See digitus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "fax",
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"word": "dedo"
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{
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},
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"lang_code": "ca",
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],
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},
{
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"borrowed"
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"borrowed"
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"2": ":der<unc>",
"3": "ine-pro:*deyḱ-<id:to point out>",
"id": "digit"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*deyǵ-",
"4": "",
"5": "to show, point out, pronounce solemnly"
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{
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"2": "δείκνῡμῐ",
"3": "",
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{
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"1": "en",
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"3": "",
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{
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"1": "en",
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "teacher",
"3": "",
"4": "forefinger, index finger"
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{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
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},
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"digitī",
"digiti"
]
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"genitive"
]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
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},
{
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "digitus",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "digitī",
"links": [
[
"digitī",
"digiti#Latin"
]
],
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "digitī",
"links": [
[
"digitī",
"digiti#Latin"
]
],
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "digitōrum",
"links": [
[
"digitōrum",
"digitorum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "digitum",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "digitō",
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[
"digitō",
"digito#Latin"
]
],
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "digitīs",
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[
"digitīs",
"digitis#Latin"
]
],
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "digitum",
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"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "digitōs",
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[
"digitōs",
"digitos#Latin"
]
],
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "digitō",
"links": [
[
"digitō",
"digito#Latin"
]
],
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"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "digitīs",
"links": [
[
"digitīs",
"digitis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "digite",
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"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "digitī",
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[
"digitī",
"digiti#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "dictus",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a finger, toe"
],
"links": [
[
"finger",
"finger"
],
[
"toe",
"toe"
]
],
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"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"a digit, number"
],
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[
"mathematics",
"mathematics"
],
[
"digit",
"digit"
],
[
"number",
"number"
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"(mathematics) a digit, number"
],
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"declension-2",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"mathematics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an inch (in ancient times, a 16th part of a Roman foot)"
],
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[
"inch",
"inch"
]
],
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"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a twig"
],
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[
"twig",
"twig"
]
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"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈdɪ.ɡɪ.tʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdiː.d͡ʒi.tus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "digitus"
}
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