See morsus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "Perfect passive participle of mordeō (“I bite”).",
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{
"form": "morsa",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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]
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{
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},
{
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]
},
{
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsae",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"plural"
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]
},
{
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]
},
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"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsārum",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
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]
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{
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"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
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]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsīs",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsam",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsum",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"neuter",
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"accusative",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsās",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsa",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsa",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
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},
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"name": "la-part"
}
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 7 5 10 33 37",
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},
{
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}
],
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{
"extra": "I bite",
"word": "mordeō"
}
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],
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[
"bitten",
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],
[
"eaten",
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],
[
"devoured",
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[
"consumed",
"consumed"
]
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"declension-2",
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},
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{
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},
{
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"word": "mordeō"
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],
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],
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"pained",
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],
[
"hurt",
"hurt"
]
],
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"(figuratively) stung, pained, hurt, bitten, having been stung"
],
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"declension-2",
"figuratively",
"form-of",
"participle",
"passive",
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmor.sus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɔrs̠ʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmor.sus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɔrsus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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}
{
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "morsicō"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "mos"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: mos",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: mos"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "mors"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: mors",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle French: mors"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "morse",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "→ English: morse"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "mors"
},
"expansion": "French: mors",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: mors"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "morso"
},
"expansion": "Italian: morso",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: morso"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "mueso"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: mueso",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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"2": "mordeō",
"3": "-tus",
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},
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"name": "suffix"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"singular"
]
},
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"form": "morsuum",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "morsuī",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsibus",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsum",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsū",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsūs",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"vocative"
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}
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],
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{
"english": "every pleasure […] , like swarming bees, it pours out delightful honey and then flees, hitting our beaten hearts with a long-lasting sting.",
"ref": "524 CE, Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 3.7m",
"roman": "ferit icta corda morsū.",
"text": "voluptăs omnis […]\napiumque pār volantum\nubi grāta mella fūdit,\nfugit et nimis tenācī"
}
],
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"a bite, sting"
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[
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],
[
"sting",
"sting"
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[
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"(figuratively) pain, vexation, bite, sting"
],
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],
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"sharpness of flavor, sharp taste, pungency"
],
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[
"sharpness",
"sharpness"
],
[
"flavor",
"flavor"
],
[
"taste",
"taste"
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[
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]
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],
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},
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{
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}
],
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{
"english": "Here [there are] not any cables tying weary ships, nor anchor with barbed fluke holding fast.\n(An anchor “bites” the sand not unlike a tooth.)",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.168–169",
"roman": "ūlla tenent, uncō nōn alligat ancora morsū.",
"text": "… Hīc fessās nōn vincula nāvēs"
}
],
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"jaw, tooth, fang, fluke (of an anchor)"
],
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[
"jaw",
"jaw"
],
[
"tooth",
"tooth"
],
[
"fang",
"fang"
],
[
"fluke",
"fluke"
]
],
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"(by extension) jaw, tooth, fang, fluke (of an anchor)"
],
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"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɔrs̠ʊs̠]",
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"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmor.sus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɔrsus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "morsus"
}
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin first and second declension participles",
"Latin fourth declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin participles",
"Latin perfect participles",
"Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "Perfect passive participle of mordeō (“I bite”).",
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{
"form": "morsa",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "morsum",
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"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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]
},
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},
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},
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]
},
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"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
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]
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"singular"
]
},
{
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]
},
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"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsārum",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"neuter",
"plural"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
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]
},
{
"form": "morsae",
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"dative",
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]
},
{
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"dative",
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"singular"
]
},
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"neuter",
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{
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"masculine",
"singular"
]
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"feminine",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "morsum",
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"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsās",
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsō",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "morse",
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"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsī",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"1": "morsus"
},
"expansion": "morsus (feminine morsa, neuter morsum); first/second-declension participle",
"name": "la-part"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "morsus"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "I bite",
"word": "mordeō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bitten, eaten, devoured, consumed, having been bitten"
],
"links": [
[
"bitten",
"bitten"
],
[
"eaten",
"eaten"
],
[
"devoured",
"devoured"
],
[
"consumed",
"consumed"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"declension-2",
"form-of",
"participle",
"passive",
"perfect"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "I bite",
"word": "mordeō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"stung, pained, hurt, bitten, having been stung"
],
"links": [
[
"stung",
"stung"
],
[
"pained",
"pained"
],
[
"hurt",
"hurt"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) stung, pained, hurt, bitten, having been stung"
],
"tags": [
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"declension-2",
"figuratively",
"form-of",
"participle",
"passive",
"perfect"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmor.sus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɔrs̠ʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmor.sus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɔrsus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "morsus"
}
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin fourth declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "morsicō"
}
],
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"1": "ca",
"2": "mos"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: mos",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: mos"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
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"1": "frm",
"2": "mors"
},
"expansion": "Middle French: mors",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "morse",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: morse",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "mors"
},
"expansion": "French: mors",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: mors"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "morso"
},
"expansion": "Italian: morso",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: morso"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "mueso"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: mueso",
"name": "desc"
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"2": "mordeō",
"3": "-tus",
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"id2": "action noun",
"pos2": "action noun",
"t1": "I bite"
},
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"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "mordeō (“I bite”) + -sus (action noun).",
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"form": "morsūs",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
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},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "morsus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsuum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsuī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsū",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "morsibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "morsus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "morsūs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "morsus<4>"
},
"expansion": "morsus m (genitive morsūs); fourth declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "morsus<4>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "every pleasure […] , like swarming bees, it pours out delightful honey and then flees, hitting our beaten hearts with a long-lasting sting.",
"ref": "524 CE, Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 3.7m",
"roman": "ferit icta corda morsū.",
"text": "voluptăs omnis […]\napiumque pār volantum\nubi grāta mella fūdit,\nfugit et nimis tenācī"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a bite, sting"
],
"links": [
[
"bite",
"bite"
],
[
"sting",
"sting"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"pain, vexation, bite, sting"
],
"links": [
[
"pain",
"pain"
],
[
"vexation",
"vexation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) pain, vexation, bite, sting"
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"figuratively",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sharpness of flavor, sharp taste, pungency"
],
"links": [
[
"sharpness",
"sharpness"
],
[
"flavor",
"flavor"
],
[
"taste",
"taste"
],
[
"pungency",
"pungency"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) sharpness of flavor, sharp taste, pungency"
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Here [there are] not any cables tying weary ships, nor anchor with barbed fluke holding fast.\n(An anchor “bites” the sand not unlike a tooth.)",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.168–169",
"roman": "ūlla tenent, uncō nōn alligat ancora morsū.",
"text": "… Hīc fessās nōn vincula nāvēs"
}
],
"glosses": [
"jaw, tooth, fang, fluke (of an anchor)"
],
"links": [
[
"jaw",
"jaw"
],
[
"tooth",
"tooth"
],
[
"fang",
"fang"
],
[
"fluke",
"fluke"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) jaw, tooth, fang, fluke (of an anchor)"
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmor.sus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɔrs̠ʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmor.sus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɔrsus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "morsus"
}
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