See gnixus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2nd century CE, Sextus Pompeius Festus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, De Significatione Verborum, published 1839, page 96; epitomized by Paul the Deacon, 8th c.:",
"text": "Gnitus et gnixus a genibus prisci dixerunt",
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"alternative form of nīxus"
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(hapax legomenon) alternative form of nīxus"
],
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}
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"ipa": "[ˈniːk.sʊs]",
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"Classical-Latin"
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{
"ipa": "[ˈɲik.sus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "gnixus"
}
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