"far" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈfar] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfar] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈfar.r] [Classical-Latin]
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *fars (“flour, grain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”); compare Welsh bara (“bread”), English barley, Serbo-Croatian brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φηρῶν (Phērôn, “plant deity”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*fars|t=flour, grain}} Proto-Italic *fars (“flour, grain”), {{inh|la|ine-pro|*bʰers-||spike, prickle}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”), {{cog|cy|bara||bread}} Welsh bara (“bread”), {{cog|en|barley}} English barley, {{cog|sh|brašno|brȁšno|flour}} Serbo-Croatian brȁšno (“flour”), {{cog|sq|bar||grass}} Albanian bar (“grass”), {{cog|grc|Φηρῶν||plant deity}} Ancient Greek Φηρῶν (Phērôn, “plant deity”) Head templates: {{la-noun|far/farr<3.N>}} far n (genitive farris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|far/farr<3.N>}} Forms: farris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], far [nominative, singular], farra [nominative, plural], farris [genitive, singular], farrum [genitive, plural], farrī [dative, singular], farribus [dative, plural], far [accusative, singular], farra [accusative, plural], farre [ablative, singular], farribus [ablative, plural], far [singular, vocative], farra [plural, vocative]
  1. farro, a type of hulled wheat. (Most likely emmer (Triticum dicoccum or Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccon) but often mistranslated as spelt (Triticum spelta)) Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-far-la-noun-2VFALwd9 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Grains Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 68 32 Disambiguation of Grains: 70 30
  2. coarse meal; grits Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-far-la-noun--1yeBsji
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: confarreātiō, dēfarrinātus, farīnāceus, farīnārium, farīnārius, farīnōsus, farīnula, farīnulentus, farrārius
Derived forms: confarreō, diffarreātiō, farīna, farrāceus, farrāgō, farrātus, farreārius, farreātiō, farreātus, farreus, farriculum

Inflected forms

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      "source": "declension",
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          "Triticum spelta#Translingual"
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          "grits"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "confarreātiō"
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      "word": "dēfarrinātus"
    },
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      "word": "farīnāceus"
    },
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      "word": "farīnārium"
    },
    {
      "word": "farīnārius"
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      "word": "farīnula"
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        {
          "english": "Of old, the means to win the goodwill of the gods were far and sparkling grains of pure salt.― Fay Glinister, “Festus and Ritual Foodstuffs” p. 220",
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          "text": "Ante, deos homini quod conciliare valeret, / far erat et puri lucida mica salis.",
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}

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