"susurrus" meaning in Latin

See susurrus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sʊˈsʊr.rʊs] [Classical-Latin], [suˈs̬ur.rus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: A reduplicative onomatopoeic extension of Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). See also Latin surdus, Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeia|la|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{der|la|ine-pro|*swer-||to buzz, hum}} Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”), {{cog|la|surdus}} Latin surdus, {{cog|lt|surma||a pipe}} Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), {{cog|ru|свире́ль||a pipe, reed}} Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”) Head templates: {{la-noun|susurrus<2>}} susurrus m (genitive susurrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|susurrus<2>}} Forms: susurrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], susurrus [nominative, singular], susurrī [nominative, plural], susurrī [genitive, singular], susurrōrum [genitive, plural], susurrō [dative, singular], susurrīs [dative, plural], susurrum [accusative, singular], susurrōs [accusative, plural], susurrō [ablative, singular], susurrīs [ablative, plural], susurre [singular, vocative], susurrī [plural, vocative]
  1. whisper Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-susurrus-la-noun-unlVWY8g Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 48 52 Disambiguation of Latin onomatopoeias: 50 50
  2. murmur Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-susurrus-la-noun-YgD1NIW2 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 48 52 Disambiguation of Latin onomatopoeias: 50 50

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "xuxuriu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "xunxuriu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "sussurro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "susurro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "sussurro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "susur"
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "surma",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a pipe"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "свире́ль",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a pipe, reed"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A reduplicative onomatopoeic extension of Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). See also Latin surdus, Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”).",
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    {
      "form": "susurrī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "susurrus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "susurrus m (genitive susurrī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "susurrus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whisper"
      ],
      "id": "en-susurrus-la-noun-unlVWY8g",
      "links": [
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          "whisper",
          "whisper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
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          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "murmur"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "murmur",
          "murmur"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sʊˈsʊr.rʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[suˈs̬ur.rus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "susurrus"
}
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    "Latin onomatopoeias",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "xuxuriu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "xunxuriu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "sussurro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "susurro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "sussurro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "susur"
    }
  ],
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        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeia"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swer-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to buzz, hum"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "surdus"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "surma",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a pipe"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "свире́ль",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a pipe, reed"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A reduplicative onomatopoeic extension of Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). See also Latin surdus, Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "susurrī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "susurrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "susurrus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "susurrus m (genitive susurrī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "susurrus<2>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whisper"
      ],
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        [
          "whisper",
          "whisper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "murmur"
      ],
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        [
          "murmur",
          "murmur"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sʊˈsʊr.rʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[suˈs̬ur.rus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "susurrus"
}

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