"plautus" meaning in Latin

See plautus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈplau̯.tus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈpɫ̪äu̯t̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈplau̯.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpläːu̯t̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *plautos (whence Oscan 𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌕𐌀𐌃 sg (plavtad, “sole of the foot or of a shoe”, abl.), Umbrian preplotatu, preplohotatu (“cruch, stamp down”, 3sg.ipv.II.)), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂-u-tós, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Related to plaudō (“to strike, clap”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*pleh₂-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*plautos}} Proto-Italic *plautos, {{cog|osc|𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌕𐌀𐌃||sole of the foot or of a shoe|g=s|pos=abl.}} Oscan 𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌕𐌀𐌃 sg (plavtad, “sole of the foot or of a shoe”, abl.), {{cog|xum|preplotatu}} Umbrian preplotatu, {{der|la|ine-pro||*pl̥h₂-u-tós}} Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂-u-tós Head templates: {{la-adj|plautus}} plautus (feminine plauta, neuter plautum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|plautus}} Forms: plauta [feminine], plautum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], plautus [masculine, nominative, singular], plauta [feminine, nominative, singular], plautum [neuter, nominative, singular], plautī [masculine, nominative, plural], plautae [feminine, nominative, plural], plauta [neuter, nominative, plural], plautī [genitive, masculine, singular], plautae [feminine, genitive, singular], plautī [genitive, neuter, singular], plautōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], plautārum [feminine, genitive, plural], plautōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], plautō [dative, masculine, singular], plautae [dative, feminine, singular], plautō [dative, neuter, singular], plautīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], plautum [accusative, masculine, singular], plautam [accusative, feminine, singular], plautum [accusative, neuter, singular], plautōs [accusative, masculine, plural], plautās [accusative, feminine, plural], plauta [accusative, neuter, plural], plautō [ablative, masculine, singular], plautā [ablative, feminine, singular], plautō [ablative, neuter, singular], plautīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], plaute [masculine, singular, vocative], plauta [feminine, singular, vocative], plautum [neuter, singular, vocative], plautī [masculine, plural, vocative], plautae [feminine, plural, vocative], plauta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (in specialised senses) flat, having the appearance of being trod flat
    flat-footed, having broad flat feet
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: plancus
    Sense id: en-plautus-la-adj-WfLN2HYx Disambiguation of Anatomy: 85 15 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms with variable monophthongization, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Latin terms with variable monophthongization: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. (in specialised senses) flat, having the appearance of being trod flat
    flap-eared, having wide or large flat ears
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: flaccus
    Sense id: en-plautus-la-adj-aBYs49Pv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: plōtus Derived forms: *pauta (alt: see *patta), Plautus

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "see *patta",
      "word": "*pauta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Plautus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "piòta",
            "t": "paw"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: piòta (“paw”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: piòta (“paw”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "pllôta",
            "t": "paw"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: pllôta (“paw”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: pllôta (“paw”)"
    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "osc",
        "2": "𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌕𐌀𐌃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sole of the foot or of a shoe",
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        "pos": "abl."
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        "3": "",
        "4": "*pl̥h₂-u-tós"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "form": "plauta",
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    {
      "form": "plautum",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "plautae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "plauta",
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    {
      "form": "plautī",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "plautae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plauta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plaute",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plauta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plauta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "plautus"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "plautus"
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      "name": "la-adecl"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "65 35",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "95 5",
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          "_dis": "97 3",
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          "_dis": "85 15",
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          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
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            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
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            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "By the word plōtus the Umbrians call those born with flat feet . . . hence also the poet Maccius, being an Umbrian from Sarsinae and having flat feet, was at first called Plōtus, and then Plautus.",
          "ref": "1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 238:",
          "text": "Plōtōs appellant Umbrī pedibus plānīs nātōs . . . unde et Maccius poēta, quia Umber Sarsinās erat, a pedum plānitiē initiō Plōtus, posteā Plautus coeptus est dīcī.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "flat, having the appearance of being trod flat",
        "flat-footed, having broad flat feet"
      ],
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          "flat"
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        [
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          "having"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "trod",
          "trod"
        ],
        [
          "flat-footed",
          "flat-footed"
        ],
        [
          "broad",
          "broad"
        ],
        [
          "feet",
          "feet"
        ]
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        "(in specialised senses) flat, having the appearance of being trod flat",
        "flat-footed, having broad flat feet"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in specialised senses"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "plancus"
        }
      ],
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
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        "flap-eared, having wide or large flat ears"
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          "trod",
          "trod"
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          "flap-eared"
        ],
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          "wide",
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          "large",
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          "ear",
          "ear"
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        "flap-eared, having wide or large flat ears"
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        {
          "word": "flaccus"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplau̯.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɫ̪äu̯t̪ʊs̠]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplau̯.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpläːu̯t̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "plōtus"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
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    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with variable monophthongization",
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    {
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      "form": "plautī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "plautae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "plauta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plauta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plaute",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plauta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plautae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plauta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "plautus"
      },
      "expansion": "plautus (feminine plauta, neuter plautum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "plautus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "By the word plōtus the Umbrians call those born with flat feet . . . hence also the poet Maccius, being an Umbrian from Sarsinae and having flat feet, was at first called Plōtus, and then Plautus.",
          "ref": "1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 238:",
          "text": "Plōtōs appellant Umbrī pedibus plānīs nātōs . . . unde et Maccius poēta, quia Umber Sarsinās erat, a pedum plānitiē initiō Plōtus, posteā Plautus coeptus est dīcī.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flat, having the appearance of being trod flat",
        "flat-footed, having broad flat feet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flat",
          "flat"
        ],
        [
          "having",
          "having"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "trod",
          "trod"
        ],
        [
          "flat-footed",
          "flat-footed"
        ],
        [
          "broad",
          "broad"
        ],
        [
          "feet",
          "feet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in specialised senses) flat, having the appearance of being trod flat",
        "flat-footed, having broad flat feet"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in specialised senses"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "plancus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flat, having the appearance of being trod flat",
        "flap-eared, having wide or large flat ears"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flat",
          "flat"
        ],
        [
          "having",
          "having"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "trod",
          "trod"
        ],
        [
          "flap-eared",
          "flap-eared"
        ],
        [
          "wide",
          "wide"
        ],
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "ear",
          "ear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in specialised senses) flat, having the appearance of being trod flat",
        "flap-eared, having wide or large flat ears"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in specialised senses"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "flaccus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplau̯.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɫ̪äu̯t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplau̯.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpläːu̯t̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "plōtus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plautus"
}

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