"arcanus" meaning in Latin

See arcanus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /arˈkaː.nus/ [Classical-Latin], [ärˈkäːnʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /arˈka.nus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ärˈkäːnus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From arca + -nus. Cognates include arceō (“I defend”), arx (“fortress”), arcera (“ambulance”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂erk-}}, {{suffix|la|arca|-nus}} arca + -nus, {{cog|xcl|արգել||obstacle}} Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”), {{cog|grc|ἀρκέω}} Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō) Head templates: {{la-adj|arcānus}} arcānus (feminine arcāna, neuter arcānum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|arcānus}} Forms: arcānus [canonical], arcāna [feminine], arcānum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], arcānus [masculine, nominative, singular], arcāna [feminine, nominative, singular], arcānum [neuter, nominative, singular], arcānī [masculine, nominative, plural], arcānae [feminine, nominative, plural], arcāna [neuter, nominative, plural], arcānī [genitive, masculine, singular], arcānae [feminine, genitive, singular], arcānī [genitive, neuter, singular], arcānōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], arcānārum [feminine, genitive, plural], arcānōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], arcānō [dative, masculine, singular], arcānae [dative, feminine, singular], arcānō [dative, neuter, singular], arcānīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], arcānum [accusative, masculine, singular], arcānam [accusative, feminine, singular], arcānum [accusative, neuter, singular], arcānōs [accusative, masculine, plural], arcānās [accusative, feminine, plural], arcāna [accusative, neuter, plural], arcānō [ablative, masculine, singular], arcānā [ablative, feminine, singular], arcānō [ablative, neuter, singular], arcānīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], arcāne [masculine, singular, vocative], arcāna [feminine, singular, vocative], arcānum [neuter, singular, vocative], arcānī [masculine, plural, vocative], arcānae [feminine, plural, vocative], arcāna [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. hidden, secret, private, mysterious Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: obscūrus, secretus, occultus, clandestinus, perobscūrus
    Sense id: en-arcanus-la-adj-jmvJBeGN
  2. intimate, personal, confidential Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-arcanus-la-adj-wsYpIAxw Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -nus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 37 54 9 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -nus: 29 71 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 0
  3. trustworthy (to keep a secret) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-arcanus-la-adj-rsncPk6B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: arcānum, arceō, arx
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "arcà",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: arcà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: arcà"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "arcane",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: arcane",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: arcane"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "arcano",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: arcano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: arcano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "arkan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: arkan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: arkan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "arcano",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: arcano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: arcano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "arcano",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: arcano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: arcano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "arcan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: arcan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: arcan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "arcanu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: arcanu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: arcanu"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "arcano",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: arcano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: arcano"
    }
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        "3": "*h₂erk-"
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      "form": "arcāna",
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        "feminine"
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      "form": "arcānum",
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        "neuter"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "arcānum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "arcānī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "arcānae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "arcāna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "arcānī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "arcānī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arcānus"
      },
      "expansion": "arcānus (feminine arcāna, neuter arcānum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arcānus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "arcānum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "arceō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "arx"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "conspicuus"
        },
        {
          "word": "manifestus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hidden, secret, private, mysterious"
      ],
      "id": "en-arcanus-la-adj-jmvJBeGN",
      "links": [
        [
          "hidden",
          "hidden"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "private",
          "private"
        ],
        [
          "mysterious",
          "mysterious"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "obscūrus"
        },
        {
          "word": "secretus"
        },
        {
          "word": "occultus"
        },
        {
          "word": "clandestinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "perobscūrus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 54 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -nus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Dido speaks to Anna:] “For that faithless [man] cherished you alone, even confided his intimate feelings to you, and only you have known how and when to gently approach him.”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.421–423",
          "text": "… Sōlam nam perfidus ille / tē colere, arcānōs etiam tibi crēdere sēnsūs; / sōla virī mollīs aditūs et tempora nōrās."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "intimate, personal, confidential"
      ],
      "id": "en-arcanus-la-adj-wsYpIAxw",
      "links": [
        [
          "intimate",
          "intimate"
        ],
        [
          "personal",
          "personal"
        ],
        [
          "confidential",
          "confidential"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "trustworthy (to keep a secret)"
      ],
      "id": "en-arcanus-la-adj-rsncPk6B",
      "links": [
        [
          "trustworthy",
          "trustworthy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈkaː.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ärˈkäːnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈka.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ärˈkäːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arcanus"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂erk-",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -nus",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with entries"
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: arcà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: arcà"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "arcane",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: arcane"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "arcano",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Galician: arcano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: arcano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "de",
            "2": "arkan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: arkan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: arkan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "arcano",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: arcano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: arcano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "arcano",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: arcano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: arcano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "arcan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: arcan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: arcan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "arcanu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: arcanu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: arcanu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "arcano",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: arcano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: arcano"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "արգել",
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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From arca + -nus. Cognates include arceō (“I defend”), arx (“fortress”), arcera (“ambulance”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō).",
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      "form": "arcānus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "arcānus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcānae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arcānus"
      },
      "expansion": "arcānus (feminine arcāna, neuter arcānum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arcānus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "arcānum"
    },
    {
      "word": "arceō"
    },
    {
      "word": "arx"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "conspicuus"
        },
        {
          "word": "manifestus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hidden, secret, private, mysterious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hidden",
          "hidden"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "private",
          "private"
        ],
        [
          "mysterious",
          "mysterious"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "obscūrus"
        },
        {
          "word": "secretus"
        },
        {
          "word": "occultus"
        },
        {
          "word": "clandestinus"
        },
        {
          "word": "perobscūrus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Dido speaks to Anna:] “For that faithless [man] cherished you alone, even confided his intimate feelings to you, and only you have known how and when to gently approach him.”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.421–423",
          "text": "… Sōlam nam perfidus ille / tē colere, arcānōs etiam tibi crēdere sēnsūs; / sōla virī mollīs aditūs et tempora nōrās."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "intimate, personal, confidential"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intimate",
          "intimate"
        ],
        [
          "personal",
          "personal"
        ],
        [
          "confidential",
          "confidential"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "trustworthy (to keep a secret)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trustworthy",
          "trustworthy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈkaː.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ärˈkäːnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arˈka.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ärˈkäːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arcanus"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: arcanus/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "arcanus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "arcanus",
  "trace": ""
}

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