"aptus" meaning in Latin

See aptus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ˈap.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈap.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *aptos, which has been connected to the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”) or to the perfect passive participle of apiō (“fasten, join”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*aptos}} Proto-Italic *aptos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₂ep-||to join, fit (in)}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”) Head templates: {{la-part|aptus|adv=aptē|comp=aptior|sup=aptissimus}} aptus (feminine apta, neuter aptum, comparative aptior, superlative aptissimus, adverb aptē); first/second-declension participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|aptus}} Forms: apta [feminine], aptum [neuter], aptior [comparative], aptissimus [superlative], aptē [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], aptus [masculine, nominative, singular], apta [feminine, nominative, singular], aptum [neuter, nominative, singular], aptī [masculine, nominative, plural], aptae [feminine, nominative, plural], apta [neuter, nominative, plural], aptī [genitive, masculine, singular], aptae [feminine, genitive, singular], aptī [genitive, neuter, singular], aptōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], aptārum [feminine, genitive, plural], aptōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], aptō [dative, masculine, singular], aptae [dative, feminine, singular], aptō [dative, neuter, singular], aptīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], aptum [accusative, masculine, singular], aptam [accusative, feminine, singular], aptum [accusative, neuter, singular], aptōs [accusative, masculine, plural], aptās [accusative, feminine, plural], apta [accusative, neuter, plural], aptō [ablative, masculine, singular], aptā [ablative, feminine, singular], aptō [ablative, neuter, singular], aptīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], apte [masculine, singular, vocative], apta [feminine, singular, vocative], aptum [neuter, singular, vocative], aptī [masculine, plural, vocative], aptae [feminine, plural, vocative], apta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. suitable, adapted Tags: declension-1, declension-2, participle
    Sense id: en-aptus-la-verb-f7d3utQ1 Synonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, idōneus, dignus, conveniēns, iūstus, lēgitimus, ūtilis, ūtēnsilis, salūber
  2. ready Tags: declension-1, declension-2, participle
    Sense id: en-aptus-la-verb-sk1tM3Nu Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 46 5 31 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 51 4 35 6
  3. apt, proper Tags: declension-1, declension-2, participle
    Sense id: en-aptus-la-verb-HWqfeeUF
  4. bound, tied, attached, joined (to) Tags: declension-1, declension-2, participle
    Sense id: en-aptus-la-verb-WS7Lh2YZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 29 8 46 10
  5. dependent (on) Tags: declension-1, declension-2, participle Synonyms: suspēnsus
    Sense id: en-aptus-la-verb-AyI40g2j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ineptus

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ineptus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "inherited",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "word": "aftë"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "apte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "apt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "apte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "apto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "atto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "apto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "apt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "apto"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*aptos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *aptos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ep-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to join, fit (in)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *aptos, which has been connected to the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”) or to the perfect passive participle of apiō (“fasten, join”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptē",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aptus",
        "adv": "aptē",
        "comp": "aptior",
        "sup": "aptissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "aptus (feminine apta, neuter aptum, comparative aptior, superlative aptissimus, adverb aptē); first/second-declension participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aptus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "incommodus"
        },
        {
          "word": "inūtilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "ineptus"
        },
        {
          "word": "irritus"
        },
        {
          "word": "grātuītus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suitable, adapted"
      ],
      "id": "en-aptus-la-verb-f7d3utQ1",
      "links": [
        [
          "suitable",
          "suitable"
        ],
        [
          "adapted",
          "adapted"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opportūnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "commodus"
        },
        {
          "word": "habilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "idōneus"
        },
        {
          "word": "dignus"
        },
        {
          "word": "conveniēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "iūstus"
        },
        {
          "word": "lēgitimus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ūtilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "ūtēnsilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "salūber"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 46 5 31 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 51 4 35 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ready"
      ],
      "id": "en-aptus-la-verb-sk1tM3Nu",
      "links": [
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "apt, proper"
      ],
      "id": "en-aptus-la-verb-HWqfeeUF",
      "links": [
        [
          "apt",
          "apt"
        ],
        [
          "proper",
          "proper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 29 8 46 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              88,
              93
            ],
            [
              109,
              114
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              134,
              139
            ],
            [
              148,
              153
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The apex, which is the ensign of the Flamen, is called so because of the fact that in, the old language, tying with a rope was called apere. Whence aptus is something which is conventiently joined to something.",
          "ref": "1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 17, line 9:",
          "text": "Apex, quod est sacerdotum īnsigne, dictus est ab eō, quod comprehendere antīquī vinculō apere dīcēbant. Unde aptus est, quī conventienter alicui iūnctus est.",
          "translation": "The apex, which is the ensign of the Flamen, is called so because of the fact that in, the old language, tying with a rope was called apere. Whence aptus is something which is conventiently joined to something.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bound, tied, attached, joined (to)"
      ],
      "id": "en-aptus-la-verb-WS7Lh2YZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "bound",
          "bound"
        ],
        [
          "tied",
          "tied"
        ],
        [
          "attached",
          "attached"
        ],
        [
          "joined",
          "joined"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dependent (on)"
      ],
      "id": "en-aptus-la-verb-AyI40g2j",
      "links": [
        [
          "dependent",
          "dependent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suspēnsus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈap.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈap.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aptus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension participles",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin participles",
    "Latin perfect participles",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ineptus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "inherited",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "word": "aftë"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "apte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "apt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "apte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "apto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "atto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "apto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "apt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "apto"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "*aptos"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*h₂ep-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to join, fit (in)"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *aptos, which has been connected to the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”) or to the perfect passive participle of apiō (“fasten, join”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptē",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aptae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aptus",
        "adv": "aptē",
        "comp": "aptior",
        "sup": "aptissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "aptus (feminine apta, neuter aptum, comparative aptior, superlative aptissimus, adverb aptē); first/second-declension participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aptus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "incommodus"
        },
        {
          "word": "inūtilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "ineptus"
        },
        {
          "word": "irritus"
        },
        {
          "word": "grātuītus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suitable, adapted"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suitable",
          "suitable"
        ],
        [
          "adapted",
          "adapted"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opportūnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "commodus"
        },
        {
          "word": "habilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "idōneus"
        },
        {
          "word": "dignus"
        },
        {
          "word": "conveniēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "iūstus"
        },
        {
          "word": "lēgitimus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ūtilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "ūtēnsilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "salūber"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ready"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "apt, proper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apt",
          "apt"
        ],
        [
          "proper",
          "proper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              88,
              93
            ],
            [
              109,
              114
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              134,
              139
            ],
            [
              148,
              153
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The apex, which is the ensign of the Flamen, is called so because of the fact that in, the old language, tying with a rope was called apere. Whence aptus is something which is conventiently joined to something.",
          "ref": "1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 17, line 9:",
          "text": "Apex, quod est sacerdotum īnsigne, dictus est ab eō, quod comprehendere antīquī vinculō apere dīcēbant. Unde aptus est, quī conventienter alicui iūnctus est.",
          "translation": "The apex, which is the ensign of the Flamen, is called so because of the fact that in, the old language, tying with a rope was called apere. Whence aptus is something which is conventiently joined to something.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bound, tied, attached, joined (to)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bound",
          "bound"
        ],
        [
          "tied",
          "tied"
        ],
        [
          "attached",
          "attached"
        ],
        [
          "joined",
          "joined"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dependent (on)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dependent",
          "dependent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suspēnsus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈap.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈap.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aptus"
}

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