See scirpus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nōdum in scirpō quaerere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "scirpea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "scirpeus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "scirpiculus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "scirpō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "scirpula"
}
],
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "scirpe",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: scirpe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: scirpe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "scirpo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: scirpo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: scirpo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "scirpu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sicilian: scirpu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sicilian: scirpu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"2": "Scirpus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Translingual: Scirpus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Translingual: Scirpus"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "LL.",
"2": "scirpea",
"3": "scirpa",
"4": "schirpa",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Late Latin: scirpea, scirpa, schirpa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Late Latin: scirpea, scirpa, schirpa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frk",
"2": "*skirpa",
"3": "*skirpja",
"bor": "1",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": "→? Frankish: *skirpa, *skirpja",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→? Frankish: *skirpa, *skirpja"
},
{
"depth": 3,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "escharpe"
},
"expansion": "Old French: escharpe",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: escharpe (see there for further descendants)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)kerbʰ-",
"4": "",
"5": "to turn (around), wind"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn (around), wind”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κάρφος",
"3": "",
"4": "stalk, straw"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
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{
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"2": "*korb",
"3": "",
"4": "basket"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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},
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{
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},
"expansion": "substrate",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kerp-",
"4": "*(s)kerp-",
"t": "to pluck, cut off"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpus",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "scirpī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "scirpōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "sirpus",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"rare"
]
}
],
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"1": "scirpus<2>"
},
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"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "scirpus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a rush, bulrush"
],
"id": "en-scirpus-la-noun-Np0ZVe5e",
"links": [
[
"rush",
"rush"
],
[
"bulrush",
"bulrush"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "iuncus"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "33 67",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "43 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 76",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 88",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 77",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Plants",
"orig": "la:Plants",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"riddle, enigma"
],
"id": "en-scirpus-la-noun-SAICT8FO",
"links": [
[
"riddle",
"riddle"
],
[
"enigma",
"enigma"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) riddle, enigma"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"figuratively",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈskɪr.pʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʃir.pus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "scirpus"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from substrate languages",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Plants"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "nōdum in scirpō quaerere"
},
{
"word": "scirpea"
},
{
"word": "scirpeus"
},
{
"word": "scirpiculus"
},
{
"word": "scirpō"
},
{
"word": "scirpula"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "scirpe",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: scirpe",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: scirpe"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "scirpo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: scirpo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: scirpo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "scirpu",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sicilian: scirpu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sicilian: scirpu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"2": "Scirpus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Translingual: Scirpus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Translingual: Scirpus"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "LL.",
"2": "scirpea",
"3": "scirpa",
"4": "schirpa",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Late Latin: scirpea, scirpa, schirpa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Late Latin: scirpea, scirpa, schirpa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frk",
"2": "*skirpa",
"3": "*skirpja",
"bor": "1",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": "→? Frankish: *skirpa, *skirpja",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→? Frankish: *skirpa, *skirpja"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "escharpe"
},
"expansion": "Old French: escharpe",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: escharpe (see there for further descendants)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)kerbʰ-",
"4": "",
"5": "to turn (around), wind"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn (around), wind”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κάρφος",
"3": "",
"4": "stalk, straw"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "*karbás"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*korb",
"3": "",
"4": "basket"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *korb (“basket”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wanderwort"
},
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"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "qfa-sub"
},
"expansion": "substrate",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kerp-",
"4": "*(s)kerp-",
"t": "to pluck, cut off"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerp- (“to pluck, cut off”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"form": "scirpī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "scirpī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "sirpus",
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"alternative",
"rare"
]
}
],
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"1": "scirpus<2>"
},
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"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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"1": "scirpus<2>"
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"name": "la-ndecl"
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],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"a rush, bulrush"
],
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[
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],
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"bulrush",
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"word": "iuncus"
}
],
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"riddle, enigma"
],
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[
"riddle",
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],
[
"enigma",
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]
],
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"(figuratively) riddle, enigma"
],
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"declension-2",
"figuratively",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[ˈskɪr.pʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʃir.pus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "scirpus"
}
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