"litotes" meaning in Latin

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          "expansion": "→ German: Litotes (learned)",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈli.to.tes/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈliːt̪ot̪es]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
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    },
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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