"cervix" meaning in Latin

See cervix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈker.u̯iːks/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkɛru̯iːks̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈt͡ʃer.viks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt͡ʃɛrviks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: According to one hypothesis, from Proto-Italic *kerweyks, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂(s)weyk-s, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-(s-) (“the head”) (compare cerebrum) and *weyk- (“to curve, bend”) (compare vinciō), literally “where the head turns”. De Vaan rejects this etymology, calling it "semantically very doubtful". Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro|*kerweiks|*kerweyks}} Proto-Italic *kerweyks, {{der|la|ine-pro||*ḱerh₂(s)weyk-s}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂(s)weyk-s, {{der|la|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-|*ḱerh₂-(s-)|the head}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-(s-) (“the head”), {{m-g|where the head turns}} “where the head turns” Head templates: {{la-noun|cervīx<3.F>}} cervīx f (genitive cervīcis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cervīx<3>}} Forms: cervīx [canonical, feminine], cervīcis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cervīx [nominative, singular], cervīcēs [nominative, plural], cervīcis [genitive, singular], cervīcum [genitive, plural], cervīcī [dative, singular], cervīcibus [dative, plural], cervīcem [accusative, singular], cervīcēs [accusative, plural], cervīce [ablative, singular], cervīcibus [ablative, plural], cervīx [singular, vocative], cervīcēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy, zootomy) neck, nape, throat Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms: collum
    Sense id: en-cervix-la-noun-~xm8OGiN Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 3 2 1 22 25 29 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 15 12 12 7 8 23 23 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
  2. (figuratively)
    great burden, danger (from the figure taken from bearing the yoke)
    Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-cervix-la-noun-xUTgw-US Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 15 12 12 7 8 23 23
  3. (figuratively)
    boldness, headstrong behavior
    Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-cervix-la-noun-fUpbToNJ Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 15 12 12 7 8 23 23
  4. (transferred sense) (of an object) neck Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-cervix-la-noun-y5mB3m9d
  5. 44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics : Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-cervix-la-noun-MXr~Rth9 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 3 2 1 22 25 29
  6. 44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics : Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-cervix-la-noun-4St3O6UX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 3 2 1 22 25 29 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 15 12 12 7 8 23 23
  7. 44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics : Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-cervix-la-noun-btgZ3Kmp Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 3 2 1 22 25 29 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 15 12 12 7 8 23 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cervīcal, cervīcālis, cervīcātus, cervīcōsus, cervīcula
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cervīcal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cervīcālis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cervīcātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cervīcōsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cervīcula"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cerbice"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: cerbice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: cerbice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "serviu"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: serviu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: serviu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "cerviz"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: cerviz",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "cervele",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ cervele",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Picard"
          },
          "expansion": "(Picard)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: cerviz ⇒ cervele, chervele (Picard)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "cevich"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: cevich",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: cevich"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "cervitz"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: cervitz",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "cervigal",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ cervigal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: cervitz ⇒ cervigal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cerviz"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: cerviz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: cerviz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cerviz"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: cerviz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: cerviz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cervice"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: cervice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: cervice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "cirbici"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: cirbici",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: cirbici"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cèrvix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: cèrvix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: cèrvix"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "cervix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: cervix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: cervix"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cervix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: cervix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: cervix"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "serviks",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: serviks",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: serviks"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cérvice",
            "3": "cérvix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: cérvice, cérvix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: cérvice, cérvix"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cervix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cervix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cervix"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cervix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: cervix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: cervix"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kerweiks",
        "4": "*kerweyks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kerweyks",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ḱerh₂(s)weyk-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂(s)weyk-s",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱerh₂-",
        "4": "*ḱerh₂-(s-)",
        "5": "the head"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-(s-) (“the head”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "where the head turns"
      },
      "expansion": "“where the head turns”",
      "name": "m-g"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to one hypothesis, from Proto-Italic *kerweyks, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂(s)weyk-s, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-(s-) (“the head”) (compare cerebrum) and *weyk- (“to curve, bend”) (compare vinciō), literally “where the head turns”. De Vaan rejects this etymology, calling it \"semantically very doubtful\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cervīx",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīce",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cervīx<3.F>"
      },
      "expansion": "cervīx f (genitive cervīcis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cervīx<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Animal body parts",
          "orig": "la:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Animals",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Nature",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 3 2 1 22 25 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 12 12 7 8 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The neck suitable for the yoke should not be struck by the axe:\nmay it live long and labor often in the hard soil.\n(Agriculture dawns as Ceres teaches humans to yoke oxen to the plow and instead use other animals for sacrificial rites. See Ceres (mythology).)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.415–416",
          "roman": "vīvat et in dūrā saepe labōret humō.",
          "text": "apta iugō cervīx nōn est feriendā secūrī:"
        },
        {
          "english": "Your smooth throat glistening with scented oil\nthe flowing robe will brush your naked feet.",
          "ref": "30 BCE – 16 BCE, Propertius, Elegies 3.17–18",
          "roman": "et feries nudos veste fluente pedes",
          "text": "levis odorato cervix manabit olivo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "neck, nape, throat"
      ],
      "id": "en-cervix-la-noun-~xm8OGiN",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "zootomy",
          "zootomy"
        ],
        [
          "neck",
          "neck"
        ],
        [
          "nape",
          "nape"
        ],
        [
          "throat",
          "throat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy, zootomy) neck, nape, throat"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "collum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "zoology",
        "zootomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 12 12 7 8 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "great burden, danger (from the figure taken from bearing the yoke)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cervix-la-noun-xUTgw-US",
      "links": [
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "danger",
          "danger"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure#English"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear#English"
        ],
        [
          "yoke",
          "yoke#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively)",
        "great burden, danger (from the figure taken from bearing the yoke)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 12 12 7 8 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boldness, headstrong behavior"
      ],
      "id": "en-cervix-la-noun-fUpbToNJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "boldness",
          "boldness"
        ],
        [
          "headstrong",
          "headstrong"
        ],
        [
          "behavior",
          "behavior"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively)",
        "boldness, headstrong behavior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "(of an object) neck"
      ],
      "id": "en-cervix-la-noun-y5mB3m9d",
      "links": [
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "neck",
          "neck"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense) (of an object) neck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 3 2 1 22 25 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics"
      ],
      "id": "en-cervix-la-noun-MXr~Rth9",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics :"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 3 2 1 22 25 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 12 12 7 8 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics :\nConsules designati negabant se audere in senatum venire; patriae liberatores urbe carebant ea, cuius a cervicibus iugum servile deiecerant.\nThe consuls-elect said they did not dare attend the senate. The liberators of their native land were parted from the very city from whose neck they had cast off the yoke of slavery.",
        "Consules designati negabant se audere in senatum venire; patriae liberatores urbe carebant ea, cuius a cervicibus iugum servile deiecerant."
      ],
      "id": "en-cervix-la-noun-4St3O6UX",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics :"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 3 2 1 22 25 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 12 12 7 8 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics :\nConsules designati negabant se audere in senatum venire; patriae liberatores urbe carebant ea, cuius a cervicibus iugum servile deiecerant.\nThe consuls-elect said they did not dare attend the senate. The liberators of their native land were parted from the very city from whose neck they had cast off the yoke of slavery.",
        "The consuls-elect said they did not dare attend the senate. The liberators of their native land were parted from the very city from whose neck they had cast off the yoke of slavery."
      ],
      "id": "en-cervix-la-noun-btgZ3Kmp",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics :"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈker.u̯iːks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛru̯iːks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃer.viks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛrviks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cervix"
}
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  "categories": [
    "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 derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cervīcal"
    },
    {
      "word": "cervīcālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "cervīcātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cervīcōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cervīcula"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cerbice"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: cerbice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: cerbice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "serviu"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: serviu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: serviu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "cerviz"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: cerviz",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "cervele",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ cervele",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Picard"
          },
          "expansion": "(Picard)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: cerviz ⇒ cervele, chervele (Picard)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "cevich"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: cevich",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: cevich"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "cervitz"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: cervitz",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "cervigal",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ cervigal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: cervitz ⇒ cervigal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cerviz"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: cerviz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: cerviz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cerviz"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: cerviz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: cerviz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cervice"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: cervice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: cervice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "cirbici"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: cirbici",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: cirbici"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cèrvix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: cèrvix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: cèrvix"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "cervix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: cervix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: cervix"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cervix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: cervix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: cervix"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "serviks",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: serviks",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: serviks"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cérvice",
            "3": "cérvix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: cérvice, cérvix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: cérvice, cérvix"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cervix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cervix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cervix"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cervix",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: cervix",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: cervix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kerweiks",
        "4": "*kerweyks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kerweyks",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ḱerh₂(s)weyk-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂(s)weyk-s",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱerh₂-",
        "4": "*ḱerh₂-(s-)",
        "5": "the head"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-(s-) (“the head”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "where the head turns"
      },
      "expansion": "“where the head turns”",
      "name": "m-g"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to one hypothesis, from Proto-Italic *kerweyks, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂(s)weyk-s, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-(s-) (“the head”) (compare cerebrum) and *weyk- (“to curve, bend”) (compare vinciō), literally “where the head turns”. De Vaan rejects this etymology, calling it \"semantically very doubtful\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cervīx",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīce",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cervīcēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cervīx<3.F>"
      },
      "expansion": "cervīx f (genitive cervīcis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cervīx<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "la:Anatomy",
        "la:Animal body parts"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The neck suitable for the yoke should not be struck by the axe:\nmay it live long and labor often in the hard soil.\n(Agriculture dawns as Ceres teaches humans to yoke oxen to the plow and instead use other animals for sacrificial rites. See Ceres (mythology).)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.415–416",
          "roman": "vīvat et in dūrā saepe labōret humō.",
          "text": "apta iugō cervīx nōn est feriendā secūrī:"
        },
        {
          "english": "Your smooth throat glistening with scented oil\nthe flowing robe will brush your naked feet.",
          "ref": "30 BCE – 16 BCE, Propertius, Elegies 3.17–18",
          "roman": "et feries nudos veste fluente pedes",
          "text": "levis odorato cervix manabit olivo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "neck, nape, throat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "zootomy",
          "zootomy"
        ],
        [
          "neck",
          "neck"
        ],
        [
          "nape",
          "nape"
        ],
        [
          "throat",
          "throat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy, zootomy) neck, nape, throat"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "collum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "zoology",
        "zootomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "great burden, danger (from the figure taken from bearing the yoke)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "danger",
          "danger"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure#English"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear#English"
        ],
        [
          "yoke",
          "yoke#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively)",
        "great burden, danger (from the figure taken from bearing the yoke)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boldness, headstrong behavior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boldness",
          "boldness"
        ],
        [
          "headstrong",
          "headstrong"
        ],
        [
          "behavior",
          "behavior"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively)",
        "boldness, headstrong behavior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(of an object) neck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "neck",
          "neck"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense) (of an object) neck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics :"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics :\nConsules designati negabant se audere in senatum venire; patriae liberatores urbe carebant ea, cuius a cervicibus iugum servile deiecerant.\nThe consuls-elect said they did not dare attend the senate. The liberators of their native land were parted from the very city from whose neck they had cast off the yoke of slavery.",
        "Consules designati negabant se audere in senatum venire; patriae liberatores urbe carebant ea, cuius a cervicibus iugum servile deiecerant."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics :"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics :\nConsules designati negabant se audere in senatum venire; patriae liberatores urbe carebant ea, cuius a cervicibus iugum servile deiecerant.\nThe consuls-elect said they did not dare attend the senate. The liberators of their native land were parted from the very city from whose neck they had cast off the yoke of slavery.",
        "The consuls-elect said they did not dare attend the senate. The liberators of their native land were parted from the very city from whose neck they had cast off the yoke of slavery."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippics :"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈker.u̯iːks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛru̯iːks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃer.viks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛrviks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cervix"
}

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