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{
"etymology_text": "From serpō (“crawl”).\nSeems to end in the diminutive suffix -ula and function as a diminutive of serpēns (“serpent, snake”), although not directly built on the latter's stem.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "serpulae",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "serpula",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulārum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "serpula",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "serpula<1>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "serpula f (genitive serpulae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "serpula<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Snakes",
"orig": "la:Snakes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a little snake, a little serpent"
],
"id": "en-serpula-la-noun-gbPwyOOm",
"links": [
[
"little",
"little"
],
[
"snake",
"snake"
],
[
"serpent",
"serpent"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈsɛr.pʊ.ɫa]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsɛr.pu.la]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "serpula"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From serpō (“crawl”).\nSeems to end in the diminutive suffix -ula and function as a diminutive of serpēns (“serpent, snake”), although not directly built on the latter's stem.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "serpulae",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "serpula",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulārum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "serpula",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "serpulae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "serpula<1>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "serpula f (genitive serpulae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "serpula<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"Latin first declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Snakes"
],
"glosses": [
"a little snake, a little serpent"
],
"links": [
[
"little",
"little"
],
[
"snake",
"snake"
],
[
"serpent",
"serpent"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈsɛr.pʊ.ɫa]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsɛr.pu.la]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "serpula"
}
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