"gladiator" meaning in Latin

See gladiator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡla.diˈaː.tor/ [Classical-Latin], [ɡɫ̪äd̪iˈäːt̪ɔr] [Classical-Latin], /ɡla.diˈa.tor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ɡläd̪iˈäːt̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Derived from either gladiō (“I use the sword”) + -tor (“-tor”) or gladior (“I use the sword”) + -tor (“-tor”). The verb gladiāre/gladiārī is attested only indirectly from derived forms such as gladiātor, ars gladiandī or, in an inscription, gladiantēs. Etymology templates: {{suf|la|gladiō|tor|t1=I use the sword|t2=-tor}} gladiō (“I use the sword”) + -tor (“-tor”), {{suf|la|gladior|tor|t1=I use the sword|t2=-tor}} gladior (“I use the sword”) + -tor (“-tor”) Head templates: {{la-noun|gladiātor<3>|f=gladiātrīx}} gladiātor m (genitive gladiātōris, feminine gladiātrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|gladiātor<3>}} Forms: gladiātor [canonical, masculine], gladiātōris [genitive], gladiātrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], gladiātor [nominative, singular], gladiātōrēs [nominative, plural], gladiātōris [genitive, singular], gladiātōrum [genitive, plural], gladiātōrī [dative, singular], gladiātōribus [dative, plural], gladiātōrem [accusative, singular], gladiātōrēs [accusative, plural], gladiātōre [ablative, singular], gladiātōribus [ablative, plural], gladiātor [singular, vocative], gladiātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. gladiator, swordsman Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Athletes Hyponyms (gladiator): prōvocātor, rētiārius, secūtor, thraex, hordeārius Derived forms: gladiātōriē, gladiātōrium, gladiātūra Related terms: gladiolus, gladius
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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: gladiador",
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      "text": "→ Catalan: gladiador"
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      "text": "→ Czech: gladiátor"
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: gladiator",
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      "text": "→ Danish: gladiator"
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: gladiator",
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      "text": "→ Dutch: gladiator"
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          "expansion": "→ English: gladiator",
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      ],
      "text": "→ English: gladiator"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "gladiateur",
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          "expansion": "→ French: gladiateur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: gladiateur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Gladiator"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "gladiátor",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: gladiátor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: gladiátor"
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "gladiatore",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: gladiatore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: gladiatore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: gladiator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: gladiator",
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      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: gladiator"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: gladiador",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: gladiador"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Romanian: gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: gladiator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "гладиа́тор",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: гладиа́тор (gladiátor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: гладиа́тор (gladiátor)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "gladiaturi",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: gladiaturi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: gladiaturi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "gladiador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: gladiador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: gladiador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Swedish: gladiator"
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        "canonical",
        "masculine"
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      "form": "gladiātōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "form": "gladiātrīx",
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        "feminine"
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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        "nominative",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "gladiātōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "gladiātōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "gladiātōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "gladiātor<3>"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "langcode": "la",
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          "orig": "la:Athletes",
          "parents": [
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            "Sports",
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human activity",
            "Human",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "gladiātōriē"
        },
        {
          "word": "gladiātōrium"
        },
        {
          "word": "gladiātūra"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gladiator, swordsman"
      ],
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        {
          "sense": "gladiator",
          "word": "prōvocātor"
        },
        {
          "sense": "gladiator",
          "word": "rētiārius"
        },
        {
          "sense": "gladiator",
          "word": "secūtor"
        },
        {
          "sense": "gladiator",
          "word": "thraex"
        },
        {
          "sense": "gladiator",
          "word": "hordeārius"
        }
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "gladiator",
          "gladiator#English"
        ],
        [
          "swordsman",
          "swordsman"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "gladiolus"
        },
        {
          "word": "gladius"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ɡla.diˈaː.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɫ̪äd̪iˈäːt̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡla.diˈa.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡläd̪iˈäːt̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gladiator"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gladiātōriē"
    },
    {
      "word": "gladiātōrium"
    },
    {
      "word": "gladiātūra"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gladiador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: gladiador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: gladiador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "gladiátor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: gladiátor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: gladiátor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: gladiator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: gladiator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: gladiator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "gladiateur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: gladiateur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: gladiateur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Gladiator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "gladiátor",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: gladiátor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: gladiátor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "gladiatore",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: gladiatore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: gladiatore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: gladiator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: gladiator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "gladiador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: gladiador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: gladiador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: gladiator"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "гладиа́тор",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: гладиа́тор (gladiátor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: гладиа́тор (gladiátor)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "gladiaturi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: gladiaturi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: gladiaturi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "gladiador",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: gladiador",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: gladiador"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "gladiator",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: gladiator",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: gladiator"
    }
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        "3": "tor",
        "t1": "I use the sword",
        "t2": "-tor"
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      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "gladior",
        "3": "tor",
        "t1": "I use the sword",
        "t2": "-tor"
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      "expansion": "gladior (“I use the sword”) + -tor (“-tor”)",
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  "etymology_text": "Derived from either gladiō (“I use the sword”) + -tor (“-tor”) or gladior (“I use the sword”) + -tor (“-tor”). The verb gladiāre/gladiārī is attested only indirectly from derived forms such as gladiātor, ars gladiandī or, in an inscription, gladiantēs.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "gladiātor",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātrīx",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladiātōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gladiātor<3>",
        "f": "gladiātrīx"
      },
      "expansion": "gladiātor m (genitive gladiātōris, feminine gladiātrīx); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "gladiator",
      "word": "prōvocātor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "gladiator",
      "word": "rētiārius"
    },
    {
      "sense": "gladiator",
      "word": "secūtor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "gladiator",
      "word": "thraex"
    },
    {
      "sense": "gladiator",
      "word": "hordeārius"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gladiātor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gladiolus"
    },
    {
      "word": "gladius"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin noun forms",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Athletes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gladiator, swordsman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gladiator",
          "gladiator#English"
        ],
        [
          "swordsman",
          "swordsman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡla.diˈaː.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɫ̪äd̪iˈäːt̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡla.diˈa.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡläd̪iˈäːt̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gladiator"
}

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