"gnomon" meaning in Latin

See gnomon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈnoː.moːn] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɲɔː.mon] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “discerner, interpreter; gnomon of a sundial”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to be aware of; to perceive; to know”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|la|grc|γνώμων|t=discerner, interpreter; gnomon of a sundial}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “discerner, interpreter; gnomon of a sundial”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-|t=to know}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) Head templates: {{la-noun|gnōmōn/gnōmon<3>|g=m}} gnōmōn m (genitive gnōmonis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|gnōmōn/gnōmon<3.-N>}} Forms: gnōmōn [canonical, masculine], gnōmonis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], gnōmōn [nominative, singular], gnōmonēs [nominative, plural], gnōmonis [genitive, singular], gnōmonum [genitive, plural], gnōmonī [dative, singular], gnōmonibus [dative, plural], gnōmonem [accusative, singular], gnōmonēs [accusative, plural], gnōmone [ablative, singular], gnōmonibus [ablative, plural], gnōmōn [singular, vocative], gnōmonēs [plural, vocative]
  1. gnomon; rod or pillar on a sundial whose shadow is used to indicate the time Tags: declension-3 Derived forms: gnōmonicē, gnōmonicus
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnòmon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnomon"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnomon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnomone"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnômon"
    },
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      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnomon"
    },
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      "lang_code": "es",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnomon"
    }
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      "γνώμων",
      "γνώμων#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
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      "γιγνώσκω#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
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    ]
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      "name": "bor+"
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      },
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    },
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        "genitive"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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          "gnomon#Latin"
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        "singular"
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          "gnōmonis",
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          "gnōmonum",
          "gnomonum#Latin"
        ]
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmonī",
      "links": [
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          "gnōmonī",
          "gnomoni#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gnōmonibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnōmonibus",
          "gnomonibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gnōmonem",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnōmonem",
          "gnomonem#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmonēs",
      "links": [
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          "gnōmonēs",
          "gnomones#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmone",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnōmone",
          "gnomone#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gnōmonibus",
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        [
          "gnōmonibus",
          "gnomonibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmōn",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnōmōn",
          "gnomon#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmonēs",
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          "gnōmonēs",
          "gnomones#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "gnōmōn/gnōmon<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "gnōmōn m (genitive gnōmonis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gnōmōn/gnōmon<3.-N>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "gnōmonicē"
        },
        {
          "word": "gnōmonicus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gnomon; rod or pillar on a sundial whose shadow is used to indicate the time"
      ],
      "id": "en-gnomon-la-noun-N0V0Gom~",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnomon",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "sundial",
          "sundial"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnoː.moːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɲɔː.mon]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gnomon"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gnōmonicē"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnōmonicus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnòmon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnomon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnomon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnomone"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnômon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnomon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gnomon"
    }
  ],
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      "γνώμων",
      "γνώμων#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "γιγνώσκω",
      "γιγνώσκω#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
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      "*ǵneh₃-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵneh₃-"
    ]
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    },
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      "form": "gnōmōn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmonis",
      "links": [
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        "genitive"
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmōn",
      "links": [
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          "gnomon#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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          "gnōmonēs",
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        ]
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "gnōmonis",
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          "gnōmonis",
          "gnomonis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmonum",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnōmonum",
          "gnomonum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmonī",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnōmonī",
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        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "gnōmonibus",
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          "gnōmonibus",
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        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmonem",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnōmonem",
          "gnomonem#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmonēs",
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          "gnōmonēs",
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        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmone",
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        [
          "gnōmone",
          "gnomone#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnōmonibus",
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        [
          "gnōmonibus",
          "gnomonibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gnōmōn",
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          "gnōmōn",
          "gnomon#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "singular",
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      "form": "gnōmonēs",
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          "gnōmonēs",
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        "vocative"
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages with 8 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gnomon; rod or pillar on a sundial whose shadow is used to indicate the time"
      ],
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          "gnomon",
          "#English"
        ],
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          "sundial",
          "sundial"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnoː.moːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɲɔː.mon]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gnomon"
}

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