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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "precāria"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "precārius"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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"word": "prece"
},
{
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}
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"4": "",
"5": "to request, ask"
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"form": "precis",
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},
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},
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},
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
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]
},
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]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "precī",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "precibus",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "precem",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "precēs",
"source": "declension",
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},
{
"form": "prece",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "precibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prex",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "precēs",
"source": "declension",
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}
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"g": "f"
},
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}
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],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "procō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "procor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "procāx"
}
],
"senses": [
{
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{
"_dis": "92 8",
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"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "52 48",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
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"prayer; request"
],
"id": "en-prex-la-noun-9V3uIvWR",
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[
"prayer",
"prayer"
],
[
"request",
"request"
]
],
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"word": "vōtum"
},
{
"word": "rogātiō"
},
{
"word": "precātiō"
},
{
"word": "petītiō"
},
{
"word": "postulātum"
}
],
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},
{
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"english": "then retired, both by entreaties of themselves or by compassion of the crowd",
"ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.15",
"text": "post concedente et precibus ipsorum et misericordia vulgi",
"translation": "then retired, both by entreaties of themselves or by compassion of the crowd",
"type": "quotation"
}
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},
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"word": "supplicium"
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]
}
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]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈprɛks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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}
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
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"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preḱ-",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"word": "precāria"
},
{
"word": "precārius"
},
{
"word": "precor"
}
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"word": "prece"
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}
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},
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"form": "prex",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "precēs",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "precis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "precum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "precī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "precibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "precem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "precēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prece",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "precibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prex",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "precēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"1": "prex/prec<3>",
"g": "f"
},
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"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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"1": "prex/prec<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
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],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "procō"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "procāx"
}
],
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"prayer; request"
],
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[
"prayer",
"prayer"
],
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"request",
"request"
]
],
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{
"word": "vōtum"
},
{
"word": "rogātiō"
},
{
"word": "precātiō"
},
{
"word": "petītiō"
},
{
"word": "postulātum"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine"
]
},
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],
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"english": "then retired, both by entreaties of themselves or by compassion of the crowd",
"ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.15",
"text": "post concedente et precibus ipsorum et misericordia vulgi",
"translation": "then retired, both by entreaties of themselves or by compassion of the crowd",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"entreaty"
],
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"entreaty"
]
],
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"word": "rogātiō"
},
{
"word": "supplicium"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[ˈprɛks]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈprɛks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "prex"
}
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