See frivolus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Queyras"
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},
{
"form": "frīvolus",
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[
"frīvolus",
"frivolus#Latin"
]
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"frīvolī",
"frivoli#Latin"
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[
"frīvolae",
"frivolae#Latin"
]
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{
"form": "frīvola",
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[
"frīvola",
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},
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[
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"frivolorum#Latin"
]
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]
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[
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]
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"form": "frīvolam",
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[
"frīvolam",
"frivolam#Latin"
]
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"form": "frīvolōs",
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[
"frīvolōs",
"frivolos#Latin"
]
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[
"frīvola",
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{
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[
"frīvolō",
"frivolo#Latin"
]
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]
},
{
"form": "frīvolā",
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[
"frīvolā",
"frivola#Latin"
]
],
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"ablative",
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]
},
{
"form": "frīvolō",
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[
"frīvolō",
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]
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},
{
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]
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[
25,
32
]
],
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29,
38
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],
"english": "Saving the republic is not a frivolous matter.",
"text": "Rem pūblicam servāre rēs frīvola nōn est.",
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},
{
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{
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"frīvolum",
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]
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},
{
"form": "frīvolam",
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[
"frīvolam",
"frivolam#Latin"
]
],
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]
},
{
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"frīvolum",
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]
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[
"frīvolōs",
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]
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]
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},
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"frīvolō",
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]
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"singular"
]
},
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"frīvolā",
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]
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"singular"
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},
{
"form": "frīvolō",
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[
"frīvolō",
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]
],
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"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "frīvolīs",
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[
"frīvolīs",
"frivolis#Latin"
]
],
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"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "frīvole",
"links": [
[
"frīvole",
"frivole#Latin"
]
],
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"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "frīvola",
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[
"frīvola",
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]
],
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]
},
{
"form": "frīvolum",
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[
"frīvolum",
"frivolum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "frīvolī",
"links": [
[
"frīvolī",
"frivoli#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "frīvolae",
"links": [
[
"frīvolae",
"frivolae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "frīvola",
"links": [
[
"frīvola",
"frivola#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frīvolus"
},
"expansion": "frīvolus (feminine frīvola, neuter frīvolum); first/second-declension adjective",
"name": "la-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frīvolus"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "faravalius"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin adjectives",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin first and second declension adjectives",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
25,
32
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
29,
38
]
],
"english": "Saving the republic is not a frivolous matter.",
"text": "Rem pūblicam servāre rēs frīvola nōn est.",
"translation": "Saving the republic is not a frivolous matter.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"silly, empty, trifling, frivolous, worthless"
],
"links": [
[
"silly",
"silly"
],
[
"empty",
"empty"
],
[
"trifling",
"trifling"
],
[
"frivolous",
"frivolous"
],
[
"worthless",
"worthless"
]
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈfriː.wɔ.ɫʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈfriː.vo.lus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "frivolus"
}
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