"copula" meaning in Latin

See copula in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkoː.pʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkɔː.pu.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der. Proto-Italic *apjō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ula Latin *coapula Latin cōpula Contraction of *coapula, from con- (“together”) + apiō (“to join”) + -ula. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:from|la:<alt:*coapula><ety:af<con-><apiō<id:fasten>><-ula<id:instrument>>>|title=cōpula|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der. Proto-Italic *apjō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ula Latin *coapula Latin cōpula [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "con-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "fasten", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*apjō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "apiō", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "instrument", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tlom, *-dʰlom", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "tool noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tlom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ula", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cōpula", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="cōpula">, {{af|la|con-|apiō|-ula|t1=together|t2=to join}} con- (“together”) + apiō (“to join”) + -ula Head templates: {{la-noun|cōpula<1>}} cōpula f (genitive cōpulae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cōpula<1>}} Forms: cōpula [canonical, feminine], cōpulae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cōpula [nominative, singular], cōpulae [nominative, plural], cōpulae [genitive, singular], cōpulārum [genitive, plural], cōpulae [dative, singular], cōpulīs [dative, plural], cōpulam [accusative, singular], cōpulās [accusative, plural], cōpulā [ablative, singular], cōpulīs [ablative, plural], cōpula [singular, vocative], cōpulae [plural, vocative]
  1. a bond, tie, band or other connecting item Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-copula-la-noun-mbykUfIW Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -ula, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 81 19 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ula: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 45 55
  2. a leash Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-copula-la-noun-iXqi7wPr Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms prefixed with con-, Latin terms suffixed with -ula, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 42 58 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 31 69 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with con-: 36 64 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ula: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cōpulō
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    }
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          "word": "cucchia"
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        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "word": "cùbia"
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          "lang": "Venetan",
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      "lang": "Italo-Dalmatian",
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          "lang": "Piedmontese",
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          "word": "couple"
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      "form": "cōpula",
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    },
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkoː.pʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɔː.pu.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "copula"
}
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    {
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "coppia"
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        {
          "lang": "Sicilian",
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    {
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        {
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "lang_code": "pms",
          "word": "cobia"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gallo-Italic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
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      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
          "lang_code": "frp",
          "word": "coblla"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old French",
          "lang_code": "fro",
          "word": "couple"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "word": "cobla"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "lang_code": "oc",
          "word": "cobla"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "còpula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "copula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "copula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "copule"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "copail"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "copula"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "cobra"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Spanish",
              "lang_code": "es",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "cobra"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "roa-opt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "semi-learned borrowing",
            "semi-learned"
          ],
          "word": "cobra"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "cópula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "kópula",
          "word": "ко́пула"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "copla"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "cópula"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "copla"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "semi-learned"
          ],
          "word": "copla"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "lang_code": "cy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "original borrowing"
          ],
          "word": "cyplad"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "lang_code": "cy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "later re-borrowing"
          ],
          "word": "copwla"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Borrowings",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":from",
        "3": "la:<alt:*coapula><ety:af<con-><apiō<id:fasten>><-ula<id:instrument>>>",
        "title": "cōpula",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ḱe?\nProto-Indo-European *ḱóm\nProto-Italic *kom\nProto-Italic *kom-\nLatin con-\nProto-Indo-European [Term?]der.\nProto-Italic *apjō\nLatin apiō\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom\nLatin -ula\nLatin *coapula\nLatin cōpula\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*kom\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*kom-\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"con-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"id\" : \"fasten\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*apjō\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"apiō\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"id\" : \"instrument\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-tlom, *-dʰlom\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"tool noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tḗr\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-trom\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tlom\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ula\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"cōpula\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"cōpula\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "con-",
        "3": "apiō",
        "4": "-ula",
        "t1": "together",
        "t2": "to join"
      },
      "expansion": "con- (“together”) + apiō (“to join”) + -ula",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ḱe?\nProto-Indo-European *ḱóm\nProto-Italic *kom\nProto-Italic *kom-\nLatin con-\nProto-Indo-European [Term?]der.\nProto-Italic *apjō\nLatin apiō\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom\nLatin -ula\nLatin *coapula\nLatin cōpula\nContraction of *coapula, from con- (“together”) + apiō (“to join”) + -ula.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cōpula",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulae",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulae",
          "copulae"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpula",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpula",
          "copula#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulae",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulae",
          "copulae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulae",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulae",
          "copulae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulārum",
          "copularum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulae",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulae",
          "copulae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulīs",
          "copulis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulam",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulam",
          "copulam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulās",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulās",
          "copulas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulā",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulā",
          "copula#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulīs",
          "copulis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpula",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpula",
          "copula#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōpulae",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōpulae",
          "copulae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cōpula<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "cōpula f (genitive cōpulae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cōpula<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a bond, tie, band or other connecting item"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bond",
          "bond"
        ],
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ],
        [
          "band",
          "band"
        ],
        [
          "connect",
          "connect"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a leash"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leash",
          "leash"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkoː.pʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɔː.pu.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "copula"
}

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