"dea" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈde.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈdɛː.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Old Latin deiva, from Proto-Italic *deiwā. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-ola|deiva}} Old Latin deiva, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*deiwā}} Proto-Italic *deiwā Head templates: {{la-noun|dea<1.abus>}} dea f (genitive deae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dea<1.abus>}} Forms: deae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dea [nominative, singular], deae [nominative, plural], deae [genitive, singular], deārum [genitive, plural], deae [dative, singular], deābus [dative, plural], deam [accusative, singular], deās [accusative, plural], deā [ablative, singular], deābus [ablative, plural], dea [singular, vocative], deae [plural, vocative]
  1. goddess Tags: declension-1, feminine

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "dea"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "deiva"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Latin deiva",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*deiwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *deiwā",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Latin deiva, from Proto-Italic *deiwā.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "deae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deābus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deābus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dea<1.abus>"
      },
      "expansion": "dea f (genitive deae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dea<1.abus>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 16 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Behold! I saw goddesses.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.13",
          "text": "ecce deās vīdī",
          "translation": "Behold! I saw goddesses.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "goddess"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "goddess",
          "goddess"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈde.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɛː.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dea"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "dea"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "deiva"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Latin deiva",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*deiwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *deiwā",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Latin deiva, from Proto-Italic *deiwā.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "deae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deābus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deābus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dea<1.abus>"
      },
      "expansion": "dea f (genitive deae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dea<1.abus>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-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 derived from Old Latin",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 16 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Behold! I saw goddesses.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.13",
          "text": "ecce deās vīdī",
          "translation": "Behold! I saw goddesses.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "goddess"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "goddess",
          "goddess"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈde.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɛː.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dea"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dea meaning in Latin (2.6kB)

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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "dea",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: see deus",
  "path": [
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  ],
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