"lapis" meaning in Latin

See lapis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɫa.pɪs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlaː.pis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *lapets. May be connected with Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”), either from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”) (compare secō, saxum; rumpō, rupēs) or, more likely, a Mediterranean substrate language. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*lapets<id:stone>|id=stone}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*lapets}} Proto-Italic *lapets, {{cog|grc|λέπας|t=bare rock, crag}} Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*lep-|t=to peel}} Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”), {{der|la|qfa-sub}} substrate Head templates: {{la-noun|lapis/lapid<3>|g=m}} lapis m (genitive lapidis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lapis/lapid<3>}} Forms: lapidis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lapis [nominative, singular], lapidēs [nominative, plural], lapidis [genitive, singular], lapidum [genitive, plural], lapidī [dative, singular], lapidibus [dative, plural], lapidem [accusative, singular], lapidēs [accusative, plural], lapide [ablative, singular], lapidibus [ablative, plural], lapis [singular, vocative], lapidēs [plural, vocative]
  1. stone Tags: declension-3, masculine Synonyms: saxum, silex, petra
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-3D1Q2o2s Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Building materials Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 4 0 5 1 0 1 0 17 10 2 0 10 1 1 2 1 1 14 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 2 0 1 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 12 15 11 13 11 12 15 12 Disambiguation of Building materials: 35 7 3 32 4 7 7 5
  2. milestone Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-f3-FsefV Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 12 15 11 13 11 12 15 12
  3. boundary stone Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-HapteXnL Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 12 15 11 13 11 12 15 12
  4. gravestone, tombstone Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-Py5ack-v Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Building materials Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 4 0 5 1 0 1 0 17 10 2 0 10 1 1 2 1 1 14 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 2 0 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 29 5 7 37 5 5 5 7 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 12 15 11 13 11 12 15 12 Disambiguation of Building materials: 35 7 3 32 4 7 7 5
  5. lapis manalis (“stone of manes”), which covers the gate of Hades or underworld Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-AsA~tvBb Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 12 15 11 13 11 12 15 12
  6. stone platform at a slave auction Tags: declension-3, masculine Derived forms (medieval): lapis calamīnāris, lapis lazulī
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-OBoMCvet Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 12 15 11 13 11 12 15 12 Disambiguation of 'medieval': 12 13 8 11 6 21 13 16
  7. statue Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-wSt8E4xe Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 12 15 11 13 11 12 15 12
  8. (poetic) jewel, precious stone Tags: declension-3, masculine, poetic
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-VjOfMgXH Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Rocks Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 12 15 11 13 11 12 15 12 Disambiguation of Rocks: 4 16 4 12 9 13 16 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lapicīda, lapidāris, lapidēscō, lapideus, lapidō, lapidōsus, lapillus, lapiō Related terms: lapidārius, lapidātiō, lapidātor

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapicīda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapidāris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapidēscō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapideus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapidō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapidōsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapillus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapiō"
    }
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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "llábana"
    },
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        {
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          "lang_code": "ca",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "làpida"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "lapida"
    },
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          "lang_code": "ca",
          "raw_tags": [
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        }
      ],
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "lapide"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "laude"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lapis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lapis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lápide"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ljápis",
      "word": "ля́пис"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lápida"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "itc-pro:*lapets<id:stone>",
        "id": "stone"
      },
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      "name": "etymon"
    },
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*lapets"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λέπας",
        "t": "bare rock, crag"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "t": "to peel"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *lapets. May be connected with Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”), either from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”) (compare secō, saxum; rumpō, rupēs) or, more likely, a Mediterranean substrate language.",
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    {
      "form": "lapidis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lapis/lapid<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "lapis m (genitive lapidis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lapis/lapid<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapidārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapidātiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lapidātor"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 4 0 5 1 0 1 0 17 10 2 0 10 1 1 2 1 1 14 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 2 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 15 11 13 11 12 15 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 7 3 32 4 7 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Building materials",
          "orig": "la:Building materials",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Translation by James B. Greenough\nFor the rest, whate'er\nThe sets thou plantest in thy fields, thereon\nStrew refuse rich, and with abundant earth\nTake heed to hide them, and dig in withal\nRough shells or porous stone, for therebetween\nWill water trickle and fine vapour creep,\nAnd so the plants their drooping spirits raise.\nAye, and there have been, who with weight of stone\nOr heavy potsherd press them from above;\nThis serves for shield in pelting showers, and this\nWhen the hot dog-star chaps the fields with drought.",
          "ref": "c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 2.346–353",
          "roman": "Hoc, ubi hiulca siti findit canis aestifer arva.",
          "text": "Quod superest, quaecumque premes virgulta per agros,\nSparge fimo pingui et multa memor occule terra,\nAut lapidem bibulum aut squalentis infode conchas;\nInter enim labentur aquae tenuisque subibit\nHalitus atque animos tollent sata; iamque reperti,\nQui saxo super atque ingentis pondere testae\nUrgerent; hoc effusos munimen ad imbris,",
          "translation": "Translation by James B. Greenough\nFor the rest, whate'er\nThe sets thou plantest in thy fields, thereon\nStrew refuse rich, and with abundant earth\nTake heed to hide them, and dig in withal\nRough shells or porous stone, for therebetween\nWill water trickle and fine vapour creep,\nAnd so the plants their drooping spirits raise.\nAye, and there have been, who with weight of stone\nOr heavy potsherd press them from above;\nThis serves for shield in pelting showers, and this\nWhen the hot dog-star chaps the fields with drought.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house",
          "ref": "Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Genesis 28:22:",
          "text": "et lapis iste quem erexi in titulum vocabitur Domus Dei",
          "translation": "And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "saxum"
        },
        {
          "word": "silex"
        },
        {
          "word": "petra"
        }
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        "masculine"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "milestone"
      ],
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        [
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        "masculine"
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      "glosses": [
        "boundary stone"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-HapteXnL",
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        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "0 4 0 5 1 0 1 0 17 10 2 0 10 1 1 2 1 1 14 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 2 0 1",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 5 7 37 5 5 5 7",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "orig": "la:Building materials",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gravestone, tombstone"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-Py5ack-v",
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        [
          "gravestone",
          "gravestone"
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          "tombstone",
          "tombstone"
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        "masculine"
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    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lapis manalis (“stone of manes”), which covers the gate of Hades or underworld"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-AsA~tvBb",
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        [
          "lapis manalis",
          "lapis manalis#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "manes",
          "manes"
        ],
        [
          "Hades",
          "Hades"
        ],
        [
          "underworld",
          "underworld"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "12 15 11 13 11 12 15 12",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 13 8 11 6 21 13 16",
          "sense": "medieval",
          "word": "lapis calamīnāris"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 13 8 11 6 21 13 16",
          "sense": "medieval",
          "word": "lapis lazulī"
        }
      ],
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        "stone platform at a slave auction"
      ],
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          "platform",
          "platform"
        ],
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          "auction"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
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        "statue"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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          "statue"
        ]
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      ]
    },
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
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        {
          "_dis": "4 16 4 12 9 13 16 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Rocks",
          "orig": "la:Rocks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jewel, precious stone"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-VjOfMgXH",
      "links": [
        [
          "jewel",
          "jewel"
        ],
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          "precious stone",
          "precious stone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) jewel, precious stone"
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫa.pɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlaː.pis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lapis"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from substrate languages",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 25 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Building materials",
    "la:Rocks"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lapicīda"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapidāris"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapidēscō"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapideus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapidō"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapidōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapillus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapiō"
    },
    {
      "sense": "medieval",
      "word": "lapis calamīnāris"
    },
    {
      "sense": "medieval",
      "word": "lapis lazulī"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "llábana"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "làpida"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "lapida"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "ca",
          "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "lapide"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "laude"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lapis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lapis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lápide"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ljápis",
      "word": "ля́пис"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lápida"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "itc-pro:*lapets<id:stone>",
        "id": "stone"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*lapets"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *lapets",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λέπας",
        "t": "bare rock, crag"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lep-",
        "t": "to peel"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "qfa-sub"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *lapets. May be connected with Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”), either from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”) (compare secō, saxum; rumpō, rupēs) or, more likely, a Mediterranean substrate language.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lapidis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapidēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lapis/lapid<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "lapis m (genitive lapidis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lapis/lapid<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lapidārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapidātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapidātor"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Translation by James B. Greenough\nFor the rest, whate'er\nThe sets thou plantest in thy fields, thereon\nStrew refuse rich, and with abundant earth\nTake heed to hide them, and dig in withal\nRough shells or porous stone, for therebetween\nWill water trickle and fine vapour creep,\nAnd so the plants their drooping spirits raise.\nAye, and there have been, who with weight of stone\nOr heavy potsherd press them from above;\nThis serves for shield in pelting showers, and this\nWhen the hot dog-star chaps the fields with drought.",
          "ref": "c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 2.346–353",
          "roman": "Hoc, ubi hiulca siti findit canis aestifer arva.",
          "text": "Quod superest, quaecumque premes virgulta per agros,\nSparge fimo pingui et multa memor occule terra,\nAut lapidem bibulum aut squalentis infode conchas;\nInter enim labentur aquae tenuisque subibit\nHalitus atque animos tollent sata; iamque reperti,\nQui saxo super atque ingentis pondere testae\nUrgerent; hoc effusos munimen ad imbris,",
          "translation": "Translation by James B. Greenough\nFor the rest, whate'er\nThe sets thou plantest in thy fields, thereon\nStrew refuse rich, and with abundant earth\nTake heed to hide them, and dig in withal\nRough shells or porous stone, for therebetween\nWill water trickle and fine vapour creep,\nAnd so the plants their drooping spirits raise.\nAye, and there have been, who with weight of stone\nOr heavy potsherd press them from above;\nThis serves for shield in pelting showers, and this\nWhen the hot dog-star chaps the fields with drought.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house",
          "ref": "Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Genesis 28:22:",
          "text": "et lapis iste quem erexi in titulum vocabitur Domus Dei",
          "translation": "And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "saxum"
        },
        {
          "word": "silex"
        },
        {
          "word": "petra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "milestone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "milestone",
          "milestone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boundary stone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gravestone, tombstone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gravestone",
          "gravestone"
        ],
        [
          "tombstone",
          "tombstone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lapis manalis (“stone of manes”), which covers the gate of Hades or underworld"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lapis manalis",
          "lapis manalis#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "manes",
          "manes"
        ],
        [
          "Hades",
          "Hades"
        ],
        [
          "underworld",
          "underworld"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stone platform at a slave auction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "platform",
          "platform"
        ],
        [
          "auction",
          "auction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "statue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statue",
          "statue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jewel, precious stone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jewel",
          "jewel"
        ],
        [
          "precious stone",
          "precious stone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) jewel, precious stone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫa.pɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlaː.pis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lapis"
}

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