"ala" meaning in Latin

See ala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈaː.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂eḱs-}}, {{der|la|itc-pro|*aksis}} Proto-Italic *aksis, {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₂eḱs-|t=axis}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”) Head templates: {{la-noun|āla<1>}} āla f (genitive ālae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|āla<1>}} Forms: āla [canonical, feminine], ālae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], āla [nominative, singular], ālae [nominative, plural], ālae [genitive, singular], ālārum [genitive, plural], ālae [dative, singular], ālīs [dative, plural], ālam [accusative, singular], ālās [accusative, plural], ālā [ablative, singular], ālīs [ablative, plural], āla [singular, vocative], ālae [plural, vocative]
  1. a wing (appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly) Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-HRHdy6MT Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 12 16 14 15 14 14 16
  2. (anatomy) the armpit (the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder) Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-bbdnVZea Categories (other): Anatomy, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 12 16 14 15 14 14 16 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. (of an animal) shoulder blade, axilla (the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder) Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-qcqIG92~ Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 12 16 14 15 14 14 16
  4. (of a plant) the hollow where a limb joins the trunk of a tree Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-RbdqwWBg Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 12 16 14 15 14 14 16
  5. (architecture) wings, side halls or porches, waiting areas, colonnades, side apartments (side rooms off the main room, the side apartments on the right and left of a court) Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-8dpri3Pd Categories (other): Architecture, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 11 14 7 20 14 15 11 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 12 16 14 15 14 14 16 Topics: architecture
  6. (military) a wing (portion of an army, cavalry force (usually) deployed on an army's flank) Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-EOMNKQ6a Categories (other): Military, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 12 16 14 15 14 14 16 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  7. (transferred) wings (the members of a group placed along the perimeter) Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-4WbnQI6S Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 12 16 14 15 14 14 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ālar, ālārius, ālāte, ālātus, āles, āliger, ālipēs, ālipilus, ascella, axilla
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ˈaː.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: āla [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=āla}} āla
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ālum Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: ālum
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-rf5oCRVu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ālāte"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ālātus"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "āles"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "āliger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ālipilus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ascella"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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      "word": "ala"
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      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "nala"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "ñala"
    },
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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "esnala"
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      "word": "ala"
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      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "jal"
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      "word": "èglia"
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      "lang": "Friulian",
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      "lang_code": "sdn",
      "word": "ala"
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    {
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      "word": "aile"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "word": "á"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "word": "á"
        }
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      "lang_code": "roa-opt",
      "word": "aa"
    },
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      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "ala"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "ela"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "aba"
    },
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      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "ala"
    },
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      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "àua"
    },
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      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "lang_code": "sdc",
      "word": "ara"
    },
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      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "ala"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "ala"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "ała"
    },
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      "word": "ala"
    },
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      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ali-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "alo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ala"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "word": "ala"
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      },
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      "name": "root"
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).",
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      "form": "āla",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ālae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "ālārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
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    }
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    }
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 16 14 15 14 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
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      "glosses": [
        "a wing (appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ala-la-noun-HRHdy6MT",
      "links": [
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      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
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        {
          "_dis": "12 16 14 15 14 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
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      ]
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        ]
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      ],
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        "of an animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
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          "hollow"
        ],
        [
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          "limb"
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        [
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          "trunk"
        ],
        [
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          "tree"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    },
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          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Architecture",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 11 14 7 20 14 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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        "wings, side halls or porches, waiting areas, colonnades, side apartments (side rooms off the main room, the side apartments on the right and left of a court)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ala-la-noun-8dpri3Pd",
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          "architecture"
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          "wing"
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        [
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          "hall"
        ],
        [
          "porch",
          "porch"
        ],
        [
          "waiting",
          "waiting"
        ],
        [
          "colonnade",
          "colonnade"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "apartment",
          "apartment"
        ]
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        "declension-1"
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          "orig": "la:Military",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 16 14 15 14 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
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        "a wing (portion of an army, cavalry force (usually) deployed on an army's flank)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ala-la-noun-EOMNKQ6a",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) a wing (portion of an army, cavalry force (usually) deployed on an army's flank)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 16 14 15 14 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "english": "“[At the hunting party of Dido and Aeneas], while the beaters rush about, and encircle forest glades with net[s], ….”\n(Understood here as the beaters, mounted or on foot, who flush the prey and drive it toward the hunters.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneid 4.121",
          "text": "… dum trepidant ālae, saltūsque indāgine cingunt, ….",
          "translation": "“[At the hunting party of Dido and Aeneas], while the beaters rush about, and encircle forest glades with net[s], ….”\n(Understood here as the beaters, mounted or on foot, who flush the prey and drive it toward the hunters.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "wings (the members of a group placed along the perimeter)"
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      "id": "en-ala-la-noun-4WbnQI6S",
      "links": [
        [
          "wings",
          "wings"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred) wings (the members of a group placed along the perimeter)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ala"
}

{
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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          "ālum",
          "alum#Latin"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ala"
}
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    "Pages with 72 entries",
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    {
      "word": "ālar"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "ālāte"
    },
    {
      "word": "ālātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "āles"
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    {
      "word": "āliger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ālipēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "ālipilus"
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    {
      "word": "ascella"
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    {
      "word": "axilla"
    }
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      "word": "ala"
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      "lang": "Asturian",
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      "word": "nala"
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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "ñala"
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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
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      "word": "jal"
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      "word": "èglia"
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      "word": "ala"
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      "word": "âa"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
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      "word": "ala"
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              "lang_code": "fr",
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                "f"
              ],
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                  "lang": "English",
                  "lang_code": "en",
                  "word": "aisle"
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              "lang_code": "enm",
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          "word": "aesle"
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          "lang_code": "gl",
          "word": "á"
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        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "word": "á"
        }
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      "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "roa-opt",
      "word": "aa"
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    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "ala"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "ela"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "aba"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "ala"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "àua"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "lang_code": "sdc",
      "word": "ara"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "ala"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "ala"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "ała"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ala"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ali-"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "alo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ala"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ala"
    }
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "t": "axis"
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  "etymology_text": "For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).",
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      "form": "āla",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "tags": [
        "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a wing (appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly)"
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        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
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    {
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          "anatomy"
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        "(anatomy) the armpit (the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder)"
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        "declension-1"
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shoulder blade, axilla (the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder)"
      ],
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        [
          "shoulder blade",
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        "(of an animal) shoulder blade, axilla (the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the hollow where a limb joins the trunk of a tree"
      ],
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          "hollow"
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        [
          "limb",
          "limb"
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        [
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          "trunk"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a plant) the hollow where a limb joins the trunk of a tree"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a plant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Architecture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wings, side halls or porches, waiting areas, colonnades, side apartments (side rooms off the main room, the side apartments on the right and left of a court)"
      ],
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        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
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          "wing",
          "wing"
        ],
        [
          "hall",
          "hall"
        ],
        [
          "porch",
          "porch"
        ],
        [
          "waiting",
          "waiting"
        ],
        [
          "colonnade",
          "colonnade"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "apartment",
          "apartment"
        ]
      ],
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        "(architecture) wings, side halls or porches, waiting areas, colonnades, side apartments (side rooms off the main room, the side apartments on the right and left of a court)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a wing (portion of an army, cavalry force (usually) deployed on an army's flank)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "military"
        ],
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) a wing (portion of an army, cavalry force (usually) deployed on an army's flank)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“[At the hunting party of Dido and Aeneas], while the beaters rush about, and encircle forest glades with net[s], ….”\n(Understood here as the beaters, mounted or on foot, who flush the prey and drive it toward the hunters.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneid 4.121",
          "text": "… dum trepidant ālae, saltūsque indāgine cingunt, ….",
          "translation": "“[At the hunting party of Dido and Aeneas], while the beaters rush about, and encircle forest glades with net[s], ….”\n(Understood here as the beaters, mounted or on foot, who flush the prey and drive it toward the hunters.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wings (the members of a group placed along the perimeter)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wings",
          "wings"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transferred) wings (the members of a group placed along the perimeter)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ala"
}

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    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin noun forms",
    "Latin palindromes",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 72 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with language headings in the wrong order"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "noun form",
        "head": "āla"
      },
      "expansion": "āla",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "ālum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ālum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ālum",
          "alum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ala"
}

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