"cloaca" meaning in Latin

See cloaca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kloˈaː.ka/ [Classical-Latin], [kɫ̪oˈäːkä] [Classical-Latin], /kloˈa.ka/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kloˈäːkä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Related to cluō (“cleanse”), but the derivation is uncertain. See de Vaan (2008) for discussion. Head templates: {{la-noun|cloāca<1>}} cloāca f (genitive cloācae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cloāca<1>}} Forms: cloāca [canonical, feminine], cloācae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cloāca [nominative, singular], cloācae [nominative, plural], cloācae [genitive, singular], cloācārum [genitive, plural], cloācae [dative, singular], cloācīs [dative, plural], cloācam [accusative, singular], cloācās [accusative, plural], cloācā [ablative, singular], cloācīs [ablative, plural], cloāca [singular, vocative], cloācae [plural, vocative]
  1. An underground drain, sewer. Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-cloaca-la-noun--UuNHtMD Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50
  2. An underground drain, sewer.
    (humorous) Of the mouth and intestines of a voracious person.
    Tags: declension-1, humorous Categories (topical): Engineering
    Sense id: en-cloaca-la-noun-hm45SP1j Disambiguation of Engineering: 22 78 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clovāca, cluāca (english: Late Republican), coācla, covācla (metathesis) [proscribed], clāvaca, clābaca (english: later metathesis) Derived forms: cloācālis, cloācārium, Cloācīna, cloācula
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cloācālis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cloācārium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Cloācīna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cloācula"
    }
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "chiavica"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: chiavica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Tuscan, Umbrian: chiòca, chiòvina, chiòdina, chiòcana"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: chiaveca"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "colaga",
            "t": "alley"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: colaga (“alley”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: colaga (“alley”)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
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            "der": "2"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *clavacaria",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *clavacaria"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "claveguera"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: claveguera",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: claveguera"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cloaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: cloaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: cloaca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "kloak",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: kloak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: kloak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cloaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: cloaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: cloaca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "cloaque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: cloaque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: cloaque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Kloake",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Kloake",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Kloake"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "clóáca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: clóáca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: clóáca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cloaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: cloaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: cloaca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cloaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: cloaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: cloaca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cloacă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cloacă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cloacă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cloaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: cloaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: cloaca"
    },
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            "1": "Enterobacter cloacae",
            "2": "species"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Translingual: Enterobacter cloacae"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Related to cluō (“cleanse”), but the derivation is uncertain. See de Vaan (2008) for discussion.",
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    {
      "form": "cloāca",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloāca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloāca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "cloāca<1>"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An underground drain, sewer."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "underground",
          "underground"
        ],
        [
          "drain",
          "drain"
        ],
        [
          "sewer",
          "sewer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "orig": "la:Engineering",
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            "Applied sciences",
            "Technology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An underground drain, sewer.",
        "Of the mouth and intestines of a voracious person."
      ],
      "id": "en-cloaca-la-noun-hm45SP1j",
      "links": [
        [
          "underground",
          "underground"
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        [
          "drain",
          "drain"
        ],
        [
          "sewer",
          "sewer"
        ],
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth#English"
        ],
        [
          "intestines",
          "intestines#English"
        ],
        [
          "voracious",
          "voracious#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "An underground drain, sewer.",
        "(humorous) Of the mouth and intestines of a voracious person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kloˈaː.ka/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɫ̪oˈäːkä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kloˈa.ka/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kloˈäːkä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "clovāca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Late Republican",
      "word": "cluāca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "coācla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "metathesis",
      "tags": [
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "word": "covācla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "clāvaca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "later metathesis",
      "word": "clābaca"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cloaca"
}
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    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Engineering"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cloācālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "cloācārium"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cloācīna"
    },
    {
      "word": "cloācula"
    }
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            "1": "it",
            "2": "chiavica"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: chiavica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Tuscan, Umbrian: chiòca, chiòvina, chiòdina, chiòcana"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Portuguese: colaga (“alley”)"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*clavacaria",
            "der": "2"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *clavacaria"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "claveguera"
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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        {
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            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cloaca",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: cloaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: cloaca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "kloak",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: kloak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: kloak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cloaca",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ English: cloaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: cloaca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "cloaque",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ French: cloaque",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ French: cloaque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Kloake",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ German: Kloake",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ German: Kloake"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "clóáca",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Irish: clóáca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Irish: clóáca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cloaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: cloaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: cloaca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cloaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: cloaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: cloaca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cloacă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cloacă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cloacă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cloaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: cloaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: cloaca"
    },
    {
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            "1": "Enterobacter cloacae",
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          },
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            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Enterobacter cloacae"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Translingual: Enterobacter cloacae"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Related to cluō (“cleanse”), but the derivation is uncertain. See de Vaan (2008) for discussion.",
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    {
      "form": "cloāca",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloāca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cloācās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloāca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloācae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cloāca<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An underground drain, sewer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "underground",
          "underground"
        ],
        [
          "drain",
          "drain"
        ],
        [
          "sewer",
          "sewer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An underground drain, sewer.",
        "Of the mouth and intestines of a voracious person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "underground",
          "underground"
        ],
        [
          "drain",
          "drain"
        ],
        [
          "sewer",
          "sewer"
        ],
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth#English"
        ],
        [
          "intestines",
          "intestines#English"
        ],
        [
          "voracious",
          "voracious#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "An underground drain, sewer.",
        "(humorous) Of the mouth and intestines of a voracious person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kloˈaː.ka/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɫ̪oˈäːkä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kloˈa.ka/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kloˈäːkä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "clovāca"
    },
    {
      "english": "Late Republican",
      "word": "cluāca"
    },
    {
      "word": "coācla"
    },
    {
      "roman": "metathesis",
      "tags": [
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "word": "covācla"
    },
    {
      "word": "clāvaca"
    },
    {
      "english": "later metathesis",
      "word": "clābaca"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cloaca"
}

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