"feta" meaning in Latin

See feta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfeː.ta] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɛː.t̪ä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: fēta [canonical, feminine], fētae [genitive]
Etymology: Substantivization of the feminine of fētus (“having recently given birth”). Found in Classical Latin in senses 1 and 2. Head templates: {{la-noun|fēta<1>}} fēta f (genitive fētae); first declension
  1. woman or female animal that has just given birth Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-feta-la-noun--rp207Jh Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 75 2 2 20 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 76 12 12
  2. mother-sheep Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-feta-la-noun-~PA7JvGG
  3. (Early Medieval Latin) sheep Tags: Early, Medieval-Latin, declension-1
    Sense id: en-feta-la-noun-XFmWFqxQ Categories (other): Medieval Latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [ˈfeː.ta] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɛː.t̪ä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: fētā [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=fētā}} fētā
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fētō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: fētō
    Sense id: en-feta-la-verb-qepSVViU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Aromanian: featã, fiate",
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      "text": "Aromanian: featã, fiate"
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      "text": "Istro-Romanian: fetĕ"
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      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: feată, fętă"
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      "text": "Romanian: fată"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: feda"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Ligurian: fea"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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      "text": "Piedmontese: fèja, fea"
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      "text": "Friulian: fede"
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      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
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      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
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      "text": "Catalan: feda (northern)"
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      "text": "Gascon: heda, hede"
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      "text": "Vivaro-Alpine: fea, feia, fià, fié"
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          "_dis": "76 12 12",
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        "(Early Medieval Latin) sheep"
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        "Early",
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      "ipa": "[ˈfeː.ta]",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɛː.t̪ä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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  "wikipedia": [
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  "word": "feta"
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      "ipa": "[ˈfɛː.t̪ä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
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      "text": "North Italian:"
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Lombard: feda"
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      "text": "Venetan: feda"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
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            "1": "ca",
            "2": "feda"
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          "expansion": "Catalan: feda",
          "name": "desc"
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        {
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            "1": "northern"
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          "expansion": "(northern)",
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      "text": "Catalan: feda (northern)"
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