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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "prius pariet lō̆custa Lūcam bovem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Lō̆custa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Lū̆custa"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la-vul",
"2": "lacusta",
"alt": "*lacusta"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin: *lacusta",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Vulgar Latin: *lacusta (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "locusta",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: locusta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: locusta"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "locuste",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old French: locuste",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old French: locuste"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "locuste"
},
"expansion": "French: locuste",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: locuste"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "locuste",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle English: locuste, locust, locusta\nEnglish: locust",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle English: locuste, locust, locusta\nEnglish: locust"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "locusta",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: locusta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: locusta"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "locustă",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: locustă",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: locustă"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "loppestre",
"bor": "1",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": "→? Old English: loppestre, lopustre, lopystre\nMiddle English: loppestere\nEnglish: lobster\nScots: lapster, labster\nYola: labstaar",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→? Old English: loppestre, lopustre, lopystre\nMiddle English: loppestere\nEnglish: lobster\nScots: lapster, labster\nYola: labstaar"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "lacerta",
"3": "",
"4": "lizard; mackerel"
},
"expansion": "lacerta (“lizard; mackerel”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "lō̆custa"
},
"expansion": "lō̆custa",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "lacerta"
},
"expansion": "lacerta",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λάξ"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek λάξ (láx)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λάγδην",
"3": "",
"4": "with the foot",
"pos": "adv"
},
"expansion": "λάγδην (lágdēn, “with the foot”, adverb)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λάκτις",
"3": "",
"4": "pestle"
},
"expansion": "λάκτις (láktis, “pestle”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λικερτίζειν",
"3": "",
"4": "to jump, to dance"
},
"expansion": "λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to jump, to dance”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "leggr",
"3": "",
"4": "lower leg, bone"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse leggr (“lower leg, bone”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lng",
"2": "lagi",
"3": "",
"4": "thigh"
},
"expansion": "Lombardic lagi (“thigh”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*lek-",
"3": "",
"4": "joint, member; to bend, to wind"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“joint, member; to bend, to wind”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "lō̆custa"
},
"expansion": "lō̆custa",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The origin is uncertain, length of the first vowel varies. According to De Vaan, the only word similar in form and meaning is lacerta (“lizard; mackerel”) and “they could be cognate words in the language from which Latin borrowed these forms”. Pokorny connects lō̆custa and lacerta with Ancient Greek λάξ (láx) λάγδην (lágdēn, “with the foot”, adverb), λάκτις (láktis, “pestle”), λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to jump, to dance”) and Old Norse leggr (“lower leg, bone”), Lombardic lagi (“thigh”), deriving all from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“joint, member; to bend, to wind”), explaining lō̆custa as “equipped with joints”. This is considered unconvincing by De Vaan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lō̆custa",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custae",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custārum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lō̆custa<1>"
},
"expansion": "lō̆custa f (genitive lō̆custae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lō̆custa<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "65 35",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "56 44",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Arthropods",
"orig": "la:Arthropods",
"parents": [
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "59 41",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Insects",
"orig": "la:Insects",
"parents": [
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "A giant swarm of locusts has invaded the Stavropolsky district in southern Russia.",
"roman": "Ingentēs gregēs lō̆custārum regiōnem Stavropolis in Russiā merīdiōnālī invāsērunt.",
"text": "2015, Tuomo Pekkanen, Ingentes greges locustarum in Russia meridionali. https://areena.yle.fi/1-2864830, Nuntii Latini 7.8.2015",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a grasshopper or locust"
],
"id": "en-locusta-la-noun-dxcVrIAp",
"links": [
[
"grasshopper",
"grasshopper"
],
[
"locust",
"locust"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "16 84",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 88",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "37 63",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Crustaceans",
"orig": "la:Crustaceans",
"parents": [
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a crustacean (literally, “a sea grasshopper”)",
"text": "lō̆custa marīna/maris",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a crustacean, (prob) a kind of lobster"
],
"id": "en-locusta-la-noun-BjHtFPFZ",
"links": [
[
"crustacean",
"crustacean"
],
[
"lobster",
"lobster"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/loːˈkus.ta/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɫ̪oːˈkʊs̠t̪ä]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/loˈkus.ta/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɫ̪ɔˈkʊs̠t̪ä]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/loˈkus.ta/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[loˈkust̪ä]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lucusta"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "*lacusta"
}
],
"word": "locusta"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"Latin first declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"la:Arthropods",
"la:Crustaceans",
"la:Insects"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "prius pariet lō̆custa Lūcam bovem"
},
{
"word": "Lō̆custa"
},
{
"word": "Lū̆custa"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la-vul",
"2": "lacusta",
"alt": "*lacusta"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin: *lacusta",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Vulgar Latin: *lacusta (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "locusta",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: locusta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: locusta"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "locuste",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old French: locuste",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old French: locuste"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "locuste"
},
"expansion": "French: locuste",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: locuste"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "locuste",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Middle English: locuste, locust, locusta\nEnglish: locust",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Middle English: locuste, locust, locusta\nEnglish: locust"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "locusta",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: locusta",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: locusta"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "locustă",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: locustă",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: locustă"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "loppestre",
"bor": "1",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": "→? Old English: loppestre, lopustre, lopystre\nMiddle English: loppestere\nEnglish: lobster\nScots: lapster, labster\nYola: labstaar",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→? Old English: loppestre, lopustre, lopystre\nMiddle English: loppestere\nEnglish: lobster\nScots: lapster, labster\nYola: labstaar"
}
],
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"1": "la",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "lacerta",
"3": "",
"4": "lizard; mackerel"
},
"expansion": "lacerta (“lizard; mackerel”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "lō̆custa"
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"name": "m"
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{
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"2": "lacerta"
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"name": "m"
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{
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"1": "grc",
"2": "λάξ"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek λάξ (láx)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λάγδην",
"3": "",
"4": "with the foot",
"pos": "adv"
},
"expansion": "λάγδην (lágdēn, “with the foot”, adverb)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λάκτις",
"3": "",
"4": "pestle"
},
"expansion": "λάκτις (láktis, “pestle”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "λικερτίζειν",
"3": "",
"4": "to jump, to dance"
},
"expansion": "λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to jump, to dance”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "leggr",
"3": "",
"4": "lower leg, bone"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse leggr (“lower leg, bone”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lng",
"2": "lagi",
"3": "",
"4": "thigh"
},
"expansion": "Lombardic lagi (“thigh”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*lek-",
"3": "",
"4": "joint, member; to bend, to wind"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "",
"3": "lō̆custa"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "lō̆custa",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custae",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custārum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lō̆custae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lō̆custa<1>"
},
"expansion": "lō̆custa f (genitive lō̆custae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lō̆custa<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "A giant swarm of locusts has invaded the Stavropolsky district in southern Russia.",
"roman": "Ingentēs gregēs lō̆custārum regiōnem Stavropolis in Russiā merīdiōnālī invāsērunt.",
"text": "2015, Tuomo Pekkanen, Ingentes greges locustarum in Russia meridionali. https://areena.yle.fi/1-2864830, Nuntii Latini 7.8.2015",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a grasshopper or locust"
],
"links": [
[
"grasshopper",
"grasshopper"
],
[
"locust",
"locust"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a crustacean (literally, “a sea grasshopper”)",
"text": "lō̆custa marīna/maris",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a crustacean, (prob) a kind of lobster"
],
"links": [
[
"crustacean",
"crustacean"
],
[
"lobster",
"lobster"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/loːˈkus.ta/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɫ̪oːˈkʊs̠t̪ä]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/loˈkus.ta/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɫ̪ɔˈkʊs̠t̪ä]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/loˈkus.ta/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[loˈkust̪ä]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lucusta"
},
{
"word": "*lacusta"
}
],
"word": "locusta"
}
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