"pumex" meaning in Latin

See pumex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈpuː.mɛks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈpuː.meks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *poimeks, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Related to spūma. Compare rūmex for the unusual suffix. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*(s)poH(y)-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro||*poimeks}} Proto-Italic *poimeks, {{der|la|ine-pro|*(s)poH(y)-||foam}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”) Head templates: {{la-noun|pūmex<3>|g=m|g2=f}} pūmex m or f (genitive pūmicis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pūmex<3>}} Forms: pūmex [canonical, feminine, masculine], pūmicis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pūmex [nominative, singular], pūmicēs [nominative, plural], pūmicis [genitive, singular], pūmicum [genitive, plural], pūmicī [dative, singular], pūmicibus [dative, plural], pūmicem [accusative, singular], pūmicēs [accusative, plural], pūmice [ablative, singular], pūmicibus [ablative, plural], pūmex [singular, vocative], pūmicēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a pumice stone Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-pumex-la-noun-momQSSip Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 50 34 17 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 48 33 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 34 35
  2. pumice Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-pumex-la-noun-1DJOMRO4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 34 35
  3. any porous rock Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-pumex-la-noun-3QraEpUY Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 27 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pūmiceus, pūmicō, pūmicōsus
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pūmiceus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pūmicō"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
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          ],
          "word": "pounce"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "ponce"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "pómes"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "pomice"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "pomessa"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "pomes"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "ponce"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "pùmici"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "pómez"
    },
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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      ],
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      "spūma",
      "spuma#Latin"
    ],
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      "rūmex",
      "rumex#Latin"
    ]
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          "_dis": "50 34 17",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "48 33 19",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "32 34 35",
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      ],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        "any porous rock"
      ],
      "id": "en-pumex-la-noun-3QraEpUY",
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          "porous",
          "porous"
        ],
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ]
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      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "[ˈpuː.mɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpuː.meks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pumex"
}
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    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
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    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "ponce"
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      "word": "pomessa"
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      "form": "pūmex",
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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          "pūmicibus",
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        ]
      ],
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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          "pūmicem",
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      ],
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        "singular"
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    },
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          "pūmicēs",
          "pumices#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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          "pūmice",
          "pumice#Latin"
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      ],
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "pūmicibus",
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          "pūmicibus",
          "pumicibus#Latin"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūmex",
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        [
          "pūmex",
          "pumex#Latin"
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pūmicēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "pūmicēs",
          "pumices#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "vocative"
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      "name": "la-noun"
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  ],
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      "args": {
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a pumice stone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pumice stone",
          "pumice stone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pumice"
      ],
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        [
          "pumice",
          "pumice"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "any porous rock"
      ],
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        [
          "porous",
          "porous"
        ],
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpuː.mɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpuː.meks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pumex"
}

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