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"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: genij",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: genij"
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"2": "genio",
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"inborn",
"inborn"
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[
"nature",
"nature"
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[
"innate",
"innate"
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[
"character",
"character"
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[
"endowed",
"endowed"
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[
"personal",
"personal"
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[
"tutelar",
"tutelar"
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"masculine"
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"the spirit of social enjoyment, fondness for good living, taste, appetite, inclinations"
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"enjoyment",
"enjoyment"
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[
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"fondness"
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[
"taste",
"taste"
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[
"appetite",
"appetite"
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[
"inclinations",
"inclination"
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"(with respect to the enjoyment of life) the spirit of social enjoyment, fondness for good living, taste, appetite, inclinations"
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"with respect to the enjoyment of life"
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"declension-2",
"masculine"
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"_dis": "1 30 1 3 5 17 2 14 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
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"_dis": "39 4 20 37",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"wit, talents, genius (rare)"
],
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"wit",
"wit"
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[
"talents",
"talent"
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"(of the intellect) wit, talents, genius (rare)"
],
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"of the intellect"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
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"ipa": "/ˈɡe.ni.us/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɡɛniʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒe.ni.us/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈd͡ʒɛːnius]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Old Latin",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from Semitic languages",
"Latin terms derived from substrate languages",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"la:Religion"
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"3": "geni",
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"2": "genie",
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"2": "genius",
"3": "genie",
"bor": "1"
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"1": "fr",
"2": "génie",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "genie",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: genie",
"name": "desc"
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Genie",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Genie",
"name": "desc"
}
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Genius",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Genius",
"name": "desc"
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"1": "it",
"2": "genio",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Italian: genio",
"name": "desc"
}
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "génio",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Portuguese: génio, gênio (Brazil)",
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"1": "ro",
"2": "geniu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: geniu",
"name": "desc"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "genij",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: genij",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: genij"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "genio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: genio",
"name": "desc"
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"3": "",
"4": "kin"
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"1": "arc",
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"1": "la",
"2": "qfa-sub"
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"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"plural"
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
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"plural"
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"singular"
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"ablative",
"plural"
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"source": "declension",
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"singular",
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}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"the deity or guardian spirit of a person, place, etc.; a daemon, a daimon (cf. Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn))"
],
"links": [
[
"deity",
"deity"
],
[
"spirit",
"spirit"
],
[
"daemon",
"daemon"
],
[
"daimon",
"daimon"
],
[
"δαίμων",
"δαίμων#Ancient_Greek"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an inborn nature or innate character, especially (though not exclusively) as endowed by a personal (especially tutelar) spirit or deity."
],
"links": [
[
"inborn",
"inborn"
],
[
"nature",
"nature"
],
[
"innate",
"innate"
],
[
"character",
"character"
],
[
"endowed",
"endowed"
],
[
"personal",
"personal"
],
[
"tutelar",
"tutelar"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the spirit of social enjoyment, fondness for good living, taste, appetite, inclinations"
],
"links": [
[
"enjoyment",
"enjoyment"
],
[
"fondness",
"fondness"
],
[
"taste",
"taste"
],
[
"appetite",
"appetite"
],
[
"inclinations",
"inclination"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with respect to the enjoyment of life) the spirit of social enjoyment, fondness for good living, taste, appetite, inclinations"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with respect to the enjoyment of life"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"wit, talents, genius (rare)"
],
"links": [
[
"wit",
"wit"
],
[
"talents",
"talent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of the intellect) wit, talents, genius (rare)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of the intellect"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡe.ni.us/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɡɛniʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒe.ni.us/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈd͡ʒɛːnius]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "genius"
}
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