"filum" meaning in Latin

See filum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfiː.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfiː.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- (“sinew”). Cognate with Lithuanian gysla (“vein; thread; nerve”), Proto-Slavic *žìla (“vein; sinew”), Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil, “sinew”), Welsh gïau (“sinews”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:inh|itc-pro:*fī(s)lom<ety:der<ine-pro:<alt:*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo->>>|id=thread|title=fīlum}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*fī(s)lom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fīlum", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="thread" data-lang="la" data-title="fīlum" id="Latin:_thread">, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*fī(s)lom}} Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom, {{der|la|ine-pro||*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-|t=sinew}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- (“sinew”), {{cog|lt|gysla|t=vein; thread; nerve}} Lithuanian gysla (“vein; thread; nerve”), {{cog|sla-pro|*žìla|t=vein; sinew}} Proto-Slavic *žìla (“vein; sinew”), {{cog|xcl|ջիլ|t=sinew}} Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil, “sinew”), {{cog|cy|gïau|t=sinews}} Welsh gïau (“sinews”) Head templates: {{la-noun|fīlum<2>}} fīlum n (genitive fīlī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fīlum<2>}} Forms: fīlum [canonical, neuter], fīlī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fīlum [nominative, singular], fīla [nominative, plural], fīlī [genitive, singular], fīlōrum [genitive, plural], fīlō [dative, singular], fīlīs [dative, plural], fīlum [accusative, singular], fīla [accusative, plural], fīlō [ablative, singular], fīlīs [ablative, plural], fīlum [singular, vocative], fīla [plural, vocative]
  1. thread, string, filament, fiber Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-filum-la-noun-MjvSwIL3 Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 30 40 30
  2. texture, style, nature Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-filum-la-noun-HkGpao3p Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 30 40 30 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 64 6 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 30 51 18 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 18 64 18
  3. wick of a lamp Tags: declension-2 Synonyms: mergulus
    Sense id: en-filum-la-noun-IXAY7ZA9 Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 30 40 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fīlō
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fīlō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "filu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "fiu"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Insular Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "word": "hir"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "word": "hjir"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "word": "hiru"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "word": "fir"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "lang_code": "sq",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "fill"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Balkano-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Gallurese",
              "lang_code": "sdn",
              "word": "filu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Sassarese",
              "lang_code": "sdc",
              "word": "firu"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "lang_code": "co",
          "word": "filu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Istriot",
          "lang_code": "ist",
          "word": "feîl"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Istriot",
          "lang_code": "ist",
          "word": "feîlo"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Dalmatian",
              "lang_code": "dlm",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed",
                "uncertain"
              ],
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            }
          ],
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "filo"
        },
        {
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                "uncertain"
              ],
              "word": "fil"
            }
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "fila"
        },
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          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "filu"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "filo"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "fi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "lang_code": "scn",
          "word": "filu"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
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              "lang": "Turkish",
              "lang_code": "tr",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "filo"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "word": "fiło"
        },
        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "tr",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
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            }
          ],
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "word": "fil"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Italo-Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "lang_code": "fur",
          "word": "fîl"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "lang_code": "lld",
          "word": "fî"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romansh",
          "lang_code": "rm",
          "word": "fil"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rhaeto-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Emilian",
          "lang_code": "egl",
          "word": "fîl"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "lang_code": "lij",
          "word": "fî"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "lang_code": "lij",
          "word": "fia"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "lang_code": "lmo",
          "word": "fil"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "lang_code": "pms",
          "word": "fil"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "lang_code": "rgn",
          "word": "fil"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gallo-Italic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "word": "fil"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "word": "fila"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
          "lang_code": "frp",
          "word": "fil"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "lang_code": "oc",
          "word": "fil"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "lang_code": "oc",
          "word": "fila"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old French",
          "lang_code": "fro",
          "word": "fil"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gallo-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "lang_code": "an",
          "word": "filo"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "word": "filu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "lang_code": "mwl",
          "word": "filo"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Galician",
              "lang_code": "gl",
              "word": "fío"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "fio"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "roa-opt",
          "word": "fio"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ladino",
              "lang_code": "lad",
              "word": "filo"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Spanish",
              "lang_code": "es",
              "word": "filo"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Spanish",
              "lang_code": "es",
              "word": "hilo"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Spanish",
              "lang_code": "es",
              "word": "hila"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Spanish",
          "lang_code": "osp",
          "word": "filo"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Ibero-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Italian",
              "lang_code": "it",
              "word": "*filzella"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Italian",
              "lang_code": "it",
              "raw_tags": [
                "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
              ],
              "word": "filza"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Italo-Romance",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Piedmontese",
              "lang_code": "pms",
              "word": "filsela"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Piedmontese",
              "lang_code": "pms",
              "word": "fissela"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Gallo-Italic",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "ficelle"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Gallo-Romance",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Vulgar Latin",
      "lang_code": "la-vul",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "*filicella"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "filum"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Tarifit",
              "lang_code": "rif",
              "word": "fiřu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Tarifit",
              "lang_code": "rif",
              "word": "filu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Tashelhit",
              "lang_code": "shi",
              "word": "ifili"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Tashelhit",
              "lang_code": "shi",
              "word": "ifilu"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Berber",
          "lang_code": "ber-pro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "uncertain"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Borrowings",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "*fī(s)lom",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/fī(s)lom"
    ],
    [
      "gysla",
      "gysla#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "*žìla",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žila"
    ],
    [
      "ջիլ",
      "ջիլ#Old_Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "gïau",
      "gïau#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
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        "id": "thread",
        "title": "fīlum"
      },
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      "name": "ety"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*fī(s)lom"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-",
        "t": "sinew"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- (“sinew”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "gysla",
        "t": "vein; thread; nerve"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian gysla (“vein; thread; nerve”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*žìla",
        "t": "vein; sinew"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *žìla (“vein; sinew”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ջիլ",
        "t": "sinew"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil, “sinew”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gïau",
        "t": "sinews"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- (“sinew”). Cognate with Lithuanian gysla (“vein; thread; nerve”), Proto-Slavic *žìla (“vein; sinew”), Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil, “sinew”), Welsh gïau (“sinews”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fīlum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlī",
      "links": [
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          "fīlī",
          "fili"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlum",
          "filum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīla",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīla",
          "fila#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlī",
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          "fīlī",
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        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlōrum",
          "filorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlō",
          "filo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlīs",
          "filis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlum",
          "filum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīla",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīla",
          "fila#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fīlō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlō",
          "filo#Latin"
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      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fīlīs",
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        [
          "fīlīs",
          "filis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fīlum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlum",
          "filum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīla",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīla",
          "fila#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fīlum<2>"
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fīlum<2>"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 40 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thread, string, filament, fiber"
      ],
      "id": "en-filum-la-noun-MjvSwIL3",
      "links": [
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "filament",
          "filament"
        ],
        [
          "fiber",
          "fiber"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
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    {
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          "_dis": "30 40 30",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 64 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 51 18",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 64 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 64 18",
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          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "texture, style, nature"
      ],
      "id": "en-filum-la-noun-HkGpao3p",
      "links": [
        [
          "texture",
          "texture"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ],
        [
          "nature",
          "nature"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 40 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wick of a lamp"
      ],
      "id": "en-filum-la-noun-IXAY7ZA9",
      "links": [
        [
          "wick",
          "wick"
        ],
        [
          "lamp",
          "lamp"
        ]
      ],
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        {
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      "name": "der"
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    },
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      "form": "fīlum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlum",
          "filum#Latin"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "fīla",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīla",
          "fila#Latin"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "fīlī",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlōrum",
          "filorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlō",
          "filo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlīs",
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          "fīlīs",
          "filis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fīlum",
      "links": [
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          "fīlum",
          "filum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīla",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīla",
          "fila#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlō",
          "filo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlīs",
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          "fīlīs",
          "filis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīlum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīlum",
          "filum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fīla",
      "links": [
        [
          "fīla",
          "fila#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "thread, string, filament, fiber"
      ],
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          "thread",
          "thread"
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          "string",
          "string"
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          "filament",
          "filament"
        ],
        [
          "fiber",
          "fiber"
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      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "texture, style, nature"
      ],
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        [
          "texture",
          "texture"
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        [
          "style",
          "style"
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        [
          "nature",
          "nature"
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      ],
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        "declension-2"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wick of a lamp"
      ],
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        [
          "wick",
          "wick"
        ],
        [
          "lamp",
          "lamp"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mergulus"
        }
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        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfiː.ɫũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfiː.lum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "filum"
}

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