"fiber" meaning in Latin

See fiber in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfɪ.bɛr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfiː.ber] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus. Doublet of beber. The noun was changed to a second declension noun, displacing the original fourth declension pattern which would have yielded *fibrus, *fibrūs. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*bʰébʰrus}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus, {{doublet|la|beber}} Doublet of beber Head templates: {{la-noun|fiber/fibr<2>}} fiber m (genitive fibrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fiber/fibr<2>}} Forms: fibrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fiber [nominative, singular], fibrī [nominative, plural], fibrī [genitive, singular], fibrōrum [genitive, plural], fibrō [dative, singular], fibrīs [dative, plural], fibrum [accusative, singular], fibrōs [accusative, plural], fibrō [ablative, singular], fibrīs [ablative, plural], fiber [singular, vocative], fibrī [plural, vocative]
  1. beaver Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms: castor [common], beber [Late-Latin] Derived forms: fibrīnus

Inflected forms

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      "form": "fibrō",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fibrō",
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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        "singular",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "[ˈfiː.ber]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "word": "castor"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "beber"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fiber"
}

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