The open-source library where we store all the nouns The Latin Net uses.
The file words.json
contains many different nouns and some information about them:
"servus": ["2", "servi", "slave", "slaves", "h", "m", "serve"]
The above example uses the noun 'servus' which means slave. Along with it is:
- The declension it is in
- dec. 1 for nouns that go like "puella, puellae"
- dec. 2 for nouns that go like "servus, servi"
- dec. 2 neuter ('2n' in this JSON format) for nouns that go like "bellum, belli"
- dec. 3 for nouns that go like "rex, regem"
- dec. 3 neuter ('3n' in this JSON format) for nouns that go like "tempus, temporis"
- dec. 4 for nouns that go like "adventus, adventus"
- dec. 5 for nouns that go like "res, rei"
- The genitive in the singular form
- Its translation in English
- The translation in plural
- Whether it is a human, place or a thing.
- If it is a human - can experience emotion - (like "puella, girl" or "rex, regis") use "h".
- If it is a place (like "Troia, Troy" or "Italia, Italy") use "p".
- If it is a thing (like "hortus, horti" or "manus, manus") use "t".
- Whether it is masculine (m), feminine (f) or neuter (n)
- An English derivative
Here are examples for all declensions:
"epistula": ["1", "epistulae", "letter", "letters", "t", "f", "epistolary"]
"equus": ["2", "equi", "horse", "horses", "h", "m", "equestrial"]
"donum": ["2n", "doni", "gift", "gifts", "t", "n", "donation"]
"clamor": ["3", "clamoris", "noise", "noises", "t", "m", "clamour"]
"nomen": ["3n", "nominis", "name", "names", "t", "n", "nomination"]
"manus": ["4", "manus", "hand", "hands", "t", "f", "manuscript"]
"fides": ["5", "fidei", "faith", "faiths", "t", "f", "diffident"]
Fork this repository and add your noun to the end of the previous one, remembering to add a comma.