"mos maiorum" meaning in Latin

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "custom of the ancients"
      },
      "expansion": "“custom of the ancients”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "custom of the ancients"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “custom of the ancients”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “custom of the ancients”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mōs maiōrum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōris maiōrum",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōs maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōris maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōrī maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōrem maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōre maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōs maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mōs/mōr<3> maiōrum",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mōs maiōrum m (genitive mōris maiōrum); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mōs/mōr<3.sg> maiōrum"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the old way",
          "text": "mōre maiōrum",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "time-honoured principles, traditions"
      ],
      "id": "en-mos_maiorum-la-noun-Uku0u2Ke",
      "links": [
        [
          "time-honoured",
          "time-honoured"
        ],
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ],
        [
          "tradition",
          "tradition"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːs mai̯ˈi̯oː.rum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmoːs̠ mäi̯ˈi̯oːrʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmos maˈjo.rum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɔs mäˈjɔːrum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mos maiorum"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "custom of the ancients"
      },
      "expansion": "“custom of the ancients”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "custom of the ancients"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “custom of the ancients”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “custom of the ancients”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mōs maiōrum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōris maiōrum",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōs maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōris maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōrī maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōrem maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōre maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mōs maiōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mōs/mōr<3> maiōrum",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mōs maiōrum m (genitive mōris maiōrum); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mōs/mōr<3.sg> maiōrum"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin multiword terms",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with collocations",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the old way",
          "text": "mōre maiōrum",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "time-honoured principles, traditions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time-honoured",
          "time-honoured"
        ],
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ],
        [
          "tradition",
          "tradition"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːs mai̯ˈi̯oː.rum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmoːs̠ mäi̯ˈi̯oːrʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmos maˈjo.rum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɔs mäˈjɔːrum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mos maiorum"
}