See libra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"la:United States",
"la:Units of measure"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "lībrā",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "lībrā"
},
"expansion": "lībrā",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "lībrō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular present active imperative of lībrō"
],
"links": [
[
"lībrō",
"libro#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"form-of",
"imperative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈliː.braː]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈliː.bra]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "libra"
}
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