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{
"word": "dēterō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"worn out, trite, hackneyed, having been worn out"
],
"links": [
[
"worn out",
"wear out"
],
[
"trite",
"trite"
],
[
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"hackneyed"
]
],
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"(figuratively) worn out, trite, hackneyed, having been worn out"
],
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"declension-2",
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"passive",
"perfect"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[deːˈtriː.tʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[deˈtriː.tus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "detritus"
}
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"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"Latin 3-syllable words",
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"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "detritus"
},
{
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"word": "détritus"
},
{
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"word": "detrito"
},
{
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"word": "detrito"
},
{
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "detrit",
"word": "детрит"
},
{
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"word": "detrito"
},
{
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"word": "Orgyia detrita"
}
],
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"3": "-tus",
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"name": "af"
}
],
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"form": "dētrītus",
"tags": [
"canonical",
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]
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{
"form": "dētrītūs",
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"genitive"
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},
{
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dētrītūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dētrītūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dētrītuum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dētrītuī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dētrītibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dētrītum",
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"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dētrītūs",
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"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dētrītū",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dētrītibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dētrītus",
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
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"plural",
"vocative"
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{
"word": "dēterō"
},
{
"word": "dētrīmentōsus"
},
{
"word": "dētrīmentum"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"the act of rubbing away"
],
"links": [
[
"rub",
"rub"
]
],
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"declension-4"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[deːˈtriː.tʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[deˈtriː.tus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "detritus"
}
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