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"All topics",
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"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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"the spirit of social enjoyment, fondness for good living, taste, appetite, inclinations"
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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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"wit, talents, genius (rare)"
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"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"
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"ipa": "/ˈɡe.ni.us/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɡɛniʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒe.ni.us/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈd͡ʒɛːnius]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "genius"
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"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",
"la:Ethics",
"la:Religion"
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "genius",
"3": "genie"
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"name": "desc"
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"1": "fr",
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"2": "Genie",
"3": "Genius"
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "genij"
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"2": "genio"
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"genitive",
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"singular"
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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},
{
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"accusative",
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"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
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"δαίμων",
"δαίμων#Ancient Greek"
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"personal",
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"tutelar",
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"taste",
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],
"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"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɡɛniʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒe.ni.us/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈd͡ʒɛːnius]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "genius"
}
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