"vultus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈu̯ul.tus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈvul.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈvul̪t̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From earlier voltus (the standard spelling into the 1st century CE) with regular /ol → ul/ before consonants, from Proto-Italic *woltus, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”), probably e-grade with regular /el → ol/. Cognate to Welsh gweld, Tocharian B yel- (“to examine”) and Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌿𐍃 (wulþus, “glory”) (from zero-grade). Etymology templates: {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|la|itc-pro||*woltus}} Proto-Italic *woltus, {{der|la|ine-pro|*wel-||to see}} Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”), {{cog|cy|gweld}} Welsh gweld, {{cog|txb|yel-|t=to examine}} Tocharian B yel- (“to examine”), {{cog|got|𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌿𐍃|t=glory}} Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌿𐍃 (wulþus, “glory”) Head templates: {{la-noun|vultus<4>}} vultus m (genitive vultūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vultus<4>}}, {{la-ndecl|vulta<2>}} Forms: vultūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vultus [nominative, singular], vultūs [nominative, plural], vultūs [genitive, singular], vultuum [genitive, plural], vultuī [dative, singular], vultibus [dative, plural], vultum [accusative, singular], vultūs [accusative, plural], vultū [ablative, singular], vultibus [ablative, plural], vultus [singular, vocative], vultūs [plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], vulta [nominative, plural], vultōrum [genitive, plural], vultīs [dative, plural], vulta [accusative, plural], vultīs [ablative, plural], vulta [plural, vocative]
  1. a facial expression, look, countenance Tags: declension-4, masculine Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: ōs, faciēs
    Sense id: en-vultus-la-noun-hyFQd5H4 Disambiguation of Appearance: 10 10 2 8 35 35 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 19 20 12 17 16 17
  2. a facial expression, look, countenance
    the expression appropriate to a type of person or situation; a visage, mien, demeanor
    Tags: declension-4, masculine Categories (topical): Appearance, Face Synonyms: ōs, faciēs
    Sense id: en-vultus-la-noun-UjTT1kPR Disambiguation of Appearance: 10 10 2 8 35 35 Disambiguation of Face: 21 29 22 9 5 14 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 23 35 13 4 6 19 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 19 20 12 17 16 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 32 10 8 13 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 62 7 6 7 10
  3. (anatomy, often in the plural) the front of the head, face Tags: declension-4, in-plural, masculine, often Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: frōns, ōs
    Sense id: en-vultus-la-noun-kHtdR~JD Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 19 20 12 17 16 17 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  4. the face as involved in looking; the view, gaze Tags: declension-4, masculine Synonyms: aspectus
    Sense id: en-vultus-la-noun-C018hxxp Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 19 20 12 17 16 17
  5. the distinctive appearance, looks, features Tags: declension-4, masculine Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: speciēs
    Sense id: en-vultus-la-noun-RIN7YnS0 Disambiguation of Appearance: 10 10 2 8 35 35 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 19 20 12 17 16 17
  6. the distinctive appearance, looks, features
    (of beings and things) the outward appearance, face, aspect
    Tags: declension-4, masculine Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: speciēs
    Sense id: en-vultus-la-noun-WU8iJvtV Disambiguation of Appearance: 10 10 2 8 35 35 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 19 20 12 17 16 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: voltus, vultum, voltum Related terms: cara

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "vulto"
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          "expansion": "Galician: vulto",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Galician: vulto"
    },
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          "expansion": "Italian: volto",
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          "expansion": "Portuguese: vulto",
          "name": "desc"
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      "form": "vultuum",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "vultuī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "vultibus",
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      "form": "vultum",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "vultibus",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "vultus",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "vultūs",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "vulta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vultōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vultīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "vultīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "vulta",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cara"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "19 20 12 17 16 17",
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "english": "Translation by Douay-Rheims Bible\nBe diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks",
          "ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs 27:23",
          "text": "dīligenter agnōsce vultum pecoris tuī tuōsque gregēs cōnsīderā"
        }
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        "a facial expression, look, countenance"
      ],
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        [
          "expression",
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        [
          "look",
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        [
          "countenance",
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        ]
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          "_dis": "21 32 10 8 13 17",
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        {
          "_dis": "9 62 7 6 7 10",
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          "_dis": "21 29 22 9 5 14",
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            "Body parts",
            "Body",
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            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
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            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
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        [
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          "appropriate"
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        [
          "person",
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        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "visage",
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          "mien",
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        {
          "word": "ōs"
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          "word": "faciēs"
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        ],
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          "face",
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        ]
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        "(anatomy, often in the plural) the front of the head, face"
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          "word": "frōns"
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        {
          "word": "ōs"
        }
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      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "19 20 12 17 16 17",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "the face as involved in looking; the view, gaze"
      ],
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          "involve",
          "involve"
        ],
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          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "view",
          "view"
        ],
        [
          "gaze",
          "gaze"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aspectus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 20 12 17 16 17",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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      ],
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          "looks",
          "looks"
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        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "speciēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 20 12 17 16 17",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 2 8 35 35",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
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            "Perception",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Before the sea and the lands and the sky that covers over all things,\nthere was one face of nature in the whole world,\nwhich they called chaos: […]",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.5–7",
          "text": "Ante mare et terrās et quod tegit omnia caelum\nūnus erat tōtō nātūrae vultus in orbe,\nquem dīxēre chaos: […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the distinctive appearance, looks, features",
        "the outward appearance, face, aspect"
      ],
      "id": "en-vultus-la-noun-WU8iJvtV",
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        ],
        [
          "looks",
          "looks"
        ],
        [
          "features",
          "features"
        ],
        [
          "outward",
          "outward"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "aspect",
          "aspect"
        ]
      ],
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        "the distinctive appearance, looks, features",
        "(of beings and things) the outward appearance, face, aspect"
      ],
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        "of beings and things"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "speciēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯ul.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvul.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvul̪t̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "voltus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vultum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "voltum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vultus"
}
{
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    "Latin 2-syllable words",
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    "Latin fourth declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
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          "expansion": "Galician: vulto",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "vulto"
          },
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        }
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    },
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          "args": {
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      "args": {
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  "etymology_text": "From earlier voltus (the standard spelling into the 1st century CE) with regular /ol → ul/ before consonants, from Proto-Italic *woltus, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”), probably e-grade with regular /el → ol/.\nCognate to Welsh gweld, Tocharian B yel- (“to examine”) and Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌿𐍃 (wulþus, “glory”) (from zero-grade).",
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      "form": "vultūs",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "vultus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "vultūs",
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    {
      "form": "vultūs",
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    {
      "form": "vultuum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "vultuī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "vultibus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vultum",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "vultūs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "vultū",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vultibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vultus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vultūs",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vulta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vultōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vultīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "vulta",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "vultīs",
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      "form": "vulta",
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        "vocative"
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    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cara"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "Translation by Douay-Rheims Bible\nBe diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks",
          "ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs 27:23",
          "text": "dīligenter agnōsce vultum pecoris tuī tuōsque gregēs cōnsīderā"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a facial expression, look, countenance"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ōs"
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          "word": "faciēs"
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      "tags": [
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          "countenance",
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        ],
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
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        [
          "person",
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        [
          "situation",
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          "visage",
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          "mien",
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          "word": "ōs"
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        {
          "word": "faciēs"
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the front of the head, face"
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          "front",
          "front"
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          "head",
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        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy, often in the plural) the front of the head, face"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "frōns"
        },
        {
          "word": "ōs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "often"
      ],
      "topics": [
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the face as involved in looking; the view, gaze"
      ],
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          "involve",
          "involve"
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          "look",
          "look"
        ],
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          "view",
          "view"
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          "gaze",
          "gaze"
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        {
          "word": "aspectus"
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      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the distinctive appearance, looks, features"
      ],
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          "distinctive",
          "distinctive"
        ],
        [
          "looks",
          "looks"
        ],
        [
          "features",
          "features"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "speciēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Before the sea and the lands and the sky that covers over all things,\nthere was one face of nature in the whole world,\nwhich they called chaos: […]",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.5–7",
          "text": "Ante mare et terrās et quod tegit omnia caelum\nūnus erat tōtō nātūrae vultus in orbe,\nquem dīxēre chaos: […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the distinctive appearance, looks, features",
        "the outward appearance, face, aspect"
      ],
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          "distinctive",
          "distinctive"
        ],
        [
          "looks",
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        ],
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          "features",
          "features"
        ],
        [
          "outward",
          "outward"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
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        [
          "aspect",
          "aspect"
        ]
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        "the distinctive appearance, looks, features",
        "(of beings and things) the outward appearance, face, aspect"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of beings and things"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "speciēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯ul.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvul.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvul̪t̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "voltus"
    },
    {
      "word": "vultum"
    },
    {
      "word": "voltum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vultus"
}

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