"calumnia" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈlum.ni.a/ [Classical], [käˈɫ̪ʊmniä] [Classical], /kaˈlum.ni.a/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [käˈlumniä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *kalwomnjā, from unattested *kalwomnos (“deceiving, accusing”), which is equal to a (hypothetical) mediopassive participle of calvor. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kalwomnjā}} Proto-Italic *kalwomnjā, {{m|itc-pro|*kalwomnos||deceiving, accusing}} *kalwomnos (“deceiving, accusing”), {{m|la|calvor}} calvor Head templates: {{la-noun|calumnia<1>}} calumnia f (genitive calumniae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|calumnia<1>}} Forms: calumniae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], calumnia [nominative, singular], calumniae [nominative, plural], calumniae [genitive, singular], calumniārum [genitive, plural], calumniae [dative, singular], calumniīs [dative, plural], calumniam [accusative, singular], calumniās [accusative, plural], calumniā [ablative, singular], calumniīs [ablative, plural], calumnia [singular, vocative], calumniae [plural, vocative]
  1. A cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry, chicanery. Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-calumnia-la-noun-F6uw5hKn Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 34 21 26 19
  2. A pretence, evasion, subterfuge. Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-calumnia-la-noun-sYLDkeXT Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 13 48 10 29
  3. A misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil. Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-calumnia-la-noun-NDwCf7jE
  4. A false accusation or prosecution, malicious charge. Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-calumnia-la-noun-UT3iNR31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kalumnia Derived forms: calumnior, calumniōsus Related terms: calumniātor, calumniātrīx, calumniōsē

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        }
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      "text": "→ Middle French: calomnie (learned)\n→ English: calumny\nFrench: calomnie\n→ Romanian: calomnie"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
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          "expansion": "Galician: coima",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Galician: coima"
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      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "coima"
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        }
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          "args": {
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            "lbor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: calúnia (learned)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: calúnia (learned)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "scn",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "expansion": "Old Spanish: caloña",
          "name": "desc"
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          "args": {
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            "lbor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: calumnia (learned)",
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        "genitive"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "calumniam",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calumniās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "calumniā",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "calumniīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
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    {
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "calumniātor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "calumniātrīx"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "calumniōsē"
    }
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        {
          "_dis": "34 21 26 19",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "A cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry, chicanery."
      ],
      "id": "en-calumnia-la-noun-F6uw5hKn",
      "links": [
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "trickery",
          "trickery"
        ],
        [
          "artifice",
          "artifice"
        ],
        [
          "sophistry",
          "sophistry"
        ],
        [
          "chicanery",
          "chicanery"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        "A pretence, evasion, subterfuge."
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      "id": "en-calumnia-la-noun-sYLDkeXT",
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          "evasion",
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          "subterfuge"
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        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
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          "false",
          "false"
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        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
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        [
          "fallacy",
          "fallacy"
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        [
          "cavil",
          "cavil"
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      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A false accusation or prosecution, malicious charge."
      ],
      "id": "en-calumnia-la-noun-UT3iNR31",
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          "accusation",
          "accusation"
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          "prosecution",
          "prosecution"
        ],
        [
          "malicious",
          "malicious"
        ],
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          "charge",
          "charge"
        ]
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        "declension-1",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈlum.ni.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈɫ̪ʊmniä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈlum.ni.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈlumniä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kalumnia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calumnia"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: calunnia (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: calunnia (learned)"
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        {
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            "1": "frm",
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            "lbor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Galician: calumnia (learned)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 2,
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          "name": "desc"
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Old Spanish: caloña",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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            "lbor": "1"
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      "form": "calumniae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "form": "calumnia",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "calumniae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "calumniae",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "calumniārum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calumniae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "calumniīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calumniam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calumniās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calumniā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calumniīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calumnia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calumniae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "calumnia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "calumnia f (genitive calumniae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "calumnia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "calumniātor"
    },
    {
      "word": "calumniātrīx"
    },
    {
      "word": "calumniōsē"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry, chicanery."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "trickery",
          "trickery"
        ],
        [
          "artifice",
          "artifice"
        ],
        [
          "sophistry",
          "sophistry"
        ],
        [
          "chicanery",
          "chicanery"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A pretence, evasion, subterfuge."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pretence",
          "pretence"
        ],
        [
          "evasion",
          "evasion"
        ],
        [
          "subterfuge",
          "subterfuge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "misrepresentation",
          "misrepresentation"
        ],
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ],
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
        [
          "fallacy",
          "fallacy"
        ],
        [
          "cavil",
          "cavil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A false accusation or prosecution, malicious charge."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accusation",
          "accusation"
        ],
        [
          "prosecution",
          "prosecution"
        ],
        [
          "malicious",
          "malicious"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈlum.ni.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈɫ̪ʊmniä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈlum.ni.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈlumniä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "kalumnia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calumnia"
}

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