See dirus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"diro#Latin"
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"dirae#Latin"
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{
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"neuter",
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"dīre",
"dire#Latin"
]
],
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"text": "Senex dirissimus.",
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"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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]
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"dira#Latin"
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"dīrī",
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"dīra",
"dira#Latin"
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{
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"dirae#Latin"
]
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{
"form": "dīrī",
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[
"dīrī",
"diri#Latin"
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"neuter",
"singular"
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},
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"dīrōrum",
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]
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"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrārum",
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[
"dīrārum",
"dirarum#Latin"
]
],
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrōrum",
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[
"dīrōrum",
"dirorum#Latin"
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"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
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},
{
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"dīrō",
"diro#Latin"
]
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"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrae",
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[
"dīrae",
"dirae#Latin"
]
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"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrō",
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[
"dīrō",
"diro#Latin"
]
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"neuter",
"singular"
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{
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"dīrīs",
"diris#Latin"
]
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"masculine",
"neuter",
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{
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"dīrum",
"dirum#Latin"
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"form": "dīram",
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"dīram",
"diram#Latin"
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"feminine",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "dīrum",
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"dīrum",
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"neuter",
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{
"form": "dīrōs",
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[
"dīrōs",
"diros#Latin"
]
],
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"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrās",
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"dīrās",
"diras#Latin"
]
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"feminine",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "dīra",
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"dīra",
"dira#Latin"
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},
{
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]
],
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"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrā",
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[
"dīrā",
"dira#Latin"
]
],
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"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrō",
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[
"dīrō",
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]
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrīs",
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]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dīre",
"links": [
[
"dīre",
"dire#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "dīra",
"links": [
[
"dīra",
"dira#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrum",
"links": [
[
"dīrum",
"dirum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrī",
"links": [
[
"dīrī",
"diri#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "dīrae",
"links": [
[
"dīrae",
"dirae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "dīra",
"links": [
[
"dīra",
"dira#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dīrus",
"adv": "dīrē",
"comp": "dīrior",
"sup": "dīrissimus"
},
"expansion": "dīrus (feminine dīra, neuter dīrum, comparative dīrior, superlative dīrissimus, adverb dīrē); first/second-declension adjective",
"name": "la-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dīrus"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
6,
16
]
],
"english": "A most fearful old man.",
"text": "Senex dirissimus.",
"translation": "A most fearful old man.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fearful"
],
"links": [
[
"fearful",
"fearful"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"ominous"
],
"links": [
[
"ominous",
"ominous"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"dreadful, detestable"
],
"links": [
[
"dreadful",
"dreadful"
],
[
"detestable",
"detestable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of character) dreadful, detestable"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of character"
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"dire"
],
"links": [
[
"dire",
"dire"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈdiː.rʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdiː.rus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "dirus"
}
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