"onus" meaning in Latin

See onus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈo.nus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈɔnʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈo.nus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈɔːnus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *onos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os, from the root *h₃enh₂-. Cognate with Sanskrit अनस् (ánas, “heavy cart; mother; birth; offspring”). See Ancient Greek ὄνομαι (ónomai, “impugn, quarrel with”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₃enh₂-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*onos}} Proto-Italic *onos, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*h₃énh₂os}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os, {{cog|sa|अनस्||heavy cart; mother; birth; offspring|tr=ánas}} Sanskrit अनस् (ánas, “heavy cart; mother; birth; offspring”), {{cog|grc|ὄνομαι||impugn, quarrel with}} Ancient Greek ὄνομαι (ónomai, “impugn, quarrel with”) Head templates: {{la-noun|onus/oner<3>}} onus n (genitive oneris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|onus/oner<3>}} Forms: oneris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], onus [nominative, singular], onera [nominative, plural], oneris [genitive, singular], onerum [genitive, plural], onerī [dative, singular], oneribus [dative, plural], onus [accusative, singular], onera [accusative, plural], onere [ablative, singular], oneribus [ablative, plural], onus [singular, vocative], onera [plural, vocative]
  1. burden, load Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: mōlēs, pondus, gravitās
    Sense id: en-onus-la-noun-VB0Hewgn Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 1 33 3 3 1 15 2 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 87 10 2
  2. cargo, freight Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-onus-la-noun-NnVYWMDu Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 25 50 25
  3. (figuratively) tax, tax burden Tags: declension-3, figuratively, neuter Categories (topical): Taxation
    Sense id: en-onus-la-noun-bZzPVeDP Disambiguation of Taxation: 19 19 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: onerārius, onerō, onerōsus, onustus, onus probandī, gravis onus

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onerārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onerō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onerōsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onustus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onus probandī"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gravis onus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "onus",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: onus (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: onus (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "onus",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: onus (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: onus (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Onus",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Onus (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Onus (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "onere"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: onere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: onere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "òniri"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: òniri",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: òniri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ónus"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: ónus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: ónus"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "*h₃enh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "itc-pro",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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    },
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        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अनस्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "heavy cart; mother; birth; offspring",
        "tr": "ánas"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "ὄνομαι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "impugn, quarrel with"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oneris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oneris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oneribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oneribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "onus/oner<3>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "onus/oner<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 1 33 3 3 1 15 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 10 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "burden, load"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mōlēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "pondus"
        },
        {
          "word": "gravitās"
        }
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 50 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "cargo, freight"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "cargo",
          "cargo"
        ],
        [
          "freight",
          "freight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 19 62",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Taxation",
          "orig": "la:Taxation",
          "parents": [
            "Government",
            "Law",
            "Money",
            "Politics",
            "Society",
            "Justice",
            "Business",
            "All topics",
            "Economics",
            "Fundamental",
            "Social sciences",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tax, tax burden"
      ],
      "id": "en-onus-la-noun-bZzPVeDP",
      "links": [
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) tax, tax burden"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɔnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɔːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "onus"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃enh₂-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Taxation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "onerārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "onerō"
    },
    {
      "word": "onerōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "onustus"
    },
    {
      "word": "onus probandī"
    },
    {
      "word": "gravis onus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "onus",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: onus (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: onus (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "onus",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: onus (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: onus (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Onus",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Onus (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Onus (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "onere"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: onere",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: onere"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "òniri"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: òniri"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ónus"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: ónus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: ónus"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὄνομαι",
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        "4": "impugn, quarrel with"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oneris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oneris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oneribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oneribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "onus/oner<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "onus n (genitive oneris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "onus/oner<3>"
      },
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "burden, load"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mōlēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "pondus"
        },
        {
          "word": "gravitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cargo, freight"
      ],
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        [
          "cargo",
          "cargo"
        ],
        [
          "freight",
          "freight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tax, tax burden"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) tax, tax burden"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɔnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɔːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "onus"
}

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