See vellus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "vellera",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "vellerī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
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]
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"form": "vellera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vellere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "velleribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vellus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "vellera",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "villus",
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"alternative"
]
}
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"english": "‘‘And may I not drive back fewer [but] as many [sheep] as there were in the morning;\nnor will I bemoan bringing back fleeces having been snatched from a wolf.’’\n(A shepherd’s prayer to Pales.)",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.765–766",
"roman": "nēve gemam referēns vellera rapta lupō.’",
"text": "‘nēve minus multōs redigam, quam māne fuērunt,"
}
],
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"The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool"
],
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"wool",
"wool"
],
[
"shorn",
"shorn"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep"
],
[
"fleece",
"fleece"
]
],
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"word": "lāna"
}
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],
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"The hide or pelt of an animal"
],
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"hide"
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[
"pelt",
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"animal",
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},
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}
],
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}
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin neuter nouns",
"Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁- (wool)",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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"1": "ca",
"2": "velló"
},
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},
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"name": "desc"
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},
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"2": "velo"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "vellón"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: vellón",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: vellón"
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"1": "la",
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"3": "*h₂welh₁-",
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"name": "der"
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"1": "la",
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},
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "vellerum",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "vellerī",
"source": "declension",
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]
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{
"form": "vellus",
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"form": "vellera",
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"tags": [
"accusative",
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]
},
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"form": "vellere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "velleribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vellus",
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"tags": [
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "vellera",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
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]
},
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"form": "villus",
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}
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"english": "‘‘And may I not drive back fewer [but] as many [sheep] as there were in the morning;\nnor will I bemoan bringing back fleeces having been snatched from a wolf.’’\n(A shepherd’s prayer to Pales.)",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.765–766",
"roman": "nēve gemam referēns vellera rapta lupō.’",
"text": "‘nēve minus multōs redigam, quam māne fuērunt,"
}
],
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"The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool"
],
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[
"shorn",
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"sheep",
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"The hide or pelt of an animal"
],
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[
"hide",
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[
"pelt",
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"animal",
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]
}
],
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"Classical-Latin"
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},
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"ipa": "[ˈvɛl.lus]",
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}
],
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{
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}
],
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}
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