"spina" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈspiː.na] [Classical-Latin], [ˈspiː.na] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*speinā|id=thorn}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "sharp", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*spey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*speinā", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "spina", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="thorn" data-lang="la" data-title="spina" id="Latin:_thorn">, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*speinā}} Proto-Italic *speinā, {{der|la|ine-pro|*spey-||sharp point}} Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”) Head templates: {{la-noun|spīna<1>}} spīna f (genitive spīnae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|spīna<1>}} Forms: spīna [canonical, feminine], spīnae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], spīna [nominative, singular], spīnae [nominative, plural], spīnae [genitive, singular], spīnārum [genitive, plural], spīnae [dative, singular], spīnīs [dative, plural], spīnam [accusative, singular], spīnās [accusative, plural], spīnā [ablative, singular], spīnīs [ablative, plural], spīna [singular, vocative], spīnae [plural, vocative]
  1. (literal) thorn Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-spina-la-noun-BJruvsjr Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 11 8 9 8 9 14 8 14 10 10 Disambiguation of Latin links with manual fragments: 11 8 12 12 11 7 9 8 11 11
  2. thorny tree or shrub Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-spina-la-noun-eDTaW-F7
  3. (transferred sense)
    (zootomy) thorn; spine; prickle
    Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-spina-la-noun-WffZd3eX Categories (other): Animal body parts, Latin links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Latin links with manual fragments: 11 8 12 12 11 7 9 8 11 11 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
  4. (transferred sense)
    (zootomy) fishbone
    Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-spina-la-noun-D2u2rnOU Categories (other): Animal body parts, Latin links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Latin links with manual fragments: 11 8 12 12 11 7 9 8 11 11 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
  5. (transferred sense)
    (anatomy) backbone; spine
    Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-spina-la-noun-BybKD9y2 Categories (other): Skeleton, Latin links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Latin links with manual fragments: 11 8 12 12 11 7 9 8 11 11 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  6. (transferred sense)
    barrier (low wall along the centre of the circus racecourse)
    Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-spina-la-noun-Yfg0A5N4 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 11 8 9 8 9 14 8 14 10 10
  7. (transferred sense)
    a toothpick
    Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-spina-la-noun-5XO8-MWN
  8. (figurative, in the plural):
    thorns; difficulties; subtleties; perplexities in speaking and debating
    Tags: declension-1, figuratively, in-plural
    Sense id: en-spina-la-noun-kF5H4KzG Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 5 5 17 17 5 5 4 32 5 5 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 11 5 16 16 6 5 5 23 6 6 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 11 8 9 8 9 14 8 14 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 10 7 13 11 5 7 8 19 10 10
  9. (figurative, in the plural):
    cares
    Tags: declension-1, figuratively, in-plural
    Sense id: en-spina-la-noun--ptvvpmX Categories (other): Latin links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Latin links with manual fragments: 11 8 12 12 11 7 9 8 11 11
  10. (figurative, in the plural):
    errors
    Tags: declension-1, figuratively, in-plural
    Sense id: en-spina-la-noun-vkvVZ3J3 Categories (other): Latin links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Latin links with manual fragments: 11 8 12 12 11 7 9 8 11 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spīnālis, spīnea, spīneola, spīnēscō, spīnētum, spīneus, Spīniēnsis, Spīniensis, spīnifer, spīniger, spīnōsitās, spīnōsulus, spīnōsus, spīnula, spīnulentus, spīnus
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          "spīna",
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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          "spinarum#Latin"
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      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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        [
          "spīnae",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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          "spinam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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          "spīnās",
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        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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        [
          "spīnā",
          "spina#Latin"
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      ],
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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        [
          "spīna",
          "spina#Latin"
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      ],
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
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        [
          "spīnae",
          "spinae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "spine",
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      ],
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        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology",
        "zootomy"
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        "(transferred sense)",
        "(zootomy) fishbone"
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        "declension-1"
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology",
        "zootomy"
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    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Skeleton",
          "orig": "la:Skeleton",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 8 12 12 11 7 9 8 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "backbone; spine"
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      "head_nr": 1,
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          "anatomy"
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        [
          "backbone",
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          "spine",
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      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
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        "(anatomy) backbone; spine"
      ],
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        "declension-1"
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 8 9 8 9 14 8 14 10 10",
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          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "barrier (low wall along the centre of the circus racecourse)"
      ],
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        [
          "barrier",
          "barrier"
        ],
        [
          "wall",
          "wall#English"
        ],
        [
          "circus",
          "circus#English"
        ],
        [
          "racecourse",
          "racecourse#English"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
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        "declension-1"
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      "categories": [],
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        "a toothpick"
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        [
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          "toothpick"
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        "declension-1"
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        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 8 9 8 9 14 8 14 10 10",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "10 7 13 11 5 7 8 19 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.15.19",
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        [
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          "thorn"
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        [
          "difficulties",
          "difficulties"
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        [
          "subtleties",
          "subtlety"
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        [
          "perplexities",
          "perplexities"
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        [
          "speaking",
          "speaking"
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        [
          "debating",
          "debating"
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        "declension-1",
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural"
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 8 12 12 11 7 9 8 11 11",
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          "name": "Latin links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "cares"
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        [
          "cares",
          "cares"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative, in the plural):",
        "cares"
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        "declension-1",
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural"
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 8 12 12 11 7 9 8 11 11",
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          "name": "Latin links with manual fragments",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "errors"
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      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-spina-la-noun-vkvVZ3J3",
      "links": [
        [
          "errors",
          "errors"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative, in the plural):",
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        "declension-1",
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspiː.na]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspiː.na]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spina"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin links with manual fragments",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Requests for quotations in Latin",
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    "pl:Fasteners",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "spīnēscō"
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    {
      "word": "spīnētum"
    },
    {
      "word": "spīneus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spīniēnsis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spīniensis"
    },
    {
      "word": "spīnifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "spīniger"
    },
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      "word": "spīnōsitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "spīnōsulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "spīnōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "spīnula"
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      "word": "spīnulentus"
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        },
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          "word": "spina"
        },
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          "lang": "Sicilian",
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          "word": "spina"
        }
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          "lang": "Champenois",
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          "word": "espina"
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          "word": "espina"
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          "word": "spina"
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          "word": "spina"
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        }
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      "lang": "Venetan",
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      "word": "spina"
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Asturian",
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          "word": "espina"
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            {
              "lang": "Galician",
              "lang_code": "gl",
              "word": "espiña"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "espinha"
            }
          ],
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "espina"
        }
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "spíon"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "word": "spìon"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "mga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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        {
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        "learned borrowing"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
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        "learned borrowing",
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        "id": "thorn"
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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      "form": "spīna",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnae",
      "head_nr": 1,
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          "spīnae",
          "spinae"
        ]
      ],
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīna",
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        [
          "spīna",
          "spina#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnae",
      "links": [
        [
          "spīnae",
          "spinae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnae",
      "links": [
        [
          "spīnae",
          "spinae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnārum",
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        [
          "spīnārum",
          "spinarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnae",
      "links": [
        [
          "spīnae",
          "spinae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnīs",
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        [
          "spīnīs",
          "spinis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnam",
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        [
          "spīnam",
          "spinam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnās",
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        [
          "spīnās",
          "spinas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnā",
      "links": [
        [
          "spīnā",
          "spina#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnīs",
      "links": [
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          "spinis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīna",
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        [
          "spīna",
          "spina#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīnae",
      "links": [
        [
          "spīnae",
          "spinae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "vocative"
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "spīna<1>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "thorn"
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        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
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        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thorny tree or shrub"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "thorny",
          "thorny"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ],
        [
          "shrub",
          "shrub"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "la:Animal body parts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thorn; spine; prickle"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "zootomy",
          "zootomy"
        ],
        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ],
        [
          "spine",
          "spine"
        ],
        [
          "prickle",
          "prickle"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology",
        "zootomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "la:Animal body parts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fishbone"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "zootomy",
          "zootomy"
        ],
        [
          "fishbone",
          "fishbone"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense)",
        "(zootomy) fishbone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology",
        "zootomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "la:Skeleton"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "backbone; spine"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "backbone",
          "backbone"
        ],
        [
          "spine",
          "spine"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense)",
        "(anatomy) backbone; spine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "barrier (low wall along the centre of the circus racecourse)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "barrier",
          "barrier"
        ],
        [
          "wall",
          "wall#English"
        ],
        [
          "circus",
          "circus#English"
        ],
        [
          "racecourse",
          "racecourse#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense)",
        "barrier (low wall along the centre of the circus racecourse)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a toothpick"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "toothpick",
          "toothpick"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense)",
        "a toothpick"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.15.19",
          "text": "Iter pigrōrum quasi sēpēs spīnārum; via iūstōrum absque offendiculō.\nThe way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns; the way of the just is without offence.\n(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thorns; difficulties; subtleties; perplexities in speaking and debating"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ],
        [
          "difficulties",
          "difficulties"
        ],
        [
          "subtleties",
          "subtlety"
        ],
        [
          "perplexities",
          "perplexities"
        ],
        [
          "speaking",
          "speaking"
        ],
        [
          "debating",
          "debating"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, in the plural):",
        "thorns; difficulties; subtleties; perplexities in speaking and debating"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cares"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "cares",
          "cares"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, in the plural):",
        "cares"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "errors"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "errors",
          "errors"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, in the plural):",
        "errors"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspiː.na]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspiː.na]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spina"
}

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  "title": "spina",
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