"lacus" meaning in Latin

See lacus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈla.kus/ [Classical], [ˈɫ̪äkʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈla.kus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈläːkus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “cistern, tank, pit”) and Old English lagu (“sea, ocean, flood”). More at lay. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*lakus}} Proto-Italic *lakus, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*lókus||lake, pool}} Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”), {{cog|grc|λάκκος||cistern, tank, pit}} Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “cistern, tank, pit”), {{cog|ang|lagu||sea, ocean, flood}} Old English lagu (“sea, ocean, flood”), {{l|en|lay#Etymology_2}} lay Head templates: {{la-noun|lacus<4.ubus>}} lacus m (genitive lacūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lacus<4.ubus>}} Forms: lacūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lacus [nominative, singular], lacūs [nominative, plural], lacūs [genitive, singular], lacuum [genitive, plural], lacuī [dative, singular], lacubus [dative, plural], lacum [accusative, singular], lacūs [accusative, plural], lacū [ablative, singular], lacubus [ablative, plural], lacus [singular, vocative], lacūs [plural, vocative]
  1. a lake, pond, basin; reservoir Tags: declension-4, masculine Categories (place): Bodies of water, Landforms
    Sense id: en-lacus-la-noun-N3Ffy2nG Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 67 33 Disambiguation of Landforms: 60 40 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 54 46
  2. a tank, tub, sink, vat, wine-vat Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-lacus-la-noun--IIpSOpB Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Lacūs Magnī Derived forms: laculātus, lacūna, lacusculus

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "laculātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lacūna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lacusculus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "laco"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: laco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: laco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "lac"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: lac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: lac"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "llagu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: llagu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: llagu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "lagu"
          },
          "expansion": "Kabuverdianu: lagu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kabuverdianu: lagu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "llac"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: llac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: llac"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "lac"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: lac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: lac"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egl",
            "2": "lèg"
          },
          "expansion": "Emilian: lèg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Emilian: lèg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Esperanto: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Esperanto: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "lai"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: lai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: lai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "lac",
            "bor": "1",
            "noalts": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Old French: lac\nMiddle French: lac\n→ Middle English: lac\nFrench: lac\nNorman: lac (Jersey)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Old French: lac\nMiddle French: lac\n→ Middle English: lac\nFrench: lac\nNorman: lac (Jersey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "lâc"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: lâc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: lâc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "lâgo"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: lâgo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: lâgo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "lag"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: lag",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: lag"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "lac"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: lac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: lac"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Papiamentu: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Papiamentu: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "lac"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: lac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: lac"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "lai"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: lai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: lai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "lagu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: lagu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: lagu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "lacu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: lacu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: lacu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "łago"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: łago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: łago"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*lakus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *lakus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lókus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lake, pool"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λάκκος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cistern, tank, pit"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lagu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sea, ocean, flood"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lagu (“sea, ocean, flood”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lay#Etymology_2"
      },
      "expansion": "lay",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “cistern, tank, pit”) and Old English lagu (“sea, ocean, flood”). More at lay.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lacūs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacuum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacuī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacubus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacubus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lacus<4.ubus>"
      },
      "expansion": "lacus m (genitive lacūs); fourth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lacūs Magnī"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lacus<4.ubus>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Bodies of water",
          "orig": "la:Bodies of water",
          "parents": [
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Liquids",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "Matter",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Chemistry",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Sciences",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "la:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lake, pond, basin; reservoir"
      ],
      "id": "en-lacus-la-noun-N3Ffy2nG",
      "links": [
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ],
        [
          "pond",
          "pond"
        ],
        [
          "basin",
          "basin"
        ],
        [
          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "and three times had the must been poured into the hollow wine-vats\n(The Latin word lacus, meaning ‘‘hollow’’ or ‘‘lake’’, also described a container used in ancient winemaking. See also mustum and must.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.558",
          "text": "inque cavōs ierant tertia musta lacūs"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tank, tub, sink, vat, wine-vat"
      ],
      "id": "en-lacus-la-noun--IIpSOpB",
      "links": [
        [
          "tank",
          "tank"
        ],
        [
          "tub",
          "tub"
        ],
        [
          "sink",
          "sink"
        ],
        [
          "vat",
          "vat"
        ],
        [
          "wine",
          "wine"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈla.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫ̪äkʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈla.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈläːkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lacus"
}
{
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    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin fourth declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "la:Bodies of water",
    "la:Landforms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "laculātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lacūna"
    },
    {
      "word": "lacusculus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "laco"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: laco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: laco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "lac"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: lac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: lac"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "llagu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: llagu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: llagu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "lagu"
          },
          "expansion": "Kabuverdianu: lagu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kabuverdianu: lagu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "llac"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: llac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: llac"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "lac"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: lac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: lac"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egl",
            "2": "lèg"
          },
          "expansion": "Emilian: lèg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Emilian: lèg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Esperanto: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Esperanto: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "lai"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: lai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: lai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "lac",
            "bor": "1",
            "noalts": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Old French: lac\nMiddle French: lac\n→ Middle English: lac\nFrench: lac\nNorman: lac (Jersey)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Old French: lac\nMiddle French: lac\n→ Middle English: lac\nFrench: lac\nNorman: lac (Jersey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "lâc"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: lâc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: lâc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "lâgo"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: lâgo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: lâgo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "lag"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: lag",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: lag"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "lac"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: lac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: lac"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Papiamentu: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Papiamentu: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "lac"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: lac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: lac"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "lai"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: lai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: lai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "lagu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: lagu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: lagu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "lacu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: lacu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: lacu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "lago"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: lago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: lago"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "łago"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: łago",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: łago"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*lakus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *lakus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lókus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lake, pool"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λάκκος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cistern, tank, pit"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “cistern, tank, pit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lagu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sea, ocean, flood"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lagu (“sea, ocean, flood”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lay#Etymology_2"
      },
      "expansion": "lay",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “cistern, tank, pit”) and Old English lagu (“sea, ocean, flood”). More at lay.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lacūs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacuum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacuī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacubus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacubus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lacus<4.ubus>"
      },
      "expansion": "lacus m (genitive lacūs); fourth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Lacūs Magnī"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lacus<4.ubus>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a lake, pond, basin; reservoir"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ],
        [
          "pond",
          "pond"
        ],
        [
          "basin",
          "basin"
        ],
        [
          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "and three times had the must been poured into the hollow wine-vats\n(The Latin word lacus, meaning ‘‘hollow’’ or ‘‘lake’’, also described a container used in ancient winemaking. See also mustum and must.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.558",
          "text": "inque cavōs ierant tertia musta lacūs"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tank, tub, sink, vat, wine-vat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tank",
          "tank"
        ],
        [
          "tub",
          "tub"
        ],
        [
          "sink",
          "sink"
        ],
        [
          "vat",
          "vat"
        ],
        [
          "wine",
          "wine"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈla.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫ̪äkʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈla.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈläːkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lacus"
}

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