"cibus" meaning in Latin

See cibus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkɪ.bʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃiː.bus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Of unknown origin. Perhaps borrowed from Ancient Greek κίβος (kíbos, “box, chest”) / κίβισις (kíbisis, “pouch”). Etymology templates: {{unknown|la|nocap=1}} unknown, {{bor+|la|grc|κίβος|nocap=1|t=box, chest}} borrowed from Ancient Greek κίβος (kíbos, “box, chest”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cibus<2>}} cibus m (genitive cibī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cibus<2>}} Forms: cibī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cibus [nominative, singular], cibī [nominative, plural], cibī [genitive, singular], cibōrum [genitive, plural], cibō [dative, singular], cibīs [dative, plural], cibum [accusative, singular], cibōs [accusative, plural], cibō [ablative, singular], cibīs [ablative, plural], cibe [singular, vocative], cibī [plural, vocative]
  1. food, fodder Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms: annōna, cibāria, commeātus
    Sense id: en-cibus-la-noun-ken~cr-9 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Foods, Meals Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 65 18 18 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 36 30 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 9 9 Disambiguation of Foods: 79 17 4 Disambiguation of Meals: 47 23 30
  2. nourishment, sustenance Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-cibus-la-noun-T1fSPheg Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 36 30 34
  3. (metonymic) meal Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-cibus-la-noun-rsbD0D8B Categories (other): Latin metonyms, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 36 30 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cibālis, cibārius, cibicida, cibō Related terms: cibātiō, cibātus

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cibālis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cibārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cibicida"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cibō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "civo"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: civo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: civo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Abruzzo: /ˈt͡ʃajvə/, /ˈt͡ʃojvə/"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "civu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: civu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: civu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Valgardena"
          },
          "expansion": "(Valgardena)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: /ˈt͡ʃejf/ (Valgardena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "San-Fratello Lombard: /ˈt͡sajf/"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "cebu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: cebu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: cebu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "cebo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: cebo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: cebo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cevo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: cevo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: cevo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cebo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: cebo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: cebo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "chibu",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: chibu, chivu (Nuorese), chiu, criu, cria (Logudorese), ciu, giu (Campidanian)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: chibu, chivu (Nuorese), chiu, criu, cria (Logudorese), ciu, giu (Campidanian)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cibo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: cibo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: cibo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cibo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: cibo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: cibo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cib",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cib",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cib"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cibo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: cibo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: cibo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κίβος",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t": "box, chest"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Ancient Greek κίβος (kíbos, “box, chest”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of unknown origin. Perhaps borrowed from Ancient Greek κίβος (kíbos, “box, chest”) / κίβισις (kíbisis, “pouch”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cibī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cibus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "cibus m (genitive cibī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cibus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cibātiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cibātus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 18 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 30 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 17 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 17 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "la:Foods",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 23 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Meals",
          "orig": "la:Meals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Food provides no benefit nor joins with the body if it is immediately expelled.",
          "ref": "c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.3",
          "text": "Nōn prōdest cibus nec corporī accēdit quī statim sūmptus ēmittitur."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "food, fodder"
      ],
      "id": "en-cibus-la-noun-ken~cr-9",
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "fodder",
          "fodder"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "annōna"
        },
        {
          "word": "cibāria"
        },
        {
          "word": "commeātus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 30 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nourishment, sustenance"
      ],
      "id": "en-cibus-la-noun-T1fSPheg",
      "links": [
        [
          "nourishment",
          "nourishment"
        ],
        [
          "sustenance",
          "sustenance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin metonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 30 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meal"
      ],
      "id": "en-cibus-la-noun-rsbD0D8B",
      "links": [
        [
          "meal",
          "meal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymic) meal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɪ.bʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃiː.bus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cibus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Foods",
    "la:Meals"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cibālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "cibārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "cibicida"
    },
    {
      "word": "cibō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "civo"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: civo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: civo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Abruzzo: /ˈt͡ʃajvə/, /ˈt͡ʃojvə/"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "civu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: civu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: civu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Valgardena"
          },
          "expansion": "(Valgardena)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: /ˈt͡ʃejf/ (Valgardena)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "San-Fratello Lombard: /ˈt͡sajf/"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "cebu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: cebu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: cebu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "cebo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: cebo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: cebo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cevo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: cevo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: cevo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cebo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: cebo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: cebo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "chibu",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: chibu, chivu (Nuorese), chiu, criu, cria (Logudorese), ciu, giu (Campidanian)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: chibu, chivu (Nuorese), chiu, criu, cria (Logudorese), ciu, giu (Campidanian)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cibo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: cibo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: cibo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cibo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: cibo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: cibo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cib",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cib",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cib"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cibo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: cibo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: cibo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κίβος",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t": "box, chest"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Ancient Greek κίβος (kíbos, “box, chest”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of unknown origin. Perhaps borrowed from Ancient Greek κίβος (kíbos, “box, chest”) / κίβισις (kíbisis, “pouch”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cibī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cibī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cibus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "cibus m (genitive cibī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cibus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cibātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "cibātus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Food provides no benefit nor joins with the body if it is immediately expelled.",
          "ref": "c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.3",
          "text": "Nōn prōdest cibus nec corporī accēdit quī statim sūmptus ēmittitur."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "food, fodder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "fodder",
          "fodder"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "annōna"
        },
        {
          "word": "cibāria"
        },
        {
          "word": "commeātus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nourishment, sustenance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nourishment",
          "nourishment"
        ],
        [
          "sustenance",
          "sustenance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meal",
          "meal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymic) meal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɪ.bʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃiː.bus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cibus"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: metonymic",
  "path": [
    "cibus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cibus",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: metonymic",
  "path": [
    "cibus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cibus",
  "trace": ""
}

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