See calx in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "calceus"
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{
"word": "calciō"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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],
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{
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{
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"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "calcibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "calcem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "calcēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "calcīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "calce",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "calcibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "calx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "calcēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "calx<3.I>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "calx f (genitive calcis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "calx<3.I>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "calculātiō"
},
{
"word": "calculātor"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"limestone"
],
"links": [
[
"limestone",
"limestone"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"chalk"
],
"links": [
[
"chalk",
"chalk"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the finish line"
],
"links": [
[
"finish line",
"finish line"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈkaɫks]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkalks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "calx"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 1-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Rocks"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "calcāneum"
},
{
"word": "calcāneus"
},
{
"word": "calcar"
},
{
"word": "calceō"
},
{
"word": "calceus"
},
{
"word": "calciō"
},
{
"word": "calcitrō"
},
{
"word": "calcō"
},
{
"word": "conculcō"
},
{
"word": "*incalciāre"
},
{
"word": "inculcō"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ett",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Etruscan",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*klHk(ᵂ)-(n)-",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *klHk(ᵂ)-(n)-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "kuk",
"t": "thigh, hip"
},
"expansion": "Serbo-Croatian kuk (“thigh, hip”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "кълка",
"t": "hip"
},
"expansion": "Bulgarian кълка (kǎlka, “hip”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "колк",
"t": "bony stump"
},
"expansion": "Russian колк (kolk, “bony stump”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "kulksnis",
"3": "",
"4": "hock"
},
"expansion": "Latvian kulksnis (“hock”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "kulksnis",
"3": "",
"4": "ankle"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian kulksnis (“ankle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "prg",
"2": "culczi",
"3": "",
"4": "hip"
},
"expansion": "Old Prussian culczi (“hip”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "कल्कुषी",
"t": "wrist and elbow",
"tr": "kalkuṣī́"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit कल्कुषी (kalkuṣī́, “wrist and elbow”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain, with possibilities including:\n* An extension of the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kel- (“to bend”).\n* Non-Indo-European (possibly Etruscan) origin; however, De Vaan notes the lack of a \"concrete comparandum\" for this.\n* From Proto-Indo-European *klHk(ᵂ)-(n)-, related to Serbo-Croatian kuk (“thigh, hip”), Bulgarian кълка (kǎlka, “hip”), Russian колк (kolk, “bony stump”), Latvian kulksnis (“hock”), Lithuanian kulksnis (“ankle”), Old Prussian culczi (“hip”) and possibly Sanskrit कल्कुषी (kalkuṣī́, “wrist and elbow”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "calcis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "calx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "calcēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "calcis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "calcium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "calcī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "calcibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "calcem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "calcēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "calcīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "calce",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "calcibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "calx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "calcēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "calx<3.I>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "calx f (genitive calcis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "calx<3.I>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"la:Anatomy"
],
"glosses": [
"heel (of the foot)"
],
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"heel",
"heel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) heel (of the foot)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tālus"
},
{
"tags": [
"Medieval-Latin"
],
"word": "tālō"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈkaɫks]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkalks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "calx"
}
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