"ancilla" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /anˈkil.la/ [Classical], [äŋˈkɪlːʲä] [Classical], /anˈt͡ʃil.la/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [än̠ʲˈt͡ʃilːä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From ancula (“maid”) + -lus (diminutive form). Etymology templates: {{af|la|ancula|-lus|t1=maid}} ancula (“maid”) + -lus Head templates: {{la-noun|ancilla<1>}} ancilla f (genitive ancillae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ancilla<1>}} Forms: ancillae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ancilla [nominative, singular], ancillae [nominative, plural], ancillae [genitive, singular], ancillārum [genitive, plural], ancillae [dative, singular], ancillīs [dative, plural], ancillam [accusative, singular], ancillās [accusative, plural], ancillā [ablative, singular], ancillīs [ablative, plural], ancilla [singular, vocative], ancillae [plural, vocative]
  1. maid, slave-girl Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (topical): Female people, Occupations, Slavery Derived forms: ancillor, ancillula, ancillāriolus, ancillāris Related terms: ancillātus, ancula

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ancula",
        "3": "-lus",
        "t1": "maid"
      },
      "expansion": "ancula (“maid”) + -lus",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ancula (“maid”) + -lus (diminutive form).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ancillae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancilla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancilla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ancilla<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "ancilla f (genitive ancillae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ancilla<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "la:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Slavery",
          "orig": "la:Slavery",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "Work",
            "All topics",
            "Human activity",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ancillor"
        },
        {
          "word": "ancillula"
        },
        {
          "word": "ancillāriolus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ancillāris"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Why does she forbid slave-girls to approach, you ask?",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.551",
          "text": "cūr vetet ancillās accēdere, quaeritis?"
        },
        {
          "english": "And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be to me according to your word.",
          "ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Lucas.1.38",
          "text": "Dīxit autem Maria : Ecce ancilla Dominī : fīat mihi secundum verbum tuum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maid, slave-girl"
      ],
      "id": "en-ancilla-la-noun-Qx64zi8a",
      "links": [
        [
          "maid",
          "maid"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ancillātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ancula"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/anˈkil.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äŋˈkɪlːʲä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/anˈt͡ʃil.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[än̠ʲˈt͡ʃilːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ancilla"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ancillor"
    },
    {
      "word": "ancillula"
    },
    {
      "word": "ancillāriolus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ancillāris"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "-lus",
        "t1": "maid"
      },
      "expansion": "ancula (“maid”) + -lus",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ancula (“maid”) + -lus (diminutive form).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ancillae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancilla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancilla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ancillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ancilla<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "ancilla f (genitive ancillae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ancilla<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ancillātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ancula"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-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 terms suffixed with -lus",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "la:Female people",
        "la:Occupations",
        "la:Slavery"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Why does she forbid slave-girls to approach, you ask?",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.551",
          "text": "cūr vetet ancillās accēdere, quaeritis?"
        },
        {
          "english": "And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be to me according to your word.",
          "ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Lucas.1.38",
          "text": "Dīxit autem Maria : Ecce ancilla Dominī : fīat mihi secundum verbum tuum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maid, slave-girl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maid",
          "maid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/anˈkil.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äŋˈkɪlːʲä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/anˈt͡ʃil.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[än̠ʲˈt͡ʃilːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ancilla"
}

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