"carex" meaning in Latin

See carex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkaː.rɛks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkaː.reks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps related to carrō (“I card”); see English card (sense 2). However, compare Welsh cors (“reeds, bog”), Irish corrach (“marsh, bog”). Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{cog|en|card#Etymology 2|card (sense 2)}} English card (sense 2), {{cog|cy|cors|t=reeds, bog}} Welsh cors (“reeds, bog”), {{cog|ga|corrach|t=marsh, bog}} Irish corrach (“marsh, bog”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cārex<3>|g=f}} cārex f (genitive cāricis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cārex<3>}} Forms: cārex [canonical, feminine], cāricis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cārex [nominative, singular], cāricēs [nominative, plural], cāricis [genitive, singular], cāricum [genitive, plural], cāricī [dative, singular], cāricibus [dative, plural], cāricem [accusative, singular], cāricēs [accusative, plural], cārice [ablative, singular], cāricibus [ablative, plural], cārex [singular, vocative], cāricēs [plural, vocative], cārix [alternative]
  1. sedge Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: ulva Derived forms: cārectum
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "carç"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "carice"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Cimbrian",
          "lang_code": "cim",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "karìtz"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "caréto"
    },
    {
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        }
      ],
      "lang": "Mozarabic",
      "lang_code": "mxi",
      "word": "qárriči"
    },
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              "lang_code": "gl",
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            },
            {
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              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "carriço"
            }
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          "lang_code": "roa-opt",
          "word": "carriço"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
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        }
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      "lang": "Vulgar Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "*cariceus"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāricī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāricibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāricēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāricibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cārix",
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        "alternative"
      ]
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Latin",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Commelinids",
          "orig": "la:Commelinids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        "sedge"
      ],
      "id": "en-carex-la-noun-dGJDGVoW",
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        [
          "sedge",
          "sedge"
        ]
      ],
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        }
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  ],
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      "ipa": "[ˈkaː.rɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaː.reks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
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    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "carç"
    },
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "carice"
    },
    {
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        {
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      "word": "caréto"
    },
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        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "mxi",
      "word": "qárriči"
    },
    {
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        {
          "descendants": [
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              "lang_code": "gl",
              "word": "carrizo"
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              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "carriço"
            }
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          "word": "carriço"
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        }
      ],
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      "word": "*cariceus"
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        "borrowed"
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  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Perhaps related to carrō (“I card”); see English card (sense 2). However, compare Welsh cors (“reeds, bog”), Irish corrach (“marsh, bog”).",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    },
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cāricibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāricem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāricēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cārice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāricibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cārex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāricēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cārix",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "cārex<3>",
        "g": "f"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "Latin 2-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:Commelinids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sedge"
      ],
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        [
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          "sedge"
        ]
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          "word": "ulva"
        }
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        "declension-3"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaː.rɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaː.reks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carex"
}

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