See clavis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clāvicārius"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clāvichordium"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clāvicula"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clāviger"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clāvile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clāvis aurea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "conclāve"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "sub clāve"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Balkan Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "cljai"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian: cljai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aromanian: cljai"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "cheie"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: cheie",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: cheie"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Dalmatian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dlm",
"2": "cluf",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "cluf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "cluf"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "chiave"
},
"expansion": "Italian: chiave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: chiave"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nap",
"2": "chiave"
},
"expansion": "Neapolitan: chiave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Neapolitan: chiave"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "chiavi",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: chiavi, ciavi (alternative speling)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: chiavi, ciavi (alternative speling)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Padanian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Italic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "egl",
"2": "ciàṿ"
},
"expansion": "Emilian: ciàṿ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Emilian: ciàṿ"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "ciav"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: ciav",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: ciav"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rgn",
"2": "cêv"
},
"expansion": "Romagnol: cêv",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romagnol: cêv"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "clâf",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: clâf, clâv (alternative orthography)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: clâf, clâv (alternative orthography)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ist",
"2": "ciave"
},
"expansion": "Istriot: ciave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Istriot: ciave"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lld",
"2": "chiëf"
},
"expansion": "Ladin: chiëf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladin: chiëf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "clav",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Romansch: clav, clev (Puter)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romansch: clav, clev (Puter)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "ciave"
},
"expansion": "Venetan: ciave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetan: ciave"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "clau"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: clau",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: clau"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frp",
"2": "cllâf"
},
"expansion": "Franco-Provençal: cllâf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Franco-Provençal: cllâf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "clef"
},
"expansion": "Old French: clef",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: clef (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "clau"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: clau",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: clau"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "an",
"2": "clau"
},
"expansion": "Aragonese: clau",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aragonese: clau"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ribagorçan: cllau"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "llave"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: llave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: llave"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "chave"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: chave, chaue\nFala: chavi\nGalician: chave\nPortuguese: chave (see there for further descendants)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: chave, chaue\nFala: chavi\nGalician: chave\nPortuguese: chave (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "llave"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: llave",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: llave (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Insular Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "crae"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian: crae",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sardinian: crae"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "clavis",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: clavis",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: clavis"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "klawisz",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: klawisz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: klawisz"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "клавиша",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: клавиша (klaviša)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: клавиша (klaviša)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "clave",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: clave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: clave"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "clave",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: clave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: clave"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "inh",
"3": "itc-pro>*klāwis>bolt",
"id": "key"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*klāwis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *klāwis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)kleh₂w-",
"4": "*kleh₂u-",
"5": "nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "*κλᾱϝίς"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek *κλᾱϝίς (*klāwís)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *klāwis. Either a secondary i-stem derivation of the Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) which gave also Latin clāvus (“nail”), an inherited Indo-European word originally denoting an instrument for unlocking doors, or a loanword from dialectal Ancient Greek *κλᾱϝίς (*klāwís) (Classical κλείς (kleís)), from the same Proto-Indo-European root.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "clāvis",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvis",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvim",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clāve",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"1": "clāvis<3.acc-em-im.abl-e-i>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "clāvis f (genitive clāvis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "clāvis<3.acc-em-im.abl-e-i>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "claudō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "claustellum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "claustrārius"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "claustrum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clausula"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clausum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clausūra"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clausus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clāvus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "clāva"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "After this discourse he laid the keys of the gates and of the royal treasure at their feet.",
"ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 24",
"text": "Post hanc orationem claves portarum pecuniaeque regiae ante pedes eorum posuit."
},
{
"english": "[…] and, behold, he did not open the doors; therefore they took a key and opened [the doors] to enter [but] their lord was lying dead on the ground.",
"ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Iudicum.3.25",
"text": "[…] et videntes quod nullus aperiret tulerunt clavem et aperientes invenerunt dominum suum iacentem in terra mortuum"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a key"
],
"id": "en-clavis-la-noun-j6Oqsvqp",
"links": [
[
"key",
"key"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "an instrument in the form of a key, by which a top was set in motion",
"word": "clāvis trochī"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin ellipses",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 69 3 13 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 68 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Ellipsis of clāvis trochī.: an instrument in the form of a key, by which a top was set in motion"
],
"id": "en-clavis-la-noun-RFDCLpd1",
"links": [
[
"clāvis trochī",
"clavis trochi#Latin"
],
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"key",
"key"
],
[
"top",
"top"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"declension-3",
"ellipsis"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 13",
"text": "[…] seriam vinariam unam, clavem torculari I […]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a lever or bar for tightening a screw press"
],
"id": "en-clavis-la-noun-EfE6HAz-",
"links": [
[
"lever",
"lever"
],
[
"bar",
"bar"
],
[
"tighten",
"tighten"
],
[
"screw",
"screw"
],
[
"press",
"press"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "clāvis torculārī"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈklaː.u̯is/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkɫ̪äːu̯ɪs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkla.vis/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkläːvis]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "clavis"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"name": "nonlemma"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "clāvīs",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "noun form",
"head": "clāvīs"
},
"expansion": "clāvīs",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "clāvus"
}
],
"glosses": [
"dative/ablative plural of clāvus"
],
"id": "en-clavis-la-noun-jdahImIs",
"links": [
[
"clāvus",
"clavus#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dative",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "clavis"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"name": "nonlemma"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "clāvīs",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "noun form",
"head": "clāvīs"
},
"expansion": "clāvīs",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "clāva"
}
],
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"dative/ablative plural of clāva"
],
"id": "en-clavis-la-noun-uyMfg8Fh",
"links": [
[
"clāva",
"clava#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dative",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "clavis"
}
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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 non-lemma forms",
"Latin noun forms",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kleh₂w-",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "clāvicārius"
},
{
"word": "clāvichordium"
},
{
"word": "clāvicula"
},
{
"word": "clāviger"
},
{
"word": "clāvile"
},
{
"word": "clāvis aurea"
},
{
"word": "conclāve"
},
{
"word": "sub clāve"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Balkan Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "cljai"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian: cljai",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aromanian: cljai"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "cheie"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: cheie",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: cheie"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Dalmatian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dlm",
"2": "cluf",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "cluf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "cluf"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "chiave"
},
"expansion": "Italian: chiave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: chiave"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nap",
"2": "chiave"
},
"expansion": "Neapolitan: chiave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Neapolitan: chiave"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "chiavi",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: chiavi, ciavi (alternative speling)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: chiavi, ciavi (alternative speling)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Padanian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Italic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "egl",
"2": "ciàṿ"
},
"expansion": "Emilian: ciàṿ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Emilian: ciàṿ"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "ciav"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: ciav",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: ciav"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rgn",
"2": "cêv"
},
"expansion": "Romagnol: cêv",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romagnol: cêv"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "clâf",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: clâf, clâv (alternative orthography)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: clâf, clâv (alternative orthography)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ist",
"2": "ciave"
},
"expansion": "Istriot: ciave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Istriot: ciave"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lld",
"2": "chiëf"
},
"expansion": "Ladin: chiëf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladin: chiëf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "clav",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Romansch: clav, clev (Puter)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romansch: clav, clev (Puter)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "ciave"
},
"expansion": "Venetan: ciave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetan: ciave"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "clau"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: clau",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: clau"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "frp",
"2": "cllâf"
},
"expansion": "Franco-Provençal: cllâf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Franco-Provençal: cllâf"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "clef"
},
"expansion": "Old French: clef",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: clef (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "clau"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: clau",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: clau"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "an",
"2": "clau"
},
"expansion": "Aragonese: clau",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aragonese: clau"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ribagorçan: cllau"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "llave"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: llave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: llave"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "chave"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: chave, chaue\nFala: chavi\nGalician: chave\nPortuguese: chave (see there for further descendants)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: chave, chaue\nFala: chavi\nGalician: chave\nPortuguese: chave (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "llave"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: llave",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: llave (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Insular Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "crae"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian: crae",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sardinian: crae"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "clavis",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: clavis",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: clavis"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "klawisz",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: klawisz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: klawisz"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "клавиша",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: клавиша (klaviša)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: клавиша (klaviša)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "clave",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: clave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: clave"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "clave",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: clave",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: clave"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "inh",
"3": "itc-pro>*klāwis>bolt",
"id": "key"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*klāwis"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)kleh₂w-",
"4": "*kleh₂u-",
"5": "nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "*κλᾱϝίς"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"form": "clāvis",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
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]
},
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"plural"
]
},
{
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"genitive",
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]
},
{
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvim",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clāve",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clāvī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"vocative"
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "claudō"
},
{
"word": "claustellum"
},
{
"word": "claustrārius"
},
{
"word": "claustrum"
},
{
"word": "clausula"
},
{
"word": "clausum"
},
{
"word": "clausūra"
},
{
"word": "clausus"
},
{
"word": "clāvus"
},
{
"word": "clāva"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "After this discourse he laid the keys of the gates and of the royal treasure at their feet.",
"ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 24",
"text": "Post hanc orationem claves portarum pecuniaeque regiae ante pedes eorum posuit."
},
{
"english": "[…] and, behold, he did not open the doors; therefore they took a key and opened [the doors] to enter [but] their lord was lying dead on the ground.",
"ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Iudicum.3.25",
"text": "[…] et videntes quod nullus aperiret tulerunt clavem et aperientes invenerunt dominum suum iacentem in terra mortuum"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a key"
],
"links": [
[
"key",
"key"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "an instrument in the form of a key, by which a top was set in motion",
"word": "clāvis trochī"
}
],
"categories": [
"Latin ellipses"
],
"glosses": [
"Ellipsis of clāvis trochī.: an instrument in the form of a key, by which a top was set in motion"
],
"links": [
[
"clāvis trochī",
"clavis trochi#Latin"
],
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"key",
"key"
],
[
"top",
"top"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"declension-3",
"ellipsis"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations",
"Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 13",
"text": "[…] seriam vinariam unam, clavem torculari I […]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a lever or bar for tightening a screw press"
],
"links": [
[
"lever",
"lever"
],
[
"bar",
"bar"
],
[
"tighten",
"tighten"
],
[
"screw",
"screw"
],
[
"press",
"press"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "clāvis torculārī"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈklaː.u̯is/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkɫ̪äːu̯ɪs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkla.vis/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkläːvis]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "clavis"
}
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"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin noun forms",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"name": "nonlemma"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "clāvīs",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "noun form",
"head": "clāvīs"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "clāvus"
}
],
"glosses": [
"dative/ablative plural of clāvus"
],
"links": [
[
"clāvus",
"clavus#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dative",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "clavis"
}
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"Pages with 3 entries",
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]
}
],
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "clāva"
}
],
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"dative/ablative plural of clāva"
],
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[
"clāva",
"clava#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dative",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "clavis"
}
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