"lis" meaning in Latin

See lis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /liːs/ [Classical-Latin], [lʲiːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /lis/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [lis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Old Latin stlīs, from Proto-Italic *slītis (“accusation, dispute”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *sliH-ti-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH-, related to Old Irish liid (“accuse, charge”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-ola|stlīs}} Old Latin stlīs, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*slītis||accusation, dispute}} Proto-Italic *slītis (“accusation, dispute”), {{inh|la|ine-pro|*sliH-ti-}} Proto-Indo-European *sliH-ti-, {{der|la|ine-pro|*(s)leyH-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH-, {{cog|sga|liid||accuse, charge}} Old Irish liid (“accuse, charge”) Head templates: {{la-noun|līs<3.I>|g=f}} līs f (genitive lītis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|līs<3.I>}} Forms: līs [canonical, feminine], lītis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], līs [nominative, singular], lītēs [nominative, plural], lītis [genitive, singular], lītium [genitive, plural], lītī [dative, singular], lītibus [dative, plural], lītem [accusative, singular], lītēs [accusative, plural], lītīs [accusative, plural], līte [ablative, singular], lītibus [ablative, plural], līs [singular, vocative], lītēs [plural, vocative]
  1. lawsuit, action Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-lis-la-noun-Bf2KIcGi
  2. contention, strife, quarrel Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: rixa, certatus, iūrgium
    Sense id: en-lis-la-noun-5TWFm53Q Disambiguation of Law: 13 87 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lītigō Related terms: causa, crīmen, quaestiō, rēs
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lītigō"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "lide"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: lide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: lide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lite"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lite",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lite"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "lide"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: lide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: lide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "liti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: liti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: liti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "lid"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: lid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: lid"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "stlīs"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "accuse, charge"
      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Latin stlīs, from Proto-Italic *slītis (“accusation, dispute”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *sliH-ti-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH-, related to Old Irish liid (“accuse, charge”).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lītēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "lītium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lītēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "lītīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lītēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "līs<3.I>",
        "g": "f"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "līs<3.I>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "causa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "crīmen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "quaestiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rēs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lawsuit, action"
      ],
      "id": "en-lis-la-noun-Bf2KIcGi",
      "links": [
        [
          "lawsuit",
          "lawsuit"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "la:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "1851 translation by Henry T. Riley\nLet our ears be relieved from strife, and forthwith let maddening discords he far away; and thou envious tongue, postpone thy occupation.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.29–30",
          "roman": "iūrgia; differ opus, līvida lingua, tuum!",
          "text": "līte vacent aurēs, īnsānaque prōtinus absint"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "contention, strife, quarrel"
      ],
      "id": "en-lis-la-noun-5TWFm53Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "contention",
          "contention"
        ],
        [
          "strife",
          "strife"
        ],
        [
          "quarrel",
          "quarrel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rixa"
        },
        {
          "word": "certatus"
        },
        {
          "word": "iūrgium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lʲiːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lis/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lis"
}
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    "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 Old Latin",
    "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",
    "Pages with 19 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Law"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lītigō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "lide"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: lide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: lide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lite"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lite",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lite"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "lide"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: lide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: lide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "liti"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: liti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "lid"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: lid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: lid"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "stlīs"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "4": "accuse, charge"
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Latin stlīs, from Proto-Italic *slītis (“accusation, dispute”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *sliH-ti-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH-, related to Old Irish liid (“accuse, charge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "līs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lītēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "līs<3.I>",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "līs f (genitive lītis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "līs<3.I>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "causa"
    },
    {
      "word": "crīmen"
    },
    {
      "word": "quaestiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "rēs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lawsuit, action"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lawsuit",
          "lawsuit"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "1851 translation by Henry T. Riley\nLet our ears be relieved from strife, and forthwith let maddening discords he far away; and thou envious tongue, postpone thy occupation.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.29–30",
          "roman": "iūrgia; differ opus, līvida lingua, tuum!",
          "text": "līte vacent aurēs, īnsānaque prōtinus absint"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "contention, strife, quarrel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contention",
          "contention"
        ],
        [
          "strife",
          "strife"
        ],
        [
          "quarrel",
          "quarrel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rixa"
        },
        {
          "word": "certatus"
        },
        {
          "word": "iūrgium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lʲiːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lis/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lis"
}

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