"cutis" meaning in Latin

See cutis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkʊ.tɪs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkuː.tis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *kutis, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-t-, zero-grade form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) without s-mobile. Cognates include Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos, “hide”), Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”), Old English hȳd (English hide), Old English scēo (“sky”) (English sky), German Haut (“skin”), German Hoden (“scrotum”) and Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”). Related to culus. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*(s)kewH-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kutis}} Proto-Italic *kutis, {{der|la|ine-pro||*kuH-t-}} Proto-Indo-European *kuH-t-, {{glossary|zero-grade}} zero-grade, {{glossary|s-mobile}} s-mobile, {{cog|grc|σκύλος||hide}} Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos, “hide”), {{cog|cy|cwd||scrotum}} Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), {{cog|lt|kutỹs||purse}} Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”), {{cog|ang|hȳd}} Old English hȳd, {{cog|en|hide}} English hide, {{m+|ang|scēo||sky}} Old English scēo (“sky”), {{m+|en|sky}} English sky, {{cog|de|Haut||skin}} German Haut (“skin”), {{cog|de|Hoden||scrotum}} German Hoden (“scrotum”), {{cog|sa|स्कुनाति|t=to cover|tr=skunā́ti}} Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cutis<3.acc-em-im.abl-e-i>|g=f}} cutis f (genitive cutis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cutis<3.acc-em-im.abl-e-i>}} Forms: cutis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cutis [nominative, singular], cutēs [nominative, plural], cutis [genitive, singular], cutium [genitive, plural], cutī [dative, singular], cutibus [dative, plural], cutem [accusative, singular], cutim [accusative, singular], cutēs [accusative, plural], cutīs [accusative, plural], cute [ablative, singular], cutī [ablative, singular], cutibus [ablative, plural], cutis [singular, vocative], cutēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) living human skin Tags: declension-3, feminine Synonyms: pellis, corium, scortum
    Sense id: en-cutis-la-noun-2BV5wdMA Categories (other): Anatomy, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 26 24 25 24 Disambiguation of Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary: 42 18 20 20 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. rind, surface Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-cutis-la-noun-swrP29HD Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 26 24 25 24
  3. (figurative) the appearance, outside of something Tags: declension-3, feminine, figuratively Synonyms: imāgō, speciēs
    Sense id: en-cutis-la-noun-Qs9-9B9L Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 22 20 37 21 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 26 24 25 24
  4. hide, leather Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-cutis-la-noun-lq-ST0ph Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 26 24 25 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cutaneus [New-Latin], cuticula, intercus, recutītus

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "cutaneus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cuticula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "intercus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "recutītus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "lang_code": "la",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "*cutica"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "la",
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      ],
      "word": "*cutina"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "*kuH-t-"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "zero-grade"
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      "expansion": "zero-grade",
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    },
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        "1": "s-mobile"
      },
      "expansion": "s-mobile",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σκύλος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hide"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos, “hide”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cwd",
        "3": "",
        "4": "scrotum"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "kutỹs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "purse"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hȳd"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hȳd",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hide"
      },
      "expansion": "English hide",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "scēo",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sky"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English scēo (“sky”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sky"
      },
      "expansion": "English sky",
      "name": "m+"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Haut",
        "3": "",
        "4": "skin"
      },
      "expansion": "German Haut (“skin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Hoden",
        "3": "",
        "4": "scrotum"
      },
      "expansion": "German Hoden (“scrotum”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "स्कुनाति",
        "t": "to cover",
        "tr": "skunā́ti"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cutis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutis",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cute",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "cutis<3.acc-em-im.abl-e-i>"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 24 25 24",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 18 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: pellis, corium, scortum"
        }
      ],
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        "living human skin"
      ],
      "id": "en-cutis-la-noun-2BV5wdMA",
      "links": [
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        [
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        "(anatomy) living human skin"
      ],
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          "word": "corium"
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        {
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    },
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        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-cutis-la-noun-swrP29HD",
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          "rind",
          "rind"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
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          "_dis": "22 20 37 21",
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          "_dis": "26 24 25 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the appearance, outside of something"
      ],
      "id": "en-cutis-la-noun-Qs9-9B9L",
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        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
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          "outside",
          "outside#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) the appearance, outside of something"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "imāgō"
        },
        {
          "word": "speciēs"
        }
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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        }
      ],
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        "hide, leather"
      ],
      "id": "en-cutis-la-noun-lq-ST0ph",
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        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "leather",
          "leather"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʊ.tɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuː.tis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cutis"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "cutaneus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuticula"
    },
    {
      "word": "intercus"
    },
    {
      "word": "recutītus"
    }
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    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "purse"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "hȳd"
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      "expansion": "Old English hȳd",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "hide"
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      "expansion": "English hide",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "scēo",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sky"
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      "expansion": "Old English scēo (“sky”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sky"
      },
      "expansion": "English sky",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Haut",
        "3": "",
        "4": "skin"
      },
      "expansion": "German Haut (“skin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Hoden",
        "3": "",
        "4": "scrotum"
      },
      "expansion": "German Hoden (“scrotum”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "स्कुनाति",
        "t": "to cover",
        "tr": "skunā́ti"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *kutis, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-t-, zero-grade form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) without s-mobile.\nCognates include Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos, “hide”), Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”), Old English hȳd (English hide), Old English scēo (“sky”) (English sky), German Haut (“skin”), German Hoden (“scrotum”) and Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”). Related to culus.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "cutis",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cutēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutis",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "cutium",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cutem",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cute",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutēs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cutis<3.acc-em-im.abl-e-i>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cutis f (genitive cutis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cutis<3.acc-em-im.abl-e-i>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: pellis, corium, scortum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "living human skin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "living",
          "living"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) living human skin"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pellis"
        },
        {
          "word": "corium"
        },
        {
          "word": "scortum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rind, surface"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rind",
          "rind"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the appearance, outside of something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "outside",
          "outside#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) the appearance, outside of something"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "imāgō"
        },
        {
          "word": "speciēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hide, leather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "leather",
          "leather"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʊ.tɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuː.tis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cutis"
}

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