"cactus" meaning in Latin

See cactus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkak.tus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkäkt̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈkak.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkäkt̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|κάκτος||cardoon}} Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cactus<2>}} cactus m (genitive cactī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cactus<2>}} Forms: cactī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cactus [nominative, singular], cactī [nominative, plural], cactī [genitive, singular], cactōrum [genitive, plural], cactō [dative, singular], cactīs [dative, plural], cactum [accusative, singular], cactōs [accusative, plural], cactō [ablative, singular], cactīs [ablative, plural], cacte [singular, vocative], cactī [plural, vocative]
  1. the cardoon, Cynara cardunculus Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (lifeform): Plants, Vegetables

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
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          },
          "expansion": "Translingual: Cactus",
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        }
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      "text": "Translingual: Cactus"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "cactus",
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          "expansion": "→ English: cactus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: cactus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "cactws",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: cactws",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: cactws"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "kaktus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: kaktus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: kaktus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cactus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: cactus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: cactus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κάκτος",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: κάκτος (káktos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: κάκτος (káktos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cacto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: cacto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: cacto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "cactus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: cactus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: cactus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "cacto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: cacto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: cacto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Kaktus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Kaktus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Kaktus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cato",
            "3": "cáctus",
            "4": "cacto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: cato, cáctus, cacto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: cato, cáctus, cacto"
    }
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        "2": "grc",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "cardoon"
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      "name": "der"
    }
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      "form": "cactī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cacte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "cactus<2>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cactus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Plants",
          "orig": "la:Plants",
          "parents": [
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Vegetables",
          "orig": "la:Vegetables",
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            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "the cardoon, Cynara cardunculus"
      ],
      "id": "en-cactus-la-noun-aunOQAW8",
      "links": [
        [
          "cardoon",
          "cardoon"
        ],
        [
          "Cynara cardunculus",
          "Cynara cardunculus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkak.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäkt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkak.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäkt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cactus"
}
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  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Cactus"
          },
          "expansion": "Translingual: Cactus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: Cactus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cactus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: cactus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: cactus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "cactws",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: cactws",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: cactws"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "kaktus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: kaktus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: kaktus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cactus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: cactus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: cactus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κάκτος",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: κάκτος (káktos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: κάκτος (káktos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cacto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: cacto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: cacto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "cactus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: cactus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: cactus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "cacto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: cacto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: cacto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Kaktus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Kaktus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Kaktus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cato",
            "3": "cáctus",
            "4": "cacto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: cato, cáctus, cacto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: cato, cáctus, cacto"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κάκτος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "cardoon"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”).",
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    {
      "form": "cactī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cacte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cactī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "cactus<2>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "cactus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Plants",
        "la:Vegetables"
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      "glosses": [
        "the cardoon, Cynara cardunculus"
      ],
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        [
          "cardoon",
          "cardoon"
        ],
        [
          "Cynara cardunculus",
          "Cynara cardunculus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkak.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäkt̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkak.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäkt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cactus"
}

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