn"
        ],
        [
          "chaff",
          "chaff"
        ]
      ],
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        "la:bran"
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        {
          "word": "āplūda"
        }
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        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäkʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acus"
}
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    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "acia"
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    {
      "word": "acula"
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    {
      "word": "aculeus"
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    {
      "word": "acuārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "acuō"
    },
    {
      "word": "acū pingō"
    },
    {
      "word": "acūcula"
    },
    {
      "word": "acūmen"
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    {
      "word": "aquifolium"
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    {
      "word": "foramen acūs"
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    {
      "word": "rem acū tetigistī"
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      "word": "acū tetigistī"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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      "name": "root"
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        "4": "sharpen, whet"
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      "name": "m"
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    {
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "edge"
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      "name": "m"
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        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "acus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acuum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acuī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "g": "f"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acus<4>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a needle, a pin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "needle",
          "needle"
        ],
        [
          "pin",
          "pin"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:pin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bodkin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bodkin",
          "bodkin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "bran",
          "word": "acus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Forms linking to themselves",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De re rustica 2.14",
          "text": "nam sēmina excussa in āreā jacēbunt, superque eā paulātim eōdem modō reliquī fasciculī excutientur, ac dūrissimae quidem acūs rejectae sēparataeque erunt ā cūdentibus, minūtae vērō, quae dē siliquīs cum fabā resēderint, aliter sēcernentur."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of acus (“bran”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acus",
          "acus#Latin:_bran"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "declension-4",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäkʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acus"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "acerātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "acerōsus"
    }
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*akos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *akos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂éḱos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "tip, bristle; ear/blade of grain, awn, chaff"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱos (“tip, bristle; ear/blade of grain, awn, chaff”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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        "t": "sharp"
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      "expansion": "*h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "agna",
        "t": "ear"
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      "expansion": "agna (“ear”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*ahaz",
        "t": "ear"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ahaz (“ear”)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*aganō"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aganō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*ahanō",
        "t": "chaff"
      },
      "expansion": "*ahanō (“chaff”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "awn"
      },
      "expansion": "English awn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἄχυρον"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄχυρον (ákhuron)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "άχυρο",
        "t": "hay"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek άχυρο (áchyro, “hay”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "āke",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tip, peak, end"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B āke (“tip, peak, end”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aceris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aceris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acus/acer<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "acus n (genitive aceris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acus/acer<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De agri cultura 54.2",
          "text": "sī fēnum non erit, frondem īligneam et hederāceam datō. paleās trīticeās et hordeāceās, acus fabāginum, viciam, vel dē lupīnō, item dē cēterīs frūgibus omnia condito."
        },
        {
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Res rusticae 1.52",
          "text": "īs trītīs oportet ē terrā subjectārī vallīs aut ventilābrīs, cum ventus spīrat lēnis. ita fit ut quod levissimum est in eō atque appellātur acus ēvannātur forās extrā āream ac frūmentum, quod est ponderōsum, pūrum veniat ad corbem."
        },
        {
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Res rusticae 1.57",
          "text": "parietēs et solum opere tēctōriō marmorātō lōrīcandī; sī minus, ex argillā mixtā acere ē frūmentō et amurcā, quod mūrem et vermem nōn patitur esse et grāna facit solidiōra ac firmiōra."
        },
        {
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Res rusticae 3.9.8",
          "text": "in cubīlibus, cum parturient, acus substernendum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bran, awn, chaff"
      ],
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        [
          "bran",
          "bran"
        ],
        [
          "awn",
          "awn"
        ],
        [
          "chaff",
          "chaff"
        ]
      ],
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        "la:bran"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "āplūda"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäkʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acus"
}

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