See cereus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"form": "cēreus",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cēree",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "cēreī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cēreus<2>"
},
"expansion": "cēreus m (genitive cēreī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cēreus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a wax taper or light, particularly those that were brought by clients to their patrons as presents at the time of the Saturnalia"
],
"links": [
[
"wax",
"wax"
],
[
"taper",
"taper"
],
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"brought",
"brought"
],
[
"clients",
"clients"
],
[
"patrons",
"patrons"
],
[
"presents",
"presents"
],
[
"time",
"time"
],
[
"Saturnalia",
"Saturnalia"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈkeː.re.ʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛː.re.us]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "cereus"
}
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