"arbor" meaning in Latin

See arbor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈar.bɔr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈar.bor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: By rhotacism from Old Latin arbōs, from Proto-Italic *arðōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (“high; to grow”), meaning "high upright plant". Cognate with arduus (“high”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₃erdʰ-}}, {{etymon|la|:from|itc-ola:arbos<id:tree>|id=tree}}, {{der|la|itc-ola|arbōs}} Old Latin arbōs, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*arðōs}} Proto-Italic *arðōs, {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₃erdʰ-|t=high; to grow}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (“high; to grow”) Head templates: {{la-noun|arbor/arbor<3>|g=f}} arbor f (genitive arboris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|arbor/arbor<3>}} Forms: arboris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], arbor [nominative, singular], arborēs [nominative, plural], arboris [genitive, singular], arborum [genitive, plural], arborī [dative, singular], arboribus [dative, plural], arborem [accusative, singular], arborēs [accusative, plural], arbore [ablative, singular], arboribus [ablative, plural], arbor [singular, vocative], arborēs [plural, vocative], arbōs [alternative]
  1. a tree Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-arbor-la-noun-N3JJD5Fv Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Trees Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 41 47 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Trees: 64 23 13
  2. (metonymic) something made from a tree, of wood Tags: declension-3, feminine, metonymically Synonyms: mālus, iaculum, pīlum
    Sense id: en-arbor-la-noun-lLyj0NqF Categories (other): Latin euphemisms, Latin metonyms, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 41 47 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 34 32 34
  3. (metonymic) the polypus (imagined to have arms like the branches of a tree) Tags: declension-3, feminine, metonymically
    Sense id: en-arbor-la-noun-dvwNMnRa Categories (other): Latin metonyms, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 41 47 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 34 32 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arborārius, arborātor, arborēscō, arborētum, arboreus, arbuscula, sacerarbōs Related terms: arbustīvus, arbustō, arbustum, arbustus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Interea genitor Tiberini ad fluminis undam / uulnera siccabat lymphis corpusque leuabat / arboris acclinis trunco",
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          "text": "centenaque arbore fluctum verberat adsurgens",
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      "ipa": "[ˈar.bor]",
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          "english": "Meantime, his father at Tiber's flowing stream bathed his wounds in the clear water and his body leant against the trunk of a tree.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 10",
          "text": "Interea genitor Tiberini ad fluminis undam / uulnera siccabat lymphis corpusque leuabat / arboris acclinis trunco",
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        },
        {
          "word": "pīlum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the polypus (imagined to have arms like the branches of a tree)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "polypus",
          "polypus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymic) the polypus (imagined to have arms like the branches of a tree)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈar.bɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈar.bor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arbor"
}

Download raw JSONL data for arbor meaning in Latin (5.7kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <ref> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "arbor"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "arbor",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </ref>",
  "path": [
    "arbor"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "arbor",
  "trace": ""
}

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