See curvus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"feminine",
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"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
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"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
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"feminine",
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"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
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"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
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"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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},
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"2": "curvo"
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{
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{
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"plural"
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},
{
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"nominative",
"plural"
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},
{
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{
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"masculine",
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "curvōrum",
"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
"plural"
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{
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"feminine",
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"neuter",
"plural"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"singular",
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"plural",
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]
},
{
"form": "curvae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
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{
"form": "curva",
"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
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],
[
"crooked",
"crooked"
],
[
"curved",
"curved"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"aged (of a person)"
],
"links": [
[
"aged",
"aged"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"wrong"
],
"links": [
[
"wrong",
"wrong"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) wrong"
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈkʊr.wʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkur.vus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "curvus"
}
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