"carcer" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkar.ker/ [Classical], [ˈkärkɛr] [Classical], /ˈkar.t͡ʃer/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkärt͡ʃer] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) in the sense of "enclosure", and as such a doublet of cancer. Cognate with circus, curvus, crux, crīnis, crispus, English ring. It is not known how the noun shifted to the third declension. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro|*karkros}} Proto-Italic *karkros, {{der|la|ine-pro|*kr-kr-|t=circular}} Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), {{m|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|t=to turn, bend}} *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”), {{glossary|doublet}} doublet, {{m|la|cancer}} cancer, {{m|la|circus}} circus, {{m|la|curvus}} curvus, {{m|la|crux}} crux, {{m|la|crīnis}} crīnis, {{m|la|crispus}} crispus, {{cog|en|ring}} English ring Head templates: {{la-noun|carcer/carcer<3>|g=m}} carcer m (genitive carceris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|carcer/carcer<3>}} Forms: carceris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], carcer [nominative, singular], carcerēs [nominative, plural], carceris [genitive, singular], carcerum [genitive, plural], carcerī [dative, singular], carceribus [dative, plural], carcerem [accusative, singular], carcerēs [accusative, plural], carcere [ablative, singular], carceribus [ablative, plural], carcer [singular, vocative], carcerēs [plural, vocative]
  1. prison, jail Tags: declension-3, masculine Synonyms: tenebrae, carcellāria [Mediaeval]
    Sense id: en-carcer-la-noun-6QcC1esD
  2. jailbird Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-carcer-la-noun-pTIAxkZo Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 57 4 11 27
  3. traps (barriers at start of a horse race) Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-carcer-la-noun-yK2ja4Qb
  4. commencement, beginning Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-carcer-la-noun-VRz2xttX
  5. starting gate Tags: declension-3, masculine Categories (topical): Equestrianism
    Sense id: en-carcer-la-noun-n6VtF1iF Disambiguation of Equestrianism: 2 30 6 6 57 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 16 19 16 20 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carcerālis, carcerārius, carcereus, carcerō, incarcerō

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "carcerālis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "carcerārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "carcereus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "carcerō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "incarcerō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "càrcer"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: càrcer",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "carçre"
          },
          "expansion": "carçre",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: càrcer/carçre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "càrcer"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: càrcer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: càrcer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "chartre"
          },
          "expansion": "French: chartre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: chartre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "carcere"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: carcere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: carcere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "carcer"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: carcer, carcel\nGalician: cárcere\nPortuguese: cárcere",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: carcer, carcel\nGalician: cárcere\nPortuguese: cárcere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "carceră"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: carceră",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: carceră"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "càrzaru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: càrzaru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: càrzaru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "carcel"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: carcel\nSpanish: cárcel",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: carcel\nSpanish: cárcel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*karxar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *karxar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *karxar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xbm",
            "2": "carchar"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Breton: carchar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Breton: carchar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "carhar"
          },
          "expansion": "Cornish: carhar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cornish: carhar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "carchar"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: carchar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: carchar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "carchar"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: carchar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: carchar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Karzer",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Karzer (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Karzer (learned) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*karkārī",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *karkārī",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *karkārī (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "incarcerate",
            "der": "1",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ English: incarcerate (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ English: incarcerate (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (karkara)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (karkara)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "carcar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: carcar",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: carcar (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*karkros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *karkros",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kr-kr-",
        "t": "circular"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*(s)ker-",
        "t": "to turn, bend"
      },
      "expansion": "*(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "doublet"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cancer"
      },
      "expansion": "cancer",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "circus"
      },
      "expansion": "circus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "curvus"
      },
      "expansion": "curvus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "crux"
      },
      "expansion": "crux",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "crīnis"
      },
      "expansion": "crīnis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "crispus"
      },
      "expansion": "crispus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ring"
      },
      "expansion": "English ring",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) in the sense of \"enclosure\", and as such a doublet of cancer. Cognate with circus, curvus, crux, crīnis, crispus, English ring. It is not known how the noun shifted to the third declension.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carceris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carceris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "carcer/carcer<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "carcer m (genitive carceris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "carcer/carcer<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prison, jail"
      ],
      "id": "en-carcer-la-noun-6QcC1esD",
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "jail",
          "jail"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tenebrae"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mediaeval"
          ],
          "word": "carcellāria"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 57 4 11 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jailbird"
      ],
      "id": "en-carcer-la-noun-pTIAxkZo",
      "links": [
        [
          "jailbird",
          "jailbird"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "traps (barriers at start of a horse race)"
      ],
      "id": "en-carcer-la-noun-yK2ja4Qb",
      "links": [
        [
          "traps",
          "traps"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "commencement, beginning"
      ],
      "id": "en-carcer-la-noun-VRz2xttX",
      "links": [
        [
          "commencement",
          "commencement"
        ],
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 19 16 20 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 30 6 6 57",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Equestrianism",
          "orig": "la:Equestrianism",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "To be called back from the finish line to the starting gates.",
          "text": "Ad carceres a calce revocari.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "starting gate"
      ],
      "id": "en-carcer-la-noun-n6VtF1iF",
      "links": [
        [
          "starting",
          "starting"
        ],
        [
          "gate",
          "gate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkar.ker/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkärkɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkar.t͡ʃer/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkärt͡ʃer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carcer"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "la:Equestrianism"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "carcerālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "carcerārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "carcereus"
    },
    {
      "word": "carcerō"
    },
    {
      "word": "incarcerō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "càrcer"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: càrcer",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "carçre"
          },
          "expansion": "carçre",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: càrcer/carçre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "càrcer"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: càrcer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: càrcer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "chartre"
          },
          "expansion": "French: chartre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: chartre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "carcere"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: carcere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: carcere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "carcer"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: carcer, carcel\nGalician: cárcere\nPortuguese: cárcere",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: carcer, carcel\nGalician: cárcere\nPortuguese: cárcere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "carceră"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: carceră",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: carceră"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "càrzaru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: càrzaru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: càrzaru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "carcel"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: carcel\nSpanish: cárcel",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: carcel\nSpanish: cárcel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*karxar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *karxar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *karxar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xbm",
            "2": "carchar"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Breton: carchar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Breton: carchar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "carhar"
          },
          "expansion": "Cornish: carhar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cornish: carhar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wlm",
            "2": "carchar"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Welsh: carchar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Welsh: carchar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "carchar"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: carchar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: carchar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Karzer",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Karzer (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Karzer (learned) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*karkārī",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *karkārī",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *karkārī (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "incarcerate",
            "der": "1",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ English: incarcerate (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ English: incarcerate (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (karkara)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (karkara)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "carcar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: carcar",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: carcar (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*karkros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *karkros",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kr-kr-",
        "t": "circular"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*(s)ker-",
        "t": "to turn, bend"
      },
      "expansion": "*(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "doublet"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cancer"
      },
      "expansion": "cancer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "circus"
      },
      "expansion": "circus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "curvus"
      },
      "expansion": "curvus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "crux"
      },
      "expansion": "crux",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "crīnis"
      },
      "expansion": "crīnis",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "crispus"
      },
      "expansion": "crispus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ring"
      },
      "expansion": "English ring",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) in the sense of \"enclosure\", and as such a doublet of cancer. Cognate with circus, curvus, crux, crīnis, crispus, English ring. It is not known how the noun shifted to the third declension.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carceris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carceris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carcerēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "carcer/carcer<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "carcer m (genitive carceris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "carcer/carcer<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prison, jail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "jail",
          "jail"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tenebrae"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mediaeval"
          ],
          "word": "carcellāria"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jailbird"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jailbird",
          "jailbird"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "traps (barriers at start of a horse race)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "traps",
          "traps"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "commencement, beginning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commencement",
          "commencement"
        ],
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "To be called back from the finish line to the starting gates.",
          "text": "Ad carceres a calce revocari.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "starting gate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starting",
          "starting"
        ],
        [
          "gate",
          "gate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkar.ker/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkärkɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkar.t͡ʃer/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkärt͡ʃer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carcer"
}

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