See fidelis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"form": "fidēlibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fidēlis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "fidēlēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fidēlis<3>",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "fidēlis m (genitive fidēlis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fidēlis<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "fidēlitās"
},
{
"word": "fīdō"
},
{
"word": "fīdus"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a confidant, trustworthy person"
],
"links": [
[
"confidant",
"confidant"
],
[
"trustworthy",
"trustworthy"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[fɪˈdeː.lɪs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[fiˈdɛː.lis]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "fidelis"
}
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