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1a plural ending of nouns borrowed from Greek and Latin: phenomena; criteria; data; errata; genera.
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2a feminine singular ending of nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek, also used in Neo-Latin coinages to Latinize bases of any origin, and as a Latin substitute for the feminine ending - ē of Greek words: anabaena; cinchona; pachysandra.
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is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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3an ending of personal names forming feminines from masculines: Georgia; Roberta.
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