"serpens" meaning in Latin

See serpens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈsɛr.pẽːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsɛr.pens] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *serpents. Present active participle of serpō (“crawl, creep”). Cognate with Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá, “snake, serpent”), Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “serpent, creeping animal”), Albanian gjarpër (“snake”) (Proto-Albanian *serpena). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*serpents}} Proto-Italic *serpents, {{cog|sa|सर्प||snake, serpent|tr=sarpá}} Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá, “snake, serpent”), {{cog|grc|ἑρπετόν||serpent, creeping animal}} Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “serpent, creeping animal”), {{cog|sq|gjarpër||snake}} Albanian gjarpër (“snake”), {{cog|sqj-pro|*serpena}} Proto-Albanian *serpena Head templates: {{la-noun|serpēns<3>|g=f|g2=m|gen_pl=serpentium/serpentum}} serpēns f or m (genitive serpentis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|serpēns<3>|gen_pl=serpentium/serpentum}} Forms: serpēns [canonical, feminine, masculine], serpentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], serpēns [nominative, singular], serpentēs [nominative, plural], serpentis [genitive, singular], serpentium [genitive, plural], serpentum [genitive, plural], serpentī [dative, singular], serpentibus [dative, plural], serpentem [accusative, singular], serpentēs [accusative, plural], serpente [ablative, singular], serpentibus [ablative, plural], serpēns [singular, vocative], serpentēs [plural, vocative]
  1. A serpent, snake Tags: declension-3 Synonyms (serpent, snake): anguis, colubra
    Sense id: en-serpens-la-noun-kiTl4OK5 Disambiguation of 'serpent, snake': 92 4 2 2
  2. (astronomy) either Draco or Serpens Tags: declension-3 Synonyms (constellation Draco): Anguis, Draco
    Sense id: en-serpens-la-noun-dY9pYw89 Categories (other): Constellations, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Reptiles, Snakes Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 59 7 21 6 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 17 31 18 15 18 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 16 35 17 14 17 Disambiguation of Reptiles: 29 37 3 18 13 Disambiguation of Snakes: 19 58 6 11 7 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'constellation Draco': 1 95 1 3
  3. A louse Tags: declension-3 Synonyms (louse): pēdiculus
    Sense id: en-serpens-la-noun-UPr2m9dW Disambiguation of 'louse': 2 2 95 1
  4. Any creeping animal Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-serpens-la-noun-7FQePD6y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: serpentāria, serpentigena, serpentīnus, serpentipēs, serpō, serpula

Verb

IPA: [ˈsɛr.pẽːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈsɛr.pens] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *serpents. Present active participle of serpō (“crawl, creep”). Cognate with Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá, “snake, serpent”), Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “serpent, creeping animal”), Albanian gjarpër (“snake”) (Proto-Albanian *serpena). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*serpents}} Proto-Italic *serpents, {{cog|sa|सर्प||snake, serpent|tr=sarpá}} Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá, “snake, serpent”), {{cog|grc|ἑρπετόν||serpent, creeping animal}} Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “serpent, creeping animal”), {{cog|sq|gjarpër||snake}} Albanian gjarpër (“snake”), {{cog|sqj-pro|*serpena}} Proto-Albanian *serpena Head templates: {{la-part|serpēns}} serpēns (genitive serpentis); third-declension one-termination participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|serpēns<3-P+>}} Forms: serpēns [canonical], serpentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], serpēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], serpentēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], serpentia [neuter, nominative, plural], serpentis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], serpentium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter], serpentī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], serpentibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], serpentem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], serpēns [accusative, neuter, singular], serpentēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], serpentīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], serpentia [accusative, neuter, plural], serpente [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], serpentī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], serpentibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], serpēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], serpentēs [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], serpentia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. creeping, crawling Tags: declension-3, one-termination, participle
    Sense id: en-serpens-la-verb-4MjiJrpL Categories (other): Latin third declension participles of one termination Disambiguation of Latin third declension participles of one termination: 7 30 7 9 46
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "sharpi",
            "3": "sharpe"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: sharpi, sharpe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: sharpi, sharpe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "serp",
            "3": "serpent"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: serp, serpent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: serp, serpent"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "serpiant"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: serpiant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: serpiant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "serpento",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: serpento",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: serpento"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "sarpint"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: sarpint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: sarpint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "serpe",
            "3": "serpente"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: serpe, serpente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: serpe, serpente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "serpente"
          },
          "expansion": "Interlingua: serpente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Interlingua: serpente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "serpe",
            "3": "serpente"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: serpe, serpente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: serpe, serpente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "șarpi"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: șarpi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: șarpi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "sèrp"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: sèrp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: sèrp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "serpent"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: serpent\nMiddle French: serpent\nFrench: serpent\nWalloon: sierpint\n→ Middle English: serpent\nEnglish: serpent\n→ Dutch: serpent",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: serpent\nMiddle French: serpent\nFrench: serpent\nWalloon: sierpint\n→ Middle English: serpent\nEnglish: serpent\n→ Dutch: serpent"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "serpente"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: serpente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: serpente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "șarpe",
            "3": "șerpânță"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: șarpe, șerpânță",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: șarpe, șerpânță"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "serp",
            "3": "siarp",
            "4": "serpent",
            "5": "serpaint"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: serp, siarp, serpent, serpaint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: serp, siarp, serpent, serpaint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "serpi",
            "3": "sirpenti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: serpi, sirpenti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: serpi, sirpenti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "serp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Maltese: serp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Maltese: serp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "sierpe",
            "3": "serpiente"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: sierpe, serpiente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: sierpe, serpiente"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "sarff",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: sarff",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: sarff"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*serpents"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *serpents",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "सर्प",
        "3": "",
        "4": "snake, serpent",
        "tr": "sarpá"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "ἑρπετόν",
        "3": "",
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "*serpena"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *serpents. Present active participle of serpō (“crawl, creep”). Cognate with Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá, “snake, serpent”), Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “serpent, creeping animal”), Albanian gjarpër (“snake”) (Proto-Albanian *serpena).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "serpēns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpente",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "serpēns<3>",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "m",
        "gen_pl": "serpentium/serpentum"
      },
      "expansion": "serpēns f or m (genitive serpentis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "serpēns<3>",
        "gen_pl": "serpentium/serpentum"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "serpentāria"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "serpentigena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "serpentīnus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "serpentipēs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "serpō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "serpula"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A serpent, snake"
      ],
      "id": "en-serpens-la-noun-kiTl4OK5",
      "links": [
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ],
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "92 4 2 2",
          "sense": "serpent, snake",
          "word": "anguis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 4 2 2",
          "sense": "serpent, snake",
          "word": "colubra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Constellations",
          "orig": "la:Constellations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 59 7 21 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 31 18 15 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 35 17 14 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 37 3 18 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Reptiles",
          "orig": "la:Reptiles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 58 6 11 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Snakes",
          "orig": "la:Snakes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "either Draco or Serpens"
      ],
      "id": "en-serpens-la-noun-dY9pYw89",
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "Draco",
          "Draco"
        ],
        [
          "Serpens",
          "Serpens"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) either Draco or Serpens"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 3",
          "sense": "constellation Draco",
          "word": "Anguis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 3",
          "sense": "constellation Draco",
          "word": "Draco"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A louse"
      ],
      "id": "en-serpens-la-noun-UPr2m9dW",
      "links": [
        [
          "louse",
          "louse"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 95 1",
          "sense": "louse",
          "word": "pēdiculus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any creeping animal"
      ],
      "id": "en-serpens-la-noun-7FQePD6y",
      "links": [
        [
          "creeping",
          "creeping"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛr.pẽːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛr.pens]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serpens"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*serpents"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *serpents",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "सर्प",
        "3": "",
        "4": "snake, serpent",
        "tr": "sarpá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá, “snake, serpent”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἑρπετόν",
        "3": "",
        "4": "serpent, creeping animal"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “serpent, creeping animal”)",
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    },
    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "snake"
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      "expansion": "Albanian gjarpër (“snake”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sqj-pro",
        "2": "*serpena"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Albanian *serpena",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *serpents. Present active participle of serpō (“crawl, creep”). Cognate with Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá, “snake, serpent”), Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “serpent, creeping animal”), Albanian gjarpër (“snake”) (Proto-Albanian *serpena).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "serpēns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter"
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "serpentibus",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentem",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentēs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpente",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "serpentēs",
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        "masculine",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentia",
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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        "Classical-Latin"
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    }
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}
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    "Latin participles",
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    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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          "name": "desc"
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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        {
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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      "form": "serpentem",
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      "word": "serpentāria"
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      "word": "serpentipēs"
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        "declension-3"
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      "ipa": "[ˈsɛr.pẽːs]",
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      "sense": "serpent, snake",
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      "sense": "constellation Draco",
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    }
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}

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        "neuter",
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        "neuter"
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        "neuter",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter"
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpente",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpēns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serpentia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "serpēns"
      },
      "expansion": "serpēns (genitive serpentis); third-declension one-termination participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "serpēns<3-P+>"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "creeping, crawling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "creeping",
          "creeping"
        ],
        [
          "crawling",
          "crawling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛr.pẽːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛr.pens]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serpens"
}

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