"planta" meaning in Latin

See planta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈpɫan.ta] [Classical-Latin], [ˈplan.ta] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Either: * from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). * from Proto-Italic *plānktā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk/gteh₂, from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to strike, fast”) (similar to *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”), whence the similarly meaning prōpāgō (“to propagate, extend, release”)). Cognate with plangō (“to strike, beat, flap”), Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*plāntā}} Proto-Italic *plāntā, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, {{der|la|ine-pro|*pleh₂-||flat}} Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”), {{inh|la|itc-pro|*plānktā}} Proto-Italic *plānktā, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*pl̥h₂nk/gteh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk/gteh₂, {{cog|grc|πλήσσω|t=to strike, smite}} Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”) Head templates: {{la-noun|planta<1>}} planta f (genitive plantae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|planta<1>}} Forms: plantae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], planta [nominative, singular], plantae [nominative, plural], plantae [genitive, singular], plantārum [genitive, plural], plantae [dative, singular], plantīs [dative, plural], plantam [accusative, singular], plantās [accusative, plural], plantā [ablative, singular], plantīs [ablative, plural], planta [singular, vocative], plantae [plural, vocative]
  1. any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species; a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip, cutting Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-planta-la-noun-vgu1P~NE Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Botany Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 52 45 4 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Botany: 54 38 8
  2. a young tree, a shrub that may be transplanted; a set Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-planta-la-noun-RSurfjKS Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 52 45 4
  3. sole of the foot Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-planta-la-noun-pvJgC7b9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: plantāgō, plantō Related terms: plantare, plantarium, plantatio, plantiger

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "plantāgō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "plant"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "plant"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "plante"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "plante"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Pflanze"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "pianta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrm",
      "word": "pllaunte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrm",
      "word": "pliante"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrm",
      "word": "pllànte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrm",
      "word": "pyãt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old Welsh",
      "lang_code": "owl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "plant"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "chanta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "plantă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "plântă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "plaunta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "chianta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "llanta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
      "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*plantu"
    }
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "*pl̥h₂nk/gteh₂"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πλήσσω",
        "t": "to strike, smite"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Either:\n* from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).\n* from Proto-Italic *plānktā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk/gteh₂, from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to strike, fast”) (similar to *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”), whence the similarly meaning prōpāgō (“to propagate, extend, release”)). Cognate with plangō (“to strike, beat, flap”), Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”).",
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      "form": "plantae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "planta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "plantare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "plantarium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "plantatio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 30 28",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "54 38 8",
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          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "la:Botany",
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        }
      ],
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        "any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species; a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip, cutting"
      ],
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        [
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          "vegetable"
        ],
        [
          "propagate",
          "propagate"
        ],
        [
          "sprout",
          "sprout"
        ],
        [
          "shoot",
          "shoot"
        ],
        [
          "twig",
          "twig"
        ],
        [
          "sprig",
          "sprig"
        ],
        [
          "sucker",
          "sucker"
        ],
        [
          "graft",
          "graft"
        ],
        [
          "scion",
          "scion"
        ],
        [
          "slip",
          "slip"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a young tree, a shrub that may be transplanted; a set"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ],
        [
          "shrub",
          "shrub"
        ],
        [
          "transplanted",
          "transplanted"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sole of the foot"
      ],
      "id": "en-planta-la-noun-pvJgC7b9",
      "links": [
        [
          "sole",
          "sole"
        ],
        [
          "foot",
          "foot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɫan.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈplan.ta]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "planta"
}
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    "Latin 2-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 nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 23 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Botany"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "plantāgō"
    },
    {
      "word": "plantō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "plant"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "plante"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "plante"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Pflanze"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "pianta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrm",
      "word": "pllaunte"
    },
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      "lang_code": "nrm",
      "word": "pliante"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
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      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old Welsh",
      "lang_code": "owl",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "plant"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "chanta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "plantă"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "plântă"
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    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
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      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "plaunta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "chianta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "planta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "llanta"
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      "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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  "etymology_text": "Either:\n* from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).\n* from Proto-Italic *plānktā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk/gteh₂, from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to strike, fast”) (similar to *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”), whence the similarly meaning prōpāgō (“to propagate, extend, release”)). Cognate with plangō (“to strike, beat, flap”), Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plantae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "planta",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "planta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plantae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "planta<1>"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "planta<1>"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "plantare"
    },
    {
      "word": "plantarium"
    },
    {
      "word": "plantatio"
    },
    {
      "word": "plantiger"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species; a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip, cutting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vegetable",
          "vegetable"
        ],
        [
          "propagate",
          "propagate"
        ],
        [
          "sprout",
          "sprout"
        ],
        [
          "shoot",
          "shoot"
        ],
        [
          "twig",
          "twig"
        ],
        [
          "sprig",
          "sprig"
        ],
        [
          "sucker",
          "sucker"
        ],
        [
          "graft",
          "graft"
        ],
        [
          "scion",
          "scion"
        ],
        [
          "slip",
          "slip"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a young tree, a shrub that may be transplanted; a set"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ],
        [
          "shrub",
          "shrub"
        ],
        [
          "transplanted",
          "transplanted"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sole of the foot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sole",
          "sole"
        ],
        [
          "foot",
          "foot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɫan.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈplan.ta]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "planta"
}

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