"myrtus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈmyr.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmir.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:μύρτος<t:myrtle>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "myrtle", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μύρτος", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "myrtus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="myrtus"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”). Head templates: {{la-noun|myrtus<2>|g=f}} myrtus f (genitive myrtī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|myrtus<2>}} Forms: myrtī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], myrtus [nominative, singular], myrtī [nominative, plural], myrtī [genitive, singular], myrtōrum [genitive, plural], myrtō [dative, singular], myrtīs [dative, plural], myrtum [accusative, singular], myrtōs [accusative, plural], myrtō [ablative, singular], myrtīs [ablative, plural], myrte [singular, vocative], myrtī [plural, vocative], murtus [alternative], myrta [alternative]
  1. myrtle (tree) Tags: declension-2, feminine Derived forms: myrtāceus, myrtātum, myrtētum, myrteus, myrtidanum Related terms: myrteolus, myrtinus, myrtītēs, myrtum

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "murta"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "murtra"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fr",
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      "word": "murtiḍḍa"
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      "word": "murta"
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    },
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      ]
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      "form": "murtus",
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      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "myrtus<2>"
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        }
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        },
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          "word": "myrtātum"
        },
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          "word": "myrtētum"
        },
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        }
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        {
          "english": "Now its right to garland our gleaming heads, with green myrtle or flowers, / whatever the unfrozen earth now bears",
          "ref": "23 B.C.E., Horace, Carmina, Book I:4.9-10",
          "text": "Nunc decet aut uiridi nitidum caput impedire myrto / aut flore, terrae quem ferunt solutae",
          "translation": "Now its right to garland our gleaming heads, with green myrtle or flowers, / whatever the unfrozen earth now bears"
        }
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        "myrtle (tree)"
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          "word": "myrteolus"
        },
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          "word": "myrtinus"
        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "myrtum"
        }
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      "ipa": "[ˈmyr.tʊs]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmir.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "word": "myrtāceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "myrtātum"
    },
    {
      "word": "myrtētum"
    },
    {
      "word": "myrteus"
    },
    {
      "word": "myrtidanum"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "murta"
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      "word": "murtra"
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      "word": "mirto"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "mirt"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "mirto"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "mirta"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "mirt"
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    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "murta"
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        ]
      ],
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        "genitive"
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "myrtus",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "nominative",
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    {
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        "genitive",
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      ],
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    },
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        ]
      ],
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        ]
      ],
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      "form": "murtus",
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    {
      "word": "myrteolus"
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    {
      "word": "myrtinus"
    },
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        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries referencing missing etymons",
        "Latin entries with etymology texts",
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        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Latin feminine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms spelled with Y",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        {
          "english": "Now its right to garland our gleaming heads, with green myrtle or flowers, / whatever the unfrozen earth now bears",
          "ref": "23 B.C.E., Horace, Carmina, Book I:4.9-10",
          "text": "Nunc decet aut uiridi nitidum caput impedire myrto / aut flore, terrae quem ferunt solutae",
          "translation": "Now its right to garland our gleaming heads, with green myrtle or flowers, / whatever the unfrozen earth now bears"
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        "myrtle (tree)"
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        "Classical-Latin"
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}

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