See libellus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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],
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},
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"source": "declension",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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{
"_dis": "29 34 37",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 33 39",
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{
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{
"english": "To whom do I give this elegant new booklet?",
"ref": "c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 1.1",
"text": "Cui dōnō lepidum novum libellum",
"translation": "To whom do I give this elegant new booklet?"
},
{
"english": "Why do I not send my little books [of poetry] to you, Pontilianus?\nSo that you, Pontilianus, don't send yours to me.",
"ref": "86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 7.3",
"roman": "nē mihi tū mittās, Pontiliāne, tuōs.",
"text": "Cūr nōn mitto meōs tibi, Pontiliāne, libellōs?",
"translation": "Why do I not send my little books [of poetry] to you, Pontilianus?\nSo that you, Pontilianus, don't send yours to me."
}
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],
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],
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"ref": "Dictum est autem: Quicumque dimiserit uxorem suam, det ei libellum repudii.",
"text": "And it has been said: 'Whoever would dismiss his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce'. Vulgate, Mt 5, 31"
}
],
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"a petition"
],
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"petition",
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]
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"masculine"
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],
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"ipa": "[lɪˈbɛl.lʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[liˈbɛl.lus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "liberculus"
}
],
"word": "libellus"
}
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"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"raw_tags": [
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"borrowed"
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"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
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},
{
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
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"borrowed"
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"borrowed"
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"borrowed"
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"name": "affix"
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},
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"nominative",
"plural"
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "libellum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "libellō",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "libelle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
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"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "liber"
},
{
"word": "librāriolus"
},
{
"word": "librārius"
}
],
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{
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "To whom do I give this elegant new booklet?",
"ref": "c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 1.1",
"text": "Cui dōnō lepidum novum libellum",
"translation": "To whom do I give this elegant new booklet?"
},
{
"english": "Why do I not send my little books [of poetry] to you, Pontilianus?\nSo that you, Pontilianus, don't send yours to me.",
"ref": "86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 7.3",
"roman": "nē mihi tū mittās, Pontiliāne, tuōs.",
"text": "Cūr nōn mitto meōs tibi, Pontiliāne, libellōs?",
"translation": "Why do I not send my little books [of poetry] to you, Pontilianus?\nSo that you, Pontilianus, don't send yours to me."
}
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"a little book, booklet, pamphlet"
],
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"book"
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[
"booklet",
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{
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{
"ref": "Dictum est autem: Quicumque dimiserit uxorem suam, det ei libellum repudii.",
"text": "And it has been said: 'Whoever would dismiss his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce'. Vulgate, Mt 5, 31"
}
],
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"a petition"
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"masculine"
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],
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]
},
{
"ipa": "[liˈbɛl.lus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "liberculus"
}
],
"word": "libellus"
}
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