"lignum" meaning in Latin

See lignum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈlɪŋ.nũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈliɲ.ɲum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *legnom, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-m (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ- (“to collect”), with the Italic form interpreted as "wood collected for firemaking". An alternative derivation from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), and associated interpretation as "stray wood", seems equally possible, phonetically and semantically. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*legnom}} Proto-Italic *legnom, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*leǵ-no-m|that which is collected}} Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-m (“that which is collected”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*legʰ-|t=to lie}} Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”) Head templates: {{la-noun|lignum<2>}} lignum n (genitive lignī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lignum<2>}} Forms: lignī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lignum [nominative, singular], ligna [nominative, plural], lignī [genitive, singular], lignōrum [genitive, plural], lignō [dative, singular], lignīs [dative, plural], lignum [accusative, singular], ligna [accusative, plural], lignō [ablative, singular], lignīs [ablative, plural], lignum [singular, vocative], ligna [plural, vocative]
  1. firewood Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-lignum-la-noun-PUGyShpM
  2. (later Latin) wood tissue Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-lignum-la-noun-cTVgH2Nz Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Materials Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 11 79 11 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 19 61 19 Disambiguation of Materials: 17 66 17
  3. tree Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-lignum-la-noun-3Jxe24st
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lignāmen, lignārius, lignātiō, lignātor, ligneolus, ligneus, lignicolor, lignor, lignōsus
Categories (other): Fire Disambiguation of Fire: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "la",
      "name": "Fire",
      "orig": "la:Fire",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lignāmen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lignārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lignātiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lignātor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ligneolus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ligneus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lignicolor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lignor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lignōsus"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "word": "lemnu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "word": "lem"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Istro-Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ruo",
          "word": "lĕmnĕ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ruq",
          "word": "lemnu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ruq",
          "word": "lemu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "word": "lemn"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Balkan Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "unknown",
          "lang_code": "dlm",
          "word": "lanc"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "co",
          "word": "legnu"
        },
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          "lang": "Corsican",
          "lang_code": "co",
          "word": "legna"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "lang_code": "co",
          "word": "lenghju"
        },
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "legno"
        },
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "legna"
        },
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          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "ligno"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "liuno"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "livuno"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "lang_code": "nap",
          "word": "leuno"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "lang_code": "scn",
          "word": "lignu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "lang_code": "scn",
          "word": "ligna"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Italo-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "fur",
          "word": "len"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Istriot",
          "lang_code": "ist",
          "word": "lìgno"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Istriot",
          "lang_code": "ist",
          "word": "lìgna"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "lang_code": "lld",
          "word": "lën"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "lang_code": "lld",
          "word": "legn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "lang_code": "lld",
          "word": "lënia"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "lang_code": "lld",
          "word": "legna"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romansh",
          "lang_code": "rm",
          "word": "lain"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romansh",
          "lang_code": "rm",
          "word": "laina"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romansh",
          "lang_code": "rm",
          "word": "lenn"
        },
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          "lang": "Romansh",
          "lang_code": "rm",
          "word": "len"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rhaeto-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "word": "łegno"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "word": "łen"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "word": "łégna"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Emilian",
          "lang_code": "egl",
          "word": "laggna"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Emilian",
          "lang_code": "egl",
          "word": "laggn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "lang_code": "lij",
          "word": "légno"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "lang_code": "lmo",
          "word": "légn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "lang_code": "lmo",
          "word": "légna"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "lang_code": "pms",
          "word": "lëgna"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "lang_code": "rgn",
          "word": "lègn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "lang_code": "rgn",
          "word": "lègna"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old French",
          "lang_code": "fro",
          "word": "legne"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old French",
          "lang_code": "fro",
          "word": "laigne"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old French",
          "lang_code": "fro",
          "word": "ligne"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Picard",
          "lang_code": "pcd",
          "word": "laigne"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Picard",
          "lang_code": "pcd",
          "word": "laingne"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "lang_code": "wa",
          "word": "legn"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gallo-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "Catalan",
              "lang_code": "ca",
              "word": "llenya"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Catalan",
          "lang_code": "roa-oca",
          "word": "lenya"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Occitan",
              "lang_code": "oc",
              "word": "lenha"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Occitan",
          "lang_code": "pro",
          "word": "lenh"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Occitan",
              "lang_code": "oc",
              "word": "lenha"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Occitan",
          "lang_code": "pro",
          "word": "lenha"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Occitano-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "lang_code": "an",
          "word": "lenya"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "lleña"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "lleñe"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "lleñu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Mirandese",
              "lang_code": "mwl",
              "word": "lheinha"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Leonese",
          "lang_code": "roa-ole",
          "word": "lenna"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Fala",
              "lang_code": "fax",
              "word": "leña"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Galician",
              "lang_code": "gl",
              "word": "leña"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "lenha"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "roa-opt",
          "word": "lenha"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Fala",
              "lang_code": "fax",
              "word": "leño"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Galician",
              "lang_code": "gl",
              "word": "leño"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "lenho"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "roa-opt",
          "word": "lenho"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "leño"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "leña"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Ibero-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "linna"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Insular Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "ligno"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Cumbric",
              "lang_code": "xcb",
              "word": "*lɛ̄n"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Old Breton",
              "lang_code": "obt",
              "word": "loin"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Old Breton",
              "lang_code": "obt",
              "word": "loen"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "descendants": [
                    {
                      "lang": "Welsh",
                      "lang_code": "cy",
                      "word": "llwyn"
                    }
                  ],
                  "lang": "Middle Welsh",
                  "lang_code": "wlm",
                  "word": "llwyn"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Old Welsh",
              "lang_code": "owl",
              "word": "loin"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
          "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "*lluɨn"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Borrowings",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*legnom",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/legnom"
    ],
    [
      "*leǵ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leǵ-"
    ],
    [
      "*legʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/legʰ-"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*legnom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *legnom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*leǵ-no-m",
        "5": "that which is collected"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-m (“that which is collected”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*legʰ-",
        "t": "to lie"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *legnom, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-m (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ- (“to collect”), with the Italic form interpreted as \"wood collected for firemaking\".\nAn alternative derivation from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), and associated interpretation as \"stray wood\", seems equally possible, phonetically and semantically.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lignī",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignī",
          "ligni"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ligna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignī",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignī",
          "ligni#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignōrum",
          "lignorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignō",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignō",
          "ligno#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignīs",
          "lignis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ligna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignō",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignō",
          "ligno#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignīs",
          "lignis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ligna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lignum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "lignum n (genitive lignī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lignum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "firewood"
      ],
      "id": "en-lignum-la-noun-PUGyShpM",
      "links": [
        [
          "firewood",
          "firewood"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 79 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 61 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 66 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Materials",
          "orig": "la:Materials",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wood tissue"
      ],
      "id": "en-lignum-la-noun-cTVgH2Nz",
      "links": [
        [
          "wood",
          "wood"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "later Latin",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(later Latin) wood tissue"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper (Douay-Rheims translation)",
          "ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Psalm.1.3",
          "text": "Et erit tamquam lignum transplantatum iuxta rivulos aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo. Et folium eius non defluet et omne quod fecerit prosperabitur",
          "translation": "And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper (Douay-Rheims translation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tree"
      ],
      "id": "en-lignum-la-noun-3Jxe24st",
      "links": [
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɪŋ.nũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈliɲ.ɲum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lignum"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension 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",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Fire",
    "la:Materials"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lignāmen"
    },
    {
      "word": "lignārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "lignātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "lignātor"
    },
    {
      "word": "ligneolus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ligneus"
    },
    {
      "word": "lignicolor"
    },
    {
      "word": "lignor"
    },
    {
      "word": "lignōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "word": "lemnu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "word": "lem"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Istro-Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ruo",
          "word": "lĕmnĕ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ruq",
          "word": "lemnu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ruq",
          "word": "lemu"
        },
        {
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    },
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
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          "word": "łegno"
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        },
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        }
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    },
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          "lang_code": "pms",
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        },
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        },
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          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "lang_code": "rgn",
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        },
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          "lang_code": "fro",
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        },
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          "lang": "Old French",
          "lang_code": "fro",
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        },
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          "lang_code": "pcd",
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        },
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          "lang": "Picard",
          "lang_code": "pcd",
          "word": "laingne"
        },
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          "lang": "Walloon",
          "lang_code": "wa",
          "word": "legn"
        }
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      "lang": "Gallo-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
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        {
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              "lang_code": "ca",
              "word": "llenya"
            }
          ],
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        },
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              "lang_code": "oc",
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "pro",
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        },
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            {
              "lang": "Occitan",
              "lang_code": "oc",
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            }
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          "lang_code": "pro",
          "word": "lenha"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Occitano-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "lang_code": "an",
          "word": "lenya"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "lleña"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "lleñe"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "lleñu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Mirandese",
              "lang_code": "mwl",
              "word": "lheinha"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Leonese",
          "lang_code": "roa-ole",
          "word": "lenna"
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        {
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              "lang": "Fala",
              "lang_code": "fax",
              "word": "leña"
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            {
              "lang": "Galician",
              "lang_code": "gl",
              "word": "leña"
            },
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              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "lenha"
            }
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          "lang_code": "roa-opt",
          "word": "lenha"
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "Fala",
              "lang_code": "fax",
              "word": "leño"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Galician",
              "lang_code": "gl",
              "word": "leño"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "lenho"
            }
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          "lang_code": "roa-opt",
          "word": "lenho"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "leño"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "leña"
        }
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      "lang": "Ibero-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "linna"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Insular Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
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      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "ligno"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Cumbric",
              "lang_code": "xcb",
              "word": "*lɛ̄n"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Old Breton",
              "lang_code": "obt",
              "word": "loin"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Old Breton",
              "lang_code": "obt",
              "word": "loen"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "descendants": [
                    {
                      "lang": "Welsh",
                      "lang_code": "cy",
                      "word": "llwyn"
                    }
                  ],
                  "lang": "Middle Welsh",
                  "lang_code": "wlm",
                  "word": "llwyn"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Old Welsh",
              "lang_code": "owl",
              "word": "loin"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
          "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "*lluɨn"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Borrowings",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*legnom",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/legnom"
    ],
    [
      "*leǵ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leǵ-"
    ],
    [
      "*legʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/legʰ-"
    ]
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*legnom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *legnom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*leǵ-no-m",
        "5": "that which is collected"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-m (“that which is collected”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*legʰ-",
        "t": "to lie"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *legnom, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-m (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ- (“to collect”), with the Italic form interpreted as \"wood collected for firemaking\".\nAn alternative derivation from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), and associated interpretation as \"stray wood\", seems equally possible, phonetically and semantically.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lignī",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignī",
          "ligni"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ligna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignī",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignī",
          "ligni#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignōrum",
          "lignorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignō",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignō",
          "ligno#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignīs",
          "lignis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ligna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignō",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignō",
          "ligno#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "lignīs",
          "lignis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lignum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ligna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lignum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "lignum n (genitive lignī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lignum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "firewood"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firewood",
          "firewood"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wood tissue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wood",
          "wood"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "later Latin",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(later Latin) wood tissue"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper (Douay-Rheims translation)",
          "ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Psalm.1.3",
          "text": "Et erit tamquam lignum transplantatum iuxta rivulos aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo. Et folium eius non defluet et omne quod fecerit prosperabitur",
          "translation": "And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper (Douay-Rheims translation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɪŋ.nũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈliɲ.ɲum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lignum"
}

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