See ursus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "urse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ursī",
"links": [
[
"ursī",
"ursi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ursus<2>"
},
"expansion": "ursus m (genitive ursī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ursus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin doublets",
"Latin entries with etymon",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂ŕ̥tḱos",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon",
"Pages with inline etymon for redlinks",
"la:Carnivores",
"la:Ursids"
],
"glosses": [
"a bear"
],
"links": [
[
"bear",
"bear"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈʊr.sʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈur.sus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "ursus"
}
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