"ala" meaning in Latin

See ala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈaː.la/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈäːɫ̪ä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈa.la/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈäːlä] (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: 11 15 14 15 15 14 16
  2. (anatomy) the armpit (the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder) Tags: declension-1 Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-bbdnVZea Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 11 15 14 15 15 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: 11 15 14 15 15 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: 11 15 14 15 15 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 Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-8dpri3Pd Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 12 14 4 26 13 17 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 11 15 14 15 15 14 16 Topics: architecture
  6. (military) a wing (portion of an army, cavalry force (usually) deployed on an army's flank) Tags: declension-1 Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-ala-la-noun-EOMNKQ6a Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 11 15 14 15 15 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: 11 15 14 15 15 14 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ālar, ālārius, ālāte, ālātus, āles, āliger, ālipēs, ālipilus, ascella, axilla
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ālar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ālārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ālāte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ālātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "āles"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "āliger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ālipēs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ālipilus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ascella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "axilla"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "jal"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: jal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: jal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "âla"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: âla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: âla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "ale"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: ale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: ale"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sdn",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Gallurese: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gallurese: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "âa"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: âa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: âa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "aile",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: aile f\nMiddle French: aisle f, aesle, æsle\nFrench: aile f\n→ Middle English: ele\nEnglish: aisle",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: aile f\nMiddle French: aisle f, aesle, æsle\nFrench: aile f\n→ Middle English: ele\nEnglish: aisle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "aa"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: aa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: aa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "á"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: á",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: á"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "á"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: á",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: á"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "ela",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "ela",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: ala, ela"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "aba"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: aba",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "ala",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "ala",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "àua",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "àua",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: aba, ala, àua"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sdc",
            "2": "ara"
          },
          "expansion": "Sassarese: ara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sassarese: ara"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "ała"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: ała",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: ała"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ali-",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "ali-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ala, ali-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "alo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: alo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: alo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "ala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: ala"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂eḱs-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*aksis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *aksis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂eḱs-",
        "t": "axis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālārum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āla<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "āla f (genitive ālae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āla<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 15 14 15 15 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a wing (appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ala-la-noun-HRHdy6MT",
      "links": [
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 15 14 15 15 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the armpit (the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ala-la-noun-bbdnVZea",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "armpit",
          "armpit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) the armpit (the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 15 14 15 15 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shoulder blade, axilla (the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ala-la-noun-qcqIG92~",
      "links": [
        [
          "shoulder blade",
          "shoulder blade"
        ],
        [
          "axilla",
          "axilla"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an animal) shoulder blade, axilla (the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 15 14 15 15 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the hollow where a limb joins the trunk of a tree"
      ],
      "id": "en-ala-la-noun-RbdqwWBg",
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "limb",
          "limb"
        ],
        [
          "trunk",
          "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": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Architecture",
          "orig": "la:Architecture",
          "parents": [
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 14 4 26 13 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 15 14 15 15 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ala-la-noun-8dpri3Pd",
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ],
        [
          "hall",
          "hall"
        ],
        [
          "porch",
          "porch"
        ],
        [
          "waiting",
          "waiting"
        ],
        [
          "colonnade",
          "colonnade"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "apartment",
          "apartment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "la:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 15 14 15 15 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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": "11 15 14 15 15 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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, Virgil, Aeneid 4.121",
          "text": "… dum trepidant ālae, saltūsque indāgine cingunt, …."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wings (the members of a group placed along the perimeter)"
      ],
      "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.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːɫ̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːlä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ala"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin palindromes",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱs-",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 67 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ālar"
    },
    {
      "word": "ālārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "ālāte"
    },
    {
      "word": "ālātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "āles"
    },
    {
      "word": "āliger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ālipēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "ālipilus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ascella"
    },
    {
      "word": "axilla"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "jal"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: jal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: jal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "âla"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: âla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: âla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "ale"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: ale",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: ale"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sdn",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Gallurese: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gallurese: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "âa"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: âa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: âa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "aile",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: aile f\nMiddle French: aisle f, aesle, æsle\nFrench: aile f\n→ Middle English: ele\nEnglish: aisle",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: aile f\nMiddle French: aisle f, aesle, æsle\nFrench: aile f\n→ Middle English: ele\nEnglish: aisle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "aa"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: aa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: aa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "á"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: á",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: á"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "á"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: á",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: á"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "ela",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "ela",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: ala, ela"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "aba"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: aba",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "ala",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "ala",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "àua",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "àua",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: aba, ala, àua"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sdc",
            "2": "ara"
          },
          "expansion": "Sassarese: ara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sassarese: ara"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "ala"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "ała"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: ała",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: ała"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ali-",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "ali-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ala, ali-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "alo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: alo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: alo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "ala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: ala"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ala",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: ala"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂eḱs-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*aksis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *aksis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂eḱs-",
        "t": "axis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālārum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āla<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "āla f (genitive ālae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āla<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a wing (appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the armpit (the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "armpit",
          "armpit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) the armpit (the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shoulder blade, axilla (the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shoulder blade",
          "shoulder blade"
        ],
        [
          "axilla",
          "axilla"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "limb",
          "limb"
        ],
        [
          "trunk",
          "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)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ],
        [
          "hall",
          "hall"
        ],
        [
          "porch",
          "porch"
        ],
        [
          "waiting",
          "waiting"
        ],
        [
          "colonnade",
          "colonnade"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "apartment",
          "apartment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a wing (portion of an army, cavalry force (usually) deployed on an army's flank)"
      ],
      "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": [
        "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, Virgil, Aeneid 4.121",
          "text": "… dum trepidant ālae, saltūsque indāgine cingunt, …."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wings (the members of a group placed along the perimeter)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wings",
          "wings"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred) wings (the members of a group placed along the perimeter)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaː.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːɫ̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːlä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ala"
}

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