See ternus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ternālis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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"2": "terno"
},
"expansion": "Italian: terno",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: terno"
},
{
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"1": "pt",
"2": "terno",
"lbor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Portuguese: terno (learned)"
},
{
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{
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"1": "es",
"2": "terno",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: terno (learned)",
"name": "desc"
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"nominative",
"singular"
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{
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"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
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{
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"neuter",
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "ternae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "terna",
"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
"nominative",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"singular"
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"neuter",
"singular"
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"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
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{
"form": "ternum",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
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{
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"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "ternō",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "ternae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
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{
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"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
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"masculine",
"singular"
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"feminine",
"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
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"feminine",
"plural"
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"form": "ternā",
"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
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{
"form": "ternum",
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"form": "ternī",
"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ternae",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
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"form": "terna",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"vocative"
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"type": "dist"
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"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "72 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin terms suffixed with -nus (numeral)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"three each; three at a time"
],
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"each"
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[
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"at a time"
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"(in the plural) three each; three at a time"
],
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"declension-1",
"declension-2",
"in-plural",
"numeral"
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},
{
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 75",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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{
"english": "And Cerberus will not bark at him with threefold face",
"ref": "c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 2.1.184",
"text": "illum nec terno latrabit Cerberus ore"
}
],
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"triple, threefold, trinary"
],
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[
"triple",
"triple"
],
[
"threefold",
"threefold"
],
[
"trinary",
"trinary"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"declension-2",
"numeral"
]
}
],
"word": "ternus"
}
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin first and second declension numerals",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin numerals",
"Latin terms suffixed with -nus (numeral)",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "medieval Latin",
"word": "ternālis"
},
{
"word": "ternārius"
},
{
"word": "terniō"
}
],
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"1": "ca",
"2": "tern",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: tern (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: tern (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "terno"
},
"expansion": "Italian: terno",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: terno"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "terno",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: terno (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: terno (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "terno",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: terno (learned)",
"name": "desc"
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"form": "terna",
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"feminine"
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},
{
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{
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"source": "declension",
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},
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"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"nominative",
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"form": "ternī",
"source": "declension",
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},
{
"form": "ternae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
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},
{
"form": "ternī",
"source": "declension",
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{
"form": "ternum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
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},
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
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},
{
"form": "ternum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
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},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ternōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ternō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ternae",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ternō",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"neuter",
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]
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"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ternum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "ternās",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "terna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ternō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ternā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ternō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ternīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "terne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "terna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ternum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ternī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ternae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "terna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"type": "dist"
},
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{
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],
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[
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[
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"(in the plural) three each; three at a time"
],
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],
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{
"english": "And Cerberus will not bark at him with threefold face",
"ref": "c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 2.1.184",
"text": "illum nec terno latrabit Cerberus ore"
}
],
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[
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[
"threefold",
"threefold"
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[
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"trinary"
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],
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"declension-1",
"declension-2",
"numeral"
]
}
],
"word": "ternus"
}
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