"virtus" meaning in Latin

See virtus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈu̯ir.tuːs/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈu̯ɪrt̪uːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈvir.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈvirt̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: vir (“man, male”) + -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix) Etymology templates: {{affix|la|vir|-tūs|id2=abstract noun|pos2=abstract noun-forming suffix|t1=man, male}} vir (“man, male”) + -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|virtūs<3>}} virtūs f (genitive virtūtis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|virtūs<3>}} Forms: virtūs [canonical, feminine], virtūtis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], virtūs [nominative, singular], virtūtēs [nominative, plural], virtūtis [genitive, singular], virtūtum [genitive, plural], virtūtī [dative, singular], virtūtibus [dative, plural], virtūtem [accusative, singular], virtūtēs [accusative, plural], virtūte [ablative, singular], virtūtibus [ablative, plural], virtūs [singular, vocative], virtūtēs [plural, vocative]
  1. manhood, manliness, virility Tags: declension-3 Synonyms (manliness): virātus [Late-Latin]
    Sense id: en-virtus-la-noun-VEU0qJOJ Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 19 23 13 23 21 Disambiguation of 'manliness': 95 1 2 1 1
  2. courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Ethics Synonyms: spīritus, fortitūdō, fīdūcia, animus
    Sense id: en-virtus-la-noun-SPC25GgR Disambiguation of Ethics: 7 37 43 4 10 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tus (abstract noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 4 51 2 7 37 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 19 23 13 23 21 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tus (abstract noun): 4 45 4 12 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 51 3 9 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 58 2 5 32
  3. virtue, goodness Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Ethics Synonyms: bonum, rēctum
    Sense id: en-virtus-la-noun-YZYItiNM Disambiguation of Ethics: 7 37 43 4 10 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 19 23 13 23 21
  4. excellence, merit, worth, character Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-virtus-la-noun-RIWU3Y8f Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 19 23 13 23 21
  5. (figuratively) strength (of medicine or herbs) Tags: declension-3, figuratively Categories (topical): Ethics
    Sense id: en-virtus-la-noun-z51sA~LG Disambiguation of Ethics: 7 37 43 4 10 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 19 23 13 23 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: virtuōsus
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    }
  ],
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: vërtyt, virtyt"
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        }
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          },
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        }
      ],
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    },
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            "2": "virtut"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: virtut",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
          "expansion": "Old French: vertu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: vertu"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "vertu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: vertu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: vertu"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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            "1": "en",
            "2": "virtue"
          },
          "expansion": "English: virtue",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "fr",
            "2": "vertu"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: virtût",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: virtût"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
          "expansion": "Galician: virtude",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: virtude"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "virtù",
            "3": "vertù"
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          "expansion": "Italian: virtù, vertù",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: virtù, vertù"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "virtù"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: vertut",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: vertut"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "vertude"
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          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vertude",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vertude"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "virtude"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: virtude",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: virtude"
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          "expansion": "Old Spanish: vertud",
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          "expansion": "Spanish: virtud",
          "name": "desc"
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          "expansion": "Piedmontese: vërtù",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: vërtù"
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            "1": "ro",
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        }
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      "text": "Romanian: vârtute, virtute"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "Sicilian: virtuti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Sicilian: virtuti"
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            "1": "vec",
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          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: vertù",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: vertù"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "gwyrth"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: gwyrth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: gwyrth"
    }
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      "name": "affix"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "vir (“man, male”) + -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix)",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "virtūs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "virtūtēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "virtūs f (genitive virtūtis); third declension",
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "virtūs<3>"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 23 13 23 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "manhood, manliness, virility"
      ],
      "id": "en-virtus-la-noun-VEU0qJOJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "manhood",
          "manhood"
        ],
        [
          "manliness",
          "manliness"
        ],
        [
          "virility",
          "virility"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 2 1 1",
          "sense": "manliness",
          "tags": [
            "Late-Latin"
          ],
          "word": "virātus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
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    {
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          "_dis": "4 51 2 7 37",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "19 23 13 23 21",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "4 45 4 12 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -tus (abstract noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 51 3 9 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 58 2 5 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 37 43 4 10",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Ethics",
          "orig": "la:Ethics",
          "parents": [
            "Philosophy",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Translation by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn\nFor which reason the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in valor, as they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, when they either repel them from their own territories, or themselves wage war on their frontiers.",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1",
          "text": "Qua de causa Helvetii quoque reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere cotidianis proeliis cum Germanis contendunt, cum aut suis finibus eos prohibent aut ipsi in eorum finibus bellum gerunt."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry"
      ],
      "id": "en-virtus-la-noun-SPC25GgR",
      "links": [
        [
          "courage",
          "courage"
        ],
        [
          "valor",
          "valor"
        ],
        [
          "resoluteness",
          "resoluteness"
        ],
        [
          "gallantry",
          "gallantry"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "spīritus"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortitūdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "fīdūcia"
        },
        {
          "word": "animus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vitium"
        },
        {
          "word": "culpa"
        },
        {
          "word": "malum"
        },
        {
          "word": "iniūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "noxa"
        },
        {
          "word": "peccātum"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēlictum"
        },
        {
          "word": "error"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 23 13 23 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 37 43 4 10",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Ethics",
          "orig": "la:Ethics",
          "parents": [
            "Philosophy",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "virtue, goodness"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "virtue",
          "virtue"
        ],
        [
          "goodness",
          "goodness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bonum"
        },
        {
          "word": "rēctum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 23 13 23 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "excellence, merit, worth, character"
      ],
      "id": "en-virtus-la-noun-RIWU3Y8f",
      "links": [
        [
          "excellence",
          "excellence"
        ],
        [
          "merit",
          "merit"
        ],
        [
          "worth",
          "worth"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 23 13 23 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 37 43 4 10",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Ethics",
          "orig": "la:Ethics",
          "parents": [
            "Philosophy",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strength (of medicine or herbs)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively) strength (of medicine or herbs)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯ir.tuːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɪrt̪uːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvir.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvirt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "virtus"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -tus (abstract noun)",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: vërtyt, virtyt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "vãrtuti",
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          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: vãrtuti, virtuti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: vãrtuti, virtuti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "ast",
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          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: virtú",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: virtú"
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    {
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      "templates": [
        {
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            "2": "virtut"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: virtut",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: virtut"
    },
    {
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            "1": "fro",
            "2": "vertu"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: vertu"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "vertu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: vertu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: vertu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "virtue"
          },
          "expansion": "English: virtue",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: virtue"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "1": "fr",
            "2": "vertu"
          },
          "expansion": "French: vertu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: vertu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "virtût"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: virtût",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: virtût"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "virtude"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: virtude",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: virtude"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "virtù",
            "3": "vertù"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: virtù, vertù",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: virtù, vertù"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "virtù"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: virtù",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: virtù"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "vertut"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: vertut",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: vertut"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "vertude"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vertude",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: vertude"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "virtude"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: virtude",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: virtude"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "vertud"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: vertud",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: vertud"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "virtud"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: virtud",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: virtud"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "vërtù"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: vërtù",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: vërtù"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "vârtute",
            "3": "virtute"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: vârtute, virtute",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: vârtute, virtute"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "virtuti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: virtuti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: virtuti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "vertù"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: vertù",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: vertù"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "gwyrth"
          },
          "expansion": "Welsh: gwyrth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Welsh: gwyrth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vir",
        "3": "-tūs",
        "id2": "abstract noun",
        "pos2": "abstract noun-forming suffix",
        "t1": "man, male"
      },
      "expansion": "vir (“man, male”) + -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "vir (“man, male”) + -tūs (abstract noun-forming suffix)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "virtūs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "virtūtēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "virtūs<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "virtūs f (genitive virtūtis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "virtūs<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manhood, manliness, virility"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manhood",
          "manhood"
        ],
        [
          "manliness",
          "manliness"
        ],
        [
          "virility",
          "virility"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Translation by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn\nFor which reason the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in valor, as they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, when they either repel them from their own territories, or themselves wage war on their frontiers.",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1",
          "text": "Qua de causa Helvetii quoque reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere cotidianis proeliis cum Germanis contendunt, cum aut suis finibus eos prohibent aut ipsi in eorum finibus bellum gerunt."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "courage",
          "courage"
        ],
        [
          "valor",
          "valor"
        ],
        [
          "resoluteness",
          "resoluteness"
        ],
        [
          "gallantry",
          "gallantry"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "spīritus"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortitūdō"
        },
        {
          "word": "fīdūcia"
        },
        {
          "word": "animus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vitium"
        },
        {
          "word": "culpa"
        },
        {
          "word": "malum"
        },
        {
          "word": "iniūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "noxa"
        },
        {
          "word": "peccātum"
        },
        {
          "word": "dēlictum"
        },
        {
          "word": "error"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "virtue, goodness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "virtue",
          "virtue"
        ],
        [
          "goodness",
          "goodness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bonum"
        },
        {
          "word": "rēctum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "excellence, merit, worth, character"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excellence",
          "excellence"
        ],
        [
          "merit",
          "merit"
        ],
        [
          "worth",
          "worth"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strength (of medicine or herbs)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) strength (of medicine or herbs)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯ir.tuːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɪrt̪uːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvir.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvirt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "manliness",
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "virātus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "virtus"
}

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