"maior" meaning in Latin

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmai̯.i̯or/ [Classical], [ˈmäi̯ːɔr] [Classical], /ˈma.jor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmäːjor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *magjōs, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs, from *meǵh₂- (“great”) + *-yōs (comparative suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*magjōs}} Proto-Italic *magjōs, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*méǵh₂yōs}} Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs, {{af|ine-pro|*meǵh₂-|*-yōs|nocat=1|pos2=comparative suffix|t1=great}} *meǵh₂- (“great”) + *-yōs (comparative suffix) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|maior<3-C+.loc>}} Forms: maius [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], maior [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], maius [neuter, nominative, singular], maiōrēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], maiōra [neuter, nominative, plural], maiōris [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], maiōrum [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], maiōrī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], maiōribus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], maiōrem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], maius [accusative, neuter, singular], maiōrēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], maiōra [accusative, neuter, plural], maiōre [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], maiōribus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], maior [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], maius [neuter, singular, vocative], maiōrēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], maiōra [neuter, plural, vocative], maiōrī [feminine, locative, masculine, neuter, singular], maiōre [feminine, locative, masculine, neuter, singular], maiōribus [feminine, locative, masculine, neuter, plural]
  1. comparative degree of magnus Tags: comparative, declension-3, form-of Form of: magnus Derived forms: maiestās [noun], maiusculus [diminutive]
    Sense id: en-maior-la-adj-4i~35Zzp Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 51 21 28 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 30 34 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Size Synonyms: major, maiior
Disambiguation of Size: 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈmai̯.i̯or/ [Classical], [ˈmäi̯ːɔr] [Classical], /ˈma.jor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmäːjor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *magjōs, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs, from *meǵh₂- (“great”) + *-yōs (comparative suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*magjōs}} Proto-Italic *magjōs, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*méǵh₂yōs}} Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs, {{af|ine-pro|*meǵh₂-|*-yōs|nocat=1|pos2=comparative suffix|t1=great}} *meǵh₂- (“great”) + *-yōs (comparative suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|maior<3>}} maior m (genitive maiōris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|maior<3>}} Forms: maiōris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], maior [nominative, singular], maiōrēs [nominative, plural], maiōris [genitive, singular], maiōrum [genitive, plural], maiōrī [dative, singular], maiōribus [dative, plural], maiōrem [accusative, singular], maiōrēs [accusative, plural], maiōre [ablative, singular], maiōribus [ablative, plural], maior [singular, vocative], maiōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (in the plural) ancestors, forefathers; advanced in years, the aged; the elders Tags: declension-3, in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-maior-la-noun-8KY-Lhq3 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 30 34 36
  2. (Medieval Latin) A mayor (a leader of a city or town). Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-maior-la-noun-PFz7n9HG Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 30 34 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Size Synonyms: major, maiior
Disambiguation of Size: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "→ Breton: maer",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Breton: maer"
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: major"
    },
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        }
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    },
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: meier"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "major",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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          "expansion": "French: major, majeur, maire, majorer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "major",
            "3": "mayor",
            "4": "majorate",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: major, mayor, majorate",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: major, mayor, majorate"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "määri",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: määri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: määri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "major",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: major",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: major"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "major",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: major",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: major"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "мажор",
            "3": "мэр",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: мажор (mažor), мэр (mɛr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: мажор (mažor), мэр (mɛr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "maiôr",
            "3": "majôr"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: maiôr, majôr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: maiôr, majôr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "maior"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: maior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: maior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Meier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Meier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Meier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "maiur"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: maiur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: maiur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "maggiore",
            "3": "maggiorare"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: maggiore, maggiorare",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: maggiore, maggiorare"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "majer"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: majer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: majer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "mari"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: mari",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: mari"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "maire"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: maire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: maire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "major",
            "3": "màger"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: major, màger",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: major, màger"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "maer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: maer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: maer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "maor"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: maor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: maor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "magior"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: magior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: magior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mor",
            "3": "maior"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: mor, maior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: mor, maior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "mare"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: mare",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: mare"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "майор"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: майор (major)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: майор (major)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "magiori",
            "3": "mere"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: magiori, mere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: magiori, mere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "mair",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scots: mair",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scots: mair"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "maggiuri",
            "3": "majuri"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: maggiuri, majuri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: maggiuri, majuri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mayor",
            "3": "mayorar",
            "4": "Mallorca or Majorca"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mayor, mayorar, Mallorca or Majorca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mayor, mayorar, Mallorca or Majorca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Major",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Major",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Major"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "maior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: maior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: maior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "major",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: major",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: major"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "majuri",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: majuri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: majuri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "maxor",
            "3": "mazor"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: maxor, mazor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: maxor, mazor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "maer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: maer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: maer"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *magjōs",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "*méǵh₂yōs"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *magjōs, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs, from *meǵh₂- (“great”) + *-yōs (comparative suffix).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "maius",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
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        "inflection-template"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "maiōrēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōribus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maius",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "maiōre",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōribus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maior",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maius",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōre",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōribus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maior<3-C+.loc>"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "minor"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 21 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 34 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "noun"
          ],
          "word": "maiestās"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "diminutive"
          ],
          "word": "maiusculus"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "magnus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative degree of magnus"
      ],
      "id": "en-maior-la-adj-4i~35Zzp",
      "links": [
        [
          "magnus",
          "magnus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "declension-3",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmai̯.i̯or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäi̯ːɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäːjor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "major"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "maiior"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maior"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "topical",
      "langcode": "la",
      "name": "Size",
      "orig": "la:Size",
      "parents": [
        "Nature",
        "All topics",
        "Fundamental"
      ],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*magjōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *magjōs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méǵh₂yōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*meǵh₂-",
        "3": "*-yōs",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "comparative suffix",
        "t1": "great"
      },
      "expansion": "*meǵh₂- (“great”) + *-yōs (comparative suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *magjōs, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs, from *meǵh₂- (“great”) + *-yōs (comparative suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maiōris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maior",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōris",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōribus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōre",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōribus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maior",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maior<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "maior m (genitive maiōris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maior<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 34 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Therefore Ennius, who composed these poems, although a man from Rudiae, our ancestors granted him citizenship.",
          "ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Pro Archia Poeta Oratio line 284",
          "text": "Ergo illum, qui haec fecerat, Rudinum hominem, maiores nostri in civitatem receperunt."
        },
        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.73–74",
          "text": "‘hinc sua maiōrēs tribuisse vocābula Maiō\ntangor et aetātī cōnsuluisse suae.’\n‘‘Because of this, the ancestors granted their name to May,\nI have come to grasp, and in regard to their own old age.’’\n(The muse Urania claims that the month of May honors the ‘‘maiōrēs’’ – ‘‘ancestors’’ or ‘‘elders’’.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ancestors, forefathers; advanced in years, the aged; the elders"
      ],
      "id": "en-maior-la-noun-8KY-Lhq3",
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "forefathers",
          "forefathers"
        ],
        [
          "advanced",
          "advanced"
        ],
        [
          "years",
          "years"
        ],
        [
          "aged",
          "aged"
        ],
        [
          "elders",
          "elders"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) ancestors, forefathers; advanced in years, the aged; the elders"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 34 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mayor (a leader of a city or town)."
      ],
      "id": "en-maior-la-noun-PFz7n9HG",
      "links": [
        [
          "mayor",
          "mayor"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader#English"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city#English"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) A mayor (a leader of a city or town)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmai̯.i̯or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäi̯ːɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäːjor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "major"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "maiior"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maior"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin comparative adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin 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",
    "Latin terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "la:Size"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "maiestās"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "maiusculus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "mari"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: mari",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: mari"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "mayor"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: mayor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: mayor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "maer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Breton: maer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Breton: maer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "major"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: major",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: major"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "maur"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: maur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: maur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "meier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: meier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: meier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "major",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: major",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: major"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "major",
            "3": "majeur",
            "4": "maire",
            "5": "majorer"
          },
          "expansion": "French: major, majeur, maire, majorer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: major, majeur, maire, majorer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "major",
            "3": "mayor",
            "4": "majorate",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: major, mayor, majorate",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: major, mayor, majorate"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "määri",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: määri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: määri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "major",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: major",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: major"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "major",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: major",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: major"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "мажор",
            "3": "мэр",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: мажор (mažor), мэр (mɛr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: мажор (mažor), мэр (mɛr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "maiôr",
            "3": "majôr"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: maiôr, majôr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: maiôr, majôr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "maior"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: maior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: maior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Meier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Meier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Meier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "maiur"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: maiur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: maiur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "maggiore",
            "3": "maggiorare"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: maggiore, maggiorare",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: maggiore, maggiorare"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "majer"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: majer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: majer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "mari"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: mari",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: mari"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "maire"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: maire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: maire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "major",
            "3": "màger"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: major, màger",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: major, màger"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "maer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: maer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: maer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "maor"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: maor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: maor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "magior"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: magior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: magior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "mor",
            "3": "maior"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: mor, maior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: mor, maior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "mare"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: mare",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: mare"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "майор"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: майор (major)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: майор (major)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "magiori",
            "3": "mere"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: magiori, mere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: magiori, mere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "mair",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scots: mair",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scots: mair"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "maggiuri",
            "3": "majuri"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: maggiuri, majuri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: maggiuri, majuri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mayor",
            "3": "mayorar",
            "4": "Mallorca or Majorca"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mayor, mayorar, Mallorca or Majorca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mayor, mayorar, Mallorca or Majorca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Major",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Major",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Major"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "maior",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: maior",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: maior"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "major",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: major",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: major"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "majuri",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: majuri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: majuri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "maxor",
            "3": "mazor"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: maxor, mazor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: maxor, mazor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "maer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: maer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: maer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*magjōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *magjōs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méǵh₂yōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*meǵh₂-",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "plural"
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "maius",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrēs",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "maiōra",
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        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōre",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "maiōribus",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "locative",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "minor"
        }
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        "Latin comparative adjectives"
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        {
          "word": "magnus"
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        "comparative degree of magnus"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmai̯.i̯or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäi̯ːɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäːjor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "major"
    },
    {
      "word": "maiior"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
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    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "maiōrum",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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      "form": "maiōribus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrem",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiōrēs",
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    {
      "form": "maiōre",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "maiōribus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maior",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "maiōrēs",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "maior m (genitive maiōris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "maior<3>"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Therefore Ennius, who composed these poems, although a man from Rudiae, our ancestors granted him citizenship.",
          "ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Pro Archia Poeta Oratio line 284",
          "text": "Ergo illum, qui haec fecerat, Rudinum hominem, maiores nostri in civitatem receperunt."
        },
        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.73–74",
          "text": "‘hinc sua maiōrēs tribuisse vocābula Maiō\ntangor et aetātī cōnsuluisse suae.’\n‘‘Because of this, the ancestors granted their name to May,\nI have come to grasp, and in regard to their own old age.’’\n(The muse Urania claims that the month of May honors the ‘‘maiōrēs’’ – ‘‘ancestors’’ or ‘‘elders’’.)"
        }
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        "ancestors, forefathers; advanced in years, the aged; the elders"
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        [
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          "advanced",
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        ],
        [
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          "years"
        ],
        [
          "aged",
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        [
          "elders",
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        "(in the plural) ancestors, forefathers; advanced in years, the aged; the elders"
      ],
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        "in-plural",
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      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mayor (a leader of a city or town)."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "mayor"
        ],
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          "leader",
          "leader#English"
        ],
        [
          "city",
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        ],
        [
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          "town#English"
        ]
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        "(Medieval Latin) A mayor (a leader of a city or town)."
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        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
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        "Classical"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[ˈmäi̯ːɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈma.jor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäːjor]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "major"
    },
    {
      "word": "maiior"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: maior/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "maior",
  "trace": ""
}

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