"diaconus" meaning in Latin

See diaconus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /diˈaː.ko.nus/ [Classical-Latin], [d̪iˈäːkɔnʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /diˈa.ko.nus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [d̪iˈäːkonus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|διᾱ́κονος||servant, minister}} Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”) Head templates: {{la-noun|diāconus<2>|f=diaconissa}} diāconus m (genitive diāconī, feminine diaconissa); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|diāconus<2>}} Forms: diāconus [canonical, masculine], diāconī [genitive], diaconissa [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], diāconus [nominative, singular], diāconī [nominative, plural], diāconī [genitive, singular], diāconōrum [genitive, plural], diāconō [dative, singular], diāconīs [dative, plural], diāconum [accusative, singular], diāconōs [accusative, plural], diāconō [ablative, singular], diāconīs [ablative, plural], diācone [singular, vocative], diāconī [plural, vocative], diācōn [alternative], zācōn [alternative]
  1. deacon Tags: declension-2
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      "text": "Italian: giacono"
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      "text": "→ Old English: diacon\nMiddle English: deken\nEnglish: deacon\n→ Old Norse: djákni, djákn\nIcelandic: djákni\nOld Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn\nSwedish: djäkne"
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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: diaca",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: diaca"
    },
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            "1": "nl",
            "2": "diaken",
            "bor": "1"
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            "2": "diakono",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: diakono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: diakono"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "diakoni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: diakoni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Finnish: diakoni"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "diacre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: diacre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: diacre"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Franco-Provençal: diâcro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Franco-Provençal: diâcro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Diakon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Diakon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Diakon"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "diacono",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: diacono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: diacono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "diaken",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Low German: diaken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Low German: diaken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "diakn",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Danish: diakn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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            "1": "da",
            "2": "degn"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: degn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "deknur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: deknur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: deknur"
    },
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      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "degn"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: degn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: degn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "dekn",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: dekn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: dekn"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "diacre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norman: diacre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norman: diacre"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "diakon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: diakon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: diakon"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "diakon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: diakon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: diakon"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "diácono",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: diácono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: diácono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "diácono",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: diácono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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      "form": "diāconus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "diāconō",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "diāconīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diācone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diācōn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zācōn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "la-noun"
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  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "diāconus<2>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deacon"
      ],
      "id": "en-diaconus-la-noun-UuaM8xTA",
      "links": [
        [
          "deacon",
          "deacon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/diˈaː.ko.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iˈäːkɔnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈa.ko.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iˈäːkonus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diaconus"
}
{
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "giacono"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: giacono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: giacono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "jacunu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: jacunu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: jacunu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "zago"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: zago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: zago"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old English: diacon\nMiddle English: deken\nEnglish: deacon\n→ Old Norse: djákni, djákn\nIcelandic: djákni\nOld Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn\nSwedish: djäkne",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old English: diacon\nMiddle English: deken\nEnglish: deacon\n→ Old Norse: djákni, djákn\nIcelandic: djákni\nOld Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn\nSwedish: djäkne"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "diaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: diaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: diaca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "diaken",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: diaken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Dutch: diaken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "diaken",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: diaken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: diaken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "diakono",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: diakono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: diakono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "diakoni",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: diakoni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: diakoni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "diacre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: diacre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: diacre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "diâcro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Franco-Provençal: diâcro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Franco-Provençal: diâcro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Diakon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Diakon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Diakon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "diacono",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: diacono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: diacono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "diaken",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Low German: diaken",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Low German: diaken"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "diakn",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Danish: diakn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Danish: diakn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "degn"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: degn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: degn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "deknur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: deknur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: deknur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "degn"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: degn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: degn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "dekn",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: dekn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: dekn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "diacre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norman: diacre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norman: diacre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "diakon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: diakon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: diakon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "diakon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: diakon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: diakon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "diácono",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: diácono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: diácono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "diácono",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: diácono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: diácono"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "διᾱ́κονος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "servant, minister"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "diāconus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diaconissa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diācone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diāconī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diācōn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zācōn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "diāconus<2>",
        "f": "diaconissa"
      },
      "expansion": "diāconus m (genitive diāconī, feminine diaconissa); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "diāconus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deacon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deacon",
          "deacon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈaː.ko.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iˈäːkɔnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈa.ko.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iˈäːkonus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diaconus"
}

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