"ensis" meaning in Latin

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          "text": "Ōrīōn. Hunc ā zōnā et reliquō corpore aequinoctiālis circulus dīuidit, cum Taurō dēcertantem collocātum, dextrā manū clāuam tenentem et incīnctum ēnse spectantem ad occāsum, et occidentem exortā Scorpiōnis posteriōre parte et Sagittāriō exoriente, cum Cancrō autem tōtō corpore pariter exsurgentem. Hic habet in capite stēllās III clārās, in utrīsque humerīs singulās, in dextrō cubitō obscūram I, in manū similem I, in zōnā III, in eō quō gladius eius dēfōrmātur III obscūrās, in utrīsque genibus singulās clārās, in pedibus singulās. Omnīnō XVII.",
          "translation": "Orion. His belt and the rest of his body are separated [from the upper part of him] by the equator. He is placed as though in confrontation with the Bull, holding a club in his right hand, and with a sword at his waist; he is looking toward the west. He sets at the rising of the hind part of the Scorpion, and rises with his whole body at the same time as the Crab. He has three bright stars on his head, one star on each shoulder, a faint star on his right elbow, a similar star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three faint ones where his sword is depicted, one bright one on each knee, and one each at his feet. In all, seventeen.",
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          "text": "Ōrīōn. Hunc ā zōnā et reliquō corpore aequinoctiālis circulus dīuidit, cum Taurō dēcertantem collocātum, dextrā manū clāuam tenentem et incīnctum ēnse spectantem ad occāsum, et occidentem exortā Scorpiōnis posteriōre parte et Sagittāriō exoriente, cum Cancrō autem tōtō corpore pariter exsurgentem. Hic habet in capite stēllās III clārās, in utrīsque humerīs singulās, in dextrō cubitō obscūram I, in manū similem I, in zōnā III, in eō quō gladius eius dēfōrmātur III obscūrās, in utrīsque genibus singulās clārās, in pedibus singulās. Omnīnō XVII.",
          "translation": "Orion. His belt and the rest of his body are separated [from the upper part of him] by the equator. He is placed as though in confrontation with the Bull, holding a club in his right hand, and with a sword at his waist; he is looking toward the west. He sets at the rising of the hind part of the Scorpion, and rises with his whole body at the same time as the Crab. He has three bright stars on his head, one star on each shoulder, a faint star on his right elbow, a similar star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three faint ones where his sword is depicted, one bright one on each knee, and one each at his feet. In all, seventeen.",
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              19,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to Marcellus, the Romans’ sword",
          "text": "Mārcellō Rōmānōrum ēnsī",
          "translation": "to Marcellus, the Romans’ sword",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "defender"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "defender",
          "defender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) defender"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "royal sway"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sway",
          "sway"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) royal sway"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the constellation Orion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Orion",
          "Orion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymic) the constellation Orion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈẽː.sɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛn.sis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ensis"
}