"postis" meaning in Latin

See postis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From either: * Proto-Italic *porstis, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s (“standing forth”), from *pró + *steh₂- (“to stand”) + *-is; * or Proto-Italic *postis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s (“standing upright”), from *h₂pó + *steh₂- (“to stand”) + *-is. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro||*porstis}} Proto-Italic *porstis, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*pr̥-sth₂-i-s|t=standing forth}} Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s (“standing forth”), {{af|ine-pro|*pró|*steh₂-|*-is|nocat=1|t2=to stand}} *pró + *steh₂- (“to stand”) + *-is, {{inh|la|itc-pro||*postis}} Proto-Italic *postis, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*h₂pó-sth₂-i-s|t=standing upright}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s (“standing upright”), {{af|ine-pro|*h₂pó|*steh₂-|*-is|nocat=1|t2=to stand}} *h₂pó + *steh₂- (“to stand”) + *-is Head templates: {{la-noun|postis<3.abl-e-occ-i>|g=m}} postis m (genitive postis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|postis<3.abl-e-occ-i>}} Forms: postis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], postis [nominative, singular], postēs [nominative, plural], postis [genitive, singular], postium [genitive, plural], postī [dative, singular], postibus [dative, plural], postem [accusative, singular], postēs [accusative, plural], postīs [accusative, plural], poste [ablative, singular], postī [ablative, singular], postibus [ablative, plural], postis [singular, vocative], postēs [plural, vocative]
  1. post, doorpost, doorjamb Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-postis-la-noun-93Xxl-1- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. (by extension, chiefly in the plural) a door Tags: broadly, declension-3, in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-postis-la-noun-dvYeFr7- Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 48 52

Inflected forms

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      "text": "Middle French: post"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pôt"
          },
          "expansion": "French: pôt",
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          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: pôt (dialectal)"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "poteaul",
            "3": "postiau",
            "der": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle French: poteaul, postiau"
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      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "poteau"
          },
          "expansion": "French: poteau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: poteau"
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          "expansion": "Old Occitan: post",
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        }
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: post",
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        }
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          "expansion": "Occitan: pòst",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: pòst"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Iberian"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "poste"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: poste",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: poste"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "poste"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: poste\n→ Hunsrik: Poste",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: poste\n→ Hunsrik: Poste"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "poste"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: poste\n→ Cebuano: poste\n→ Tagalog: poste",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: poste\n→ Cebuano: poste\n→ Tagalog: poste"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: post",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: post"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "*post",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *post",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *post (see there for further descendants)"
    }
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "*pr̥-sth₂-i-s",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "postēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "postēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "postis m (genitive postis); third declension",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "postis<3.abl-e-occ-i>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
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        {
          "english": "to consecrete a temple, or other edifices",
          "text": "tenēre postem",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "post, doorpost, doorjamb"
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          "post"
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          "doorjamb"
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      ],
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}
{
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
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          },
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        }
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    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "post"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "French: pôt (dialectal)"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
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      "depth": 4,
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          },
          "expansion": "French: poteau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: poteau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: post",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: post"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "post"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: post",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: post"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Iberian"
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "poste"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: poste\n→ Hunsrik: Poste"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "poste"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: poste\n→ Cebuano: poste\n→ Tagalog: poste",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: poste\n→ Cebuano: poste\n→ Tagalog: poste"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
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    {
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    {
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        "4": "*h₂pó-sth₂-i-s",
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  "etymology_text": "From either:\n* Proto-Italic *porstis, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-i-s (“standing forth”), from *pró + *steh₂- (“to stand”) + *-is;\n* or Proto-Italic *postis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó-sth₂-i-s (“standing upright”), from *h₂pó + *steh₂- (“to stand”) + *-is.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "postis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "postis<3.abl-e-occ-i>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "postis m (genitive postis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "postis<3.abl-e-occ-i>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to consecrete a temple, or other edifices",
          "text": "tenēre postem",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "post, doorpost, doorjamb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ],
        [
          "doorpost",
          "doorpost"
        ],
        [
          "doorjamb",
          "doorjamb"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a door"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, chiefly in the plural) a door"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3",
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "postis"
}

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