"vir" meaning in Latin

See vir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈu̯ir/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈu̯ɪr] [Classical-Latin], /ˈvir/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈvir] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Old Prussian wijrs, Lithuanian vyras, Latvian vīrs, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”) and Old English wer (English were-; also see world). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*wiros}} Proto-Italic *wiros, {{der|la|ine-pro|*wiHrós}} Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós, {{cog|sa|वीर|tr=vīrá}} Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), {{cog|prg|wijrs}} Old Prussian wijrs, {{cog|lt|vyras}} Lithuanian vyras, {{cog|lv|vīrs}} Latvian vīrs, {{cog|sga|fer}} Old Irish fer, {{cog|non|verr}} Old Norse verr, {{cog|os|ир||Ossetians}} Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”), {{cog|ang|wer}} Old English wer Head templates: {{la-noun|vir<2>}} vir m (genitive virī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vir<2>}} Forms: virī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vir [nominative, singular], virī [nominative, plural], virī [genitive, singular], virōrum [genitive, plural], virō [dative, singular], virīs [dative, plural], virum [accusative, singular], virōs [accusative, plural], virō [ablative, singular], virīs [ablative, plural], vir [singular, vocative], virī [plural, vocative]
  1. man (adult male human) Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Male people Hypernyms (adult male human): homō (english: human being), mās
    Sense id: en-vir-la-noun-e~vwn0Ue Disambiguation of Male people: 43 10 0 47 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 37 15 18 29 Disambiguation of 'adult male human': 90 3 0 8
  2. brave or courageous man, hero, warrior Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Male people
    Sense id: en-vir-la-noun-U6RBemr3 Disambiguation of Male people: 43 10 0 47
  3. husband Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-vir-la-noun-n-6PiLk6
  4. (military) foot soldier Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Military, Male people
    Sense id: en-vir-la-noun-W2DDQ1aD Disambiguation of Male people: 43 10 0 47 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 13 25 13 50 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: centumvir, decemvir, duumvir, ēvirō, octōvir, quinquevir, sēmivir, septemvir, sexvir, triumvir, vira, viragō, virātus, virīlis, virlupus, virtūs

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centumvir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "decemvir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "duumvir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ēvirō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "octōvir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "quinquevir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sēmivir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "septemvir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sexvir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "triumvir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vira"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "viragō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "virātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "virīlis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "virlupus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "virtūs"
    }
  ],
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        {
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            "1": "it",
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            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: viro (learned)",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Italian: viro (learned)"
    }
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      "expansion": "Old Irish fer",
      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "non",
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        "3": "",
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        "1": "ang",
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      },
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    {
      "form": "virī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vir<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "vir m (genitive virī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vir<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 15 18 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "orig": "la:Male people",
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            "Male",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I sing of arms and a man.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.1",
          "text": "Arma virumque cano."
        }
      ],
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        "man (adult male human)"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "90 3 0 8",
          "english": "human being",
          "sense": "adult male human",
          "word": "homō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 3 0 8",
          "sense": "adult male human",
          "word": "mās"
        }
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          "man"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
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            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "brave or courageous man, hero, warrior"
      ],
      "id": "en-vir-la-noun-U6RBemr3",
      "links": [
        [
          "brave",
          "brave"
        ],
        [
          "courageous",
          "courageous"
        ],
        [
          "hero",
          "hero"
        ],
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "husband"
      ],
      "id": "en-vir-la-noun-n-6PiLk6",
      "links": [
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "la:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 25 13 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 10 0 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
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          "orig": "la:Male people",
          "parents": [
            "Male",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foot soldier"
      ],
      "id": "en-vir-la-noun-W2DDQ1aD",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "foot soldier",
          "foot soldier"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) foot soldier"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯ir/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɪr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvir/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvir]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vir"
}
{
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    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin noun forms",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 13 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for tone in Slovene entries",
    "la:Male people",
    "sl:Water"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "centumvir"
    },
    {
      "word": "decemvir"
    },
    {
      "word": "duumvir"
    },
    {
      "word": "ēvirō"
    },
    {
      "word": "octōvir"
    },
    {
      "word": "quinquevir"
    },
    {
      "word": "sēmivir"
    },
    {
      "word": "septemvir"
    },
    {
      "word": "sexvir"
    },
    {
      "word": "triumvir"
    },
    {
      "word": "vira"
    },
    {
      "word": "viragō"
    },
    {
      "word": "virātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "virīlis"
    },
    {
      "word": "virlupus"
    },
    {
      "word": "virtūs"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "viro",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: viro (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: viro (learned)"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*wiros"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wiHrós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "वीर",
        "tr": "vīrá"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "vīrs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian vīrs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "fer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish fer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "verr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse verr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "ир",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Ossetians"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wer",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Old Prussian wijrs, Lithuanian vyras, Latvian vīrs, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”) and Old English wer (English were-; also see world).",
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    {
      "form": "virī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vir<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "vir m (genitive virī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "english": "human being",
      "sense": "adult male human",
      "word": "homō"
    },
    {
      "sense": "adult male human",
      "word": "mās"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vir<2>"
      },
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I sing of arms and a man.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.1",
          "text": "Arma virumque cano."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man (adult male human)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brave or courageous man, hero, warrior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brave",
          "brave"
        ],
        [
          "courageous",
          "courageous"
        ],
        [
          "hero",
          "hero"
        ],
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "husband"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foot soldier"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "foot soldier",
          "foot soldier"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) foot soldier"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯ir/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɪr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvir/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvir]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vir"
}

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