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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dura lex, sed lex"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "exlex"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgālis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgifer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgirupa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgisdoctor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgislātiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgislātor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgisperītus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgitimus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgulēius"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lēgumlātor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lex monētae"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lex rēgia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Lēx Viāria"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mos prō lēge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "prīvilēgium"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "ligj",
"bor": "1",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": "→? Albanian: ligj",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→? Albanian: ligj"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "leadzi"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian: leadzi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aromanian: leadzi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eu",
"2": "lege"
},
"expansion": "Basque: lege",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Basque: lege"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "leç"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: leç",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: leç"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "lei"
},
"expansion": "Galician: lei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: lei"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "lege artis",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: lege artis",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: lege artis"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "legge"
},
"expansion": "Italian: legge\n→ Esperanto: leĝo",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Italian: legge\n→ Esperanto: leĝo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lld",
"2": "lege"
},
"expansion": "Ladin: lege",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladin: lege"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-ole",
"2": "lee",
"3": "llei"
},
"expansion": "Old Leonese: lee, llei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Leonese: lee, llei"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "llei"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: llei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: llei"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "leg"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: leg",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lombard: leg"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "lèj"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: lèj",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: lèj"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pro",
"2": "ley"
},
"expansion": "Old Occitan: ley",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Occitan: ley"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "lei"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: lei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: lei"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "llei"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: llei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: llei"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "lei"
},
"expansion": "Old French: lei\nMiddle French: loy\nFrench: loi\n⇒ Haitian Creole: lalwa\n→ Moore: laloa\nNorman: louai",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old French: lei\nMiddle French: loy\nFrench: loi\n⇒ Haitian Creole: lalwa\n→ Moore: laloa\nNorman: louai"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "lege"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: lege",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: lege"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "lei"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: lei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: lei"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "lege"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: lege",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: lege"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "liggi"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: liggi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: liggi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "ley"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: ley",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: ley"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "ley"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: ley",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: ley"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "lexe"
},
"expansion": "Venetian: lexe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetian: lexe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wa",
"2": "lwè"
},
"expansion": "Walloon: lwè",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Walloon: lwè"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*lēks"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *lēks",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*lēǵ-s"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lēǵ-s",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*leǵ-",
"3": "",
"4": "to gather"
},
"expansion": "*leǵ- (“to gather”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "legō"
},
"expansion": "legō",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*legʰ-s"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-s",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*legʰ-",
"3": "",
"4": "to lie, to be in resting position"
},
"expansion": "*legʰ- (“to lie, to be in resting position”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "law"
},
"expansion": "law",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *lēks. The usual etymology derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *lēǵ-s, a root nomen actionis from *leǵ- (“to gather”), whence also legō.\nPalmer (1906) proposes an alternative origin in Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-s, root nomen actionis from *legʰ- (“to lie, to be in resting position”). Compare with the semantics of English law from this root.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lēx",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "lēx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēge",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lēx/lēg<3>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "lēx f (genitive lēgis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lēx/lēg<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "iūs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fās"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dēcrētum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ēdictum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scītum"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 15 22 17 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill"
],
"id": "en-lex-la-noun-Z5Tuybh8",
"links": [
[
"proposition",
"proposition"
],
[
"motion",
"motion"
],
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"magistrate",
"magistrate"
],
[
"bill",
"bill"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "19 39 17 7 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 15 22 17 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The universal law is that which ordains that we are to be born and to die.\ndura lex, sed lex.\nThe law is tough but it is the law.",
"ref": "a. 43 BC, Publilius Syrus, Sententiae (printed in translation Benham's Book of Quotations 1948)",
"text": "Lex universa est quae iubet nasci et mori."
}
],
"glosses": [
"a bill which has become a law, a law, a statute"
],
"id": "en-lex-la-noun-lDYBL~Kc",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"statute",
"statute"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a bill which has become a law, a law, a statute"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 15 22 17 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner"
],
"id": "en-lex-la-noun-E1DwbNp3",
"links": [
[
"precept",
"precept"
],
[
"regulation",
"regulation"
],
[
"principle",
"principle"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"mode",
"mode"
],
[
"manner",
"manner"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 15 22 17 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a contract, agreement, covenant"
],
"id": "en-lex-la-noun-jsMizBJD",
"links": [
[
"contract",
"contract"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
],
[
"covenant",
"covenant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a contract, agreement, covenant"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 15 22 17 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a condition, stipulation"
],
"id": "en-lex-la-noun-6HnYMynn",
"links": [
[
"condition",
"condition"
],
[
"stipulation",
"stipulation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a condition, stipulation"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/leːks/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɫ̪eːks̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/leks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[lɛks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "lex"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 1-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin lemmas",
"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",
"Latin third declension nouns"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "dura lex, sed lex"
},
{
"word": "exlex"
},
{
"word": "lēgālis"
},
{
"word": "lēgifer"
},
{
"word": "lēgirupa"
},
{
"word": "lēgisdoctor"
},
{
"word": "lēgislātiō"
},
{
"word": "lēgislātor"
},
{
"word": "lēgisperītus"
},
{
"word": "lēgitimus"
},
{
"word": "lēgō"
},
{
"word": "lēgulēius"
},
{
"word": "lēgumlātor"
},
{
"word": "lex monētae"
},
{
"word": "lex rēgia"
},
{
"word": "Lēx Viāria"
},
{
"word": "mos prō lēge"
},
{
"word": "prīvilēgium"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "ligj",
"bor": "1",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": "→? Albanian: ligj",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→? Albanian: ligj"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rup",
"2": "leadzi"
},
"expansion": "Aromanian: leadzi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aromanian: leadzi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eu",
"2": "lege"
},
"expansion": "Basque: lege",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Basque: lege"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "leç"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: leç",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: leç"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "lei"
},
"expansion": "Galician: lei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Galician: lei"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "lege artis",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: lege artis",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: lege artis"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "legge"
},
"expansion": "Italian: legge\n→ Esperanto: leĝo",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Italian: legge\n→ Esperanto: leĝo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lld",
"2": "lege"
},
"expansion": "Ladin: lege",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladin: lege"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-ole",
"2": "lee",
"3": "llei"
},
"expansion": "Old Leonese: lee, llei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Leonese: lee, llei"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "llei"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: llei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: llei"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "leg"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: leg",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lombard: leg"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "lèj"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: lèj",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: lèj"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pro",
"2": "ley"
},
"expansion": "Old Occitan: ley",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Occitan: ley"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "lei"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: lei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: lei"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "llei"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: llei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: llei"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "lei"
},
"expansion": "Old French: lei\nMiddle French: loy\nFrench: loi\n⇒ Haitian Creole: lalwa\n→ Moore: laloa\nNorman: louai",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old French: lei\nMiddle French: loy\nFrench: loi\n⇒ Haitian Creole: lalwa\n→ Moore: laloa\nNorman: louai"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pms",
"2": "lege"
},
"expansion": "Piedmontese: lege",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Piedmontese: lege"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "lei"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: lei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: lei"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "lege"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: lege",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romanian: lege"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "liggi"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: liggi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: liggi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "ley"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: ley",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: ley"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "ley"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: ley",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: ley"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "lexe"
},
"expansion": "Venetian: lexe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetian: lexe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wa",
"2": "lwè"
},
"expansion": "Walloon: lwè",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Walloon: lwè"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*lēks"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *lēks",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*lēǵ-s"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lēǵ-s",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*leǵ-",
"3": "",
"4": "to gather"
},
"expansion": "*leǵ- (“to gather”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "legō"
},
"expansion": "legō",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*legʰ-s"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-s",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*legʰ-",
"3": "",
"4": "to lie, to be in resting position"
},
"expansion": "*legʰ- (“to lie, to be in resting position”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "law"
},
"expansion": "law",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *lēks. The usual etymology derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *lēǵ-s, a root nomen actionis from *leǵ- (“to gather”), whence also legō.\nPalmer (1906) proposes an alternative origin in Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-s, root nomen actionis from *legʰ- (“to lie, to be in resting position”). Compare with the semantics of English law from this root.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lēx",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "lēx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēge",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lēx",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lēgēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lēx/lēg<3>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "lēx f (genitive lēgis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lēx/lēg<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "iūs"
},
{
"word": "fās"
},
{
"word": "dēcrētum"
},
{
"word": "ēdictum"
},
{
"word": "scītum"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill"
],
"links": [
[
"proposition",
"proposition"
],
[
"motion",
"motion"
],
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"magistrate",
"magistrate"
],
[
"bill",
"bill"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "The universal law is that which ordains that we are to be born and to die.\ndura lex, sed lex.\nThe law is tough but it is the law.",
"ref": "a. 43 BC, Publilius Syrus, Sententiae (printed in translation Benham's Book of Quotations 1948)",
"text": "Lex universa est quae iubet nasci et mori."
}
],
"glosses": [
"a bill which has become a law, a law, a statute"
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"statute",
"statute"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a bill which has become a law, a law, a statute"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner"
],
"links": [
[
"precept",
"precept"
],
[
"regulation",
"regulation"
],
[
"principle",
"principle"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"mode",
"mode"
],
[
"manner",
"manner"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a contract, agreement, covenant"
],
"links": [
[
"contract",
"contract"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
],
[
"covenant",
"covenant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a contract, agreement, covenant"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a condition, stipulation"
],
"links": [
[
"condition",
"condition"
],
[
"stipulation",
"stipulation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) a condition, stipulation"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/leːks/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɫ̪eːks̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/leks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[lɛks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "lex"
}
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