"persona" meaning in Latin

See persona in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /perˈsoː.na/ [Classical-Latin], [pɛrˈs̠oːnä] [Classical-Latin], /perˈso.na/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [perˈsɔːnä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Two links have been suggested: * to Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu) (human figure appearing with a mask), which some have referred to Perseus, some to Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “mask, character”); * to personō (“to sound through”), often by Roman writers, but notice short and long o. Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{der|la|ett|𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖}} Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu), {{der|la|grc|πρόσωπον|t=mask, character}} Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “mask, character”) Head templates: {{la-noun|persōna<1>}} persōna f (genitive persōnae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|persōna<1>}} Forms: persōna [canonical, feminine], persōnae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], persōna [nominative, singular], persōnae [nominative, plural], persōnae [genitive, singular], persōnārum [genitive, plural], persōnae [dative, singular], persōnīs [dative, plural], persōnam [accusative, singular], persōnās [accusative, plural], persōnā [ablative, singular], persōnīs [ablative, plural], persōna [singular, vocative], persōnae [plural, vocative]
  1. mask Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-persona-la-noun-SL-bTxQq
  2. character, personage, role Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-persona-la-noun-8~6w11I3
  3. personality, character, individuality Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-persona-la-noun-10p921Df
  4. (grammar) person Tags: declension-1 Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-persona-la-noun-OKgeh-eW Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 5 11 6 39 20 14 6 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) person Tags: Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-1
    Sense id: en-persona-la-noun-OKgeh-eW1 Categories (other): Late Latin, Medieval Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 30 55 3 1 9
  6. (Medieval Latin) a lord Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1
    Sense id: en-persona-la-noun-PPKU9Dhp Categories (other): Medieval Latin
  7. (Medieval Latin) dignity Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1
    Sense id: en-persona-la-noun-3N3x7z2t Categories (other): Medieval Latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: persolla, persōnālis
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: personā [canonical]
Etymology: Inflection of the verb personō. Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=personā}} personā
  1. second-person singular active imperative of personō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: personō
    Sense id: en-persona-la-verb-phfNwAbp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "persolla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "persōnālis"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "persónn-a"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: persónn-a",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: persónn-a"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "persone"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: persone, parsone, persoun, persoune, presonne\nMiddle French: personne\nFrench: personne\nLouisiana Creole: personne\nNorman: pèrsonne\n→ Middle English: persoun, personne\nEnglish:\nparson\nperson\nNigerian Pidgin: pesin",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: persone, parsone, persoun, persoune, presonne\nMiddle French: personne\nFrench: personne\nLouisiana Creole: personne\nNorman: pèrsonne\n→ Middle English: persoun, personne\nEnglish:\nparson\nperson\nNigerian Pidgin: pesin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "pessõa"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pessõa, persõa\nGalician: persoa\nPortuguese: pessoa",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pessõa, persõa\nGalician: persoa\nPortuguese: pessoa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "përson-a"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: përson-a",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: përson-a"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pirsuna"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: pirsuna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: pirsuna"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: persona\n→ Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: persona\n→ Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "persono",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: persono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: persono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "persóna",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: persóna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: persóna"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "io",
            "2": "persono",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ido: persono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ido: persono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ltg",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latgalian: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latgalian: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "persoon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Manx: persoon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Manx: persoon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "persone",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: persone",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Dutch: persone"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "persoon"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: persoon\nAfrikaans: persoon\n→ Indonesian: person",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: persoon\nAfrikaans: persoon\n→ Indonesian: person"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "persōn",
            "3": "persōne",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle High German: persōn, persōne",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle High German: persōn, persōne"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Person"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Person",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Person"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Person"
          },
          "expansion": "Hunsrik: Person",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hunsrik: Person"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "Persoun"
          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: Persoun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: Persoun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "פּאַרשוין",
            "3": "פּערזאָן"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: פּאַרשוין (parshoyn), פּערזאָן (perzon)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: פּאַרשוין (parshoyn), פּערזאָן (perzon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "persan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: persan\nMiddle Irish: persa\nIrish: pearsa\nScottish Gaelic: pearsa",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: persan\nMiddle Irish: persa\nIrish: pearsa\nScottish Gaelic: pearsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "persoană",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: persoană",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: persoană"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "персо́на",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: персо́на (persóna)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: персо́на (persóna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "person",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: person",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: person"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "person",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: person",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: person"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "πρόσωπον",
        "t": "mask, character"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “mask, character”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown.\nTwo links have been suggested:\n* to Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu) (human figure appearing with a mask), which some have referred to Perseus, some to Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “mask, character”);\n* to personō (“to sound through”), often by Roman writers, but notice short and long o.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "persōna",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "persōna<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "persōna f (genitive persōnae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "persōna<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mask"
      ],
      "id": "en-persona-la-noun-SL-bTxQq",
      "links": [
        [
          "mask",
          "mask"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "character, personage, role"
      ],
      "id": "en-persona-la-noun-8~6w11I3",
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "personage",
          "personage"
        ],
        [
          "role",
          "role"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "personality, character, individuality"
      ],
      "id": "en-persona-la-noun-10p921Df",
      "links": [
        [
          "personality",
          "personality"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "individuality",
          "individuality"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "la:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 11 6 39 20 14 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person"
      ],
      "id": "en-persona-la-noun-OKgeh-eW",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 1 30 55 3 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But we clearly and truly confess profess that Christ exists, and so we say He is one. This being the case, it must follow without doubt that the person of Christ is also one. If there were two persons, then there could not be one, so to say that there are two Christs is nothing but the insanity of distraught mind.",
          "ref": "6th c. CE, Boethius, Contra Eutychen et Nestorium 4",
          "text": "Sed esse Chrīstum manifestē ac vērāciter confitēmur; ūnum igitur esse dīcimus Chrīstum. Quod sī ita est, ūnam quoque Chrīstī sine dubitātiōne persōnam esse necesse est. Nam sī duae persōnae essent, ūnus esse nōn posset; duōs vērō esse dīcere Chrīstōs nihil est aliud nisi praecipitātae mentis īnsānia."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person"
      ],
      "id": "en-persona-la-noun-OKgeh-eW1",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lord"
      ],
      "id": "en-persona-la-noun-PPKU9Dhp",
      "links": [
        [
          "lord",
          "lord"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a lord"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dignity"
      ],
      "id": "en-persona-la-noun-3N3x7z2t",
      "links": [
        [
          "dignity",
          "dignity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) dignity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/perˈsoː.na/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛrˈs̠oːnä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/perˈso.na/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[perˈsɔːnä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Perseus"
  ],
  "word": "persona"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Inflection of the verb personō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "personā",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "personā"
      },
      "expansion": "personā",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "personō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular active imperative of personō"
      ],
      "id": "en-persona-la-verb-phfNwAbp",
      "links": [
        [
          "personō",
          "persono#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "persona"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Latin verb forms",
    "Pages with 21 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "persolla"
    },
    {
      "word": "persōnālis"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "persónn-a"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: persónn-a",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: persónn-a"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "persone"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: persone, parsone, persoun, persoune, presonne\nMiddle French: personne\nFrench: personne\nLouisiana Creole: personne\nNorman: pèrsonne\n→ Middle English: persoun, personne\nEnglish:\nparson\nperson\nNigerian Pidgin: pesin",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: persone, parsone, persoun, persoune, presonne\nMiddle French: personne\nFrench: personne\nLouisiana Creole: personne\nNorman: pèrsonne\n→ Middle English: persoun, personne\nEnglish:\nparson\nperson\nNigerian Pidgin: pesin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "persona"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "pessõa"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pessõa, persõa\nGalician: persoa\nPortuguese: pessoa",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pessõa, persõa\nGalician: persoa\nPortuguese: pessoa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "përson-a"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: përson-a",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: përson-a"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pirsuna"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: pirsuna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: pirsuna"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: persona\n→ Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: persona\n→ Japanese: ペルソナ (perusona)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "persono",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: persono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: persono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "persóna",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: persóna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: persóna"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "io",
            "2": "persono",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ido: persono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ido: persono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ltg",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latgalian: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latgalian: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "persoon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Manx: persoon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Manx: persoon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "persone",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: persone",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Dutch: persone"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "persoon"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: persoon\nAfrikaans: persoon\n→ Indonesian: person",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: persoon\nAfrikaans: persoon\n→ Indonesian: person"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "persōn",
            "3": "persōne",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle High German: persōn, persōne",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle High German: persōn, persōne"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Person"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Person",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Person"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Person"
          },
          "expansion": "Hunsrik: Person",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hunsrik: Person"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "Persoun"
          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: Persoun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: Persoun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "פּאַרשוין",
            "3": "פּערזאָן"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: פּאַרשוין (parshoyn), פּערזאָן (perzon)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: פּאַרשוין (parshoyn), פּערזאָן (perzon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "persan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: persan\nMiddle Irish: persa\nIrish: pearsa\nScottish Gaelic: pearsa",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: persan\nMiddle Irish: persa\nIrish: pearsa\nScottish Gaelic: pearsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "persoană",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: persoană",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: persoană"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "персо́на",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: персо́на (persóna)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: персо́на (persóna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "persona",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: persona",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: persona"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "person",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: person",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: person"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "person",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: person",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: person"
    }
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  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "πρόσωπον",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown.\nTwo links have been suggested:\n* to Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu) (human figure appearing with a mask), which some have referred to Perseus, some to Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “mask, character”);\n* to personō (“to sound through”), often by Roman writers, but notice short and long o.",
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      "form": "persōna",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "persōnae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "persōna",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "persōnae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "persōnārum",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "persōnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "persōnam",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "persōnās",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "persōnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "persōna<1>"
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "persōna<1>"
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    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mask"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mask",
          "mask"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "character, personage, role"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "personage",
          "personage"
        ],
        [
          "role",
          "role"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "personality, character, individuality"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "personality",
          "personality"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "individuality",
          "individuality"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But we clearly and truly confess profess that Christ exists, and so we say He is one. This being the case, it must follow without doubt that the person of Christ is also one. If there were two persons, then there could not be one, so to say that there are two Christs is nothing but the insanity of distraught mind.",
          "ref": "6th c. CE, Boethius, Contra Eutychen et Nestorium 4",
          "text": "Sed esse Chrīstum manifestē ac vērāciter confitēmur; ūnum igitur esse dīcimus Chrīstum. Quod sī ita est, ūnam quoque Chrīstī sine dubitātiōne persōnam esse necesse est. Nam sī duae persōnae essent, ūnus esse nōn posset; duōs vērō esse dīcere Chrīstōs nihil est aliud nisi praecipitātae mentis īnsānia."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a lord"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lord",
          "lord"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a lord"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dignity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dignity",
          "dignity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) dignity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/perˈsoː.na/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛrˈs̠oːnä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/perˈso.na/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[perˈsɔːnä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Perseus"
  ],
  "word": "persona"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin verb forms",
    "Pages with 21 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Inflection of the verb personō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "personā",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "personā"
      },
      "expansion": "personā",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "personō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular active imperative of personō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "personō",
          "persono#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "persona"
}

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