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"source": "declension",
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "pēnēs",
"links": [
[
"pēnēs",
"penes#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pēnis<3>",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "pēnis m (genitive pēnis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pēnis<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "penna"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"tail"
],
"links": [
[
"tail",
"tail"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) tail"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cauda"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"la:Anatomy"
],
"glosses": [
"penis (male sexual organ)"
],
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"penis",
"penis#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) penis (male sexual organ)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "membrum virile"
},
{
"word": "mentula"
},
{
"word": "mūtō"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"lust"
],
"links": [
[
"lust",
"lust"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) lust"
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈpeː.nɪs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpɛː.nis]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "penis"
}
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