See initium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "desc"
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"a going in, entrance"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "foris"
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{
"word": "porta"
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{
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]
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"ipa": "/iˈnit.t͡si.um/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
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"ipa": "[iˈnit̪ː͡s̪ium]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
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"Latin compound terms",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
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"Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms suffixed with -ium",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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"word": "initialis"
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"word": "initiō"
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"name": "desc"
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"1": "br",
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"1": "ca",
"2": "inici",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
}
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},
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"2": "inzo",
"3": "inicio",
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"name": "desc"
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},
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"1": "it",
"2": "inizio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: inizio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: inizio"
},
{
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{
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"1": "roa-leo",
"2": "eniciu",
"t": "seed"
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"name": "desc"
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],
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{
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"1": "pt",
"2": "início",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: início",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: início"
},
{
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"1": "es",
"2": "inicio",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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],
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},
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},
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"name": "desc"
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"singular"
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"text": "Eorum una pars, quam Gallos obtinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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},
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"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈnit.t͡si.um/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[iˈnit̪ː͡s̪ium]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "initium"
}
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