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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*louksnā",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/louksnā"
],
[
"*lówksneh₂",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lówksneh₂"
],
[
"𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌𐌄",
"𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌𐌄#Oscan"
],
[
"𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌓",
"casnar#Oscan"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lewk-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pra",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*louksnā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *louksnā",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pra",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lówksneh₂"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "/s/"
},
"expansion": "/s/",
"name": "ic"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "/n/"
},
"expansion": "/n/",
"name": "ic"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osc",
"2": "𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌𐌄",
"w": "1"
},
"expansion": "Oscan 𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌𐌄 (nuvime)",
"name": "m+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. It is unusual for a sibilant /s/ to be placed before /n/, which has led the scholar Elia Lattes to suggest Etruscan origins. The linguist Brent Vine compares it to unusual clusters in other Italic languages, such as in Oscan 𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌𐌄 (nuvime) or 𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌓 (gasnar). Alfred Ernout suggests this may have been a unique feature of the Praenestine dialect.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "noun",
"head": "losna"
},
"expansion": "losna",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Praenestine",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Pollux / Luna / Amycus",
"ref": "c. 300 BCE, CIL 14.4095",
"text": "Poloces / Losna / Amuces",
"translation": "Pollux / Luna / Amycus",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Praenestine form of lūna"
],
"id": "en-losna-la-noun-AIOiDOY2",
"links": [
[
"lūna",
"luna#Latin"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Old Latin, dialectal) Praenestine form of lūna"
],
"tags": [
"Old-Latin",
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"word": "losna"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*louksnā",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/louksnā"
],
[
"*lówksneh₂",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lówksneh₂"
],
[
"𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌𐌄",
"𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌𐌄#Oscan"
],
[
"𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌓",
"casnar#Oscan"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lewk-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pra",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*louksnā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *louksnā",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pra",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lówksneh₂"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "/s/"
},
"expansion": "/s/",
"name": "ic"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "/n/"
},
"expansion": "/n/",
"name": "ic"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osc",
"2": "𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌𐌄",
"w": "1"
},
"expansion": "Oscan 𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌𐌄 (nuvime)",
"name": "m+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. It is unusual for a sibilant /s/ to be placed before /n/, which has led the scholar Elia Lattes to suggest Etruscan origins. The linguist Brent Vine compares it to unusual clusters in other Italic languages, such as in Oscan 𐌍𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌌𐌄 (nuvime) or 𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌓 (gasnar). Alfred Ernout suggests this may have been a unique feature of the Praenestine dialect.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "noun",
"head": "losna"
},
"expansion": "losna",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin dialectal terms",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-",
"Latin terms with quotations",
"Old Latin lemmas",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Praenestine"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Pollux / Luna / Amycus",
"ref": "c. 300 BCE, CIL 14.4095",
"text": "Poloces / Losna / Amuces",
"translation": "Pollux / Luna / Amycus",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Praenestine form of lūna"
],
"links": [
[
"lūna",
"luna#Latin"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Old Latin, dialectal) Praenestine form of lūna"
],
"tags": [
"Old-Latin",
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"word": "losna"
}
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