See nuntius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "desc"
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],
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"2": "nonzolo",
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"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings:"
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{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "nunci",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: nunci",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Catalan: nunci"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nuncio",
"bor": "1"
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"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "nuncio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Galician: nuncio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Galician: nuncio"
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{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "nunzio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: nunzio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: nunzio"
},
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"depth": 3,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "nonce",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: nonce",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: nonce"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "núncio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: núncio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: núncio"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "nunțiu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: nunțiu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: nunțiu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "нунций",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: нунций (nuncij)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: нунций (nuncij)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "nùncīj",
"3": "ну̀нцӣј",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: nùncīj, ну̀нцӣј",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: nùncīj, ну̀нцӣј"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "nunziu"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: nunziu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: nunziu, Nunziu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "nuncio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: nuncio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: nuncio"
}
],
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"1": "la"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*newH-",
"t": "to cry"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "नु",
"t": "to sound out, praise"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit नु (nu, “to sound out, praise”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "núall",
"t": "a loud noise"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish núall (“a loud noise”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "txb",
"2": "nu-",
"t": "to roar"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*new-",
"t": "to nod"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "*nuō"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "νεύω",
"t": "to beckon, nod"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "noid",
"t": "make known"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish noid (“make known”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ett",
"3": "",
"t": "to bring",
"tr": "nunth"
},
"expansion": "Etruscan [script needed] (nunth, “to bring”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
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"masculine"
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"form": "nūntiī",
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"genitive"
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{
"form": "nūntī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
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"form": "nūntius",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "nūntiī",
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"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "nūntiī",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
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"form": "nūntī",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "nūntiō",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntie",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "nontius",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "nountius",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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"form": "nūncius",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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"f": "nūntia"
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"name": "la-noun"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "nūntius<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
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}
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 29 19 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
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],
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[
"messenger",
"messenger"
],
[
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"reporter"
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[
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"courier"
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{
"word": "internūntia"
},
{
"word": "praecō"
}
],
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"declension-2"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 29 19 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 59 10 10",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Communication",
"orig": "la:Communication",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an envoy, message, report"
],
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[
"envoy",
"envoy"
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[
"message",
"message"
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[
"report",
"report"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 29 19 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a command, order, injunction"
],
"id": "en-nuntius-la-noun-n5MyqRWh",
"links": [
[
"command",
"command"
],
[
"order",
"order"
],
[
"injunction",
"injunction"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dēcrētum"
},
{
"word": "praeceptum"
},
{
"word": "iussus"
},
{
"word": "ēdictum"
},
{
"word": "ēdictiō"
},
{
"word": "scītum"
},
{
"word": "dēcrētiō"
},
{
"word": "mandātum"
},
{
"word": "imperium"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "33 27 8 6 2 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 6 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 29 4 4 1 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "38 9 3 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 29 19 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 0 96",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Male people",
"orig": "la:Male people",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"news, tidings, information"
],
"id": "en-nuntius-la-noun-PTqk92Bo",
"links": [
[
"news",
"news"
],
[
"tidings",
"tidings"
],
[
"information",
"information"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in the plural) news, tidings, information"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fāma"
},
{
"word": "indicium"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"in-plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈnuːn.ti.ʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnun.t̪͡s̪i.us]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "nuntius"
}
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"categories": [
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Communication",
"la:Male people"
],
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "VL.",
"2": "*nuntiolus",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nuntiolus",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "diminutive"
},
"expansion": "(diminutive)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nuntiolus (diminutive)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "nonzolo",
"t": "sacristan"
},
"expansion": "Venetan: nonzolo (“sacristan”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetan: nonzolo (“sacristan”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "nunci",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: nunci",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: nunci"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nuncio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: nuncio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: nuncio"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "nuncio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Galician: nuncio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Galician: nuncio"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "nunzio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: nunzio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: nunzio"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "nonce",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: nonce",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: nonce"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "núncio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: núncio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: núncio"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "nunțiu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: nunțiu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: nunțiu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "нунций",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: нунций (nuncij)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: нунций (nuncij)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "nùncīj",
"3": "ну̀нцӣј",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: nùncīj, ну̀нцӣј",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: nùncīj, ну̀нцӣј"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "nunziu"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: nunziu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: nunziu, Nunziu"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "nuncio",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: nuncio",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: nuncio"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*newH-",
"t": "to cry"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "नु",
"t": "to sound out, praise"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit नु (nu, “to sound out, praise”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "núall",
"t": "a loud noise"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish núall (“a loud noise”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "txb",
"2": "nu-",
"t": "to roar"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*new-",
"t": "to nod"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "*nuō"
},
"expansion": "Latin *nuō",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "νεύω",
"t": "to beckon, nod"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to beckon, nod”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "noid",
"t": "make known"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish noid (“make known”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ett",
"3": "",
"t": "to bring",
"tr": "nunth"
},
"expansion": "Etruscan [script needed] (nunth, “to bring”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain; competing hypotheses include:\n* From Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry”), whence Sanskrit नु (nu, “to sound out, praise”), नवते (navate, “to cry”), Old Irish núall (“a loud noise”), Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”). This is tentatively favored by de Vaan.\n* Contracted from noventius, from an obsolete noveō, from novus, though this is rejected by de Vaan due to the hypothetical proto-form *no(wo)wentio- not making sense morphologically.\n* From Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”), same source as Latin *nuō, Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to beckon, nod”) and Old Irish noid (“make known”). This derivation may be a relic of an era when laryngeal theory was not as widely accepted and *newH- (“to cry”) was considered the same root as *new- (“to nod”), in which case the *new- derivation should be discarded.\n* From Etruscan [script needed] (nunth, “to bring”).",
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"form": "nūntius",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntius",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntie",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "nūntiī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "nontius",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "nountius",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "nūncius",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nūntius<2>",
"f": "nūntia"
},
"expansion": "nūntius m (genitive nūntiī or nūntī, feminine nūntia); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nūntius<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "nūntiō"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a messenger, reporter, courier"
],
"links": [
[
"messenger",
"messenger"
],
[
"reporter",
"reporter"
],
[
"courier",
"courier"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "internūntia"
},
{
"word": "praecō"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"an envoy, message, report"
],
"links": [
[
"envoy",
"envoy"
],
[
"message",
"message"
],
[
"report",
"report"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a command, order, injunction"
],
"links": [
[
"command",
"command"
],
[
"order",
"order"
],
[
"injunction",
"injunction"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dēcrētum"
},
{
"word": "praeceptum"
},
{
"word": "iussus"
},
{
"word": "ēdictum"
},
{
"word": "ēdictiō"
},
{
"word": "scītum"
},
{
"word": "dēcrētiō"
},
{
"word": "mandātum"
},
{
"word": "imperium"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"news, tidings, information"
],
"links": [
[
"news",
"news"
],
[
"tidings",
"tidings"
],
[
"information",
"information"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in the plural) news, tidings, information"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fāma"
},
{
"word": "indicium"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"in-plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈnuːn.ti.ʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnun.t̪͡s̪i.us]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "nuntius"
}
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