"essentia" meaning in Latin

See essentia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɛsˈsɛn.ti.a] [Classical-Latin], [esˈsɛn.t͡si.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumder. Latin *essēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin essentia From *essēns (hypothetical present participle of sum (“to be”)) + -ia, by analogy with the present infinitive esse, and other derivations from the same root, such as absentia (from absum) and praesentia (from praesum); coined by Cicero to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía), which is its exact cognate. Literally, “beingness”. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|<alt:*essēns><ety:der<sum<id:be>>>|-ia|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumder. Latin *essēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin essentia [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "be", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*ezom~*som", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁es-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁ésti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰuH-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-t", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰúHt", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*ezom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Archaic Latin", "term" : "esom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-ala" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "esum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sum", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ijos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-(i)yós", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-ios", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "essentia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="essentia">, {{af|la||-ia|alt1=*essēns|pos1=hypothetical present participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">sum</i> (“to be”)}} *essēns (hypothetical present participle of sum (“to be”)) + -ia, {{coin|la|Cicero|nocap=1}} coined by Cicero, {{lbor|la|grc|οὐσία|notext=1}} Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía), {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|beingness}} “beingness”, {{lit|beingness}} Literally, “beingness” Head templates: {{la-noun|essentia<1>}} essentia f (genitive essentiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|essentia<1>}} Forms: essentiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], essentia [nominative, singular], essentiae [nominative, plural], essentiae [genitive, singular], essentiārum [genitive, plural], essentiae [dative, singular], essentiīs [dative, plural], essentiam [accusative, singular], essentiās [accusative, plural], essentiā [ablative, singular], essentiīs [ablative, plural], essentia [singular, vocative], essentiae [plural, vocative]
  1. essence, being Tags: declension-1, feminine Derived forms: essentiālis, essentiāliter, quinta essentia

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "eséncija",
      "word": "есе́нция"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "essència"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "esence"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "essens"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "essentie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "essence"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "esenco"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "essence"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "esanssi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "esență"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "esans"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "lang_code": "vi",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "ét-xăng"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "essence"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "essence"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "esencia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Essenz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "eszencia"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "lang_code": "mt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "essenza"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "essenza"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "esséncia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "essensa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "esencja"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "essência"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "essɛ́ntsija",
      "word": "эссе́нция"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "есѐнција"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "esèncija"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "esencia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "esenca"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "esencia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "essens"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*h₁es-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁es-#Proto-Indo-European:_be"
    ],
    [
      "*h₁ésti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁ésti"
    ],
    [
      "*bʰuH-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰuH-#Proto-Indo-European:_be"
    ],
    [
      "*-t",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-t"
    ],
    [
      "*bʰúHt",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰúHt"
    ],
    [
      "*ezom~*som",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/ezom"
    ],
    [
      "𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌",
      "esom#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "esum",
      "esum#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "sum",
      "sum#Latin:_be"
    ],
    [
      "*-(i)yós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yós"
    ],
    [
      "*-ios",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ios#Proto-Italic:_adjective_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-ios",
      "-ios#Latin:_suffix_forming_adjectives"
    ],
    [
      "-ius",
      "-ius#Latin:_suffix_forming_adjectives"
    ],
    [
      "-ia",
      "-ia#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "sum",
      "sum#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-ia",
      "-ia#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "esse",
      "esse#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "absentia",
      "absentia#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "absum",
      "absum#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "praesentia",
      "praesentia#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "praesum",
      "praesum#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "οὐσία",
      "οὐσία#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "<alt:*essēns><ety:der<sum<id:be>>>",
        "4": "-ia",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *-t\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Italic *ezom~*som\nArchaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom)\nOld Latin esum\nLatin sumder.\nLatin *essēns\nProto-Indo-European *-(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-ijos\nProto-Italic *-ios\nOld Latin -ios\nLatin -ius\nLatin -ia\nLatin essentia\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"be\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*ezom~*som\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"be\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₁es-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₁ésti\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"be\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*bʰuH-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-t\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*bʰúHt\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*ezom\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Archaic Latin\", \"term\" : \"esom\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-ala\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old Latin\", \"term\" : \"esum\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-ola\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sum\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suffix forming adjectives\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"suffix forming adjectives\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"adjective suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-ijos\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-(i)yós\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-yós\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ios\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ios\", \"lang\" : \"itc-ola\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ius\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"essentia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"essentia\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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        "2": "",
        "3": "-ia",
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Cicero",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "coined by Cicero",
      "name": "coin"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "οὐσία",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía)",
      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "l",
        "3": "L"
      },
      "expansion": "L",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beingness"
      },
      "expansion": "“beingness”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beingness"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “beingness”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Indo-European *bʰuH-\nProto-Indo-European *-t\nProto-Indo-European *bʰúHt\nProto-Italic *ezom~*som\nArchaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom)\nOld Latin esum\nLatin sumder.\nLatin *essēns\nProto-Indo-European *-(i)yós\nProto-Italic *-ijos\nProto-Italic *-ios\nOld Latin -ios\nLatin -ius\nLatin -ia\nLatin essentia\nFrom *essēns (hypothetical present participle of sum (“to be”)) + -ia, by analogy with the present infinitive esse, and other derivations from the same root, such as absentia (from absum) and praesentia (from praesum); coined by Cicero to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía), which is its exact cognate. Literally, “beingness”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "essentiae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentiārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "essentiārum",
          "essentiarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentiīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "essentiīs",
          "essentiis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentiās",
      "links": [
        [
          "essentiās",
          "essentias#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentiā",
      "links": [
        [
          "essentiā",
          "essentia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentiīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "essentiīs",
          "essentiis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essentiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "essentia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "essentia f (genitive essentiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "essentia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ia",
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}
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      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁ésti"
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      "-ia",
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      "form": "essentiae",
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      "form": "essentiam",
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      "form": "essentiās",
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      "form": "essentiā",
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      "form": "essentiīs",
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          "essentiīs",
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      "form": "essentia",
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      "tags": [
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      "args": {
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin learned borrowings from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms coined by Cicero",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁es-",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -ia",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
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        "Pages with etymon",
        "Russian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɛsˈsɛn.ti.a]",
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    {
      "ipa": "[esˈsɛn.t͡si.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "essentia"
}

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