"pulcer" meaning in Latin

See pulcer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈpʊɫ.kɛr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈpul̠ʲ.t͡ʃer] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{la-adj|pulcer/pulcr|adv=pulcrē|comp=pulcrior|sup=pulcerrimus}} pulcer (feminine pulcra, neuter pulcrum, comparative pulcrior, superlative pulcerrimus, adverb pulcrē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|pulcer/pulcr}} Forms: pulcra [feminine], pulcrum [neuter], pulcrior [comparative], pulcerrimus [superlative], pulcrē [adverb], in -er [masculine, nominative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], pulcer [masculine, nominative, singular], pulcra [feminine, nominative, singular], pulcrum [neuter, nominative, singular], pulcrī [masculine, nominative, plural], pulcrae [feminine, nominative, plural], pulcra [neuter, nominative, plural], pulcrī [genitive, masculine, singular], pulcrae [feminine, genitive, singular], pulcrī [genitive, neuter, singular], pulcrōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], pulcrārum [feminine, genitive, plural], pulcrōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], pulcrō [dative, masculine, singular], pulcrae [dative, feminine, singular], pulcrō [dative, neuter, singular], pulcrīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], pulcrum [accusative, masculine, singular], pulcram [accusative, feminine, singular], pulcrum [accusative, neuter, singular], pulcrōs [accusative, masculine, plural], pulcrās [accusative, feminine, plural], pulcra [accusative, neuter, plural], pulcrō [ablative, masculine, singular], pulcrā [ablative, feminine, singular], pulcrō [ablative, neuter, singular], pulcrīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], pulcer [masculine, singular, vocative], pulcra [feminine, singular, vocative], pulcrum [neuter, singular, vocative], pulcrī [masculine, plural, vocative], pulcrae [feminine, plural, vocative], pulcra [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. alternative form of pulcher Tags: adjective, alt-of, alternative, declension-1, declension-2 Alternative form of: pulcher

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcerrimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrē",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrē",
          "pulcre"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in -er",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrī",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrī",
          "pulcri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrī",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrī",
          "pulcri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrī",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrī",
          "pulcri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrōrum",
          "pulcrorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrārum",
          "pulcrarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrōrum",
          "pulcrorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrō",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrō",
          "pulcro#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrō",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrō",
          "pulcro#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrīs",
          "pulcris#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrōs",
          "pulcros#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrās",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrās",
          "pulcras#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrō",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrō",
          "pulcro#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrā",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrā",
          "pulcra#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrō",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrō",
          "pulcro#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrīs",
          "pulcris#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrī",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrī",
          "pulcri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pulcer/pulcr",
        "adv": "pulcrē",
        "comp": "pulcrior",
        "sup": "pulcerrimus"
      },
      "expansion": "pulcer (feminine pulcra, neuter pulcrum, comparative pulcrior, superlative pulcerrimus, adverb pulcrē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pulcer/pulcr"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pulcher"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of pulcher"
      ],
      "id": "en-pulcer-la-adj-MSRYtaut",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcher",
          "pulcher#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpʊɫ.kɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpul̠ʲ.t͡ʃer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pulcer"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcerrimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrē",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrē",
          "pulcre"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in -er",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrī",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrī",
          "pulcri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrī",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrī",
          "pulcri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrī",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrī",
          "pulcri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrōrum",
          "pulcrorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrārum",
          "pulcrarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrōrum",
          "pulcrorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrō",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrō",
          "pulcro#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrō",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrō",
          "pulcro#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrīs",
          "pulcris#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrōs",
          "pulcros#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrās",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrās",
          "pulcras#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrō",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrō",
          "pulcro#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrā",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrā",
          "pulcra#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrō",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrō",
          "pulcro#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrīs",
          "pulcris#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrī",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcrī",
          "pulcri#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pulcer/pulcr",
        "adv": "pulcrē",
        "comp": "pulcrior",
        "sup": "pulcerrimus"
      },
      "expansion": "pulcer (feminine pulcra, neuter pulcrum, comparative pulcrior, superlative pulcerrimus, adverb pulcrē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pulcer/pulcr"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pulcher"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of pulcher"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pulcher",
          "pulcher#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpʊɫ.kɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpul̠ʲ.t͡ʃer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pulcer"
}

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