"lacerta" meaning in Latin

See lacerta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /laˈker.ta/ [Classical-Latin], [ɫ̪äˈkɛrt̪ä] [Classical-Latin], /laˈt͡ʃer.ta/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [läˈt͡ʃɛrt̪ä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps connected to Ancient Greek λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to spring, dance”) or to Latin lacertum (“upper arm”). Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{cog|grc|λικερτίζειν|t=to spring, dance}} Ancient Greek λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to spring, dance”), {{cog|la|lacertus|lacertum|t=upper arm}} Latin lacertum (“upper arm”) Head templates: {{la-noun|lacerta<1>}} lacerta f (genitive lacertae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lacerta<1>}} Forms: lacertae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lacerta [nominative, singular], lacertae [nominative, plural], lacertae [genitive, singular], lacertārum [genitive, plural], lacertae [dative, singular], lacertīs [dative, plural], lacertam [accusative, singular], lacertās [accusative, plural], lacertā [ablative, singular], lacertīs [ablative, plural], lacerta [singular, vocative], lacertae [plural, vocative], lacertus [alternative]
  1. lizard Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (lifeform): Reptiles Derived forms: lacertilia

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "From lacerta:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "llacierta"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: llacierta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: llacierta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "lenzèrda"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: lenzèrda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: lenzèrda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "lisierte"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: lisierte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: lisierte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-gas",
            "2": "lusèrt",
            "3": "lusèrp",
            "4": "lausèrt",
            "5": "lausèrp",
            "6": "lasèrp",
            "7": "ladèrt",
            "8": "ludèrt",
            "9": "lisèrp"
          },
          "expansion": "Gascon: lusèrt, lusèrp, lausèrt, lausèrp, lasèrp, ladèrt, ludèrt, lisèrp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gascon: lusèrt, lusèrp, lausèrt, lausèrp, lasèrp, ladèrt, ludèrt, lisèrp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "lüserta"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: lüserta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: lüserta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "lacerta"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: lacerta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: lacerta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "lêzarde"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: lêzarde",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Jersey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Jersey)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: lêzarde (Jersey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "laisarde"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: laisarde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: laisarde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-lan",
            "2": "lusèrp",
            "3": "lausèrt"
          },
          "expansion": "Languedocien: lusèrp, lausèrt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Languedocien: lusèrp, lausèrt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-lim",
            "2": "lusert",
            "3": "luserta"
          },
          "expansion": "Limousin: lusert, luserta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Limousin: lusert, luserta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "laserta",
            "3": "laserda",
            "4": "lasarda",
            "5": "luserta"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: laserta, laserda, lasarda, luserta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: laserta, laserda, lasarda, luserta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "lucerta"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: lucerta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: lucerta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "luxèrta",
            "3": "uxèrta",
            "4": "lisarda",
            "5": "rixarda"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: luxèrta, uxèrta, lisarda, rixarda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: luxèrta, uxèrta, lisarda, rixarda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "from *lacertula:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lucertola"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lucertola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lucertola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "lucèrtula",
            "3": "gièrdula",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Sicilian: lucèrtula, gièrdula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Sicilian: lucèrtula, gièrdula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "łuxèrtoła",
            "3": "oxèrtola"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: łuxèrtoła, oxèrtola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: łuxèrtoła, oxèrtola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "From the masculine variant lacertus:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "lluert"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: lluert",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: lluert"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "lesard"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: lesard",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: lesard"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "lezart"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: lezart\nFrench: lézard\nLouisiana Creole: lézard\n→ Romanian: lezard",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: lezart\nFrench: lézard\nLouisiana Creole: lézard\n→ Romanian: lezard"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "lesarde",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: lesarde, lesard, leesarde, lisard, lisarde, lysard, lysarde, lyzard, lizard, lizarde, lacert, lacerta\nEnglish: lizard (← lizard)\nScots: lesart (obsolete)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: lesarde, lesard, leesarde, lisard, lisarde, lysard, lysarde, lyzard, lizard, lizarde, lacert, lacerta\nEnglish: lizard (← lizard)\nScots: lesart (obsolete)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lacerto"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lacerto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lacerto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*lacartum"
          },
          "expansion": "Vulgar Latin: *lacartum\nOld Catalan:\nCatalan: llagart\nOld Galician-Portuguese: lagarto\nFala: lagartu\nGalician: lagarto\nPortuguese: lagarto (see there for further descendants)\nOld Leonese:\nAsturian: llagartu\nOld Spanish: lagarto\nSpanish: lagarto (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vulgar Latin: *lacartum\nOld Catalan:\nCatalan: llagart\nOld Galician-Portuguese: lagarto\nFala: lagartu\nGalician: lagarto\nPortuguese: lagarto (see there for further descendants)\nOld Leonese:\nAsturian: llagartu\nOld Spanish: lagarto\nSpanish: lagarto (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "from *lacarta:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "llagarta",
            "3": "llagartesa"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: llagarta, llagartesa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: llagarta, llagartesa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "lagarta"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: lagarta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: lagarta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "lačas",
            "3": "lačar",
            "g1": "m",
            "g2": "f",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Dalmatian: lačas m, lačar f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Dalmatian: lačas m, lačar f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "lugesti",
            "3": "lucesti",
            "4": "lugestra",
            "5": "luxeta",
            "6": "calaxerta",
            "7": "caluxerta",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Sardinian: lugesti, lucesti, lugestra, luxeta, calaxerta, caluxerta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Sardinian: lugesti, lucesti, lugestra, luxeta, calaxerta, caluxerta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Lacerta",
            "3": "Lacertidae",
            "4": "Lacertilia"
          },
          "expansion": "Translingual: Lacerta, Lacertidae, Lacertilia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: Lacerta, Lacertidae, Lacertilia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "lacerto"
          },
          "expansion": "Esperanto: lacerto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Esperanto: lacerto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "laghairt"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: laghairt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: laghairt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "laghairt,f"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: laghairt/f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: laghairt/f"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λικερτίζειν",
        "t": "to spring, dance"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to spring, dance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lacertus",
        "3": "lacertum",
        "t": "upper arm"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lacertum (“upper arm”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Perhaps connected to Ancient Greek λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to spring, dance”) or to Latin lacertum (“upper arm”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lacertae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacerta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacerta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lacerta<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "lacerta f (genitive lacertae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lacerta<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Reptiles",
          "orig": "la:Reptiles",
          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "lacertilia"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lizard"
      ],
      "id": "en-lacerta-la-noun-uVy8~gzS",
      "links": [
        [
          "lizard",
          "lizard"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈker.ta/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɫ̪äˈkɛrt̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈt͡ʃer.ta/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[läˈt͡ʃɛrt̪ä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lacerta"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lacertilia"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "From lacerta:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "llacierta"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: llacierta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: llacierta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "lenzèrda"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: lenzèrda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: lenzèrda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "lisierte"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: lisierte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: lisierte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-gas",
            "2": "lusèrt",
            "3": "lusèrp",
            "4": "lausèrt",
            "5": "lausèrp",
            "6": "lasèrp",
            "7": "ladèrt",
            "8": "ludèrt",
            "9": "lisèrp"
          },
          "expansion": "Gascon: lusèrt, lusèrp, lausèrt, lausèrp, lasèrp, ladèrt, ludèrt, lisèrp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gascon: lusèrt, lusèrp, lausèrt, lausèrp, lasèrp, ladèrt, ludèrt, lisèrp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "lüserta"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: lüserta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: lüserta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "lacerta"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: lacerta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: lacerta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "lêzarde"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: lêzarde",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Jersey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Jersey)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: lêzarde (Jersey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "laisarde"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: laisarde",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: laisarde"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-lan",
            "2": "lusèrp",
            "3": "lausèrt"
          },
          "expansion": "Languedocien: lusèrp, lausèrt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Languedocien: lusèrp, lausèrt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-lim",
            "2": "lusert",
            "3": "luserta"
          },
          "expansion": "Limousin: lusert, luserta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Limousin: lusert, luserta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "laserta",
            "3": "laserda",
            "4": "lasarda",
            "5": "luserta"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: laserta, laserda, lasarda, luserta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: laserta, laserda, lasarda, luserta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "lucerta"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: lucerta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: lucerta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "luxèrta",
            "3": "uxèrta",
            "4": "lisarda",
            "5": "rixarda"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: luxèrta, uxèrta, lisarda, rixarda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: luxèrta, uxèrta, lisarda, rixarda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "from *lacertula:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lucertola"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lucertola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lucertola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "lucèrtula",
            "3": "gièrdula",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Sicilian: lucèrtula, gièrdula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Sicilian: lucèrtula, gièrdula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "łuxèrtoła",
            "3": "oxèrtola"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: łuxèrtoła, oxèrtola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: łuxèrtoła, oxèrtola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "From the masculine variant lacertus:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "lluert"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: lluert",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: lluert"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "lesard"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: lesard",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: lesard"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "lezart"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: lezart\nFrench: lézard\nLouisiana Creole: lézard\n→ Romanian: lezard",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: lezart\nFrench: lézard\nLouisiana Creole: lézard\n→ Romanian: lezard"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "lesarde",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: lesarde, lesard, leesarde, lisard, lisarde, lysard, lysarde, lyzard, lizard, lizarde, lacert, lacerta\nEnglish: lizard (← lizard)\nScots: lesart (obsolete)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: lesarde, lesard, leesarde, lisard, lisarde, lysard, lysarde, lyzard, lizard, lizarde, lacert, lacerta\nEnglish: lizard (← lizard)\nScots: lesart (obsolete)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lacerto"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lacerto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lacerto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*lacartum"
          },
          "expansion": "Vulgar Latin: *lacartum\nOld Catalan:\nCatalan: llagart\nOld Galician-Portuguese: lagarto\nFala: lagartu\nGalician: lagarto\nPortuguese: lagarto (see there for further descendants)\nOld Leonese:\nAsturian: llagartu\nOld Spanish: lagarto\nSpanish: lagarto (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vulgar Latin: *lacartum\nOld Catalan:\nCatalan: llagart\nOld Galician-Portuguese: lagarto\nFala: lagartu\nGalician: lagarto\nPortuguese: lagarto (see there for further descendants)\nOld Leonese:\nAsturian: llagartu\nOld Spanish: lagarto\nSpanish: lagarto (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "from *lacarta:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "llagarta",
            "3": "llagartesa"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: llagarta, llagartesa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: llagarta, llagartesa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "lagarta"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: lagarta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: lagarta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "lačas",
            "3": "lačar",
            "g1": "m",
            "g2": "f",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Dalmatian: lačas m, lačar f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Dalmatian: lačas m, lačar f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "lugesti",
            "3": "lucesti",
            "4": "lugestra",
            "5": "luxeta",
            "6": "calaxerta",
            "7": "caluxerta",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Sardinian: lugesti, lucesti, lugestra, luxeta, calaxerta, caluxerta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Sardinian: lugesti, lucesti, lugestra, luxeta, calaxerta, caluxerta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Lacerta",
            "3": "Lacertidae",
            "4": "Lacertilia"
          },
          "expansion": "Translingual: Lacerta, Lacertidae, Lacertilia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: Lacerta, Lacertidae, Lacertilia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "lacerto"
          },
          "expansion": "Esperanto: lacerto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Esperanto: lacerto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "laghairt"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: laghairt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: laghairt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "laghairt,f"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: laghairt/f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: laghairt/f"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λικερτίζειν",
        "t": "to spring, dance"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to spring, dance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lacertus",
        "3": "lacertum",
        "t": "upper arm"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lacertum (“upper arm”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Perhaps connected to Ancient Greek λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to spring, dance”) or to Latin lacertum (“upper arm”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lacertae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacerta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacerta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacertus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lacerta<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "lacerta f (genitive lacertae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lacerta<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Reptiles"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lizard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lizard",
          "lizard"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈker.ta/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɫ̪äˈkɛrt̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈt͡ʃer.ta/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[läˈt͡ʃɛrt̪ä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lacerta"
}

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