"vulnus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈwʊɫ.nʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvul.nus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *welanos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit”). Cognate with Latin vellō. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*welanos}} Proto-Italic *welanos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*welh₃-||to hit}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit”), {{cog|la|vellō}} Latin vellō Head templates: {{la-noun|vulnus/vulner<3>}} vulnus n (genitive vulneris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vulnus/vulner<3>}} Forms: vulneris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vulnus [nominative, singular], vulnera [nominative, plural], vulneris [genitive, singular], vulnerum [genitive, plural], vulnerī [dative, singular], vulneribus [dative, plural], vulnus [accusative, singular], vulnera [accusative, plural], vulnere [ablative, singular], vulneribus [ablative, plural], vulnus [singular, vocative], vulnera [plural, vocative]
  1. wound, injury Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: damnum, dētrīmentum, incommoditās, calamitās, pauperiēs, maleficium, iniūria, noxa, fraus, plāga
    Sense id: en-vulnus-la-noun-VvJXMz~7 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pain Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 45 7 29 3 16 Disambiguation of Pain: 97 0 0 3 0
  2. (figuratively) blow Tags: declension-3, figuratively, neuter Synonyms: colaphus, pulsus, ictus, plāga
    Sense id: en-vulnus-la-noun-fPawWX~k
  3. incision Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: cicātrīx, incīsiō
    Sense id: en-vulnus-la-noun-RGX1KhOp
  4. misfortune, calamity, disaster Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-vulnus-la-noun-sW2g120T Synonyms: plāga, dētrīmentum, incommodum, clādēs, interitus, incommoditās, cāsus, perniciēs, exitium, īnfortūnium, miseria, calamitās, malum, cruciātus, nūbēs
  5. a loss in a battle Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: clādēs, calamitās, incommodum, dētrīmentum
    Sense id: en-vulnus-la-noun-Mqa-eTAF Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 18 23 11 10 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vulnerārius, vulnerō, vulnifer, vulnificō, vulnificus, vulnusculum Related terms: vulnerābilis, vulnerātiō, vulnerātor, ulcus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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          "expansion": ">? Italian: vulno, → vulnus",
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        "table-tags"
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        {
          "word": "calamitās"
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        {
          "word": "pauperiēs"
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        {
          "word": "maleficium"
        },
        {
          "word": "iniūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "noxa"
        },
        {
          "word": "fraus"
        },
        {
          "word": "plāga"
        }
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        "(figuratively) blow"
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        },
        {
          "word": "pulsus"
        },
        {
          "word": "ictus"
        },
        {
          "word": "plāga"
        }
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        "figuratively",
        "neuter"
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          "incision"
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          "word": "cicātrīx"
        },
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          "word": "incīsiō"
        }
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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          "word": "commodum"
        },
        {
          "word": "commoditās"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "calamity",
          "calamity"
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        [
          "disaster",
          "disaster"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "plāga"
        },
        {
          "word": "dētrīmentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "incommodum"
        },
        {
          "word": "clādēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "interitus"
        },
        {
          "word": "incommoditās"
        },
        {
          "word": "cāsus"
        },
        {
          "word": "perniciēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "exitium"
        },
        {
          "word": "īnfortūnium"
        },
        {
          "word": "miseria"
        },
        {
          "word": "calamitās"
        },
        {
          "word": "malum"
        },
        {
          "word": "cruciātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "nūbēs"
        }
      ],
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        "neuter"
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    },
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        }
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        }
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        "a loss in a battle"
      ],
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          "loss",
          "loss"
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          "word": "incommodum"
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          "word": "dētrīmentum"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwʊɫ.nʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvul.nus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "la:vulnus"
  ],
  "word": "vulnus"
}
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    "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 Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "word": "vulnerārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "vulnerō"
    },
    {
      "word": "vulnifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "vulnificō"
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      "word": "vulnificus"
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          "expansion": ">? Italian: vulno, → vulnus",
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      "text": ">? Italian: vulno, → vulnus"
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      "form": "vulneris",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "vulnerī",
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      ],
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          "injury",
          "injury"
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          "word": "damnum"
        },
        {
          "word": "dētrīmentum"
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        {
          "word": "incommoditās"
        },
        {
          "word": "calamitās"
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        "(figuratively) blow"
      ],
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          "word": "pulsus"
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        {
          "word": "ictus"
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        {
          "word": "plāga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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    {
      "glosses": [
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          "incision",
          "incision"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cicātrīx"
        },
        {
          "word": "incīsiō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "commodum"
        },
        {
          "word": "commoditās"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "misfortune, calamity, disaster"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "calamity",
          "calamity"
        ],
        [
          "disaster",
          "disaster"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "plāga"
        },
        {
          "word": "dētrīmentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "incommodum"
        },
        {
          "word": "clādēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "interitus"
        },
        {
          "word": "incommoditās"
        },
        {
          "word": "cāsus"
        },
        {
          "word": "perniciēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "exitium"
        },
        {
          "word": "īnfortūnium"
        },
        {
          "word": "miseria"
        },
        {
          "word": "calamitās"
        },
        {
          "word": "malum"
        },
        {
          "word": "cruciātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "nūbēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "victōria"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a loss in a battle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loss",
          "loss"
        ],
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clādēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "calamitās"
        },
        {
          "word": "incommodum"
        },
        {
          "word": "dētrīmentum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwʊɫ.nʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvul.nus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "la:vulnus"
  ],
  "word": "vulnus"
}

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