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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ancillāriolus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ancillāris"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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},
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],
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}
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"ancula#Latin"
],
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"-lus",
"-lus#Latin"
]
],
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"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",
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]
},
{
"form": "ancilla",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillārum",
"links": [
[
"ancillārum",
"ancillarum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillīs",
"links": [
[
"ancillīs",
"ancillis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillās",
"links": [
[
"ancillās",
"ancillas#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillā",
"links": [
[
"ancillā",
"ancilla#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillīs",
"links": [
[
"ancillīs",
"ancillis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ancilla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"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": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ancillātus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ancula"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "62 38",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Female people",
"orig": "la:Female people",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
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"orig": "la:Occupations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "62 38",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Slavery",
"orig": "la:Slavery",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"maid, slave-girl"
],
"id": "en-ancilla-la-noun-Qx64zi8a",
"links": [
[
"maid",
"maid"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "46 54",
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"name": "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Why does she forbid slave-girls to approach, you ask?",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.551",
"text": "cūr vetet ancillās accēdere, quaeritis?",
"translation": "Why does she forbid slave-girls to approach, you ask?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "And Mary said, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord. Let it be to me according to your word.",
"ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Lucas.1.38",
"text": "Dīxit autem Maria : Ecce ancilla Dominī : fīat mihi secundum verbum tuum.",
"translation": "And Mary said, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord. Let it be to me according to your word.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"handmaiden"
],
"id": "en-ancilla-la-noun-husc6Ps9",
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"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
}
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"ipa": "[aŋˈkɪl.la]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[an̠ʲˈt͡ʃil.la]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "ancilla"
}
{
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"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",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Female people",
"la:Occupations",
"la:Slavery"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ancillāriolus"
},
{
"word": "ancillāris"
},
{
"word": "ancillor"
},
{
"word": "ancillula"
}
],
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{
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"lang_code": "it",
"word": "ancella"
},
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "ancilla"
}
],
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[
"ancula",
"ancula#Latin"
],
[
"-lus",
"-lus#Latin"
]
],
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{
"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",
"links": [
[
"ancillārum",
"ancillarum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillīs",
"links": [
[
"ancillīs",
"ancillis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillās",
"links": [
[
"ancillās",
"ancillas#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillā",
"links": [
[
"ancillā",
"ancilla#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillīs",
"links": [
[
"ancillīs",
"ancillis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ancilla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ancillae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ancilla<1>"
},
"expansion": "ancilla f (genitive ancillae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "ancilla<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "ancillātus"
},
{
"word": "ancula"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"maid, slave-girl"
],
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[
"maid",
"maid"
]
],
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"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
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"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Why does she forbid slave-girls to approach, you ask?",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.551",
"text": "cūr vetet ancillās accēdere, quaeritis?",
"translation": "Why does she forbid slave-girls to approach, you ask?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "And Mary said, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord. Let it be to me according to your word.",
"ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Lucas.1.38",
"text": "Dīxit autem Maria : Ecce ancilla Dominī : fīat mihi secundum verbum tuum.",
"translation": "And Mary said, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord. Let it be to me according to your word.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"handmaiden"
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[aŋˈkɪl.la]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[an̠ʲˈt͡ʃil.la]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "ancilla"
}
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