"mos pro lege" meaning in Latin

See mos pro lege in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ˈmoːs ˈproː ˈleː.ɡe/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmoːs̠ ˈproː ˈɫ̪eːɡɛ] [Classical-Latin], /ˈmos ˈpro ˈle.d͡ʒe/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɔs ˈprɔː ˈlɛːd͡ʒe] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: mōs prō lēge [canonical]
Etymology: From mōs (“custom, habit”) + the preposition prō (“for”) + lēge, the ablative of lēx (“law”). Meaning "custom for law". Head templates: {{head|la|phrase|head=mōs prō lēge}} mōs prō lēge
  1. custom for law; meaning that the usage that is customary has the force of being a law
    Sense id: en-mos_pro_lege-la-phrase-Bm1utxcx Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "etymology_text": "From mōs (“custom, habit”) + the preposition prō (“for”) + lēge, the ablative of lēx (“law”). Meaning \"custom for law\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mōs prō lēge",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "mōs prō lēge"
      },
      "expansion": "mōs prō lēge",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "custom for law; meaning that the usage that is customary has the force of being a law"
      ],
      "id": "en-mos_pro_lege-la-phrase-Bm1utxcx",
      "links": [
        [
          "custom",
          "custom"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːs ˈproː ˈleː.ɡe/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmoːs̠ ˈproː ˈɫ̪eːɡɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmos ˈpro ˈle.d͡ʒe/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɔs ˈprɔː ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mos pro lege"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From mōs (“custom, habit”) + the preposition prō (“for”) + lēge, the ablative of lēx (“law”). Meaning \"custom for law\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mōs prō lēge",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "mōs prō lēge"
      },
      "expansion": "mōs prō lēge",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin multiword terms",
        "Latin phrases",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "custom for law; meaning that the usage that is customary has the force of being a law"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "custom",
          "custom"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːs ˈproː ˈleː.ɡe/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmoːs̠ ˈproː ˈɫ̪eːɡɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmos ˈpro ˈle.d͡ʒe/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɔs ˈprɔː ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mos pro lege"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mos pro lege meaning in Latin (1.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "wiktionary/179/20240425uppercase_tags",
  "msg": "mos pro lege/Latin/phrase: invalid uppercase tag Classical-Latin not in or uppercase_tags: {\"etymology_text\": \"From mōs (“custom, habit”) + the preposition prō (“for”) + lēge, the ablative of lēx (“law”). Meaning \\\"custom for law\\\".\", \"forms\": [{\"form\": \"mōs prō lēge\", \"tags\": [\"canonical\"]}], \"head_templates\": [{\"args\": {\"1\": \"la\", \"2\": \"phrase\", \"head\": \"mōs prō lēge\"}, \"expansion\": \"mōs prō lēge\", \"name\": \"head\"}], \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"lang_code\": \"la\", \"pos\": \"phrase\", \"senses\": [{\"categories\": [\"Latin entries with incorrect language header\", \"Latin lemmas\", \"Latin multiword terms\", \"Latin phrases\", \"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation\", \"Pages with 1 entry\", \"Pages with entries\"], \"glosses\": [\"custom for law; meaning that the usage that is customary has the force of being a law\"], \"links\": [[\"custom\", \"custom\"], [\"for\", \"for\"], [\"law\", \"law\"]]}], \"sounds\": [{\"ipa\": \"/ˈmoːs ˈproː ˈleː.ɡe/\", \"tags\": [\"Classical-Latin\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"[ˈmoːs̠ ˈproː ˈɫ̪eːɡɛ]\", \"tags\": [\"Classical-Latin\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"/ˈmos ˈpro ˈle.d͡ʒe/\", \"note\": \"modern Italianate Ecclesiastical\"}, {\"ipa\": \"[ˈmɔs ˈprɔː ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]\", \"note\": \"modern Italianate Ecclesiastical\"}], \"word\": \"mos pro lege\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "phrase",
  "title": "mos pro lege",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "wiktionary/179/20240425uppercase_tags",
  "msg": "mos pro lege/Latin/phrase: invalid uppercase tag Classical-Latin not in or uppercase_tags: {\"etymology_text\": \"From mōs (“custom, habit”) + the preposition prō (“for”) + lēge, the ablative of lēx (“law”). Meaning \\\"custom for law\\\".\", \"forms\": [{\"form\": \"mōs prō lēge\", \"tags\": [\"canonical\"]}], \"head_templates\": [{\"args\": {\"1\": \"la\", \"2\": \"phrase\", \"head\": \"mōs prō lēge\"}, \"expansion\": \"mōs prō lēge\", \"name\": \"head\"}], \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"lang_code\": \"la\", \"pos\": \"phrase\", \"senses\": [{\"categories\": [\"Latin entries with incorrect language header\", \"Latin lemmas\", \"Latin multiword terms\", \"Latin phrases\", \"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation\", \"Pages with 1 entry\", \"Pages with entries\"], \"glosses\": [\"custom for law; meaning that the usage that is customary has the force of being a law\"], \"links\": [[\"custom\", \"custom\"], [\"for\", \"for\"], [\"law\", \"law\"]]}], \"sounds\": [{\"ipa\": \"/ˈmoːs ˈproː ˈleː.ɡe/\", \"tags\": [\"Classical-Latin\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"[ˈmoːs̠ ˈproː ˈɫ̪eːɡɛ]\", \"tags\": [\"Classical-Latin\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"/ˈmos ˈpro ˈle.d͡ʒe/\", \"note\": \"modern Italianate Ecclesiastical\"}, {\"ipa\": \"[ˈmɔs ˈprɔː ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]\", \"note\": \"modern Italianate Ecclesiastical\"}], \"word\": \"mos pro lege\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "phrase",
  "title": "mos pro lege",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (f074e77 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.