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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "custom for law",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "mōs prō lēge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "part for the whole",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "pars prō tōtō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "prope"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "for (the sake of) form",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "prō fōrmā"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "prō rata"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "prō salūte Imperātōris"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "prō tantō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "prōnus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "prōtinus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "quid prō quō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "once and for all",
"word": "semel prō semper"
}
],
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{
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"1": "LL.",
"2": "pōr"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin: pōr",
"name": "desc"
},
{
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"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Late Latin: pōr (see there for further descendants)"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "pro",
"3": "po"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian: pro, po",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sardinian: pro, po"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: pro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: pro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "pro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: pro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: pro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "pro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: pro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: pro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "pro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: pro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: pro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "pró",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: pró",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: pró"
}
],
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{
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"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*per-",
"id": "before"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
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"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*pro-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *pro-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pro-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pro-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*per-"
},
"expansion": "*per-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ante"
},
"expansion": "ante",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, o-grade of *per-.\nThe ablative is from the PIE locative. The accusative is like ante. The Late Latin accusative is from the case merger trend.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "prō",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "in Late Latin",
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"accusative"
]
}
],
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"3": "accusative"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"for"
],
"id": "en-pro-la-prep-EMIrz0x2",
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"for",
"for"
]
],
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]
},
{
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [
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"Prepositions",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 27 8 13 6 22 6 11",
"kind": "other",
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"Prepositions",
"Lemmas"
],
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}
],
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{
"english": "Kavios […]monios Qetios places me here as a gift on behalf of his son.",
"ref": "6th century BC, Tibur pedestal inscription (CIL I² 2658; image (page 18))",
"text": "𐌇𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌊𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌏𐌔[…]𐌌𐌏𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌃[𐌏]𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌓𐌏𐌅𐌉𐌋𐌄𐌏𐌃\nHOIMEDMITATKAVIOS[…]MONIOSQETIOSD[O]NOMPROFILEOD\nHoi mēd mitāt Kāvios […]monios Qetios d[ō]nom prō fileōd.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"on behalf of, in the interest of, for the sake of"
],
"id": "en-pro-la-prep-W-ducOR6",
"links": [
[
"behalf",
"behalf"
],
[
"interest",
"interest"
],
[
"sake",
"sake"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"before, in front of"
],
"id": "en-pro-la-prep-7jZ-SflZ",
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[
"before",
"before"
],
[
"in front of",
"in front of"
]
],
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"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
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{
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"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 39 0 57 0 2 0 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"instead of"
],
"id": "en-pro-la-prep-osi8Wo5T",
"links": [
[
"instead",
"instead"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"about"
],
"id": "en-pro-la-prep-pCYuHJvL",
"links": [
[
"about",
"about"
]
],
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"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
{
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{
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"Prepositions",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 12 11 16 8 21 8 16",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"according to"
],
"id": "en-pro-la-prep-KWGm0cjc",
"links": [
[
"according",
"according"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "This was like an alarm",
"ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.14",
"text": "pro nuntio fuit"
}
],
"glosses": [
"as, like"
],
"id": "en-pro-la-prep-WUQhEusc",
"links": [
[
"as",
"as"
],
[
"like",
"like"
]
],
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"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
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{
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],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"as befitting"
],
"id": "en-pro-la-prep-MDfUwj3c",
"links": [
[
"as",
"as"
],
[
"befitting",
"befitting"
]
],
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"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/proː/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[proː]",
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"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pro/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[prɔː]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Medieval-Latin",
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "ꝓ"
}
],
"word": "pro"
}
{
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"Latin ablative prepositions",
"Latin accusative prepositions",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin prepositions",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "custom for law",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "mōs prō lēge"
},
{
"english": "part for the whole",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "pars prō tōtō"
},
{
"word": "prope"
},
{
"english": "for (the sake of) form",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "prō fōrmā"
},
{
"word": "prō rata"
},
{
"word": "prō salūte Imperātōris"
},
{
"word": "prō tantō"
},
{
"word": "prōnus"
},
{
"word": "prōtinus"
},
{
"word": "quid prō quō"
},
{
"english": "once and for all",
"word": "semel prō semper"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "LL.",
"2": "pōr"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin: pōr",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Late Latin: pōr (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "pro",
"3": "po"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian: pro, po",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sardinian: pro, po"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "pro",
"bor": "1"
},
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}
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"text": "→ English: pro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "pro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: pro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: pro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "pro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: pro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: pro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "pro",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: pro",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: pro"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "pró",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: pró",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: pró"
}
],
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"name": "root"
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"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
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},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pro-",
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},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "ante"
},
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}
],
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{
"form": "prō",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "in Late Latin",
"tags": [
"accusative"
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}
],
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"1": "prō",
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"3": "accusative"
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],
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{
"glosses": [
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"for",
"for"
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"english": "Kavios […]monios Qetios places me here as a gift on behalf of his son.",
"ref": "6th century BC, Tibur pedestal inscription (CIL I² 2658; image (page 18))",
"text": "𐌇𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌊𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌏𐌔[…]𐌌𐌏𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌃[𐌏]𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌓𐌏𐌅𐌉𐌋𐌄𐌏𐌃\nHOIMEDMITATKAVIOS[…]MONIOSQETIOSD[O]NOMPROFILEOD\nHoi mēd mitāt Kāvios […]monios Qetios d[ō]nom prō fileōd.",
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"on behalf of, in the interest of, for the sake of"
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"behalf",
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[
"interest",
"interest"
],
[
"sake",
"sake"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
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],
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"before",
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],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"instead of"
],
"links": [
[
"instead",
"instead"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"about"
],
"links": [
[
"about",
"about"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"according to"
],
"links": [
[
"according",
"according"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
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"english": "This was like an alarm",
"ref": "27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.14",
"text": "pro nuntio fuit"
}
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"as, like"
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[
"as",
"as"
],
[
"like",
"like"
]
],
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"accusative",
"with-ablative"
]
},
{
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[
"as",
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"befitting",
"befitting"
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],
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"accusative",
"with-ablative"
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"ipa": "/proː/",
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"Classical"
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},
{
"ipa": "[proː]",
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"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pro/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[prɔː]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
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"Medieval-Latin",
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "ꝓ"
}
],
"word": "pro"
}
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