"mergulus" meaning in Latin

See mergulus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈmɛr.ɡʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɛr.ɡu.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Diminutive from mergō (“immerse, dip”) + -ulus. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|mergō|ulus|gloss1=immerse, dip}} mergō (“immerse, dip”) + -ulus Head templates: {{la-noun|mergulus<2>}} mergulus m (genitive mergulī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mergulus<2>}} Forms: mergulī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mergulus [nominative, singular], mergulī [nominative, plural], mergulī [genitive, singular], mergulōrum [genitive, plural], mergulō [dative, singular], mergulīs [dative, plural], mergulum [accusative, singular], mergulōs [accusative, plural], mergulō [ablative, singular], mergulīs [ablative, plural], mergule [singular, vocative], mergulī [plural, vocative]
  1. wick of a lamp Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms (wick): fīlum
    Sense id: en-mergulus-la-noun-IXAY7ZA9 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 36 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mergō
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ˈmɛr.ɡʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɛr.ɡu.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Diminutive from mergus (“diver, loon”) + -ulus, from mergō (“dive, plunge”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|mergus|ulus|gloss1=diver, loon}} mergus (“diver, loon”) + -ulus Head templates: {{la-noun|mergulus<2>}} mergulus m (genitive mergulī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mergulus<2>}} Forms: mergulī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mergulus [nominative, singular], mergulī [nominative, plural], mergulī [genitive, singular], mergulōrum [genitive, plural], mergulō [dative, singular], mergulīs [dative, plural], mergulum [accusative, singular], mergulōs [accusative, plural], mergulō [ablative, singular], mergulīs [ablative, plural], mergule [singular, vocative], mergulī [plural, vocative]
  1. diminutive of mergus Tags: declension-2, diminutive, form-of, masculine Form of: mergus
    Sense id: en-mergulus-la-noun-UG4PUtmQ Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 36 40
  2. (Late Latin, proscribed) Synonym of mergus Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2, masculine, proscribed Synonyms: mergus [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms (Portuguese: mergulhar): ⇒ mergulho
    Sense id: en-mergulus-la-noun-XSuKdNP5 Categories (other): Late Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ulus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Baby animals, Birds Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 22 6 72 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 36 40 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ulus: 20 7 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 6 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 5 86 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 9 11 81 Disambiguation of Birds: 7 6 87 Disambiguation of 'Portuguese: mergulhar': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (Galician: mergullar): ⇒ mergullo, ⇒ mergullón Derived forms (⇒ somorgullar): ⇒ somorgullo Related terms: mergō, mergus
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'Galician: mergullar': 67 33 Disambiguation of '⇒ somorgullar': 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "english": "(The correct form is) mergus, not mergulus",
          "ref": "[3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 194:",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mergulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mergulus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "mergulus m (genitive mergulī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mergulus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mergō"
    },
    {
      "word": "mergus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin diminutive nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "mergus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of mergus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mergus",
          "mergus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin",
        "Latin proscribed terms",
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              34,
              42
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "(The correct form is) mergus, not mergulus",
          "ref": "[3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 194:",
          "text": "mergus non mergulus",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of mergus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mergus",
          "mergus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin, proscribed) Synonym of mergus"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "mergus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛr.ɡʊ.ɫʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛr.ɡu.lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mergulus"
}

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