"onus" meaning in Latin

See onus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɔ.nʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɔː.nus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os Proto-Italic *onos Latin onus 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: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*onos<id:burden>|id=burden|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os Proto-Italic *onos Latin onus, {{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): Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 56 35 9 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 74 22 5
  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
    Sense id: en-onus-la-noun-bZzPVeDP Categories (other): Taxation Disambiguation of Taxation: 13 18 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gravis onus, onerārius, onerō, onerōsus, onus probandī, onustus

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gravis onus"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onerō"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onerōsus"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "onus probandī"
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      "word": "onere"
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      "word": "òniri"
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      "ipa": "[ˈɔː.nus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}
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      "word": "onerārius"
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      "word": "onerō"
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      "word": "onerōsus"
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