"lapis" meaning in Latin

See lapis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈla.pis/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈɫ̪äpɪs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈla.pis/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈläːpis] (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>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 Categories (topical): Building materials, Rocks Synonyms: saxum, silex, petra
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-3D1Q2o2s Disambiguation of Building materials: 40 4 3 32 6 4 8 3 Disambiguation of Rocks: 53 4 2 27 5 3 4 3 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 17 11 1 0 11 1 1 1 1 1 14 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 2 0 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 35 3 5 40 7 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11
  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: 13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11
  3. boundary stone Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-HapteXnL
  4. gravestone, tombstone Tags: declension-3, masculine Categories (topical): Building materials
    Sense id: en-lapis-la-noun-Py5ack-v Disambiguation of Building materials: 40 4 3 32 6 4 8 3 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 17 11 1 0 11 1 1 1 1 1 14 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 2 0 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 35 3 5 40 7 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11
  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: 13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11
  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: 13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11 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: 13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11
  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 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11
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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  "derived": [
    {
      "_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"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lapida",
            "3": "lapide"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lapida, lapide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lapida, lapide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "làpida",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: làpida",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: làpida"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "laude"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: laude",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: laude"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lapis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: lapis",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: lapis (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "lapis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: lapis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: lapis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "lápide",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: lápide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: lápide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ля́пис",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ля́пис (ljápis)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ля́пис (ljápis)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "lápida",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: lápida",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: lápida (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "itc-pro>*lapets>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": [
    {
      "_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": "1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 17 11 1 0 11 1 1 1 1 1 14 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 2 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 3 5 40 7 3 3 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 4 3 32 6 4 8 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Building materials",
          "orig": "la:Building materials",
          "parents": [
            "Construction",
            "Materials",
            "Architecture",
            "Engineering",
            "Manufacturing",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Technology",
            "Human activity",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 4 2 27 5 3 4 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Rocks",
          "orig": "la:Rocks",
          "parents": [
            "Geology",
            "Natural materials",
            "Earth sciences",
            "Materials",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "Manufacturing",
            "All topics",
            "Human activity",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stone"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-3D1Q2o2s",
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "saxum"
        },
        {
          "word": "silex"
        },
        {
          "word": "petra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "milestone"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-f3-FsefV",
      "links": [
        [
          "milestone",
          "milestone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boundary stone"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-HapteXnL",
      "links": [
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 17 11 1 0 11 1 1 1 1 1 14 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 2 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 3 5 40 7 3 3 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 4 3 32 6 4 8 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Building materials",
          "orig": "la:Building materials",
          "parents": [
            "Construction",
            "Materials",
            "Architecture",
            "Engineering",
            "Manufacturing",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Technology",
            "Human activity",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gravestone, tombstone"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-Py5ack-v",
      "links": [
        [
          "gravestone",
          "gravestone"
        ],
        [
          "tombstone",
          "tombstone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lapis manalis (“stone of manes”), which covers the gate of Hades or underworld"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-AsA~tvBb",
      "links": [
        [
          "lapis manalis",
          "lapis manalis#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "manes",
          "manes"
        ],
        [
          "Hades",
          "Hades"
        ],
        [
          "underworld",
          "underworld"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stone platform at a slave auction"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-OBoMCvet",
      "links": [
        [
          "platform",
          "platform"
        ],
        [
          "auction",
          "auction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "statue"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-wSt8E4xe",
      "links": [
        [
          "statue",
          "statue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 10 16 11 11 15 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jewel, precious stone"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapis-la-noun-VjOfMgXH",
      "links": [
        [
          "jewel",
          "jewel"
        ],
        [
          "precious stone",
          "precious stone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) jewel, precious stone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈla.pis/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫ̪äpɪs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈla.pis/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈläːpis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lapis"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms 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 24 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Building materials",
    "la:Rocks"
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lapida",
            "3": "lapide"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lapida, lapide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lapida, lapide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "làpida",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: làpida",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: làpida"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "laude"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: laude",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: laude"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lapis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: lapis",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: lapis (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "lapis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: lapis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: lapis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "lápide",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: lápide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: lápide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ля́пис",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ля́пис (ljápis)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ля́пис (ljápis)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "lápida",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: lápida",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: lápida (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "itc-pro>*lapets>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": "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",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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": "/ˈla.pis/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫ̪äpɪs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈla.pis/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈläːpis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lapis"
}

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