"saeculum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsae̯.ku.lum/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈs̠äe̯kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /ˈse.ku.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈsɛːkulum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Probably from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, knit, tie together, tie to, connect”) + *-tlom (instrumental suffix) (whence Latin -culum), in the sense of successive generations being linked together over time. Compare Lithuanian sėkla (“seed”), Proto-Celtic *saitlom (“life, age”), Gaulish Sētlocenia, Hittite [script needed] (išhi-, “to bind”), Sanskrit सि (si, “to bind”). An alternative theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”). Etymology templates: {{cog|la|-culum}} Latin -culum, {{cog|lt|sėkla|t=seed}} Lithuanian sėkla (“seed”), {{cog|cel-pro|*saitlom|t=life, age}} Proto-Celtic *saitlom (“life, age”), {{cog|cel-gau|Sētlocenia}} Gaulish Sētlocenia, {{cog|hit|t=to bind|tr=išhi-}} Hittite [script needed] (išhi-, “to bind”), {{cog|sa|सि|t=to bind}} Sanskrit सि (si, “to bind”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*seh₁-||to sow}} Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”) Head templates: {{la-noun|saeculum<2>}} saeculum n (genitive saeculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|saeculum<2>}} Forms: saeculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], saeculum [nominative, singular], saecula [nominative, plural], saeculī [genitive, singular], saeculōrum [genitive, plural], saeculō [dative, singular], saeculīs [dative, plural], saeculum [accusative, singular], saecula [accusative, plural], saeculō [ablative, singular], saeculīs [ablative, plural], saeculum [singular, vocative], saecula [plural, vocative]
  1. race, breed Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-saeculum-la-noun-oIdBfbtK
  2. generation, lifetime Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-saeculum-la-noun-OUuQGjOx
  3. the amount of time between an occurrence and the death of the final person who was alive at, or witness to, that occurrence Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-saeculum-la-noun-A-Ot2JV0 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 15 9 40 18 9 9
  4. age, time, the times, an era Tags: declension-2, neuter Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-saeculum-la-noun-5Qbu6MLf Disambiguation of Time: 0 11 38 51 0 0
  5. century Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-saeculum-la-noun-VFog-vfL
  6. worldliness; the world Tags: declension-2, neuter Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-saeculum-la-noun-4E00iGU1 Disambiguation of Collectives: 15 6 11 5 5 57 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -culum Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 20 2 17 6 1 54 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -culum: 25 4 14 10 4 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: saeclum [poetic], sēclum [poetic, rare], sēculum [poetic, rare] Derived forms: in saecula saeculorum, in saeculum, saeculāris

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "in saecula saeculorum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "in saeculum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saeculāris"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "shekull",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: shekull",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: shekull"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "sieglo",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aragonese: sieglo (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aragonese: sieglo (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "sieglu",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: sieglu (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: sieglu (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "seculu",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Corsican: seculu (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Corsican: seculu (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "saeculum",
            "3": "secle",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: saeculum, secle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: saeculum, secle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fax",
            "2": "siglu"
          },
          "expansion": "Fala: siglu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Fala: siglu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "século",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: século",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: século"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "sevol"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: sevol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Piedmontese: sevol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "seculo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: seculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: seculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "secolo",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: secolo (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: secolo (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "seculo"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: seculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: seculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "early"
          },
          "expansion": "(early)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "siecle",
            "alt": "ciecle, secle, sekle, sicle, siecle; seule (early)",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: ciecle, secle, sekle, sicle, siecle; seule (early) (semi-learned)\nMiddle French: siecle\nFrench: siècle, siecle (obsolete)\nHaitian Creole: syèk\nSwedish: sekel\nNorman: siaeclle (Guernsey), siècl'ye (Jersey)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: ciecle, secle, sekle, sicle, siecle; seule (early) (semi-learned)\nMiddle French: siecle\nFrench: siècle, siecle (obsolete)\nHaitian Creole: syèk\nSwedish: sekel\nNorman: siaeclle (Guernsey), siècl'ye (Jersey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "saegul",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: saegul\nIrish: saol\nManx: seihll\nScottish Gaelic: saoghal",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: saegul\nIrish: saol\nManx: seihll\nScottish Gaelic: saoghal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "segle"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: segle\nCatalan: segle\nOccitan: sègle, sècle, siècle",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: segle\nCatalan: segle\nOccitan: sègle, sècle, siècle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "seglo",
            "alt": "seglo, segre",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: seglo, segre (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: seglo, segre (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "sieglo",
            "alt": "siclo, sieglo, siglo",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Spanish: siclo, sieglo, siglo (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Spanish: siclo, sieglo, siglo (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "siglo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: siglo\n→ Cebuano: siglo\n→ Papiamentu: siglo\n→ Tagalog: siglo",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: siglo\n→ Cebuano: siglo\n→ Papiamentu: siglo\n→ Tagalog: siglo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "século",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: século",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: século"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "seklu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kabuverdianu: seklu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kabuverdianu: seklu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "secol",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: secol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: secol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "sèculu",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: sèculu (semi-learned)\n→ Maltese: seklu",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: sèculu (semi-learned)\n→ Maltese: seklu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "sekel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: sekel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: sekel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "war",
            "2": "siglo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Waray-Waray: siglo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Waray-Waray: siglo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-culum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -culum",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "sėkla",
        "t": "seed"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian sėkla (“seed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*saitlom",
        "t": "life, age"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *saitlom (“life, age”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "Sētlocenia"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish Sētlocenia",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "t": "to bind",
        "tr": "išhi-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite [script needed] (išhi-, “to bind”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "सि",
        "t": "to bind"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit सि (si, “to bind”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*seh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to sow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, knit, tie together, tie to, connect”) + *-tlom (instrumental suffix) (whence Latin -culum), in the sense of successive generations being linked together over time. Compare Lithuanian sėkla (“seed”), Proto-Celtic *saitlom (“life, age”), Gaulish Sētlocenia, Hittite [script needed] (išhi-, “to bind”), Sanskrit सि (si, “to bind”).\nAn alternative theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saeculī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saecula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saecula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saecula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saeculum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "saeculum n (genitive saeculī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saeculum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "race, breed"
      ],
      "id": "en-saeculum-la-noun-oIdBfbtK",
      "links": [
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ],
        [
          "breed",
          "breed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "generation, lifetime"
      ],
      "id": "en-saeculum-la-noun-OUuQGjOx",
      "links": [
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ],
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 9 40 18 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the amount of time between an occurrence and the death of the final person who was alive at, or witness to, that occurrence"
      ],
      "id": "en-saeculum-la-noun-A-Ot2JV0",
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 11 38 51 0 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "la:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He smiled, and said: ‘‘Oh, how wrong you are about your era,\nif you think honey is sweeter than taking up money!’’",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.191–192",
          "roman": "‘quī stipe mel sūmpta dulcius esse putēs!’",
          "text": "rīsit et ‘ō quam tē fallunt tua saecula,’ dīxit"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "age, time, the times, an era"
      ],
      "id": "en-saeculum-la-noun-5Qbu6MLf",
      "links": [
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "times",
          "times"
        ],
        [
          "era",
          "era"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "century"
      ],
      "id": "en-saeculum-la-noun-VFog-vfL",
      "links": [
        [
          "century",
          "century"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 2 17 6 1 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 4 14 10 4 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -culum",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 6 11 5 5 57",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Collectives",
          "orig": "la:Collectives",
          "parents": [
            "Miscellaneous",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "worldliness; the world"
      ],
      "id": "en-saeculum-la-noun-4E00iGU1",
      "links": [
        [
          "worldliness",
          "worldliness"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsae̯.ku.lum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠äe̯kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.ku.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛːkulum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "saeclum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "poetic",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "sēclum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "poetic",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "sēculum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saeculum"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -culum",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for native script for Hittite terms",
    "la:Collectives",
    "la:Time"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "in saecula saeculorum"
    },
    {
      "word": "in saeculum"
    },
    {
      "word": "saeculāris"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "shekull",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: shekull",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: shekull"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "sieglo",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aragonese: sieglo (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aragonese: sieglo (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "sieglu",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: sieglu (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: sieglu (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "seculu",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Corsican: seculu (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Corsican: seculu (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "saeculum",
            "3": "secle",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: saeculum, secle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: saeculum, secle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fax",
            "2": "siglu"
          },
          "expansion": "Fala: siglu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Fala: siglu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "século",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: século",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: século"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "sevol"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: sevol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Piedmontese: sevol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "seculo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: seculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: seculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "secolo",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: secolo (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: secolo (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "seculo"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: seculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: seculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "early"
          },
          "expansion": "(early)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "siecle",
            "alt": "ciecle, secle, sekle, sicle, siecle; seule (early)",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: ciecle, secle, sekle, sicle, siecle; seule (early) (semi-learned)\nMiddle French: siecle\nFrench: siècle, siecle (obsolete)\nHaitian Creole: syèk\nSwedish: sekel\nNorman: siaeclle (Guernsey), siècl'ye (Jersey)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: ciecle, secle, sekle, sicle, siecle; seule (early) (semi-learned)\nMiddle French: siecle\nFrench: siècle, siecle (obsolete)\nHaitian Creole: syèk\nSwedish: sekel\nNorman: siaeclle (Guernsey), siècl'ye (Jersey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "saegul",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: saegul\nIrish: saol\nManx: seihll\nScottish Gaelic: saoghal",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: saegul\nIrish: saol\nManx: seihll\nScottish Gaelic: saoghal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "segle"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: segle\nCatalan: segle\nOccitan: sègle, sècle, siècle",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: segle\nCatalan: segle\nOccitan: sègle, sècle, siècle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "seglo",
            "alt": "seglo, segre",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: seglo, segre (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: seglo, segre (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "sieglo",
            "alt": "siclo, sieglo, siglo",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Spanish: siclo, sieglo, siglo (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Spanish: siclo, sieglo, siglo (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "siglo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: siglo\n→ Cebuano: siglo\n→ Papiamentu: siglo\n→ Tagalog: siglo",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: siglo\n→ Cebuano: siglo\n→ Papiamentu: siglo\n→ Tagalog: siglo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "século",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: século",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: século"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "seklu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kabuverdianu: seklu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kabuverdianu: seklu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "secol",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: secol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: secol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "sèculu",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: sèculu (semi-learned)\n→ Maltese: seklu",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: sèculu (semi-learned)\n→ Maltese: seklu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "sekel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: sekel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: sekel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "war",
            "2": "siglo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Waray-Waray: siglo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Waray-Waray: siglo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-culum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -culum",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "sėkla",
        "t": "seed"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian sėkla (“seed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*saitlom",
        "t": "life, age"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *saitlom (“life, age”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "Sētlocenia"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish Sētlocenia",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "t": "to bind",
        "tr": "išhi-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite [script needed] (išhi-, “to bind”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "सि",
        "t": "to bind"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit सि (si, “to bind”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*seh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to sow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from *sh₂ey- (“to bind, knit, tie together, tie to, connect”) + *-tlom (instrumental suffix) (whence Latin -culum), in the sense of successive generations being linked together over time. Compare Lithuanian sėkla (“seed”), Proto-Celtic *saitlom (“life, age”), Gaulish Sētlocenia, Hittite [script needed] (išhi-, “to bind”), Sanskrit सि (si, “to bind”).\nAn alternative theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saeculī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saecula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saecula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saeculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saecula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saeculum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "saeculum n (genitive saeculī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saeculum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "race, breed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ],
        [
          "breed",
          "breed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "generation, lifetime"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ],
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the amount of time between an occurrence and the death of the final person who was alive at, or witness to, that occurrence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He smiled, and said: ‘‘Oh, how wrong you are about your era,\nif you think honey is sweeter than taking up money!’’",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.191–192",
          "roman": "‘quī stipe mel sūmpta dulcius esse putēs!’",
          "text": "rīsit et ‘ō quam tē fallunt tua saecula,’ dīxit"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "age, time, the times, an era"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "times",
          "times"
        ],
        [
          "era",
          "era"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "century"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "century",
          "century"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "worldliness; the world"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worldliness",
          "worldliness"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsae̯.ku.lum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠äe̯kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.ku.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛːkulum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "saeclum"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "poetic",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "sēclum"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "poetic",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "sēculum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saeculum"
}

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