{
    "meta": {
        "serviceProvider": {
            "name": "Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanties, TELOTA - IT\/DH",
            "link": "https:\/\/www.bbaw.de\/en\/bbaw-digital\/telota"
        },
        "dataProvider": {
            "name": "Classical Language Dictionary",
            "link": "https:\/\/cld.bbaw.de"
        }
    },
    "query": {
        "self": "https:\/\/cld.bbaw.de\/api\/dictionary\/lemma\/Moeris?language=lat&options=case-sensitive",
        "searchDate": "2026-04-14 15:05:55",
        "searchFor": "lemma",
        "searchTerm": "Moeris",
        "language": "LAT",
        "options": {
            "strict": true,
            "case-sensitive": true,
            "regex": false,
            "simplified": false
        }
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "lemma": "Moeris",
            "meanings": 3,
            "language": "lat",
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "dictionary": "Lewis Short",
                    "reference": "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary",
                    "source": "https:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059",
                    "description": "Moeris (noun F) : Μοῖρις\n* The Lake Moeris, in Egypt, an artificial lake, fifty miles in width, between Memphis and Arsinoë, designed as a reservoir to hold the superfluous water of the Nile when overflowing, now Birket-Karum, Mel. 1, 9, 5 (ap. Plin. always Moeridis lacus)."
                },
                {
                    "dictionary": "Lewis Short",
                    "reference": "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary",
                    "source": "https:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059",
                    "description": "Moeris (noun M) : \n* The name of a shepherd and sorcerer, Verg. E. 8, 96, 98; 9, 1; 53, 54, etc."
                },
                {
                    "dictionary": "Lewis Short",
                    "reference": "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary",
                    "source": "https:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059",
                    "description": "Moeris (noun M) : Μοῖρις\n* Moeris, a king of Egypt in the fifteenth century A. C., who caused the lake which bears his name to be excavated: Moeridis lacus,Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 50.—Hence"
                },
                {
                    "dictionary": "PIR",
                    "reference": "Prosopographia Imperii Romani",
                    "source": "https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de",
                    "description": "Male Personal name\nConfirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:\n<ul>\n<li>Moeris (Masc), ref: RE 15 (1932) 2500-2512 s.v. Moiris 2 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/9364'>PIR ID9364<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}