"anguis" meaning in Latin

See anguis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈaŋ.ɡʷɪs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaŋ.ɡʷis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Old Prussian angis, Old Armenian աւձ (awj), Old High German unc, unko (“snake”), and Old East Slavic ѫжь (ǫžĭ). Displaced Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*anɣʷis|id=snake}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*anɣʷis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "anguis", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="snake" data-lang="la" data-title="anguis" id="Latin:_snake">, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*anɣʷis}} Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*h₂éngʷʰis||snake}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”), {{cog|prg|angis}} Old Prussian angis, {{cog|xcl|օձ|աւձ||sc=Armn}} Old Armenian աւձ (awj), {{cog|goh|unc}} Old High German unc, {{cog|orv|ѫжь}} Old East Slavic ѫжь (ǫžĭ), {{glossary|Displaced}} Displaced, {{ncog|ine-pro|*h₁ógʷʰis||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis, {{displaced|ine-pro|*h₁ógʷʰis}} Displaced Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis Head templates: {{la-noun|anguis<3.abl-e-occ-i>|g1=m|g2=f}} anguis m or f (genitive anguis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|anguis<3.abl-e-occ-i>}} Forms: anguis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], anguis [nominative, singular], anguēs [nominative, plural], anguis [genitive, singular], anguium [genitive, plural], anguī [dative, singular], anguibus [dative, plural], anguem [accusative, singular], anguēs [accusative, plural], anguīs [accusative, plural], angue [ablative, singular], anguī [ablative, singular], anguibus [ablative, plural], anguis [singular, vocative], anguēs [plural, vocative]
  1. snake, serpent, dragon Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Synonyms (dragon): dracō Synonyms (snake, serpent): serpēns, coluber, dracō, vīpera
    Sense id: en-anguis-la-noun-v77lqKqW Categories (other): Reptiles, Snakes Disambiguation of Reptiles: 15 43 43 Disambiguation of Snakes: 19 42 40 Disambiguation of 'dragon': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'snake, serpent': 100 0 0
  2. (Greek mythology) Hydra Tags: Greek, declension-3, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-anguis-la-noun-CBXv6djO Categories (other): Greek mythology, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Reptiles, Snakes Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 5 45 50 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 48 51 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 15 47 38 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 15 47 38 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 48 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 48 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 49 49 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 2 49 49 Disambiguation of Reptiles: 15 43 43 Disambiguation of Snakes: 19 42 40 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  3. (astronomy) the constellation Hydra Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-anguis-la-noun-wzemKM4u Categories (other): Astronomy, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Reptiles, Snakes Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 5 45 50 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 48 51 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 48 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 48 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 49 49 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 2 49 49 Disambiguation of Reptiles: 15 43 43 Disambiguation of Snakes: 19 42 40 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: anguīnus, anguīlla
Derived forms: anguen, angueus, anguicomus, anguiculus, anguifer, anguigena, anguiger, anguimanus, anguineus, anguīnus, anguipēs, anguitenēns

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "angueus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "anguicomus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "anguiculus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "anguifer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "anguiger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "lang_code": "it",
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      "word": "angue"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/anɣʷis"
    ],
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      "*h₂éngʷʰis",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éngʷʰis"
    ],
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      "angis#Old_Prussian"
    ],
    [
      "աւձ",
      "օձ#Old_Armenian"
    ],
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      "unc",
      "unc#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "unko",
      "unko#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "ѫжь",
      "ѫжь#Old_East_Slavic"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁ógʷʰis"
    ]
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      "expansion": "Old High German unc",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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    {
      "form": "anguis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "anguēs",
          "angues#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "anguium",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguī",
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          "anguī",
          "angui#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "anguibus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "anguēs",
          "angues#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "anguīs",
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        [
          "anguīs",
          "anguis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "angue",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguī",
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        [
          "anguī",
          "angui#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "anguēs",
          "angues#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "g2": "f"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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      },
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        {
          "_dis": "15 43 43",
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          "name": "Reptiles",
          "orig": "la:Reptiles",
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        "snake, serpent, dragon"
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      "id": "en-anguis-la-noun-v77lqKqW",
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        [
          "serpent",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "snake, serpent",
          "word": "serpēns"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "snake, serpent",
          "word": "coluber"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "word": "dracō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "snake, serpent",
          "word": "vīpera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        },
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          "_dis": "2 48 51",
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        {
          "_dis": "15 47 38",
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        {
          "_dis": "15 47 38",
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When Pyrrhus said: \"I see that I am clearly begotten of the seed of Hercules, for whom so many slain heads of enemies, as though from the Lernaean Hydra, are being reborn as though from their own blood.\"",
          "ref": "Florus, Epitome of Roman History 1.13.19-20",
          "text": "Cum Pyrrhus “video me” inquit “plane procreatum Herculis semine, cui quasi ab angue Lernaeo tot caesa hostium capita quasi de sanguine suo renascuntur.",
          "translation": "When Pyrrhus said: \"I see that I am clearly begotten of the seed of Hercules, for whom so many slain heads of enemies, as though from the Lernaean Hydra, are being reborn as though from their own blood.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hydra"
      ],
      "id": "en-anguis-la-noun-CBXv6djO",
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          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
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        [
          "Hydra",
          "Hydra"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Greek mythology) Hydra"
      ],
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        "Greek",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
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        "the constellation Hydra"
      ],
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          "astronomy"
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        [
          "Hydra",
          "Hydra"
        ]
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        "(astronomy) the constellation Hydra"
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaŋ.ɡʷɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaŋ.ɡʷis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anguis"
}
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    "Latin entries with etymon",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin nouns with multiple genders",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éngʷʰis",
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    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
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    {
      "word": "anguen"
    },
    {
      "word": "angueus"
    },
    {
      "word": "anguicomus"
    },
    {
      "word": "anguiculus"
    },
    {
      "word": "anguifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "anguigena"
    },
    {
      "word": "anguiger"
    },
    {
      "word": "anguimanus"
    },
    {
      "word": "anguineus"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "anguipēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "anguitenēns"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "lang_code": "ia",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "angue"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "angue"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*anɣʷis",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/anɣʷis"
    ],
    [
      "*h₂éngʷʰis",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éngʷʰis"
    ],
    [
      "angis",
      "angis#Old_Prussian"
    ],
    [
      "աւձ",
      "օձ#Old_Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "unc",
      "unc#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "unko",
      "unko#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "ѫжь",
      "ѫжь#Old_East_Slavic"
    ],
    [
      "*h₁ógʷʰis",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁ógʷʰis"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "itc-pro:*anɣʷis",
        "id": "snake"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*anɣʷis\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"anguis\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-id=\"snake\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"anguis\" id=\"Latin:_snake\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*anɣʷis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *anɣʷis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂éngʷʰis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "snake"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "angis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian angis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "օձ",
        "3": "աւձ",
        "4": "",
        "sc": "Armn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian աւձ (awj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "unc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German unc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "orv",
        "2": "ѫжь"
      },
      "expansion": "Old East Slavic ѫжь (ǫžĭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Displaced"
      },
      "expansion": "Displaced",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*h₁ógʷʰis",
        "3": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*h₁ógʷʰis"
      },
      "expansion": "Displaced Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis",
      "name": "displaced"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Old Prussian angis, Old Armenian աւձ (awj), Old High German unc, unko (“snake”), and Old East Slavic ѫжь (ǫžĭ). Displaced Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "anguis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "anguēs",
          "angues#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguī",
      "links": [
        [
          "anguī",
          "angui#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "anguēs",
          "angues#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "anguīs",
          "anguis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "angue",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguī",
      "links": [
        [
          "anguī",
          "angui#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anguēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "anguēs",
          "angues#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "anguis<3.abl-e-occ-i>",
        "g1": "m",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "anguis m or f (genitive anguis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "anguis<3.abl-e-occ-i>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "anguīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "anguīlla"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "snake, serpent, dragon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ],
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ],
        [
          "dragon",
          "dragon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "la:Greek mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When Pyrrhus said: \"I see that I am clearly begotten of the seed of Hercules, for whom so many slain heads of enemies, as though from the Lernaean Hydra, are being reborn as though from their own blood.\"",
          "ref": "Florus, Epitome of Roman History 1.13.19-20",
          "text": "Cum Pyrrhus “video me” inquit “plane procreatum Herculis semine, cui quasi ab angue Lernaeo tot caesa hostium capita quasi de sanguine suo renascuntur.",
          "translation": "When Pyrrhus said: \"I see that I am clearly begotten of the seed of Hercules, for whom so many slain heads of enemies, as though from the Lernaean Hydra, are being reborn as though from their own blood.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hydra"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Hydra",
          "Hydra"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) Hydra"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the constellation Hydra"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "Hydra",
          "Hydra"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) the constellation Hydra"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaŋ.ɡʷɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaŋ.ɡʷis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "snake, serpent",
      "word": "serpēns"
    },
    {
      "sense": "snake, serpent",
      "word": "coluber"
    },
    {
      "sense": "snake, serpent",
      "word": "dracō"
    },
    {
      "sense": "snake, serpent",
      "word": "vīpera"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dragon",
      "word": "dracō"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anguis"
}

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