Appendix I: Yes and No in Latin
It may strike you as strange, but the Ai«. N¡g§s.
Romans did not have a single word for I say yes. You say no.
Yes and No. (We, too, can say “yes” or
“O.K.” or, informally, “yeah” or “yep” You can safely use any of the adverbs
or, even more informally, “uhuh.”) There for “yes.” When you get up your
are single Latin adverbs that mean “yes”: confidence, you can try to answer by
etiam, ita, s¿c, s§n¡, maxim¡, repeating the emphatic word in the
admodum, oppid«, cert¡, pl§n¡, question. But then be sure to provide the
pl§nissim¡. These are not perfect correct form, as in the third example
synonyms. For example, ita and s¿c mean above.
“it is so”; pl§nissim¡ means “yes,
exactly so”; cert¡ means “certainly”; As indicated above, the most direct
admodum and oppid« both means “yes” negative particle is n«n (more frequently
or “quite so,” but oppid« is slightly more with the verb supplied from the question,
emphatic, carrying the sense of or when something is immediately
“precisely so.” Cicero indicates the most added). Minim¡ is more emphatic,
direct and simple response when he says: meaning “no, indeed” or “not in the
aut “etiam” aut “n«n” respond¡ least,” strengthened by v¡r«: minim¡
(answer either “yes” or “no.”) v¡r« = “no, certainly not” or the informal
minim¡ gentium “absolutely not.”Imm«
Probably the most frequent way of or ¿m« is used especially where a
saying “yes” in Latin is to repeat the correction of something in the question is
word on which the emphasis rests in the given. These expressions are in turn
question: made more emphatic by appeals to
deities such as ¡castor “by Castor,” pol
Erus eam v¡ndidit? or edepol “by Pollux,” hercule or
V¡ndidit. mehercule “by Hercules,” pr« Iuppiter
“by Jupiter,” pr« d¿ immort§l¡s “by the
The master sold her? immortal gods” and similar expressions.
Yes. When refusing an offer with “no, thank
you,” the Romans simply said: benign¡
Ad patremne eam d»cis? or r¡ct¡.
Ad eum ipsum.
Are you taking her to her father?
Yes.
An n«n d¿x¿ hoc esse fut»rum?
D¿xist¿.
Didn’t I say that this was going to
happen?
Yes.
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Appendix II: Colors
amber ¡lectric·us |a |um gray: ash-gray cinere·us |a |um; dark
gray pull·us |a |um; light gray
black: dull black §·ter |tra |trum; c§n·us |a |um (esp. hair); to be gray
glossy black ni·ger |gra |grum; c§ne« |¡re |u¿; to become gray
pitch-black pice·us |a |um c§n¡sc·« |ere; to be gray-haired
c§n« capite esse
beige fl§vid·us |a |um
blond fl§v·us |a |um grayish c§n¡sc·¡ns |entis
blue: azure blue venet·us |a |um; dark green virid·is |is |e (most common
blue c£ane·us |a |um; leaden blue term; vir·¡ns |entis, viridul·us |a
l¿vid·us |a |um; sky-blue caerule·us |um, are shades of this); bright
|a |um (esp. of eyes) grass green prasin·us |a |um;
emerald green smaragdin·us |a |um;
bluish subcaerule·us |a |um grass green herb§ce·us |a |um; olive
green olev§ce·us |a |um; (deep) sea
bluish gray caesi·us |a |um (often green venet·us |a |um; (light) sea
referred by the Romans to blue eyes) green glauc·us |a |um (a dull green,
passing into graying blue); very
brown fulv·us |a |um (ranging from green pervirid·is |is |e; to be green
dull yellow to reddish brown; (of green foliage) vir·e« |¡re |u¿; (of
applied to hair, wine, sand, gold, things growing) vir·¡ns |entis,
stars, jasper); bright brown virid·¡ns |entis; to become green
sp§dice·us |a |um; dark brown vir¡sc·« |ere
fusc·us |a |um [Note: brunne·us |a
|um is of Germanic origin.] greenish subvirid·is |is |e
chartreuse chl«r¿n·us |a |um hazel (light to strong brown) fulv·us |a
|um; (strong brown) sp§d·¿x |¿cis
chestnut sp§d·¿x |¿cis; badi·us |a |um
(applied to horses only) lavander lavandul§ce·us |a |um; (pale
blue, with a slight mixture of gray)
color col·or |«ris m; to color col«r§re caesi·us |a |um
cream-colored eburne·us |a |um mauve viol§ce·us |a |um
crimson coccine·us |a |um ochre s¿l§ce·us |a |im
dark colored pull·us |a |um orange auranti·us |a |um, l»te·us |a
|um; dull orange armeniac·us |a
dun-colored gilv·us |a |um (ranging |um (apricot-color)
from almost neutral brownish gray
to dull grayish brown, applied to pink rose·us |a |um, p»nice·us |a |um
horses)
pinkish subrose·us |a |um
flame-colored flamme·us |a |um
purple (dull red with a slight dash of
flesh-colored carne·us |a |um blue) purpure·us |a |um [purpura
was orignally the name of the shell
golden aureol·us |a |um; aure·us |a |um fish itself; later the name of the dye.
(applied to hair)
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This varied according to the shellfish yellow fl§v·us |a |um (commonest term,
used and the processing applied. The a pale yellow); deep yellow (like egg
epithet purpureus came to cover yolk) l»te·us |a |um or vitell¿n·us |a
various red colors; now it embraces |um; golden yellow aure·us |a |um;
colors between red and violet: lemon yellow citre·us |a |um (purest
purple, scarlet, crimson, rosy red) yellow, without any brightness); pale
yellow gilv·us or gilb·us |a |um,
red r»f·us |a |um (all shades); ru·ber l»teol·us |a |um
|bra |brum (common term for any
pure red); blood red sanguine·us |a yellowish fl§vidus |a |um; subfl§v·us |a
|um; bright red rutil·us |a |um; |um (of hair, approaching blond)
cardinal-red cardin§l·is |is |e; dark
red rubid·us |a |um; cherry-red yellowish gray r§v·us |a |um
cerasin·us |a |um; deep red yellowish orange gilv·us |a |um
coccine·us |a |um; pure lively red
phoenice·us |a |um, p»nice·us |a [Note—The prefix sub- means
|um “somewhat”, “almost” and can often
be rendered by the English suffix
reddish subru·ber |bra |brum, rubell·us “|ish.” Thus, albus means “white”
|a |um; subr»f·us |a |um, r»ful·us |a and subalbus means “whitish.”
|um (of hair); rubicund·us |a |um (of The vagueness of Latin color terms is
the skin: flushed)
due to the origin of colors out of dyestuff
rust-colored rubigin«s·us |a |um and pigments. The colors of minerals
vary, and dyes produce different effects
sandy (hair) fulv·us |a |um according to the mode of preparation and
the materials dyed. Their applications
scarlet mini§t·us |a |um; dull scarlet have to be guessed from literary sources,
phoenice·us |a |um which for the most part are incidental and
vague. Color names used by poets tend to
silvery argente·us |a |um be applied metaphorically or indefinitely.
snow-white see white To get a better idea of how the
Romans applied color terms, it is
strawberry-blond fulv·us |a |um necessary to cite the objects to which
colors were attached. For example, when
tan fulv·us |a |um Horace describes Augustus as being
transformed into a god, he speaks of the
tawny fulv·us |a |um (dull yellow, with lips of the deified Augustus as
a mixture of gray and brown); purpureus, indicating his health.
cerv¿n·us |a |um (is a darker shade Purpureus, at least there, is crimson, not
of it) purple.]
turquoise turic·us |a |um When asking what color something is,
the Romans used either the genitive or
vermilion coccine·us |a |um, mini§t·us ablative of description; e.g.
|a |um
What color is the house? Qu«
violet viol§ce·us |a |um col«re est domus tua?
or Cuius col«ris est domus tua?
white: dead white alb·us |a |um; dull
white cr¡t§ce·us |a |um; shiny white
candid·us |a |um; snow-white
nive·us |a |um (the purest white)
whitish subalb·us |a |um, albul·us |a
|um, subalbid·us |a |um
Appendix III: Numbers
1 CARDINAL ORDINAL I
2 »nus, »na, »num pr¿mus II
3 duo, duae, duo secundus III
4 tr¡s, tria tertius IV
5 quattuor qu§rtus V
6 qu¿nque qu¿ntus VI
7 sex sextus VII
8 septem septimus VIII
9 oct« oct§vus IX
10 novem n«nus X
11 decem decimus XI
12 »ndecim »ndecimus XII
13 duodecim duodecimus XIII
14 tredecim t¡rtius decimus XIV
15 quattuordecim qu§rtus decimus XV
16 qu¿ndecim qu¿ntus decimus XVI
17 s¡decim sextus decimus XVII
18 septendecim s¡ptimus decimus XVIII
19 duod¡v¿gint¿ duod¡v¿c¡simus XIX
20 »nd¡v¿gint¿ »nd¡v¿c¡simus XX
21 v¿gint¿ v¿c¡simus XXI
22 v¿gint¿ »nus v¿c¡simus pr¿mus XXII
30 »nus et v¿gint¿ v¿c¡simus secundus XXX
40 v¿gint¿ duo tr¿c¡simus XL
50 duo et v¿gint¿ quadr§g¡simus L
60 tr¿gint§ qu¿nqu§g¡simus LX
70 quadr§gint§ sex§g¡simus LXX
80 qu¿nqu§gint§ septu§g¡simus LXXX
90 sex§gint§ oct«g¡simus XC
100 septu§gint§ n«n§g¡simus C
101 oct«gint§ cent¡simus CI
200 n«n§gint§ cent¡simus pr¿mus CC
300 centum ducent¡simus CCC
400 centum »nus trecent¡simus CCCC
500 centum et »nus quadringent¡simus D
600 ducent¿, |ae, |a qu¿ngent¡simus DC
700 trecent¿, |ae, |a sescent¡simus DCC
800 quadringent¿, |ae, |a septingent¡simus DCCC
900 qu¿ngent¿, |ae, |a octingent¡simus DCCCC
1,000 sescent¿, |ae, |a n«ngent¡simus M
2,000 septingent¿, |ae, |a mill¡simus MM
10,000 octingent¿, |ae, |a bis mill¡simus CCI/C/C
100,000 n«ngent¿, |ae, |a deci¡s mill¡simus CCCI/C/C/C
mille centi¡s mill¡simus
duo m¿lia 253
decem m¿lia
centum m¿lia
Appendix IV: Proverbs and Sayings
[Note—The proverbs are arranged in alphabetical order. If a proverb does not begin
with a significant word, a key word from the proverb is placed at the beginning to
help you find the proverb that you are looking for.]
advantage: To whose advantage? Cui borrowed time: You’re living on
bon«? borrowed time. D¡ lucr« v¿vis.
[You’re living on profits.]
advantage: One advantage in
exchange for another. Quid pr« buyer: Let the buyer beware. Caveat
qu«. [Something for something.] ¡mptor.
All or nothing. Aut Caesar aut n»llus. castles: You’re building castles in the
[Either Caesar or no one.] air. In ar¡n§ aedific§s. [You are
building on sand.]
All’s well that ends well. Omnia r¡ct¡
sunt quae bene f¿niuntur. Caught in the act (or caught red-
handed). In flagrant¿ d¡lict«. [In a
Anger is brief madness. ‡ra furor flagrant crime.]
brevis est.
changes: After making all necessary
apple cart: Don’t upset the apple cart. adjustments. M»t§t¿s m»tand¿s.
N«l¿ plaustrum percellere. [Don’t [Things having been changed that
knock over the wagon.] must be changed.]
attack: A personal attack. Charity begins at home. Pr¿ma c§rit§s
Arg»mentum ad hominem. [An incipit § s¡ ips«. [Charity first begins
argument against a person (instead with oneself.]
of against the issue).]
Cheap gift, cheap thanks. V¿le d«num,
bigger: The bigger they come, the v¿lis gr§tia.
harder they fall. C§sus excels¿s
mult« facilius nocet. [The fall from chickens: Don’t count your chickens
high places more readily causes before they are hatched. Adh»c tua
harm.] messis in herb§ est. [Your harvest is
still on the stalk.]
Birds of a feather flock together. Par¡s childhood: The old are in second
cum paribus facillim¡ congregantur. childhood. Bis puer¿ sen¡s. [Old
[Likes easily flock together with men are boys twice.]
likes.]
Clothes make the man. Vestis virum
bite off: Don’t bite off more than you facit.
can chew. Qu¿ mai«ra cupit saepe
min«ra capit. [He who desires bigger companion: A constant companion.
things often gets the smaller (ones).] (e.g., a favorite book) V§de m¡cum.
[Go with me.]
bold front: You’re just putting on a Crying brings a certain pleasure. Est
bold front. Aud§cia pr« m»r« quaedam volupt§s fl¡re. [To cry is a
hab¡tur. [Boldness serves as a wall.] 254 certain pleasure.]
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damn: People damn what they do not Enjoy the moment. Carpe diem. [Pluck
understand. Damnant quod n«n the day.]
intellegunt.
err: To err is human, to forgive,
dead: Say nothing but good about the divine. Err§re h»m§num est,
dead. D¡ mortu¿s n¿l nisi bonum. ign«scere d¿v¿num.
deaf: To preach to deaf ears. Ad Everyone has his price. V¡n§lis
surd§s aur¡s cant§re [To sing to deaf populus, v¡n§lis c»ria patrum. [The
ears.] people are for sale, for sale is the
senate.]
die: The die is cast. Iacta est §lea.
Experience is the best teacher. Ûsus
Do nothing in excess. N¡ nimium. [Not est optimus magister.
too much.]
faith: In good faith. Bon§ fid¡.
Do unto others as you would have
done unto you. Ab ali« exspect¡s Familiarity breeds contempt.
alter¿ quod f¡ceris. [You may expect Convers§ti« parit contemptum.
from another what you have done to [Close association produces
the other.] contempt.]
dogs: Let sleeping dogs lie. N«l¿ fates: Fate leads the willing; it drags
irrit§re le«n¡s. [Do not provoke the unwilling. D»cunt volentem f§ta,
lions.] n«lentem trahunt.
Don’t worry about tomorrow. Quid sit favor: To accept a favor is to sell
fut»rum cr§s, fuge quaerere. [Don’t one’s freedom. Beneficium accipere,
ask what tomorrow will be.] l¿bert§tem est v¡ndere.
drinking buddy: I hate a drinking Fight over nothing. D¡ l§n§ capr¿n§
buddy with a (good) memory. ød¿ r¿x§r¿. [To quarrel about goat’s
memorem comp«t«rem. wool.]
drop: A drop hollows out stone. Gutta fire: Fight fire with fire. Similia
cavat lapidem. similibus c»rantur. [Like things are
taken care of by like.]
education: No one can take your
education from you. Hom« doctus First come, first served. Prior tempore,
in s¡ d¿v¿ti§s semper habet. [An prior i»re. [First in time, first by
educated person always has wealth right.]
within himself.]
foot: You put your foot in your
eggs: Don’t put all your eggs in one mouth. ø s¿ tacuisses, philosophus
basket. N¡ committ§s omnia »n¿ m§nsisses. [Oh, if you had remained
n§v¿. [Don’t entrust everything to silent, you would have remained a
one ship.] philosopher.]
eleventh: At the eleventh hour. Inter forward: Not to go forward is to go
caesa et porr¡cta. [between the backward. N«n pr«gred¿ est regred¿.
slaughtering and the offering]
fox: A fox changes its fur, not its
end: Look, the end is in sight! F¿nis nature. Vulp¡s pilum m»tat, n«n
ecce lab«rum! [Behold, the end of m«r¡s.
troubles.]
friend: A friend in need is a friend
indeed. Is est am¿cus qu¿ in r¡ dubi§
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r¡ iuvat. [He is a friend who really loquitur. [From the abundance of the
helps in need.] heart the mouth speaks.]
give: He gives twice who gives high road: I see the high road but
quickly. Bis dat, qu¿ dat cito. take the low road. Vide« meli«ra
prob«que; d¡teri«ra sequor. [I see
glory: So passes away the glory of the and approve of the better; I follow
world. S¿c tr§nsit gl«ria mund¿. the worse.]
God willing De« volente. High offices change one’s character.
Hon«r¡s m»tant m«r¡s.
God helps those that help themselves.
Fort¡s fort»na adiuvat. [Fortune holy of holies. S§nctum S§nct«rum.
helps the brave.]
horse: A fast-running horse needs no
God: If God (is) for us, who (can be) spurs. Equ« current¿ n«n opus
against us? S¿ Deus pr« n«b¿s, quis calc§ribus.
contr§ n«s?
hovel: A great man can come from a
golden: The golden mean. Aurea hovel. Ex¿re magnus vir ex tuguri«
mediocrit§s. potest.
grain: With a grain of salt. Cum gr§n« I am what you will be; I was what you
s§lis. are. (On a Roman tombstone) Sum
quod eris; fu¿ quod es.
greedy: The greedy man always feels
need. Semper av§rus eget. imitator: Oh imitators, you servile
herd. ø imit§t«r¡s, servum pecus.
grief: True grief is a private matter.
Ille dolet v¡r¡ qu¿ sine teste dolet. impressions: First impressions are
[He truly grieves who grieves deceptive. Fr«ns pr¿ma mult«s
without a witness.] d¡cipit. [The first appearance
deceives many.]
guard: Who will guard the guards?
Quis cust«d¡s cust«diet? indispensable: An indispensable
condition. Causa sine qu§ n«n.
hair: Even a single hair casts a
shadow. Etiam capillus »nus habet It’s not who you are but what you are
umbram suam. that counts. N«n quis sed quid. [Not
who but what.]
Hard work overcomes all. Labor vincit
omnia. It’s a good omen. ømen faustum est.
Harp on the same old theme. Eandem Jack of all trades. Aliquis in omnibus,
recoquere crambem. [To recook the n»llus in singul¿s. [A somebody in
same cabbage.] general, a nobody in particular.]
Haste makes waste. Fest¿n§ti« tarda est. Jack of all trades. Hom« omnis
[Haste is slow.] Minervae. [A person of all Minerva
= goddess of handicrafts.]
hat: That’s old hat. Cramb¡ repet¿ta
est. [It’s cabbage served up again.] justice: Let justice be done though the
heavens fall. Fiat i»stitia, ruat
heart: My heart was in my throat. caelum.
Anima mihi in n§s« erat.
Kill two birds with one stone. Du«s
heart: One speaks what’s in one’s pariet¡s d¡ e§dem fid¡li§ dealb§re.
heart. Ex abundanti§ cordis «s
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[To whitewash two walls with one mind: A sound mind in a sound body.
bucket.] M¡ns s§na in corpore s§n«.
Kindness begets kindness. Gr§tia Moderation in all things. Modus in
gr§tiam parit. omnibus.
Knowledge is power. Ipsa scientia moon: To promise the moon. Mont¡s
potest§s est. aur¿ pollic¡r¿. [To promise mountains
of gold.]
law: No one is above the law. Caesar
n«n supr§ grammatic«s est. [Caesar nail: You’ve hit the nail on the head.
is not above grammarians.] Ac» rem tetigist¿. [You’ve touched
the thing with a needle.]
learn: People learn while they teach.
Homin¡s, dum docent, discunt. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Ingeni«sa r¡rum egest§s est. [Need of
Like father, like son. Colubra restem things is ingenious.]
n«n parit. [A snake does not give
birth to a rope.] Necessity takes no vacation. Necessit§s
caret f¡ri¿s.
like: He who says whatever he likes,
must hear what he does not like. needle: To look for a needle in a
Qu¿ quae vult d¿cit, quae n«n vult haystack. N«dum in scirp« quaerere.
audiet. [To look for a knot on a bulrush.]
live: Don’t live one way in private, Nip the thing in the bud. Pr¿ncipi¿s
another in public. N«n v¿v¡s aliter obst§re. [To block the beginnings.]
in s«lit»dine, aliter in for«.
No sooner said than done. Citius fact«.
logical: That’s not logical. N«n (also: Dictum factum.)
sequitur. [It doesn’t follow.]
No one is obliged to do more than he
lonely: He is absolutely lonely who is can. Ultr§ posse n¡m« oblig§tur.
friendless. S«lus omn¿n« est qu¿ sine
am¿c« est. nose: To lead someone by the nose.
Labi¿s aliquem duct§re. [To lead
Love is blind. N¡m« in am«re videt. somone by the lips.]
[No one sees when in love.]
Nothing new under the sun. N¿l
love: A woman loves or hates; there’s dictum quod n«n prius dictum.
nothing inbetween. Aut amat aut [Nothing said that has not been said
«dit mulier; nihil est tertium. before.]
love: You can’t hide love or a cough. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Amor tussisque n«n c¡lantur. [Love Bene est tent§re. [It is good to try.]
and a cough do not hide.]
Now or never. Nunc aut numquam.
lucky: You’re lucky to be alive. D¡
lucr« v¿vis. [You’re living on office: By virtue of his (her) office. Ex
profits.] offici«.
make mountains out of molehills Ê One of a kind. Su¿ generis.
r¿v« fl»mina magna facere
One quarrel leads to another. L¿s
matter: The matter is still undecided. l¿tem generat. [Strife begets strife.]
Adh»c sub i»dice l¿s est. [The case is
still before the judge.] opinion: There are as many opinions
as there are people. Quot homin¡s,
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tot sententiae. [As many people, so right: Where there’s a right, there’s
many opinions.] an obligation. Ubi i»s, ibi officium.
own: To each his own. Suum cuique.
pair: They make a pair. P§r bene road: The road to the stars is through
compar§tum. [A well matched pair.] the rough. Per aspera ad astra.
Patience is a cure for all pain. Cuiv¿s [Through the rough to the stars.]
dol«r¿ remedium est patientia.
peace/war: He who desires peace rock: Between a rock and a hard
should prepare for war. Qu¿ place. Inter sacrum saxumque.
d¡s¿derat p§cem praeparet bellum. [Between the altar and the sacrificial
peas: As like as two peas in a pod. knife.]
Tam similis quam lacte l§ct¿ est. [As
similar as milk is to milk.] Rome: When in Rome, do as the
plans: The best laid plans often go Romans do. C«nsuet»d« loc¿
awry. Bene c«git§ta saepe cecid¡runt observanda est. [The custom of the
male. [Well thought-out things have place must be observed.]
often turned out badly.]
please: You can’t please everbody. scratch: You scratch my back, and
Fr»str§ lab«rat qu¿ omnibus plac¡re I’ll scratch yours. Manus manum
studet. [He who tries to please lavat. [A hand washes a hand.]
everyone labors in vain.]
point: Carrying a point to extremes. scratch: To start over from scratch.
Reducti« ad absurdum. Ad carcer¡s § calce revoc§r¿. [To be
Pour oil on the flame. Oleum addere called back from the finish line to the
cam¿n«. [To add oil to the stove.] starting gate.]
Practice makes perfect. Exercit§ti«
optima magistra est. [Practice is the secret: If you want another to keep
best teacher.] your secret, keep it first yourself.
public: For the public good. Pr« bon« Alium sil¡re quod vol¡s, pr¿mus sil¡.
p»blic«.
punishment: Let the punishment fit Seeing is believing. Vid¡ et cr¡de. [See
the crime. Culpae (or noxiae) poena and believe.]
p§r est«.
Quality rather than quantity. N«n Self-love is blind. Caecus est amor su¿.
multa sed multum. [Not many things [Love of oneself is blind.]
but much.]
reap: You reap what you sow. Ut Shame on you! Pr« pudor! [For
sementem f¡ceris, ita met¡s. [As you shame.]
will have done the sowing, so you
shall reap.] Silence is consent. Qu¿ tacet, c«nsentit.
Repetition is the mother of studies. [He who is silent gives his consent.]
Repet¿ti« est m§ter studi«rum.
right: By what right? Qu« i»re? smoke: Where there’s smoke, there’s
fire. Flamma f»m« est proxima. [A
flame is next to smoke.]
sore spot: You’ve hit a sore spot.
Tangis ulcus. [You are touching a
sore.]
sow: As you sow, so shall you reap. Ut
s¡mentem f¡ceris, ita met¡s.
Speaking of the devil. Lupus in f§bul§
(or in serm«ne). [Wolf in the story
(or conversation).]
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stomach: You can’t study well on a tit: To give tit for tat. P§r par¿
full stomach. Pl¡nus venter n«n respond¡re. [To render like for like.]
studet libenter. [A full stomach does
not study well.] tongue: To have tongue in cheek.
Tacit« r¿d¡re n§s«. [To laugh with a
stomach: The stomach doesn’t have quiet nose.]
ears. (i.e., don’t preach to the
hungry.) Venter n«n habet aur¡s. treasure: Where your treasure is
there is also your heart. Ubi est
stone: A rolling stone gathers no thesaurus tuus, ibi est et cor tuum.
moss. Lapis vol»tus haud m»sc«
obd»citur. [A rolling stone does not Trust begets trust. Fid¡s facit fidem.
get covered with moss.] tune: You’re singing the same old
Strike the iron when it is hot. Ferrum, tune. Cantil¡nam eandem canis.
dum in igne candet, c»dendum est. [You’re singing the same refrain.]
[Iron must be struck while it glows in waste: You are wasting your time.
the fire.] Laterem cr»dum lav§s. [You are
washing an unbaked brick.]
surprised: Be surprised at nothing. wealth: Where there are friends,
N¿l m¿r§re. there are riches. Ubi am¿c¿, ibi
op¡s.
taste: You can’t argue about taste. D¡ welfare: The welfare of the people is
gustibus n«n disputandum est. [There the supreme law. Sal»s popul¿
should be no dispute about tastes.] supr¡ma est l¡x.
Well, the last of the Romans! Em,
tears: Nothing dries faster than tears. ultimus R«m§n«rum.
Lacrim§ nihil citius §r¡scit. Where there’s life there’s hope. Dum
anima est, sp¡s est. [As long as there
tea pot: To stir up a tempest in a tea is breath, there is hope.]
pot. Excit§re fl»ct»s in simpul«. [To Winning is everything. Vincere aut
stir up waves in a ladle.] mor¿. [To conquer or to die.]
wise: A word to the wise is sufficient.
Thank God. De« gr§ti§s. Dictum sapient¿ sat est.
tiger: I have a tiger by the tail. world: The world wants to be
deceived. Mundus vult d¡cip¿.
Auribus tene« lupum. [I have a wolf words: They went from words to
by the ears.] blows. × verb¿s ad verbera. [From
tiger: A tiger never changes his words to blows.]
stripes. Vulp¡s pilum m»tat, n«n wrong: One wrong does not excuse
m«r¡s. [The fox changes his fur, not another. Ini»ria n«n exc»sat
his character.] ini»riam.
Time brings all to light. Tempus omnia You’re getting in over your head.
rev¡lat. Magnum mare ingrederis. [You’re
Time flies. Tempus fugit. entering the great sea.]
Time will tell. Di¡s v¡rit§tem aperit.
[Time uncovers the truth.]
Times change, and we change with
them. Tempora m»tantur, n«s et
m»t§mur in ill¿s.
tip: It’s on the tip of my tongue.
Vers§tur mihi in pr¿m«ribus labr¿s.
[It’s on the edge of my lips.]
Appendix V: Computer Terms
address ¿nscr¿pti·« |«nis f ¡lectronica game l»s» comput§tr§lem l»d·« |ere
l»s¿
address book lib·er |r¿ m ¿nscr¿pti«num
¡lectronic§rum connect c«nect·« |ere c«nexu¿ c«nexus
attachment appendicul·a |ae f, connection connex·us |»s m
document·um |¿ n annexum copy s exempl·ar |§ris n
copy exemplar facere
boot up initi·« |§re |§v¿ syst¡ma crash intr corru·« |ere |¿
cursor curs·or |«ris m
booting-up initi§ti·« |«nis f syst¡matis cut and paste sec·« sec§re secu¿ et
browse (the Web) n§vig§re; (text gl»tin§re
documents) perl»str§re cyberspace cyberspati·um |¿ n
data dat·a |«rum npl
browser (Web viewer) n§vig§tr·um |¿ n; database dat«rum reposit«ri·um |¿ n
(viewer of text documents) DCD digit§lis compactus disc·us |¿ m
perl»str§tr·um |¿ n delete d¡l·e« d¡l¡re d¡l¡v¿ d¡l¡tus
button pl¡ctr·um |¿ n
byte oct¡t·us |¿ m
carbon copy exempl·ar |§ris n
carb«neum
CD compactus disc·us |¿ m desktop (on the screen) in quadr«
CD-ROM compactus disc·us |¿ m digital digit§l·is |is |e
opticus
directory plic§rum ind·ex |icis m
chip tal·us |¿ m
disk disc·us |¿ m; floppy disk discus
click tr d¡prim·« |ere d¡press¿; puls§re; flexibilis
left-click sinistr«rsum d¡primere;
right-click dextr«rsum d¡primere; disk drive disc«rum recept§cul·um |¿ n,
double-click bis d¡primere or bis ¿nstr»ment·um |¿ n disc¿s legend¿s
puls§re
diskette discul·us |¿ m
close concl»d·« |ere |¿ concl»sus download ex r¡te prehen·d« |dere |d¿
|sus (or exprom·« |ere |ps¿ |tus
command iuss·um |¿ n
drag trah·« |ere trax¿
compact disk (CD) compactus disc·us
|¿ m edit ¡d« ¡dere ¡did¿ ¡ditus
computer s comput§tr·um |¿ n, electronic ¡lectronic·us |a |um
«rdin§tr·um |¿ n
e-mail s litter·ae |§rum fpl ¡lectronicae;
computer adj comput§tr§l·is |is |e, (the system) curs·us |»s m
«rdin§tr§l·is |is |e ¡lectr«nicus
computer game l»s·us |»s m e-mail tr (ad aliquem) litter§s
comput§tr§lis; to play a computer ¡lectronic§s mittere
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e-mail address ¿nscr¿pti·« |«nis f list (mailing list) grex, gregis m
¡lectronica (interr¡ti§lis)
enter tr in comput§trum refer« referre list owner gregis moder§·tor |t«ris m
retul¿ rel§tus (·tr¿x |tr¿cis f)
file document·um |¿ n log in intr in·e« |¿re |¿v¿ or |i¿ init»rus
folder coöpercul·um |¿ n log out intr ex·e« |¿re |¿v¿ or i¿ exit»rus
font typ·us |¿ m magnetic magn¡tic·us |a |um
format s form·a |ae f mail litter·ae |§rum fpl ¡lectronicae,
epistul·a |ae f ¡lectronica
format tr (discum) c«nform§re
memory memori·a |ae f
forward (e-mail letter) d¡fer·« d¡ferre
d¡tul¿ d¡l§tus menu iuss«rum tabell·a |ae f
garbage in, garbage out ex quisquili¿s message n»nti·us |¿ m
fiunt quisquiliae
modem tr§nsmodul§tr·um |¿ n
hacker plagi§ri·us |¿ m (·a |ae f)
¡lectronic·us (-a), effr§ct§ri·us |¿ m monitor monit«ri·um |¿ n, caps·a |ae f
(·a |ae f) ¡lectronic·us (-a) comput§tr§lis
hard drive d»ra stati·« |«nis f mouse m»scul·us |¿ m, m»s, m»ris m
hardware appar§t·us |»s m mouse clicker m»ris puls§bul·um |¿ n
comput§tr§lis
net r¡t·e |is n
home page p§gin·a |ae f domestica
open aper·i« |¿re |u¿ |tus
hypertext adj hypertextu§l·is |is |e
operating system syst¡m·a |atis n
hypertext s hypertext·us |»s m internum
icon ¿c«n, ¿conis f output exit·us |»s m
input s init·us |»s m; input and output password tesser·a |ae f
(dat«rum) initus exitusque
personal computer comput§tr·um |¿ n
install ¿nstru·« ¿nstruere ¿nstrux¿ domesticum
¿nstructus
pointer (m»ris) ind·ex |icis m
internet s interr¡t·e |is n
port port·us |»s m
internet adj interr¡ti§l·is |is |e
print typ¿s imprim·« |ere impress¿
joystick vect·is |is m, vectul·us |¿ m impressus
key malleol· us |¿ m, pl¡ctr·um |¿ n printer machin·a |ae f typographica,
impress«ri·um |¿ n
keyboard pl¡ctrologi·um |¿ n, «rd·«
|inis m pl¡ctr«rum processor ¡dit«ri·um |¿ n
laptop comput§trul·um |¿ n portabile program s programm·a |atis n
link tr c«nect·« |ere c«nexu¿ c«nexus program tr programm·« |§re |§v¿ |§tus
link s c«nex·us |»s m programmer programm§·tor |t«ris m
(·tr¿x |¿cis f)
linker c«nectr·um |¿ n
prompt monit·us |»s m
linking s c«nexi·« |«nis f
RAM memori·a |ae f vol§tilis
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reboot rediniti§re subscribe subscr¿b·« |ere subscr¿ps¿
reply respond·e« |¡re |¿ terminal termin§l·e |is n
ROM memori·a |ae f fixa text text·us |»s m
run tr to run a program programma thread seri·¡s |¡¿ f epistul§rum
administr§re ¶ intr oper·or |§r¿ |§tus ¡lectronic§rum
sum; the program is running toolbar ¿nstr»ment«rum tabell·a |ae f
programma oper§tur tools ¿nstr»ment·a |«rum npl
save serv§re turn off exstin·gu« |gere |x¿ |tus
scan scan·d« |dere |d¿ |sus turn on excit§re
scanner sc§ns«ri·um |¿ n type dactylograph§re
screen quadr·um |¿ n v¿s¿ficum unsubscribe cess§re
scroll down d¡volv·« |ere |¿ URL Ûnivers§le R¡rum Loc§tr·um |¿ n,
send mitt·« |ere m¿s¿ missus
shut down claud·« |ere claus¿ clausus ¿nscr¿pti·« |«nis interr¡ti§lis
software part·¡s |ium fpl web site sit·us |»s m interr¡ti§lis
programm§ti«nis window fenestell·a |ae f
spam sag¿n§ti·« |«nis word processor programm·a |atis n
speaker megaph«ni·um |¿ n
spread sheet chart·a |ae f comput§t¿va ¡dit«rium
string ser·i¡s |¡¿ f World Wide Web (WWW) T¡l·a |ae f
subdirectory plic§rum subind·ex |icis
m T«t¿us Terrae (TTT)
write comp«n·« |ere composu¿
compositus; to write a program
programma comp«nere
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Appendix VI: Cant»s Lat¿n¿
Latin Songs
Ecce Caesar ______________________________________
(Clementine or Ode to Joy)
1. Ecce Caesar nunc triumphat qu¿ sub¡git Galliam
C¿viumque multit»d« celebrat vict«riam.
Chorus:
G§ius I»lius Caesar noster, imper§tor, pontifex,
Pr¿mum praetor, deinde c«nsul, nunc dict§tor, moxque r¡x.
2. En vict«r¡s pr«c¡dent¡s, laet¿ fl«ribus nov¿s,
Magn§ praed§ sunt pot¿t¿ et capt¿v¿s pl»rim¿s.
3. Exsultant¡s magn§ v«ce ‘i« triumphe’ concinunt,
Dum aur§tum ante currum victae urb¡s pr«c¡dunt.
4. Legi«n¡s Viam Sacram t«tam complent strepit»,
Capit«l¿numque collem scandit Caesar in curr».
5. ø s«l pulcher, « laudande, Caesarem rec¡pimus,
et cor«n§ triumph§l¿ hon«r§tum v¿dimus.
Gaude§mus igitur _________________________________
Gaude§mus igitur, iuven¡s dum V¿ta nostra brevis est, brev¿ f¿ni¡tur;
sumus (2) (2)
Post i»cundam iuvent»tem, Venit mors vel«citer,
Post molestam senect»tem Rapit n«s atr«citer
N«s hab¡bit humus, N¡min¿ parc¡tur,
N«s hab¡bit humus. N¡min¿ parc¡tur.
Ubi sunt qu¿ ante n«s in mund« V¿vat acad¡mia, v¿vant pr«fess«r¡s,
fu¡re? (2) (2)
Tr§nse§s ad super«s, V¿vat membrum quodlibet,
abe§s ad ¿nfer«s, V¿vant membra quaelibet;
qu«s s¿ v¿s vid¡re, Semper sint in fl«re,
qu«s s¿ v¿s vid¡re. Semper sint in fl«re.
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V¿vat et r¡s p»blica, et qu¿ illam
regit (2)
V¿vat nostra c¿vit§s,
Maec¡n§tum c§rit§s,
quae n«s h¿c pr«tegit,
quae n«s h¿c pr«tegit.
T¡, can«, Patria ___________________________________
(America)
T¡ can«, patria, candida l¿bera, t¡ referet.
Portus et exulum, et tumulus senum
L¿bera montium v«x resonet.
Battle Hymn of the Republic ________________________
Advenientis domin¿ c«nspex¿ gl«riam;
‡r§rum »v§s conter¡ns calcat v¿nd¡miam;
Êv§g¿n§vit fulguris f§t§lis l§minam;
Inc¡dit v¡rit§s.
Gl«ria, gl«ria, allel»ia! Gl«ria, gl«ria allel»ia!
Gl«ria, gl«ria allel»ia! Inc¡dit v¡rit§s.
T» es S«l meus ___________________________________
(You are my Sunshine)
T» es s«l meus, s«l s«lus meus, T» es s«l meus, s«l s«lus meus,
Laetific§s m¡ cum n»b¡s sunt. Laetific§s m¡ cum n»b¡s sunt.
ø numquam sci¡s quantum t¡ ø numquam sci¡s quantum t¡
amem, amem,
N«l¿, s¿s, auferre s«lem. N«l¿, s¿s, auferre s«lem.
T¡ semper am§b(«) et laetific§b«,
S¿ modo eris similis.
Sed s¿ m¡ linquis et aliam am§s,
Paenit¡bit t¡ «lim.
D¿l¡cta est tr§ns øceanum __________________________
(My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)
D¿l¡cta est tr§ns «ceanum, Refrain:
N«n est iam d¿lecta dom¿! Refer, refer,
D¿l¡cta est tr§ns «ceanum O refer d¿l¡ctam ad m¡, ad m¡
Refer d¿lectam ad m¡. Refer, refer,
O refer d¿l¡ctam ad me.
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Domus in Pr§t« ___________________________________
(Home on the Range)
D§ m¿ domum ubi »r¿ errant, Chorus:
Ubi cerv¿ et dorc¿ l»dunt; Domus in pr§t«
Et r§r« aud¿s verbum incommodum Ubi cerv¿ et dorc¿ l»dunt;
Et n»bila caela n«n sunt. Et r§r« aud¿s verbum incommodum
Et n»bila caela n«n sunt.
Penitus in Corde Texae ____________________________
(Deep in the Heart of Texas)
Noct» stellae M¡ memorant
Magnae, cl§rae Quem eg(o) am«
Penitus in corde Texae. Penitus in corde Texae.
Pr§t¿ caelum Salvia fl«r¡ns
L§tum, altum Est unguentum,
Penitus in corde Texae. Penitus in corde Texae.
Fl§va Rosa Texiae_________________________________
(The Yellow Rose of Texas)
1. Est fl§va Rosa Texae 2. Ubi Fl»men Magnum fluit,
‡b« ut videam Stellae l»cent cl§rae,
N»llus cogn«scit eam Per fl»men vad¡b§mus
N¡m«, s«lum ego. Qui¡t§ noct(e) aest¿v§.
S¿c fl¡vit cum ab¿v¿ Inquit: “S¿ meminist¿,
Cor paene frang¡bat Ut «lim discessimus,
S¿ iterum co¿bimus Pr«m¿st¿ t» red¿re
Numquam ab¿bimus. Nec s¿c m¡ linquere.
Chorus:
Dulcissim(a) est rosella
Quam Texas al¡bat,
Ocl¿ ut diamant¡s
Micant s¿cut¿ ros.
D¿c§s d¡ Cl¡ment¿n§,
Cant¡s Rosaliam,
Sed Fl§va Rosa Texae
Est »nica mihi.
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Auld Lang Syne __________________________________
1. Sod§lit§tis veteris c»r immemor er«?
C»r temporis praeterit¿ fiet obl¿vi«?
Chorus:
Ob aevum iam praeteritum, praeteritum di»,
N«s p«culum pl¡nissimum s»m¡mus nunc man».
2. Tum dextra dextrum implicet, « v«x f¿dissim¿;
Pr«lix¡ prolu§mus n«s fl»minibus v¿n¿.
Happy Birthday to You ____________________________
F¡l¿x n§t§lis tibi,
F¡l¿x n§t§lis tibi,
F¡licissimus di¡s
N§t§lis tibi!
N.B. For additional Latin songs, see Latine Cantemus, Franz Schlosser, Bolchazy-
Carducci Publisher, Inc., ISBN 0-86516-315-4
General Vocabulary
N.B. to the best of my ability pr« me§
This General Vocabulary is a compilation parte
of the topical vocabularies in the chap- ablative adj abl§t¿v·us |a |um; ablative
ters. For a more complete resource, case c§s·us |»s m abl§t¿vus,
consult Traupman, Latin Dictionary, abl§t¿v·us |¿ m; in the ablative case
Amsco, N.Y. c§s» abl§t¿v«
The principal parts of the following able: be able to possum posse potu¿ (+
commonly occurring verbs are not inf), que« qu¿re qu¿v¿ or qui¿ (+ inf)
provided in the vocabulary: abounding in abund·§ns |antis (+ abl)
accipi« accipere acc¡p¿ acceptus
ag« agere ¡g¿ §ctus about (approximately) circiter, fer¡;
(concerning) d¡ (+ abl)
d« dare ded¿ datus
d¿c« d¿cere d¿x¿ dictus above supr§ (+ acc); be above (e.g.,
bribery) indign·or |§r¿ |§tus sum (+
d»c« d»cere d»x¿ ductus acc)
faci« facere f¡c¿ factus abroad: from abroad extr¿nsec·us |a
habe« hab¡re habu¿ habitus |um; go abroad, live abroad, travel
l»d« l»dere l»s¿ l»sus abroad peregr¿n·or |§r¿
sum esse fu¿ fut»rus
veni« ven¿re v¡n¿ ventum absence: in my absence m¡ absente
A absent abs·¡ns |entis; be absent absum
abesse §fu¿ §fut»rus; be absent
A: she explained everything to me without leave ad comme§t»s diem
from A to Z ab aci§ et ac» mihi n«n adsum adesse adfu¿
omnia exposuit
absentee abs·¡ns |entis mf
abbreviate brevi§re, imminu·« |ere |¿
immin»tus absolutely omn¿n«, pr«rsus; absolutely
nothing nihil pr«rsus
abbreviation not·a |ae f (compendi§ria)
abstract noun s appell§ti·« |«nis f (ut
ABC’s pr¿m·ae litter·ae |§rum fpl; know “bonit§s” goodness)
one’s ABC’s litter§s sci« sc¿re sc¿v¿
absurd absurd·us |a |um
abdomen ven·ter |tris m
abusive maledic·us |a |um
ability facult·§s |§tis f; ability to read
and write legend¿ scr¿bend¿que academy acad¡mi·a |ae f
facult§s; natural ability ingeni·um |¿
n; speaking ability d¿cend¿ facult§s; accent s accent·us |»s m; place the
accent on a syllable accentum in
syllab§ p«n·« |ere posu¿ positus
accent mark ap·ex |icis m
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accident c§s·us |»s m; calamit·§s |§tis f across tr§ns (+ acc); across from ex
(autoc¿n¡tica) advers« (+ gen), exadversum (+ acc)
accidentally c§s», fortu¿t« act intr ag·« |ere ¡g¿ §ctus; act as a
friend am¿cum agere; (behave) act
accommodations hospiti·um |¿ n badly s¡ turpiter ger·« |ere gess¿
accomplish c«nfic·i« |ere c«nf¡c¿ active ala·cer |cris |cre; (gram) §ct¿v·us
c«nfectus |a |um; active service: be on active
service st¿pendia facere; active verb
accomplished ¡rud¿tus |a |um verbum agend¿ or ag¡ns or §ct¿vum;
active voice gen·us |eris n §ct¿vum;
according to secundum (+ acc) be active in vers·or |§r¿ |§tus sum in
(+ abl)
accordion harmonic·a |ae f d¿ductilis
actor histri·« |«nis m, §ct·or |«ris m
account rati·« |«nis f; audit accounts
rati«n¡s dispun·g« |gere |x¿ |ctus; actress §ctr·¿x |¿cis f
balance accounts rati«n¡s c«nfer«
c«nferre contul¿ coll§tus; the account acute (illness) ac»t·us |a |um
balances rati« c«nstat
ad praec«ni·um |¿ n
accountant rati«cin§t·or |«ris m,
rati«cin§tr·¿x |¿cis f Adam’s apple p«m·um |¿ n Ad§m¿;
n«d·us |¿ m gutturis
account books tabul·ae |§rum fpl
(accept¿ et exp¡ns¿) add (to) adic·i« |ere adi¡c¿ adiectus (+
dat)
accounting c«nfecti·« |«nis f tabul§rum;
keep (accounting) books tabul§s adding machine m§chin·a |ae f
c«nfic·i« |ere c«nf¡c¿ c«nfectus additi«n§lis
accusation acc»s§ti·« |«nis f addition: in addition acc¡dit quod (+
indic)
accuse acc»s§re (with acc of person and
gen or d¡ + abl of the charge); address s ¿nscr¿pti·« |«nis f cursu§lis;
argu·« |ere |¿ (with acc of the person (comput) ¿nscr¿pti« ¡lectronica
and gen of the charge); accuse s.o.
of a capital offense aliquem re¿ address tr adloqu·or |¿ adloc»tus sum;
capit§lis re·um (-am) facere (a letter) ¿nscr¿b·« |ere ¿nscr¿ps¿
inscr¿ptus; a letter addressed to you
ache intr dol·e« |¡re |u¿; I ache all over epistula tibi ¿nscr¿pta
t«tus (-a) dole«
address book (comput) lib·er |br¿ m
ache s dol·or |«ris m; have a headache ¿nscr¿pti«num (¡lectronic§rum)
§ capite lab«r§re; have a toothache §
dente lab«r§re adhesive gl»t·en |inis n; adhesive tape
taeni·a |ae f adhaes¿va
acquit (of) absolv·« |ere |¿ absol»tus (d¡
+ abl; more rarely w. gen); acquit adjacent to contermin·us |a |um (+ dat)
s.o. of a capital crime aliquem
capitis absolvere adjectival adj adiect¿v§l·is |is |e
acquittal absol»ti·« |«nis f adjective s adiect¿v·um |¿ n
acrobat petaurist§ri·us |¿ m (·a |ae f) adjoin adiung·or |¿ adi»nctus sum (+
dat)
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adjoining i»nct·us |a |um; adjoining aedile aed¿l·is |is m
rooms i»ncta cubicula
aedileship aed¿lit·§s |§tis f
adjourn ampli§re
affable aff§bil·is |is |e
administration administr§ti·« |«nis f
affair r¡s, r¡¿ f; have an affair with s.o.
admirable adm¿r§bil·is |is |e c«nsuet»dinem cum aliqu« hab¡re
admiration adm¿r§ti·« |«nis f affected affect§t·us |a |um
admission ticket tesser·a |ae f aditi§lis affection am·or |«ris m
adopt adopt§re affectionate am·§ns |antis
adoptive daughter f¿li·a |ae f adopt¿va afraid form¿dul«s·us |a |um; afraid of
timid·us |a |um (+ gen); be afraid
adoptive son f¿li·us |¿ m adopt¿vus (of) tim·e« |¡re |u¿ (+ acc), metu«
metuere metu¿; I am afraid that …
adore ad«r§re ver·eor |¡r¿ veritus sum n¡ … ; what
are you afraid of? quid est quod
Adriatic Hadri§ticum mar·e |is n metuis?
adult adj adult·us |a |um, grand·is |is |e after conj postquam (+ indic)
adult s adultus hom·« |inis m; (not after prep post (+ acc); (immediately
including aged persons) p»b·¡s |is mf after) ¡ or ex (+ abl), d¡ (+ abl);
after all r¡ v¡r§; after this post h§c;
advantage bon·um |¿ n; be of after that deinde, subinde; be after
advantage (to) pr«sum pr«desse s.o. (romantically) aliquem pet·« |ere
pr«fu¿ (+ dat); derive great |¿v¿; immediately after statim § or
advantage from multum commodum ab (+ abl)
ex aliqu§ r¡ capere; take advantage
of s.o.’s ignorance alicuius afternoon temp·us |oris n
ignorantiam sibi quaestu¿ hab¡re; postmer¿di§num; in the afternoon
take advantage of the opportunity postmer¿di¡, post mer¿diem; this
occ§si«nem nanc¿sc·or |¿ n§nctus afternoon hodi¡ post mer¿diem
sum; to whose advantage was it
(that …)? cui bon« fuit (+ acc w. afterwards poste§
inf)?
again iterum, r»rsus; again and again
adverb adverbi·um |¿ n identidem, etiam atque etiam
adverbial adverbi§l·is |is |e age aet·§s |§tis f; at age fifteen
decimum qu¿ntum annum ag·¡ns
advertise pr«scr¿b·« |ere pr«scr¿ps¿ |entis; he is under twenty years of
pr«scr¿ptus age minor v¿gint¿ ann«rum est; she
was ten years of age erat decem
advertisement praec«ni·um |¿ n; ann«s n§ta
(poster) pr«scr¿pti·« |«nis f
aged ann«s·us |a |um, longaev·us |a
advice c«nsili·um |¿ n; good advice |um
r¡ctum c«nsilium; I will take your
advice on the matter c«nsilium agile agil·is |is |e
tuum ill¿us re¿ capiam; on your
advice t¡ auct«re; sound advice ago (prepositive) abhinc, e.g., ten years
v¡rum c«nsilium ago abhinc decem ann«s; a short
advise su§d·e« |¡re su§s¿ (+ dat)
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while ago paul« ante; how long ago? all omn·is |is |e; all along: I knew all
quam pr¿dem?; long ago iamd»dum, along »sque ab initi« sc¿v¿; all but
iampr¿dem; not so long ago haud ita propemodum: I have all but given
pr¿dem; sometime ago pr¿dem up hope propemodum spem d¡m¿s¿;
d»dum all in all pr«rsus; in all omn¿n«; all
over the world ub¿que terr§rum; all
agree (with) c«nsent·i« |¿re c«ns¡ns¿ right quidem, licet; it’s all right
c«ns¡nsus (cum + abl) r¡ct¡ est; bene habet; all the same
(anyhow) nihil« s¡tius; all’s well
agreeable commod·us |a |um, gr§t·us |a salva r¡s est; all the way from »sque
|um ab (+ abl); it’s all over! §ctum est!;
all there: are you quite all there?
agreement foed·us |eris n; according to satisne s§nus (-a) es?; all too late
the terms of the agreement ex immo iam s¡r«
foedere
allegation ¿nsimul§ti·« |«nis f
aha! attat!
allege argu·« |ere |¿ arg»tus
ahead: go ahead, tell me! Agedum, d¿c
mihi!; ahead of time ante tempus alley angiport·um |¿ n
ail: what ails you? quid tibi est? alliance foed·us |eris n, societ·§s |§tis f;
conclude an alliance with foedus
ailment mal·um |¿ n ¿c·« |ere |¿ |tus cum (+ abl); form an
alliance with societ§tem facere cum
airbag §erius foll·is |is m (+ abl)
air conditioner ¿nstr»ment·um |¿ n §ër¿ alluring illecebr«s·us |a |um
temperand«
almond amygdal·um |¿ n
aircraft carrier n§v·is |is f
§ëroplan¿gera almost paene, fer¡ (postpositive); almost
like paene quasi
airline tr§m·es |itis m §erius
alone s«l·us |a |um
airplane §ëroplan·um |¿ n
along per (+ acc), secundum (+ acc);
airport §ëroport·us |»s m along with »n§ cum (+ abl); I knew
all along iam inde § pr¿ncipi« sc¿v¿
air pressure pressi·« |«nis f §eria
aloud cl§r¡; read aloud cl§r¡ leg·« |ere
alarm suscit§bul·um |¿ n; (terror) l¡g¿ l¡ctus
pav·or |«ris m; set the alarm for
(six o’clock) obicem ad (h«ram alphabet s alphab¡t·um |¿ n, pr¿m·ae
sextam) ¿nf¿g·« |ere ¿nf¿x¿ ¿nf¿xus; litter·ae |§rum fpl, element·a |«rum
the alarm went off suscit§bulum npl
sonuit
Alpine Alp¿n·us |a |um; Alpine chain
alarm clock h«rologi·um |¿ n Alpium iug·a |«rum npl
suscit§t«rium
Alps Alp·¡s |ium fpl
alcohol alcohol |is n
already iam
alcoholic alcoholic·us |a |um
alright licet
alert §·cer |cris |cre
also etiam
alibi absentiae arg»ment·um |¿ n
alimony alim«ni·um |¿ n
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alternating current fluent·um |¿ n anklet periscel·is |idis f
alternum
anniversary f¡stus di·¡s |¡¿ m
although quamquam (+ indic); quamv¿s annivers§rius
(+ subj), cum (+ subj)
announcer ann»nti§·tor |t«ris m (·tr¿x
always semper |¿cis f)
ambassador leg§t·us |¿ m (·a |ae f) annoy male hab¡re; this annoys me hoc
m¡ male habet
ambition ambiti·« |«nis f
annoyance molesti·a |ae f
ambitious ambiti«s·us |a |um
annoyed: be annoyed at molest¡ fer«
ambulance arcer·a |ae f, autoarcer·a ferre tul¿
|ae f
answer s resp«ns·um |¿ n; give s.o. an
America Americ·a |ae f; North answer alicui resp«nsum red·d«
America America Septentri«n§lis; |dere |did¿ |ditus
South America America Mer¿di§na
answer tr (in both speaking and writing:
American Americ§n·us |a |um with dat of person and ad + acc of
the thing) respon·de« |d¡re |d¿ |sum;
amount: it amounts to the same thing answer a letter ad litter§s rescr¿b·«
tantundem est |ere rescr¿ps¿; answer in complete
sentences t«t¿s sententi¿s respond¡re;
amphitheater amphithe§tr·um |¿ n answer a question ad interrog§tum
respond¡re; I’ll answer you point by
amplifier amplific§tr·um |¿ n point tibi respond¡b« (in writing:
rescr¿bam) ad singula; now I’ll
amuse oblect§re; amuse oneself s¡ answer your questions nunc
oblect§re respond¡b« ad ea quae rog§vist¿;
that’s not an answer to my
amusement: for one’s amusement question aliud t¡ rog«
anim¿ caus§
answering machine resp«nstr·um |¿ n
amusement park hort·¿ |«rum mpl t¡leph«nicum
p»blic¿ oblect§ri¿
ant form¿c·a |ae f
anchor (anchor person) n»nti§·tor |t«ris
m (·tr¿x |tr¿cis f) antagonistic ¿nfest·us |a |um
and et, atque; and so itaque; and so antecedent s n«m·en |inis n antec¡d¡ns
forth et perinde, et c¡tera
antelope bubul·us |¿ m, tarandr·us |¿ m
anger ¿r·a |ae f
antepenult s antepaenultima syllab·a
angry (at) ¿r§t·us |a |um (+ dat); be |ae f
angry (at) succ¡ns·e« |¡re |u¿ (+
dat); get angry with ¿r§sc·or |§r¿ (+ anthropologist anthr«polog·us |¿ m (·a
dat); he did nothing for you to be |ae f)
angry at nihil f¡cit quod succ¡nse§s
anthropology anthr«pologi·a |ae f
anguish ang·or |«ris m
antiquity: in antiquity ant¿quitus [adv]
animal anim·al |§lis n; wild animal
fer·a |ae f
ankle tal·us |¿ m
ankle-length t§l§r·is |is |e
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anxiety anxiet·§s |§tis f; anxiety about appetizer gust§ti·« |«nis f
c»r·a |ae f (+ gen)
apple m§l·um |¿ n
anxious anxi·us |a |um
applecart: upset the applecart
anxiously anxi¡ plaustrum percell·« |ere percul¿
anyhow (just the same) nec e« s¡tius; (in apple pie m§la npl in crust« cocta
any event) utique
apple polisher adul§t·or |«ris m,
anyone quispiam (gen: c»iuspiam); if adul§tr·¿x |¿cis f
anyone s¿ quis
apply (a remedy) adhib·e« |¡re |u¿ |itus;
anything else aliquid amplius, quicquam apply oneself to s¡ c«nfer·« c«nferre
aliud contul¿ (+ dat or ad + acc)
apartment diaet·a |ae f, c¡n§cul·um |¿ appointment: have an appointment
n; furnished apartment diaeta omn¿ with c«nstit»tum hab¡re cum (+ abl);
supellectile ¿nstructa keep an appointment ad c«nstit»tum
ven¿re
apartment building ¿nsul·a |ae f
appreciate: I appreciate your kindness
apathetic d¡s·es |idis beneficium tuum tueor tu¡r¿ tuitus
sum
ape s¿mi·us |¿ m, s¿mi·a |ae f
apricot armeniac·um |¿ n
Apennines, Apennine Range
Apenn¿nus m«n·s |tis m April m¡ns·is |is m Apr¿l·is; in April
m¡nse Apr¿l¿
apologize (for) s¡ exc»s§re (d¡ + abl); I
apologize to you m¡ tibi exc»s« apron sublig·ar |§ris n
apology: please accept my apologies aqueduct aquaeduct·us |»s m
quaes«, accipe exc»s§ti«n¡s
archeologist archaeolog·us |¿ m (·a |ae
apparently ut vid¡tur f); the archeologists excavated this
site archaeolog¿ hunc situm
appeal s (attractiveness) su§vit·§s |§tis excav¡runt
f; (legal) appell§ti·« |«nis f; allow an
appeal appell§ti«nem admitt·« |ere archeology archaeologi·a |ae f
adm¿s¿ admissus; disallow an appeal
appell§ti«nem improb§re archery sagitt§ti·« |«nis f (see Chapter
V)
appeal tr (to) appell§re (ad + acc)
architect architect·us |¿ m
appear app§r·e« |¡re |u¿; (seem) vid·eor
|¡r¿ v¿sus sum architecture architect»r·a |ae f
appendicitis appendic¿t·is |idis f Ardea Arde·a |ae f
appendix (of a book; of the body) area tract·us |»s m
append·ix |icis f
area code (t¡leph«nicus) numer·us |¿ m
appetite (cib¿) appetenti·a |ae f, (cib¿) prael¡ct«rius
appet¿ti·« |«nis f; lack of appetite
inedi·a |ae f; give s.o. a good arena ar¡n·a |ae f
appetite alicui (cib¿) appetentiam
excit§re or facere Argiletum Arg¿l¡t·um |¿ n (a district of
Rome extending from the base of the
Quirinal to the Capitoline and chiefly
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inhabited by booksellers and arrive adven·i« |¿re adv¡n¿ adventum;
mechanics) arrive at perven·i« |¿re perv¡n¿
perventum (ad or in + acc)
argue arg»ment·or |§r¿; (to wrangle)
alterc·or |§r¿; stop arguing! d¡sine arrogance arroganti·a |ae f
(pl: d¡sinite) alterc§r¿!
arrogant arrog·§ns |antis
argument alterc§ti·« |«nis f; get into an
argument in l¿tem ambiguam artery art¡ri·a |ae f
d¡scend·« |ere |¿; put up an
argument rec»s§re art gallery pinacoth¡c·a |ae f
aristocracy n«bilit·§s |§tis f, optim§t·¡s arthritis arthr¿t·is |idis f; articul§ris
|ium mpl morb·us |¿ m
arm s bracchi·um |¿ n; (upper) lacert·us artichoke cinar·a |ae f
|¿ m (see arms)
article s (in newspaper or magazine)
arm tr arm§re comment§riol·us |¿ m, comment§ti·«
|«nis f; (clause in a law, treaty)
armaments appar§t·us |»s m bell¿ cap·ut |itis n; (gram) articul·us |¿ m
(rarely pl of appar§tus) (hic haec hoc, normally
demonstrative, serve as articles only
armchair sell·a |ae f bracchi§ta in declensions); definite (indefinite)
article f¿n¿tus (¿nfin¿tus) articulus
armed arm§t·us |a |um; be armed in
arm¿s esse articulate adj disert·us |a |um
armpit §l·a |ae f, axill·a |ae f articulate tr articul§re
arms: arm·a |«rum npl; arms race artillery torment·a |«rum npl
arm«rum cert§m·en |inis n; be under
arms in arm¿s esse; by force of arms artist artif·ex |icis m
v¿ et arm¿s; lay down arms ab arm¿s
disc¡d·« |ere discess¿; take up arms as adv s¿cut, ut; as far as (up to) »sque
arma capere ad (+ acc); as far as (e.g. I am
concerned) quoad; as far as I know
army exercit·us |»s m; join the army quod sci«; as for instance ut put§; as
ad m¿litiam ¿re; raise an army long as quamdi»; as often as
exercitum compar§re quoti¡scumque; as soon as cum
pr¿mum; as soon as possible quam
around circ§, circiter (+ acc), d¡ (+ pr¿mum; as well as atque; as yet
abl); around midnight d¡ medi§ adh»c
nocte; around noon circiter
mer¿diem ashamed: I’m ashamed of it m¡ pudet
eius; I’m ashamed to say m¡ pudet
arouse (feelings) exagit§re, suscit§re; d¿cere
arouse suspicion suspici«nem
mov·e« |¡re m«v¿ m«tus; arouse ask rog§re, pet·« |ere pet¿v¿ pet¿tus; (for
from sleep ¡ somn« excit§re information) quaer« quaerere
quaes¿v¿ quaes¿tus; ask about
arrest s preh¡nsi·« |«nis f (someone, something) d¡ (aliqu«)
rog§re; ask a few questions pauca
arrest tr prehen·d« |dere |d¿ |sus quaerere; ask further questions
quaerere ultr§; ask s.o. s.th. aliquem
arrival advent·us |»s m
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aliquid rog§re; ask s.o. for s.th. ab N«n cor omn¿n« hab¡s; at least
aliqu« aliquid rog§re; ask the utique; at most summum; at once
teacher (student) a question continu«, moment«; at the house of
docentem (discentem) interrog§re; apud (+ acc)
ask the price of an item mercis
pretium inqu¿r·« |ere inqu¿s¿v¿ Athens Ath¡n·ae |§rum fpl
inqu¿s¿tus; ask this question hoc
quaerere; he asked me whether athlete §thl¡t·a |ae m, §thl¡tri·a |ae f;
quaes¿vit § m¡ (or d¡ m¡ or ex m¡) like an athlete §thl¡tic¡
num; he asked you a question ille t¡
interrog§vit; I want to ask you this athletic §thl¡tic·us |a |um; athletic
hoc t¡ rog§re vol«; why do you ask competition §thl¡t§rum cert§m·en
me that? quid m¡ istud rog§s? |inis n
asparagus asparag·us |¿ m athletics §thl¡tic·a |ae f
assault s v¿s f (acc: vim; abl: v¿); accuse Atlantic Atlantic·us |a |um; Atlantic
s.o. of assault (and battery) aliquem Ocean Atlanticus «cean·us |¿ m,
d¡ v¿ (et man») acc»s§re; commit Atlanticum mar·e |is n
assault against vim facere in (+ acc)
atrium §tri·um |¿ n
assault tr vim facere in (+ acc)
atrocious atr·«x |«cis
assembly concili·um |¿ n
attack s (of illness) impet·us |»s m,
assign assign§re accessi·« |«nis f; (verbal) pet¿ti·«
|«nis f; (mil) oppugn§ti·« |«nis f
assignment p¡ns·um |¿ n; (written)
praescr¿pt·um |¿ n; do the attack tr oppugn§re, adorior ador¿r¿
assignment p¡nsum (or adortus sum; (verbally) impugn§re;
praescr¿ptum) per·ig« |igere |¡g¿ (of a disease) occup§re
|§ctum
attend tr (to be present at) inter·sum
assistant assist·¡ns |entis mf |esse |fu¿ (+ dat); (school)
frequent§re ¶ intr attend to operam
assistant principal see principal dare (+ dat); I’ll certainly attend to
it dab« equidem operam
associate soci·us |¿ m (·a |ae f)
attention (anim¿) attenti·« |«nis f; pay
asthma asthm·a |atis n attention animum atten·d« |dere |d¿
|tus; pay attention! attende! (pl:
astrologer astrolog·us |¿ m attendite!) or animum attende! (pl:
anim«s attendite!); pay attention to
astrology astrologi·a |ae f what I am saying! dict¿s me¿s
attende! (pl: attendite!)
astronaut astronaut·a |ae m,
astronautri·a |ae f attentive attent·us |a |um, ¡r¡ct·us |a
|um
astronomer astrolog·us |¿ m
attic subt¡gul§ne·um |¿ n
astronomy astronomi·a |ae f, astrologi·a
|ae f attitude gest·us |»s m; I don’t like your
attitude gestus tuus mihi displicet
astute ast»t·us |a |um
attorney cognit·or |«ris m, cognitr·¿x
at apud (+ acc); at all pr«rsum, omn¿n«: |¿cis f; appoint an attorney to s.o.
you have no common sense at all
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cognit«rem alicui adscr¿b·« |ere B
adscr¿ps¿ adscr¿ptus
baby ¿nf·§ns |antis mf
attract concili§re, trah·« |ere trax¿
tractus baby carriage ch¿ramaxi·um |¿ n
attractive lepid·us |a |um; ( esp. in back s terg·um |¿ n; back of the
looks) speci«s·us |a |um, venust·us classroom posterior par·s |tis f
|a |um concl§vis schol§ris; back of the head
occipiti·um |¿ n; get off my back!
audiocasette ph«nocas¡t·a |ae f apage t¡ § dors« me«!
audiotape ph«notaeni·a |ae f back tr fav·e« |¡re f§v¿ faut»rus (+ dat)
audiovisual aid aud¿v¿sificum back door post¿c·um |¿ n
subsidi·um |¿ n
backhand (tennis) ¿ct·us |»s m inversus
August m¡ns·is |is m Augustus; in
August m¡nse August« backpack mantic·a |ae f
aunt (father’s side) amit·a |ae f; back seat s¡d·¡s |is f posterior
(mother’s side) m§terter·a |ae f
backside (anat) cl»n·¡s |ium mpl, nat·¡s
austere asp·er |era |erum, aust¡r·us |a |ium fpl; (facetiously) post¿c·um |¿ n
|um
backstroke nat§ti·« |«nis f resup¿na
author auct·or |«ris m, auctr·¿x |¿cis f;
(writer) scr¿p·tor |t«ris m (·tr¿x |tr¿cis backward (mentally) lent·us |a |um
f); classical author classicus scr¿ptor
backwards retr«
automobile autoraed·a |ae f, auto-
c¿n¡t·um |¿ n [used interchangeably] bacon lard·um |¿ n
available: be available praest« [indecl] bad mal·us |a |um, improb·us |a |um,
esse ali¡n·us |a |um; (weather) advers·us
|a |um, grav·is |is |e; feel (very) bad
avalanche l§b¿n·a |ae f niv§lis about (vald¡) dol·e« |¡re |ui d¡ (+
abl); too bad about Edward male
average adj modic·us |a |um d¡ Eduard«; wine is bad for you
v¿num est ali¡num tibi
average s on the average medi§ habit§
rati«ne; peraequ¡ badminton l»d·us |¿ m pilae pinn§tae;
play badminton pil§ pinn§t§ l»dere
aw, keep quiet! au, tac¡! (see Chapter V)
awake: be awake vigil§re; be awake all bag sacc·us |¿ m; (small bag) saccul·us
night pervigil§re |¿ m; (handbag) bulg·a |ae f
away: away with you! ab¿ abhinc!; be baggage car curr·us |¿ m sarcin§rius
far away long¡ abesse; go away
ab·e« |¿re |i¿ or |¿v¿; he’s away abest baggage cart ch¿ramaxi·um |¿ n
sarcin§rum
awesome! m¿r§bile!
baggage check c»r§ti·« |«nis f
awful d¿r·us |a |um sarcin§rum
awkward inconcinn·us |a |um bagpipes »tricul§ri·um |¿ n; play the
bagpipes »tricul§ri« l»dere
aye yai yai! heu heu!
bait esc·a |ae f
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bake coqu·« |ere cox¿ coctus; torr·e« banish (worries, cares) exim·« |ere
|¡re |u¿ tostus; in furn« coquere ex¡m¿ ex¡mptus; (a person)
extermin§re
baker p¿st·or |«ris m, p¿str·¿x |¿cis f,
p§nif·ex |icis m, p§nific·a |ae f banister adminicul·um |¿ n
bakery p¿str¿n·a |ae f, furn§ri·a |ae f bank argent§ri·a |ae f, tabern·a |ae f
argent§ria; (of a river) r¿p·a |ae f;
balance beam tign·um |¿ n aequil¿bri¿ manage a bank argent§riam
moder·or |§r¿ moder§tus sum; the
bald calv·us |a |um Tiber overflowed its banks Tiberis
super r¿p§s eff»sus est
bald head calviti·um |¿ n
bank account rati·« |«nis f argent§ria
ball (dance) salt§ti·« |«nis f
bank book libell·us |¿ m compars«rum,
ball pil·a |ae f; (inflated) foll·is |is m; argent§riae libell·us |¿ m
catch the ball pilam or follem
excip·i« |ere exc¡p¿ exceptus; kick banker argent§ri·us (·a |ae f)
the ball follem pede puls§re; play
ball pil§ or folle l»dere; throw the banking business argent§ri·a |ae f; run
ball pilam or follem conic·i« |ere a (big) banking business
coni¡c¿ argent§riam (maximam) facere
ball field camp·us |¿ m l»s«rius bank manager argent§riae moder§·tor
|t«ris m (·tr¿x |tr¿cis f)
ball game l»s·us |»s m pilae (or follis)
bank teller argent§ri·us |¿ m (·a |ae f)
ballot tabell·a |ae f, suffr§gi·um |¿ n;
cast a ballot suffr§gium fer« ferre bank window «stiol·um |¿ n
tul¿ l§tus argent§rium
ballot box suffr§gi«rum cist·a |ae f bankrupt: go backrupt d¡coqu·« |ere
d¡cox¿ d¡coctum
ballpoint pen stil·us |¿ m sphaer§tus
bankruptcy d¡cocti·« |«nis f; declare
baloney farcim·en |inis n; baloney! bankruptcy bonam c«piam ¡i»r§re
f§bulae!
bar oec·us |¿ m p«t«rius; (of chocolate
bamboozle verba dare (+ dat); you or soap) quadrul·a |ae f; barroom
bamboozled me mihi verba d¡dist¿ oec·us |¿ m p«t«rius; bar stool
sed¿l·e |is n praealtum, seliquastr·um
banana ari¡n·a |ae f, ban§n·a |ae f; he |¿ n; bartender ministr§·tor |t«ris m
wants to be top banana vult s¡ esse (·tr¿x |tr¿cis f), ¿nservit·or |«ris m;
pr¿mum omnium r¡rum serve at the bar in i»dici¿s vers§r¿;
in for« agere
band symph«ni·a |ae f, concent·us |»s
m m»sicus barbecue tr in cr§ticul§ ass§re
bandage s fasci·a |ae f barbecue grill cr§ticul·a |ae f
bandage tr (an arm, etc.) lig§re, barber t«ns·or |«ris m
d¡lig§re; (a wound) adstrin·g« |gere
|x¿ adstr¿ctus barber chair sell·a |ae f t«ns«ria
bang (noise) strepit·us |»s m barber shop t«nstr¿n·a |ae f
bangs (of hair) anti·ae |§rum fpl barely vix
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bargain preti·um |¿ n speci§le; buy at a bat s (club) cl§v·a |ae f (l»s«ria); (bird)
good bargain bene em·« |ere ¡m¿ vespertili·« |«nis m
¡mptus
bath balne·um |¿ n; public bath
baritone cant·or |«ris m v«cis gravis, therm·ae |§rum fpl
barytonist·a |ae m
bathe tr (a sore limb) fov·e« |¡re f«v¿;
bark intr latr§re; bark at allatr§re (a person) lav§re ¶ intr lav§r¿
bark s latr§t·us |»s m bathroom balne·um |¿ n; (small)
balneol·um |¿ n; (toilet) l§tr¿n·a |ae f;
barley horde·um |¿ n (public toilet) foric·a |ae f
barn horre·um |¿ n bathroom sink l§bell·um |¿ n
barnyard coh·ors |ortis f bath towel gausapin·a |ae f
barometer barometr·um |¿ n bathtub soli·um |¿ n, l§br·um |¿ n
barracks m¿litum contuberni·um |¿ n battalion cohors, cohortis f
barrel (of pottery or wood) doli·um |¿ n; battalion commander praefect·us |¿ m
(wooden) c»p·a |ae f cohortis
base bas·is |is f; first (second, third, batter clav§t·or |«ris m, clavatr·¿x |¿cis
home) base basis pr¿ma (secunda, f, puls§t·or |«ris m, puls§tr·¿x |¿cis f
tertia, summa); play first (second,
third) base apud pr¿mam (secundam, battery accumul§tr·um |¿ n
tertiam) basim l»dere (see Chapter V)
battle pugn·a |ae f, proeli·um |¿ n; the
baseball (the ball itself) basipil·a |ae f; battle of (at or near a town)
(the sport) l»d·us |¿ m basipilae; a proelium apud or ad or circ§ (+ acc);
baseball game basipilae l»s·us |»s fight a battle proelium facere; in
m, basipilae cert§men |inis n; play battle proeli«, aci¡; naval battle off
baseball basipil§ l»dere Tenedos pugna n§v§lis ante
Tenedum; successful battle proelium
baseman (first, second, third) (pr¿mus, secundum
secundus, tertius) basi§ri·us |¿ m (·a
|ae f) battlefield aci·¡s |¡¿ f
basement hypog¡·um |¿ n bay sin·us |»s m, recess·us |»s m
basic training rud¿menta npl m¿lit§ria bay window pr«iect»r·a |ae f
basics element·a |«rum npl be sum esse fu¿ fut»rus, exst·« |§re; be
here, be present adsum adesse adfu¿;
basin aqu§l·is |is m(f) be off to abe« |¿re |i¿ |itum hinc ad
(+ acc); be fine bene s¡ hab¡re;
basket corb·is |is m; make a basket val·e« |¡re |u¿; be up for sale v¡n·e«
follem per corbem iac·i« |ere i¡c¿ |¿re |i¿; be up in years aet§te
pr«vect·us |a |um esse; be up to a
basketball corbifoll·is |is m; play task oper¿ par esse
basketball corbifolle l»dere (see
Chapter V) beach l¿t·us |oris n
bass viol contr§bass·um |¿ n beach chair sell·a |ae f l¿tor§lis (or
cubit«ria)
bat tr & intr cl§v« puls§re
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beak r«str·um |¿ n bed-ridden val¡t»din§ri·us |a |um
beam trabs, trabis f bedroom dorm¿t«rium cubicul·um |¿ n
bean fab·a |ae f; (kidney bean) bedspread opert«ri·um |¿ n, peristr«m·a
phas¡l·us |¿ mf |atis n
bear tr fer·« ferre tul¿ l§tus; (children, bee ap·is |is f; bees buzz ap¡s bombilant
young) par·i« |ere peper¿ partus; (to
tolerate) toler§re; bear in mind beef b»bul·a |ae f; roast beef b»bula
record§r¿ assa
bear urs·us |¿ m, urs·a |ae f; bears beehive alve·us |¿ m
grunt urs¿ grunniunt
beer cervisi·a |ae f
bear cub ursae catul·us |¿ m
beer glass hyal·us |¿ m cervis§rius
beard barb·a |ae f
beer mug urce·us |¿ m cervis§rius
beat tr (with fists, clubs) (pugn¿s,
f»stibus) caed·« |ere cec¿d¿ caesus; beet b¡t·a |ae f
(eggs) coagit§re; beat up conc¿d·«
|ere |¿ conc¿sus; (in combat, in before adv ante§
competition) vinc·« |ere v¿c¿ victus;
beat the daylights out of pulchre before conj antequam, priusquam (+
percopol§re ¶ intr beat around the indic)
bush circumiti«ne »t·or |¿ »sus sum
before prep ante (+ acc); (directly in
beautician «rn§tr·¿x |¿cis f front of) pr« (+ abl); before daylight
ante l»cem; before long propediem;
beautiful pulch·er |ra |rum, form«s·us before now anteh§c
|a |um
begin incip·i« |ere inc¡p¿ inceptus;
beauty pulchrit»d·« |inis f begin at incipere ab (+ abl); begin to
bloom fl«r¡sc·« |ere; to begin with
beaver fi·ber |br¿ m pr¿mum enim
because quod, quia, quoniam beginning pr¿ncipi·um |¿ n; at the
beginning of the year pr¿ncipi« ann¿;
become f¿« fier¿ factus sum ineunte ann«; from the very
beginning iam inde § pr¿ncipi«
becoming dec·¡ns |entis
behave (to act) s¡ ger·« |ere gess¿;
bed lect·us |¿ m; (small) lectul·us |¿ m; behave oneself s¡ prob¡ gerere
bed of roses ros§ri·um |¿ n; be
confined to bed lect« ten·eor |¡r¿ behind prep post (+ acc); (with verbs of
tentus sum; get out of bed ¡ lect« motion) p«ne (+ acc); (in the rear of)
sur·g« |gere |r¡x¿; go to bed cubitum § terg« (+ gen)
¿re; make the bed lectum (or
lectulum) stern·« |ere str§v¿ str§tus behind s (anat) post¿c·um |¿ n
bedbug scin¿ph·is |is m believe cr¡d·« |ere cr¡did¿ cr¡ditum (+
dat); believe me mihi cr¡de
bed covers str§gul·a |«rum npl
bell camp§n·a |ae f; (small bell)
bedding str§gul·a |«rum npl tintinn§bul·um |¿ n; bell tower
camp§n¿l·e |is n
bed frame spond·a |ae f
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bellow (or low) b«§re; m»g·i« |¿re |¿v¿ bicycle handlebars manubri·um |¿ n
or |i¿ |¿tum
bicycle pedal ped§l·e |is n
belly alv·us |¿ f
bicycle seat sessibul·um |¿ n
belt cingul·um |¿ n; z«n·a |ae f (wide
belt, usu. of cloth, used by men and bicylist birot§ri·us |¿ m, birot§ri·a |ae f
women with a tunic; often used as
money belt) big magn·us |a |um; ampl·us |a |um;
talk big ampull§r¿
bench scabell·um |¿ n, scamn·um |¿ n
big-hearted magnanim·us |a |um
bend intr s¡ flect·« |ere flex¿; bend
down (or over) (stoop) s¡ incl¿n§re big-mouth: big-mouth! «s d»rum!; he
was always a big-mouth semper
bend s (of a river) flex·us |»s m d»rae buccae fuit
berry bacc·a |ae f big toe poll·ex |icis m
besides adv porr«, praetere§ bike see bicycle
besides prep praeter (+ acc) bile b¿l·is |is f
besiege (blockade) a town oppidum bill (parl) rog§ti·« |«nis f; (of money
obs¿d·« |ere obs¡d¿ obsessus owed) rati·« |«nis f d¡bit¿; (paper
money) numm·us |¿ m chart§reus,
best adv maxim¡; (especially) schedinumm·us |¿ m; ten-dollar bill
potissimum nummus chart§reus decem
dollar«rum
best s do one’s best pr« vir¿l¿ parte;
make the best of it aequ« anim« fer« biographer v¿tae (alic»ius) scr¿p·tor
ferre tul¿ l§tus; to the best of one’s |t«ris m (·tr¿x |tr¿cis f); biograph·us
abilty pr« v¿ribus |¿ m (·a |ae f)
best adj optim·us |a |um; (friend) biographical biographic·us |a |um
summ·us |a |um; it is best to
optimum est (+ inf) biography v¿t·a |ae f, biographi·a |ae f
bet s sp«nsi·« |«nis f; (the stake) biological biologic·us |a |um; biological
pign·us |oris n warfare bell·um |¿ n biologicum
bet tr I bet he has taken off p«n« eum biologist biolog·us |¿ m (·a |ae f)
ab¿visse; I bet you he doesn’t win t¡
sp«nsi«ne pr«voc« illum n«n esse biology biologi·a |ae f
vict»rum
bird av·is |is f
better adj it’s better to commodius est egg «v·um |¿ n
(+ inf); there, that’s better! em istuc feather penn·a |ae f
r¡ctius!; where is your better half? flap the wings §l¿s plaud·« |ere
ubinam est tua altera? plaus¿ plausum
flight vol§t·us |»s m
better adv melius fly vol§re; fly away §vol§re
land (on) ¿ns¿d·« |ere ¿ns¡d¿ (+ dat)
better s it’s for the better in melius est nest n¿d·us |¿ m; build a nest
n¿dific§re
beyond ultr§ (+ acc) sing can·« |ere cecin¿ cantum
song cant·us |»s m
bicycle birot·a |ae f; ride a bicycle
birot§ veh·or |¿ vectus sum
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tail caud·a |ae f blame s culp·a |ae f; push the blame on
wing §l·a |ae f culpam in (+ acc) c«nfer« c«nferre
contul¿ coll§tus
birth n§tivit·§s |§tis f
blame tr culp§re, inc»s§re; blame s.o.
birthday di·¡s |¡¿ m n§t§lis (or simply for aliquem culp§re ob (+ acc); I am
n§t§l·is |is m); Happy Birthday! to blame in culp§ sum; I don’t
F¡l¿cem N§t§lem (tibi exopt«) blame you tibi n«n improper«
birthday cake l¿b·um |¿ n n§t§licium bland l¡n·is |is |e
birthday party n§t§lici·a |ae f; give blanket l«d·¿x |¿cis f; blanket of snow
(throw) a birthday party n§t§liciam tegim·en |inis n niveum
dare (agit§re)
blast fl§t·us |»s m
birthday present n§t§lici·um |¿ n
bleachers for·¿ |«rum mpl
birth place n§t§lis loc·us |¿ m
bleat (of sheep, rams) b§l§re
bishop episcop·us |¿ m
blender m§chin·a |ae f conc¿s«ria
bit: a bit of advice (food) aliquid
c«nsili¿ (cib¿) bless (eccles.) bene·d¿c·« |d¿cere |d¿x¿;
bless you! d¿ t¡ ament!; (after s.o.
bite mors·us |»s m; (of a snake, insect) has sneezed) salv¡! or sal»tem!
ict·us |»s m; a bite to eat gustul·us |¿
m blind caec·us |a |um
bite tr mord·e« |¡re momord¿ morsus; blind alley fundul·a |ae f
(of a snake, insect) ¿c·« |ere |¿ ictus
blindness caecit·§s |§tis f
bitter acerb·us |a |um; (in taste)
am§r·us |a |um blinds (on window) tr§nsenn·a |ae f
vol»bilis; close (open) the blinds
bitterly: complain bitterly graviter tr§nsennam aperi« |¿re |u¿ (d¡mitt·«
queror quer¿ questus sum; cry |ere d¡m¿s¿ d¡missus)
bitterly graviter lacrim§re, »bertim
fle« fl¡re fl¡v¿ block (of a city) v¿c·us |¿ m; s (sports)
obstructi·« |«nis f
bitterness acerbit·§s |§tis f; (esp. of
taste) am§rit»d·« |inis f block tr & intr (sports) obst« obst§re
obstit¿ (+ dat), obstru·« |ere obstrux¿
black §t·er |ra |rum; (shiny black) nig·er obstructus
|ra |rum
blockhead (slang) caud·ex |icis m
black and blue l¿vid·us |a |um; black
and blue mark l¿v·or |«ris m blond fl§v·us |a |um
blackbird merul·a |ae f (see bird) blood sangu·is |inis m; (outside the
body) cru·or |«ris m
blackboard tabul·a |ae f §tra, tabul·a
|ae f scr¿pt«ria blood pressure press»r·a |ae f
sanguinis; high blood pressure
bladder v¡s¿c·a |ae f hypert«ni·a |ae f
blade l§min·a |ae f bloodshot: he has bloodshot eyes ocul¿
eius sanguine suff»s¿ sunt
blouse p¡l»si·a |ae f, bl»s·a |ae f
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blow fl§re; blow hard perfl§re bomb s missil·e |is n dirump¡ns,
bomb·a |ae f; atomic bomb bomba
bludgeon s f»st·is |is m atomica; nuclear bomb bomba
nucle§ris
bludgeon tr f»ste (or f»stibus) conc¿d·«
|ere conc¿d¿ conc¿sus; bludgeon to bomb tr missilibus dirumpentibus
death f»stig§re concut·i« |ere concuss¿ concussus
blueberry vacc¿ni·um |¿ n bombastic bull§t·us |a |um
blunt (not sharp) heb·es |etis; (abrupt) bomber §eroplan·um |¿ n bombiferum
inurb§n·us |a |um
bond (on the stockmarket) chr¡mato-
bluntly l¿berius graph·um |¿ n
blurt out effut·i« |¿re bone os, ossis n
blush ¡rub¡sc·« |ere ¡rubu¿ book li·ber |br¿ m
bluster (boasting) iact§ti·« |«nis f book bag mantic·a |ae f libr§ria
blustery vent«s·us |a |um book binder gl»tin§t·or |«ris m
boar ap·er |r¿ m; boars grunt apr¿ bookcase biblioth¡c·a |ae f; built-in
grunniunt bookcase biblioth¡ca pariet¿ ¿nserta
board (of wood) tabul·a |ae f; (food) book cover tegiment·um |¿ n libr¿
vict·us |»s m; (council) c«nsili·um |¿
n; room and board m§nsi·« |«nis f bookkeeper actu§ri·us |¿ m (·a |ae f)
et vict·us |»s m
bookmark s (comput) not·a |ae f
board tr (a ship, vehicle, airplane)
¿nscend·« |ere |¿ in (+ acc) bookseller bibliop«l·a |ae mf
boarding school oecotroph¡·um |¿ n bookshelf plute·us |¿ m, pegm·a |atis n
libr§rium
boardwalk ambul§cr·um |¿ n in l¿tore
bookstore libr§ri·a |ae f; bibliopol·a |ae
boastful iact·§ns |antis f
body corp·us |oris n boorish agrest·is |is |e
bodyguard satell¿t·¡s |um mpl boot p¡r·« |«nis m (of rawhide, reaching
up to the calf, worn by peasants,
boil tr fervefac·i« |ere fervef¡c¿ shepherds, soldiers); calig·a |ae f
fervefactus; boil thoroughly ¡lix§re (worn by soldiers of lower rank)
¶ intr bull§re, ferv·e« |¡re ferbu¿; it
makes my blood boil facit ut sanguis booting up (comput) initi§ti·« |«nis f
ab ¿r§ ferv¡scit syst¡matis
boiled ¡lix·us |a |um boot up (comput) initi§re syst¡ma
bold aud·§x |§cis booze t¡m¡t·um |¿ n
boldness aud§ci·a |ae f border f¿n·is |is m, c«nf¿ni·um |¿ n
bolt s (on a door) ser·a |ae f, pessul·us border on atting·« |ere (+ acc)
|¿ m; bolt of lightning fulmen n
fulminis bore s molest·us |¿ m (·a |ae f); don’t
be a bore n¡ s¿s odi«sus (-a)
bolt tr bolt the door «stium obser§re
bore tr obtund·« |ere obtud¿ obt»sus
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boring taedi«sus |a |um bowling lane vi·a |ae f c«n§ria
born: be born n§sc·or |¿ n§tus (-a) sum bowling pin c«n·us |¿ m (l»s«rius)
borrow m»tu·or |§r¿ |§tus sum; borrow box pugi(l)l§re
money at interest pec»niam faenor¿
m»tu§r¿ boxer pugil, pugil·is m
bosom sin·us |»s m; (of a female) boxing pugil§t·us |»s m, pugil§ti·« |«nis
mamill·ae |§rum fpl f (see Chapter V)
boss (owner) domin·us |¿ m; (coll) boxing champion pugilum r¡x, r¡gis m
ipsim·us |¿ m, ipsim·a |ae f
boxing glove caest·us |»s m
both uterque utraque utrumque; both of
us [lit:, “each” of us] uterque boxing match pugil§t«rium cert§m·en
nostrum |inis n
bother (annoy) exerc·e« |¡re |u¿ |itus; boxing ring suggest·us |»s m
don’t bother n«l¿ t¡ (pl: n«l¿te v«s) pugil§t«rius
mov¡re; don’t bother me n¡ mihi
molestus (-a) s¿s boyfriend (or girlfriend) am·§ns |antis
mf
bothered exercit§t·us |a |um
boyhood pueriti·a |ae f, aet·§s |§tis f
bothersome molest·us |a |um puer¿lis; from boyhood on § puer«
boundary f¿n·is |is m; (dividing line) bra strophi·um |¿ n, mamill§r·e |is n
discr¿m·en |inis n; at the boundary
between Italy and Switzerland ad bracelet armill·a |ae f (worn on the
discr¿men Italiae et Helv¡tiae upper arm by the Romans)
bounded: on the east it is bounded by brag s¡ iact§re; brag about iact§re; he
… ab oriente clauditur (+ abl) brags too much about his money
pec»niam nimis iactat
bowels alv·us |¿ f
brain cerebr·um |¿ n; brains corcill·um
bowl intr globum volut§re, c«n¿s l»dere; |¿ n, cor, cordis n; she’s got brains
bowl a strike omn¡s c«n«s (simul) corcillum habet
pr«stern·« |ere pr«str§v¿; go bowling
¿re l»sum c«n«rum brake s suffl§m·en |inis n; apply the
brake rot§s suffl§min§re
bowl s cr§t·¡r |¡ris m, lanx, lancis f;
(large with handles) cat¿n·us |¿ m; brake lights (autoraedae) l»min·a |um
(smaller) catill·us |¿ m npl post¿ca
bowling c«n«rum l»s·us |»s m, brake pedal ped§l·e |is n suffl§minis
c«nil»di·um |¿ n (see Chapter V)
brandy v¿n¿ spirit·us |»s m
bowling alley c«n«rum vi·a |ae f; (the
room) oec·us |¿ m c«n«rum l»s»s; brat proc·§x |§cis p»si·« |«nis m,
(the building) aedifici·um |¿ n frust·um |¿ n puer¿ (or puellae)
c«n«rum l»s»s
bray (of a mule) rud·« |ere |¿v¿ |¿tum
bowling ball glob·us |¿ m l»s«rius;
globus m c«n«rum bread p§n·is |is m; loaf of bread p§nis
breadcrumb m¿c·a |ae f p§nis
breaded saligne·us |a |um
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breadth l§tit»d·« |inis f; in breadth in brief brev·is |is |e; make it brief! in
l§tit»dinem pauca c«nfer!
break tr (arm, dish, law, treaty, one’s briefly breviter, summ§tim, pauc¿s
word) frang·« |ere fr¡g¿ fr§ctus; (a (verb¿s); to put it briefly ut breviter
law) viol§re; (silence, law) rump·« d¿cam
|ere r»p¿ ruptus; break one’s word
fidem frangere ¶ intr break into a bright: (beaming) nitid·us |a |um;
home dom»s pariet¡s perfod·i« |ere (smart) l»culent·us |a |um; (eyes)
perf«d¿ perf«ssus veget·us |a |um; (day, sky) ser¡n·us
|a |um; (moon, stars, gems) l»cid·us
breakfast ient§cul·um |¿ n; eat |a |um;
breakfast ient§re; ient§culum s»m·«
|ere |ps¿ |ptus brilliant! sophos!; doct¡!; absolutely
brilliant! imm« doct¡!
breaking and entering, break-in
effr§ct»r·a |ae f bring (along) affer« afferre attul¿
all§tus; bring about effic·i« |ere
breast (of a female) mamm·a |ae f, eff¡c¿ effectus, c«nfici«; bring
mammill·a |ae f oneself to (do s.th.) animum ind»c·«
|ere ind»x¿ ut (+ subj); bring to
breast stroke nat§ti·« |«nis f pr«na order in «rdinem c«g·« |ere co¡g¿
co§ctus
breath: catch one’s breath respir§re;
anh¡litum recipere broad l§t·us |a |um
breathe sp¿r§re; breathe in ¿nsp¿r§re; broadcast s ¡missi·« |«nis f
breathe out exsp¿r§re
broadcast tr ¡mitt·« |ere ¡m¿s¿ ¡missus
breeze ventul·us |¿ m, aur·a |ae f
broadcast station ¡mistr·um |¿ n
brew tr brew beer cerevisiam coqu·«
|ere cox¿ coctus ¶ intr there is some brocade s¡ric·um |¿ n aur« (or argent«)
trouble brewing nesci« quid mal¿ intextum (or intertextum)
concinn§tur
broil torr·e« |¡re |u¿ tostus
brewery (of beer) brac¿n·a |ae f
broke: be broke solvend« n«n esse
bribe s preti·um |¿ n
brooch f¿bul·a |ae f
bribe tr corrump·« |ere corr»p¿
corruptus brook r¿vul·us |¿ m
bribery corrupt¡l·a |ae f; (in politics) broom sc«p·ae |§rum fpl
ambit·us |»s m; influenced by
bribery corrupt·us |a |um broth i»s, i»ris n, i»scul·um |¿ n
brick adj laterici·us |a |um brother fr§·ter |tris m
brick s lat·er |eris m (coct¿lis = baked); brother-in-law (sister’s husband)
lay bricks later¡s stru·« |ere strux¿ mar¿t·us |¿ m sor«ris; (husband’s
structus brother) l¡·vir |vir¿ m
bricklayer laterum str»ct·or |«ris m brown fusc·us |a |um
bride n»pt·a |ae f browse (comput) (the Web) n§vig§re;
(text documents) perl»str§re
bridegroom mar¿t·us |¿ m
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browser (comput) (Web viewer) bulletin board tabul·a |ae f p»blica
n§vig§tr·um |¿ n; (viewer of text
documents) perl»str§tr·um |¿ n bully grass§t·or |«ris m
bruise s cont»si·« |«nis f bump: bump against offend·« |ere |¿;
bump into s.o. (meet accidentally)
bruise tr contund·« |ere contud¿ alicui occurr·« |ere |¿
cont»sus
bumper cont·us |¿ m t»t«rius
brunette fusc·us |a |um
bun coll£r·is |idis f
brush s p¡nicul·us |¿ m
bundle up (against the cold) s¡ bene
brush tr verr·« |ere |¿; brush the teeth oper·i« |¿re |u¿
dent¡s purg§re
bunker (golf) obst§cul·um |¿ n; (mil)
bucket situl·a |ae f; come down in subterr§neum castell·um |¿ n
buckets »rce§tim cad·it |ere cecidit
c§s»rus; rain buckets »rce§tim burden on·us |eris n; place the whole
pluere; kick the bucket animam burden on my shoulders mihi omne
¡bull·i« |¿re |¿v¿ onus imp«nere
buckle up s¡ accing·« |ere acc¿nx¿; bureau ministeri·um |¿ n; (chest)
buckle up! t¡ accinge (pl: v«s arm§ri·um |¿ n
accingite)
burglar effr§ct·or |«ris m, (parietum)
buddy convict·or |«ris m; contubern§lis perfoss·or |«ris m
|is mf
burglary (dom»s) latr«cini·um |¿ n;
buffalo »r·us |¿ m commit a burglary pariet¡s
perfod·i« |ere perf«d¿ perf«ssus
bug c¿m·ex |icis m
burn tr ur·« |ere »ss¿ »stus; (burn to
buggy c¿si·um |¿ n; ride in a buggy ashes) crem§re; burn down d¡urere
c¿si« veh·or |¿ vectus sum ¶ intr ard·e« |¡re |u¿
build exstru·« |ere exstrux¿ exstructus, burner disc·us |¿ m coct«rius
aedific§re
burst out laughing r¿sum effund·« |ere
builder struct·or |«ris m, aedific§t·or eff»d¿
|«ris m
bury the hatchet (fig) simult§tem
building aedifici·um |¿ n; put up a d¡p«n·« |ere d¡posu¿
building aedificium exstru·« |ere
exstrux¿ exstructus bus raed·a |ae f longa, coenautoc¿n¡t·um
|¿ n
building material aedific§nd¿ materi·a
|ae f bus driver coenautoc¿n¡t¿ gubern§·tor
|t«ris m (·tr¿x |tr¿cis f)
bull taur·us |¿ m; (slang) f§bul·§e |§rum
fpl; bull’s eye scop·us |¿ m medius; bush: don’t beat around the bush n«l¿
sling the bull (slang) c«nf§bul·or (pl: n«l¿te) sch¡m§s loqu¿; he didn’t
|§r¿ |§tus sum beat around the bush n¿l
circumiti«ne »sus est
bullet gl§ns, glandis f plumbea
bushed: be bushed d¡·fici« |ficere |f¡c¿
bulletin libell·us |¿ m; (message) |fectus
n»nti·us |¿ m
bushel medimn·us |¿ m
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business adj neg«ti§l·is |is |e button s globul·us |¿ m; (comput)
pl¡ctr·um |¿ n
business s neg«ti·um |¿ n; be engaged
in business in neg«ti« vers·or |§r¿ button tr globul¿s string·« |ere str¿nx¿
|§tus sum; do (or carry on) business str¿ctus
neg«ti·or |§r¿ |§tus sum; I always
mind my own business neg«tium buttonhole s.o. aliquem preh¡ns§re
ag« semper meum; it’s my (your,
etc.) business to see what’s going on buy em·« |ere ¡m¿ ¡mptus; par§re (from
meum (tuum, etc.) est vid¡re quid s.o. d¡ aliqu«); buy at a bargain
ag§tur; run a business neg«tium bene emere
exerc·e« |¡re |u¿ |itus; put s.o. out of
business aliquem d¡ neg«ti« d¡ic·i« buyer ¡mpt·or |«ris m, ¡mptr·¿x |¿cis f
|ere d¡i¡c¿ d¡iectus; transact
business with s.o. neg«tium cum buzz (of a bee, horsefly) bombil§re
aliqu« tr§ns·ig« |igere |¡g¿ |§ctus;
that’s none of your business nihil by (a certain time, not later than) ad (+
ad t¡ attinet; what business is it of acc); by January ad m¡nsem
yours? quid id ad t¡ attinet? I§nu§rium; by myself per m¡; by
now iam; by the way obiter
business card chartul·a |ae f neg«ti§lis
bye bene val¡ (pl: val¡te)
business district empori·um |¿ n
bypass circuit·us |»s m
business establishment (with its
premises) neg«ti§ti·« |«nis f bystander pers«n·a |ae f m»ta; among
the bystanders in circumstantibus
business letter epistul·a |ae f neg«ti§lis
byte (comput) oct¡t·us |¿ m
businessman neg«ti§t·or |«ris m
C
businesswoman neg«ti§tr·¿x |¿cis f
cabbage brassic·a |ae f, cramb·¡ |¡s f
bust im§g·« |inis f
cabinet (of advisors) summum
busy occup§t·us |a |um, neg«ti«s·us |a c«nsili·um |¿ n; (furniture)
|um; be busy sat·ag« |agere |¡g¿ zoth¡cul·a |ae f
busy: busy oneself with vers·or |§r¿ cabinet member c«nsili§ri·us |¿ m (·a
vers§tus sum in (+ abl) |ae f)
busybody ard¡li·« |«nis mf cackle (of geese) gring·i« |¿re; (of hens)
gracill§re
but sed, v¡rum; (when objecting to or
correcting a previous statement) at cafe caf¡·um |¿ n
butcher lani·us |¿ m (see chapter on cafeteria refect«ri·um |¿ n
food)
cage cave·a |ae f
butcher shop lani¡na |ae f
cahoots: be in cahoots with s.o. cum
butter b»t£r·um |¿ n aliqu« coll»·d« |dere |s¿
butter tr b»t£rum adhib¡re ad (+ acc) cake placent·a |ae f; (esp. for birthdays)
l¿b·um |¿ n
butterfly p§pili·« |«nis m
calculator m§chinul·a |ae f calcul§t«ria
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calendar calend§ri·um |¿ n; (in the cap pille·us |¿ m
Roman period) fast·¿ |«rum mpl
cape pr«mont«ri·um |¿ n; (clothing)
calf vitul·us |¿ m, vitul·a |ae f; (anat) humer§l·e |is n
s»r·a |ae f
capital cap·ut |itis n
call (name) n«min§re, voc§re, appell§re,
d¿cere, nuncup§re; (summon) ad s¡ capital letter s litter·a |ae f grandis
voc§re; arcess·« |ere |¿v¿ |¿tus; call (opp: littera min»ta); littera
roll n«mina cit§re; call up the m§iuscula (opp: minuscula)
troops ¡voc§re c«pi§s
capital punishment supplici·um |¿ n
callous d»r·us |a |um capitis; suffer capital punishment
supplici« capitis afficior affic¿
callousness d»riti·a |ae f affectus sum
calm adj placid·us |a |um captain (of a ship) nauarch·us |¿ m
calm s tranquillit·§s |§tis f vent¿, car autoc¿n¡t·um |¿ n, (auto) raed·a |ae f
malaci·a |ae f (used interchangeably); car door
raedae «stiol·um |¿ n; car key cl§vis
calmly aequ« anim« |is f acc¡ns¿va; car wash raedae
lav§ti·« |«nis f; (place) raedae
camel cam¡l·us |¿ m; camel’s hump lav§t«ri·um |¿ n; drive a car raedam
gibb·er |eris m gubern§re or agere; get (buy) a car
raedam compar§re; go by (or in a)
camera ph«tom§chin·a |ae f, m§chinul·a car raed§ e« ¿re ¿v¿ or i¿; put the car
|ae f ph«tographica into the garage raedam in
recept§cul« colloc§re; ride in a car
camp castr·a |«rum npl; camp ground raed§ vehor veh¿ vectus sum; stop
camp·us |¿ m tent«rius the car raedam sist« sistere stit¿;
take (or go for) a ride in a car
campaign intr (pol) amb·i« |¿re |¿v¿ or gest§ti«nem raed§ facere; take s.o.
|i¿ |itum by car aliquem raed§ d»cere
campaign s expediti·« |«nis f; (pol) carbon copy exempl·ar |§ris n
pet¿ti·« |«nis f carboneum
can aux. v. possum posse potu¿, que« card chartul·a |ae f; (playing card)
qu¿re qu¿v¿ or qui¿ chartul·a |ae f l»s«ria; (ace b¿ni·«
|«nis m; jack pedisequ·us |¿ m;
can s v§scul·um |¿ n stanneum joker chartul·a |ae f fort»n§ns; king
r¡x, r¡gis m; queen r¡g¿n·a |ae f;
canal foss·a |ae f club crux, crucis (gen pl: crucum) f;
diamond r»t·a |ae f; heart cor,
canary fringill·a |ae f Can§ria (see bird) cord·is n; spade p§l·a |ae f); card
game chartul§rum (l»s«ri§rum)
cancer can·cer |cr¿ m l»s·us |»s m; play cards chartul¿s
(l»s«ri¿s) l»dere; shuffle (cut, deal)
candid candid·us |a |um, apert·us |a the cards chartul§s misc·e« |¡re |u¿
|um m¿xtus (s¡p«n·« |ere s¡posu¿
s¡positus, distribu·« |ere |u¿); suit
candidate candid§t·us |¿ m (·a |ae f),
pet¿·tor |t«ris m (·tr¿x |tr¿cis f)
candy cuppedi·ae |§rum fpl; piece of
candy dulciol·um |¿ n
canvas textil·e |is n; a painting on
canvas p¿ct»ra in textil¿
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col·or |«ris m; trick vic¡s fpl (»nae, s¿ r¡s s¿c habet; in any case
b¿nae, tr¿nae, quaternae); trump utcumque; in case you have not …
col·or |«ris m prael§tus; intr s¿ minus … ; in no case
chartul§s fer·i« |¿re haudqu§quam; in that case igitur; e«
c§s»; lose a case causam per·d«
care c»r·a |ae f; (diligence) d¿ligenti·a |dere |did¿; plead a case causam
|ae f; take good care of your ag·« |ere ¡g¿; settle a case (out of
health! c»r§ d¿ligenter val¡t»dinem court) l¿tem comp«n·« |ere
tuam! composu¿ compositus; win a case
caus§ (or i»dici«) vinc·« |ere v¿c¿
care for (like) c»r§re; for all I care me§ victus; since that’s the case quae
caus§; I don’t care about such cum ita sint; that’s not the case n«n
things ista n«n c»r«; I don’t care for ita r¡s est
her ea me« cord¿ n«n c§ra est; I
don’t care to say more n«n libet cash argent·um |¿ n present§rium,
pl»ra d¿cere; I don’t really care as numer§t·um |¿ n; I need cold cash
long as … me§ n¿l r¡fert dum (+ opus mihi est numm¿s calid¿s; pay
indic); take care of (treat) c»r§re; $10 in cash for d¡numer§re decem
take care of yourself c»r§ ut vale§s dollar«s praesent§ri«s pr« (+ abl)
(pl: c»r§te ut vale§tis); what do I
care! quid me§! cashier arc§ri·us |¿ m, arc§ri·a |ae f
carefree s¡c»r·us |a |um casino ale§t«ri·um |¿ n
careful d¿lig·¡ns |entis casserole coct«ri·um |¿ n
careless inc»ri«s·us |a |um cassette cas¡t·a |ae f; (for video) cas¡ta
magn¡toscopica
carelessness inc»ri·a |ae f
cassette recorder cas¡toph«n·um |¿ n
carpenter fa·ber |br¿ m tign§rius
cast a shadow: umbrae respond·e« |¡re
carpet tap¡t·um |¿ n |¿; the tree cast a ten-foot shadow
arbor umbrae decem pedum respondit
carrot car«t·a |ae f
cast a vote suffr§gium fer« ferre tul¿
carry ger« gerere gess¿ gestus; (luggage) l§tus
b§iul§re; don’t get carried away
with enthusiasm n«l¿ (pl: n«l¿te) cat f¡l·is or f¡l·¡s |is f, catt·a |ae f,
studi« efferr¿. catt·us |¿ m; cats meow f¡l¡s f¡liunt;
cats purr f¡l¡s murmurant
cartilage cartil§g·« |inis f
catch s there’s a catch to it enim istaec
carve sculp·« |ere |s¿ |tus capti« est; what’s the catch? quid
est capti«?
case (container) th¡c·a |ae f; (gram)
c§s·us |»s m; (leg) caus·a |ae f, l¿s, catch tr (fish) capt§re; (baseball)
l¿tis f; a noun in the genitive case excip·i« |ere exc¡p¿ exceptus; (what
n«men genit¿v« c§s», (or more one has said) exaud·i« |¿re |¿v¿;
rarely) n«men c§s»s genit¿v¿; as is catch a cold grav¡dine affl¿g·or |¿
generally the case ut c«nsuet»d« est; affl¿ctus sum; catch hell conv¿cium
civil case causa pr¿v§ta; criminal hab¡re; catch red-handed flagrant¿
case causa p»blica; in that case e« d¡lict« d¡prehen·d« |dere |d¿ |sus;
c§s»; igitur; get off my case! n¡ mihi catch sight of c«nspic·i« |ere
molestus (-a) s¿s!; if that’s the case
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c«nspex¿; catch up with c«n·sequor ceiling t¡ct·um |¿ n; (arched or vaulted)
|sequ¿ |sec»tus sum; I didn’t quite camer·a |ae f; (paneled) lac»n·ar
catch what you said n«n satis |§ris n
exaudi¡bam dicta tua; let me catch
my breath, please sine resp¿rem, celebrate celebr§re
quaes«
celery hel¡osel¿n·um |¿ n
catcher except·or |«ris m, exceptr·¿x
|¿cis f cellar cell§ri·um |¿ n subterr§neum;
hypog¡·um |¿ n
caterpillar ¡r»c·a |ae f; (machine)
vehicul·um |¿ n ¡r»c§tum cello violoncell·um |¿ n
catsup see ketchup cell phone t¡leph«nul·um |¿ n port§bile
cattle bov·¡s |um mpl (dat & abl pl: cement caement·um |¿ n
b«bus or b»bus); (collective) pec·us
|oris n; cattle bellow (or low) bov¡s cemetery coem¡t¡ri·um |¿ n
m»giunt; head of cattle pec·us
|oris n censor c¡ns·or |«ris m
cauliflower brassic·a |ae f Pomp¡i§na census popul¿ rec¡ns·us |»s m
cause tr fac·i« |ere f¡c¿ factus; (pain, cent cent¡sim·a |ae f; I don’t owe
swelling, war) move« mov¡re m«v¿ anyone a red cent assem aer§rium
m«tus; (stir up) excit§re; what n¡min¿ debe«
caused him to leave? quid f¡cit ut
ab¿ret? central medi·us |a |um
causeway agger, aggeris m viae central heating calefacti·« |«nis f
centr§lis
caution cauti·« |«nis f; exercise caution
cav·e« |¡re c§v¿ cautum century saecul·um |¿ n
cautious caut·us |a |um cereal cere§l·e |is n
cavalry equit§t·us |»s m certain cert·us |a |um; a certain person
qu¿dam, quaedam; I don’t know for
cave spec·us |»s m certain n«n cert« (or certum) sci«; I
take it as certain pr« cert« habe«
cavern sp¡lunc·a |ae f
certainly cert¡, profect«; (in replies to
CD compactus disc·us |¿ m denote emphatic agreement) s§n¡; (in
answers) cert«
CD player discoph«n·um |¿ n
chain cat¡n·a |ae f; (small chain, esp.
CD-ROM orbicul·us |¿ m opticus used for ornament) catell·a |ae f; the
Apennines extending in an
CD-ROM drive ¿nstr»ment·um |¿ n unbroken chain from the Alps to
orbicul¿s legend¿s … Apenn¿nus m«ns perpetu¿s iug¿s
ab Alpibus tend¡ns ad (+ acc)
cease-fire ind»ti·ae |§rum fpl; call for a
cease-fire ind»ti§s posc·« |ere chair (normally without back or arm-
poposc¿; the cease-fire is holding. rests) sell·a |ae f; (w. rounded back)
ind»tiae d»rant . arciselli·um |¿ n; arm of a chair
anc·« |«nis m; back of a chair
arc·us |»s m sellae
chairlift t¡lepheric·a |ae f sell§ris
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chairman magis·ter |tr¿ m charming (esp. to the eye) amoen·us |a
|um; (cute) bell·us |a |um; (beautiful)
chalk cr¡t·a |ae f venust·us |a |um; (in manner)
lepid·us |a |um
chamber pot lasan·um |¿ n, matell·a |ae
f chartreuse chlor¿n·us |a |um
chance (opportunity) potest·§s |§tis f; by chaste cast·us |a |um, pud¿c·us |a |um
chance forte, c§s»; he didn’t give
me a chance to answer mihi n«n chat intr fabul·or |§r¿ |§tus sum
potest§tem dedit responend¿
chat s have a chat with c«nf§bul§r¿ cum
chancellor cancell§ri·us |¿ m (·a |ae f) (+ abl)
chandelier lampadum corymb·us |¿ m chatter balbut·i« |¿re; my teeth are
chattering dentibus crepit«
change s m»t§ti·« |«nis f; (coins)
numm·¿ |«rum mpl min«r¡s, chauffeur autoraed§ri·us |¿ m (·a |ae f)
nummul¿ mpl; change of heart anim¿
m»t§ti«; for a change variet§tis cheap v¿l·is |is |e; be dirt cheap pr«
caus§ lut« esse
change tr m»t§re; (buses, trains, cheaply parv« or v¿l¿ preti«; more
planes) m»t§re (autoraed§s long§s, cheaply min«ris preti¿
tr§mina, §ëroplana); change one’s
mind sententiam m»t§re ¶ intr cheat fraud§re; (in school) f»rtim
m»t§r¿; the wind changed ventus s¡ exscr¿b·« |ere exscr¿ps¿; cheat
vertit someone out of his money aliquem
argent« fraud§re
changing (weather) vari·us |a |um
check s syngraph·a |ae f; (bill) rati·«
channel can§l·is |is m, can§licul·us |¿ |«nis f numm§ria; cash a check
m; (arm of the sea) fr¡t·um |¿ n arc§ri« syngrapham praeb·e« |¡re |u¿
solvendam; write a check
chapter cap·ut |itis n syngrapham perscr¿b·« |ere perscr¿ps¿
character m«r·¡s |um mpl, indol·¡s |is f check tr (investigate) scr»t·or |§r¿ |§tus
sum, invest¿g§re; (mark with a check
character witness advoc§t·us |¿ m (·a mark) vigul§ not§re; (to indicate an
|ae f) error) vigul§ c¡ns«ri§ not§re; check
luggage sarcin§s mand§re; check off
charge s cr¿m·en |inis n; capital charge (make a check mark at) not§re; check
capit§le cr¿men; false charge out (inquire into) inqu¿r·« |ere
calumni·a |ae f; bring or file inqu¿s¿v¿ inqu¿s¿tus in (+ acc)
charges against s.o. cr¿mina alicui
¿nfer« ¿nferre intul¿ ill§tus check into a hotel n«men in tabul§s
d¡vers«ri¿ refer« referre retul¿; check
charge tr (rush against) incurr·« |ere |¿; out of a hotel § d¡vers«ri« disc¡d·«
charge a price for pretium |ere disc¡ss¿ (post rati«nem
c«nstitu·« |ere |¿ (+ dat); charge s.o. comp«nendam)
with a crime aliquem cr¿mine (or d¡
cr¿mine or cr¿minis) argu·« |ere |¿ checker latruncul·us |¿ m; checkers
arg»tus (game) latruncul«rum l»d·us |¿ m;
play checkers latruncul¿s l»dere;
charm amoenit·§s |§tis f, lep·us |«ris m;
(jewelry) amul¡t·um |¿ n
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jump (an opponent’s checker) chicken gall¿n·a |ae f, (gall¿n§ceus)
tr§nsil·i« |¿re |u¿; king r¡x, r¡gis m pull·us |¿ m; (as food) gall¿n§ce·a
|ae f
check mark (indicating error) virgul·a
|ae f c¡ns«ria chicken coop gall¿n§ri·um |¿ n
cheek gen·a |ae f chicken-hearted m»ricid·us |a |um
cheer intr accl§m§re chief (principal) pr¿nc·eps |ipis
cheer s cl§m·or |«ris m; cheers! pr«sit! chief of police praefect·us |¿ m vigilum
cheer up tr (ex)hilar§re, laetific§re ¶ children l¿ber·¿ |«rum mpl
intr cheer up! hab¡ (pl: hab¡te)
animum bonum! chilly fr¿gidul·us |a |um; it’s getting
chilly aër fr¿g¡scit
cheerful hilar·us |a |um
chimney f»m§ri·um |¿ n
cheerfulness hilarit»d·« |inis f
chin ment·um |¿ n
cheese c§se·us |¿ m
China fictilia Sin¡nsium v§s·a |«rum
cheese cake savill·um |¿ n npl
chef archimag¿r·us |¿ m (·a |ae f) chirp (birds) p¿pil§re, p¿p§re;
(grasshoppers) fritinn·i« |¿re
chemical adj chemic·us |a |um
chisel s scalpr·um |¿ n
chemical s chemic·um |¿ n
chisel tr scalpr« caed·« |ere cec¿d¿
chemist ch¡mic·us |¿ m (·a |ae f) caesus; chisel s.o. out of (cheat)
aliquem ¡mun·g« |gere |x¿ |ctus (+
chemistry chemi·a |ae f, chemic·¡ |¡s f abl)
cherry ceras·um |¿ n chives porr·um |¿ n sect¿vum
cherry pie cerasa npl in cr»st« cocta chocolate socol§t·a |ae f; (drink) p«t·us
|»s m socol§tae
chess l»d·us |¿ m sc§c«rum,
sc§cil»di·um |¿ n; castle s turr·is |is chocolate bar tabell·a |ae f socol§tae
f; tr adrocc§re; checkmate r¡gem
ten·e« |¡re |u¿; checkmate! cav¡ chocolate pudding erne·um |¿ n
r¡g¿!; chessboard sc§c§ri·um |¿ n; socol§teum
play chess sc§c¿s l»dere (see Chapter
V) choice adj exquis¿t·us |a |um, ¡l¡ct·us |a
|um
chest (anat) pect·us |oris n; (box)
arm§ri·um |¿ n; (for clothes) choice s opti·« |«nis f; the choice is
vesti§ri·um |¿ n yours opti« tua est
chestnut adj (of horse only) badius choir chor·us |¿ m
chestnut s castane·a |ae f choir director chor¿ magis·ter |tr¿ m
(·tra |ae f)
chewing gum cumm·is |is f mastic§bilis
choir loft aps·is |idis f
chew out (scold) pil§re
chore p¡ns·um |¿ n; do chores p¡nsa
chick pull·us |¿ m facere
Christmas Eve pr¿di¡ n§t§lem Chr¿st¿
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Christmas f¡st·um |¿ n n§tivit§tis circumference circuit·us |»s m; the
Chr¿st¿; celebrate Christmas crater measures 500 feet in
n§t§lem Chr¿st¿ diem celebr§re; circumference cr§t¡r patet circuit»
Merry Christmas! faustum ac qu¿ngent«s ped¡s
f¡l¿cem Chr¿st¿ n§t§lem (tibi
exopt«)!; fausta f¡sta n§t§licia Chr¿st¿ cistern cistern·a |ae f
(tibi exopt«)!
citadel ar·x |cis f
Christmas gift n§t§licium m»nuscul·um
|¿ n (or d«n·um |¿ n); give citizen c¿v·is |is mf; my fellow citizens
(exchange, receive, wrap) c¿v¡s me¿; private citizen (who holds
Christmas gifts offerre (inter s¡ no political office) pr¿v§t·us |¿ m
dare, accipere, involvere) n§t§licia
m»nuscula citizenship c¿vit·§s |§tis f
Christmas holidays f¡ri·ae |§rum fpl city (physical entity) urb·s |is f; c¿vit·§s
n§t§liciae; spend the Christmas |§tis f
holidays (vacation) f¡ri§s n§t§lici§s
agere city council decuri«n·¡s |um mpl
Christmas tree arb·or |oris f n§t§licia; civil c¿v¿l·is |is |e; civil rights i»·s |ris n
decorate the Christmas tree with c¿v¿le; deprive s.o. of civil rights
lights, balls, and tinsel arborem aliquem capite d¡minu·« |ere |¿; loss
n§t§liciam ¿gnicul¿s et globul¿s et (taking away) of civil rights
lamin¿s argente¿s orn§re d¡min»ti·« |«nis f capitis
chronic long·us |a |um civilian adj tog§t·us |a |um, pr¿v§t·us |a
|um
chronological order «rd·« |inis m
temporis; in chronological order civilian s tog§t·us |¿ m, pr¿v§t·us |¿ m
serv§t« temporis «rdine
civilized h»m§n·us |a |um
chubby corpulent·us |a |um
claim (say) praedic§re; (demand)
chum sod§l·is |is mf postul§re; claim as one’s own
vindic§re
church eccl¡si·a |ae f
clam my·ax |acis m
cider v¿n·um |¿ n m§l¿num
clam shell myacis test·a |ae f
cigar sigar·um |¿ n
clamp c«nf¿bul·a |ae f
cigarette sigarell·um |¿ n; pack of
cigarettes capsell·a |ae f clamp down on (fig) comp¡sc·« |ere
sigarell«rum; smoke a cigarette
f»mum sigarell¿ s»g·« |ere s»x¿ clarinet t¿bi·a |ae f cl§r¿sona; play the
clarinet t¿bi§ cl§r¿son§ can·« |ere
cigarette lighter ignit§bul·um |¿ n cecin¿
circulate circul§re; (of rumor, reports) clasp f¿bul·a |ae f
percr¡br¡c·« |ere precr¡bu¿
class (in school) class·is |is f; (social)
circulation (of blood) circul§ti·« |«nis f; «rd·« |inis m; be at the head of the
be in circulation (of books) in class classem d»cere; first-class seat
manibus esse s¡d·¡s |is f pr¿mae classis; lower
class «rd« ¿nferior; middle class «rd«
medius; second-class seat s¡d¡s
secundae classis; tourist-class seat
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s¡d¡s turistica; upper class «rd« climb ascend·« |ere |¿, ¡scendere; climb
superior; working class «rd« a tree in arborem ¡scendere; climb
oper§rius the stairs per scal§s ascendere
classical classic·us |a |um; classical clippers m§chinul·a |ae f capill¿s
author scr¿pt·or |«ris m vetus et resecand¿s
probus, scr¿ptor classicus
cloak palli·um |¿ n (Greek item)
classics auct«r·¡s |um mpl utr¿usque
linguae cl§rissim¿ clock h«rologi·um |¿ n; the clock keeps
good time h«rologium r¡ct¡ metitur;
classroom concl§v·e |is n schol§re, look at the clock h«rologium
schol·a |ae f ¿nspic·i« |ere ¿nspex¿; set the clock
h«rologium temper§re; wall clock
clause s membr·um |¿ n; main clause h«rologium pariet§rium; wind the
«r§ti·« |«nis f [note: «r§ti« can be a clock h«rologium inten·d« |dere |d¿
main clause or a complete sentence] int¡nsus
clean (the house, etc.) p»rg§re clogs sole·ae |§rum fpl ligneae
cleaning rag drapp·us |¿ m close (comput) concl»d·« |ere |¿
concl»sus
clear cl§r·us |a |um; (unclouded)
ser¡n·us |a |um, s»d·us |a |um; closet vesti§ri·um |¿ n pariet¿ ¿nsertum
(conscience) r¡ct·us |a |um
cloth (as a fabric) text·um |¿ n; (a piece
clear tr clear the table mund§re of cloth) pann·us |¿ m
m¡nsam; clear out of here! hinc
apage!; clear $1000 in the first year cloth-bound book lib·er |r¿ m l¿n«
pr¿m« ann« mille dollar«s d¡terg·e« cont¡ctus
|¡re d¡ters¿ d¡tersus; clear up
(difficulties) exped·i« |¿re |¿v¿ |¿tus ¶ clothe vest·i« |¿re |¿v¿ or |i¿ |¿tus
intr clear up disser¡n§re
clothes vest¿ment·a |«rum npl; habit·us
clerk scr¿b·a |ae mf; (in a shop) |»s m (outfit of a particular class or
tabern§ri·us |¿ m (·a |ae f) occasion)
clever callid·us |a |um; very clever! clothes closet vesti§ri·um |¿ n (pariet¿
(well said!) fac¡t¡ dictum! ¿nsertum)
cleverness callidit·§s |§tis f clothes hanger fulcim·en |inis n
vesti§rium
click tr d¡prim·« |ere d¡press¿; puls§re;
left-click sinistr«rsum d¡primere; clothes hook unc·us |¿ m vesti§rius;
right-click dextr«rsum d¡primere; hang up (s.th.) on the clothes hook
double-click bis d¡primere or bis in unc« vesti§ri« suspend·« |ere |¿
puls§re
clothing vest¿t·us |»s m, vest¿ment·a
client cli·¡ns |entis mf |«rum npl
climate cael·um |¿ n; hot (cold, clothing store tabern·a |ae f vesti§ria
temperate, warm) climate ferv¡ns
(fr¿gidum, temper§tum, tepidum) cloud n»b·¡s |is f
cael·um |¿ n; mild climate
temperi·¡s |¡¿ f cloudy n»bil«s·us |a |um; become
cloudy n»bil§re
clown scurr·a |ae mf
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club f»st·is |is m; (social club) cohort coh·ors |ortis f
sod§lici·um |¿ n
coin s numm·us |¿ m
cluck gl«c·i« |¿re
coin tr (new words) (nova verba) fing·«
clumsy incomposit·us |a |um |ere f¿nx¿ f¿ctus
cluster (of islands, etc.) celebrit·§s |§tis cold adj (the most general word, applied
f; (of grapes) »v·a |ae f to all degrees from pleasant coolness
to severe cold; also, dispassionate)
clutch ped§l·e |is n i»ncti«nis (or fr¿gid·us |a |um; ice-cold gelid·us |a
c«pul§ti«nis) |um; be or feel cold alge« alg¡re als¿,
fr¿g·e« |¡re; get cold alg¡sc·« |ere,
coach tr exercit§re; (a student) fr¿g¡sc·« |ere; my hands and feet
admon·e« |¡re |u¿ |itus are cold man»s ped¡sque fr¿gent;
turn cold fr¿g¡sc·« |ere; very cold
coach s (sports) exercit§·tor |t«ris m perfr¿gidus
(·tr¿x |tr¿cis f)
cold s fr¿g·us |oris n, gel·» |»s n; (med)
coal lap·is gag·as (gen: lapis gagatis) m, grav¡d·« |inis f; catch a cold
carb·« |«nis m grav¡dinem con·trah« |trahere |trax¿
|tractus; have a cold grav¡dine
coal mine fod¿n·a |ae f carb«n§ria lab«r§re; liable to catch cold
alsi«s·us |a |um
coast «r·a |ae f (maritima); off the coast
of ante (+ acc); on the coast in «r§ coldcuts conc¿s·a |«rum npl
(maritim§)
cold spell fr¿gor·a |um npl
coat amicul·a |ae f
cold weather gel·u |»s n, tempest·§s
coat hook vestium unc·us |¿ m |§tis f fr¿gida or gelida
coat rack sustent§cul·um |¿ n vestium collar coll§r·e |is n
cobweb ar§ne·a |ae f collective adj coll¡ct¿v·us |a |um
Coca-Cola Cocac«l·a |ae f college coll¡gi·um |¿ n
cocain coca¿n·um |¿ n; snort cocain collision coll¿si·« |«nis f
coca¿num olfact§re
colonel trib»n·us |¿ m m¿litum
cockpit cell·a |ae f §ëroplan¿
color s col·or |«ris m
cockroach blatt·a |ae f
color tr (the hair, etc.) col«r§re, ting·«
cocktail propoma, propomatis n, cinn·is |ere t¿nx¿ t¿nctus
|is m
colt ecule·us |¿ m
cocoa c«co·a |ae f
column column·a |ae f; (marching)
coffee caffe·a |ae f agm·en |inis n
coffee break caffe§ria paus·a |ae f comb s pect·en |inis m
coffee cup p«cill·um |¿ n caffe§rium comb tr pect·« |ere pex¿ pexus; comb
back repectere; comb the hair
coffee maker m§chin·a |ae f caffe§ria capillum (or capill«s or cr¿n¡s or
comam) pectere; comb out expectere
coffee pot hirnul·a |ae f caffeae
coffee set synthes·is |is f caffe§ria
coffin capul·us |¿ m, arc·a |ae f
294 Conversational Latin
combat proeli·um |¿ n, pugn·a |ae f; in commit (a crime) (scelus) committ·«
hand-to-hand combat comminus |ere comm¿s¿ commissus
[adv]
committee concili·um |¿ n
combatant proeli§t·or |«ris m
common noun s n«m·en |inis n
combination s compreh¡nsi·« |«nis f; a appell§t¿vum
syllable is a combination of letters
syllaba est compreh¡nsi« litter§rum common sense: have common sense
cor hab¡re
combine tr comp«n·« |ere composu¿
compositus; prepositions can be community c¿vit·§s |§tis f
combined with verbs praepositi«n¡s
cum verb¿s comp«n¿ possunt compact disk (CD) compactus disc·us
|¿ m
come ven·i« |¿re v¡n¿ ventum; come
about ¡ven¿re; come back soon red¿ company (mil) centuri·a |ae f; keep
(pl: red¿te) cito; come down with an each other company inter s¡ col·«
illness morb« corrip·ior |¿ correptus |ere |u¿
sum; come from ven¿re ab (+ abl),
d¡r¿v§r¿ ab (+ abl); come here this company commander centuri·« |«nis m
minute! conc¡de h»c §ct»tum!; come
on! agedum!; come what may, we’ll comparative (degree) grad·us |»s m
take it philosophically quod fors compar§t¿vus; in the comparative
feret, fer¡mus aequ« anim« compar§t¿v¡, in compar§ti«ne
comfort s lev§ti·« |«nis f compare with compar§re cum (+ abl)
comfort tr allev§re comparison s compar§ti·« |«nis f
comfortable commod·us |a |um; make compartment (in a train, plane) diaet·a
yourselves comfortable rog« ut |ae f (pr¿mae, secundae classis)
v«b¿s su§viter sit
compass pyx·is |idis f magn¡tica
comics libell·¿ |«rum mpl p¿ctographic¿
compassion cl¡menti·a |ae f
coming: he’s got what’s coming to him
habet quod sibi d¡b¡tur compassionate cl¡m·¡ns |entis
comma s comm·a |atis n compile comp«n·« |ere composu¿
compositus
command s (comput) i»ss·um |¿ n
complain about quer·or |¿ questus sum
command tr (a legion, army) imper§re d¡ (+ abl)
(+ dat)
complete c«nfic·i« |ere c«nf¡c¿
commander in chief imper§t·or |«ris m; c«nfectus; (a year) expl·e« |¡re |¡v¿
be the commander in chief imperi¿ |¡tus
summam ten·e« |¡re tenu¿
complexion col·or |«ris m; having a
commence hostilities bell¿ initium healthy complexion col«r§t·us |a
facere |um
commerce commerci·um |¿ n composition scr¿pt»r·a |ae f,
compositi·« |«nis f
commercial (advertisement)
praec«ni·um |¿ n compound adj composit·us |a |um (ut
“indoctus” uneducated) (opp:
simplex, ut “doctus”)
General Vocabulary 295
computer adj comput§tr§l·is |is |e, conduct business neg«tium agere;
«rdin§tr§l·is |is |e conduct oneself (behave) s¡ ger·«
|ere gess¿
computer s comput§tr·um |¿ n,
«rdin§tr·um |¿ n conductor (of an orchestra)
symphoniac«rum magis·ter |tr¿ m; (of
computer engineer m§chin§·tor |t«ris m a train) tr§minis c»r§t·or |«ris m
(·tr¿x |tr¿cis f) comput§tr§lis
conference congress·us |»s m
computer game l»s·us |»s m
comput§tr§lis; play a computer confide in c«nf¿d·« |ere c«nf¿sus sum (+
game l»sum comput§tr§lem l»dere dat)
con tr verba dare (+ dat) confidence fid·¡s |e¿ f, f¿d»ci·a |ae f;
(esp. over-confidence, self-
concentrate all the troops in one place confidence) c«nf¿denti·a |ae f; have
c«g·« |ere co¡g¿ co§ctus omn¡s confidence in fidem hab¡re (+ dat)
c«pi§s in »num locum; concentrate
on something animum in aliquid confident c«nf¿d·¡ns |entis; be
d¡f¿g·« |ere d¡f¿x¿ confident c«nf¿d·« |ere c«nf¿sus sum
concentration intenti·« |«nis f anim¿ confluence c«nflu·¡ns |entis m; at the
confluence of the Tiber and the
concern s c»r·a |ae f Anio inter c«nfluent¡s Tiberim et
Ani«nem
concern tr (to worry) sollicit§re; as far
as I’m concerned per m¡; how does congratulate gr§tul·or |§r¿ |§tus sum (+
that concern you? quid id ad t¡ dat)
attinet?; it concerns me (you) me§
(tu§) r¡fert; it does not concern me congratulations! macte virt»te est«!;
(you) me§ (tu§) minim¡ r¡fert gr§tul§ti«n¡s!
concerned about (for) sollicit·us |a |um congress congress·us |»s m
d¡ (pr«) (+ abl); I’m not terribly
concerned about … lab«r« n«n conjugate tr d¡cl¿n§re
vald¡ d¡ (+ abl)
conjugation s d¡cl¿n§ti·« |«nis f; (rarely
concert concent·us |»s m; attend a occurs) coniug§ti·« |«nis f
concert concentu¿ adesse
conjunction s coni»ncti·« |«nis f
concise brev·is |is |e
connect tr c«nect·« |ere c«nexu¿
concrete s concr¡t·um |¿ n c«nexus
concrete noun s voc§bul·um |¿ n (opp: connection coni»ncti·« |«nis f; (comput)
appell§ti«) c«nex·us |»s m
condemn condemn§re conquer vinc·« |ere v¿c¿ victus;
conquer a country terr§ pot·ior |¿r¿
condition stat·us |»s m; (term of an pot¿tus sum
agreement) condici·« |«nis f; in
excellent condition habitissim·us |a conscience: bad conscience mala
|um; in good (bad) condition bene c«nscienti·a |ae f; good conscience
(male) habit·us |a |um; on condition m¡ns f c«nscia r¡ct¿
that e§ l¡ge ut (+ subj); physical
condition corporis habit·us |»s m
296 Conversational Latin
consent: give one’s consent permitt·« continual continu·us |a |um
|ere perm¿s¿ (ut); without my
consent m¡ inv¿t« continually continu¡
conservative adj c«nserv§t¿v·us |a |um contract contrah·« |ere contr§x¿
contractus; contract an illness
conservative s c«nserv§t¿v·us |¿ m (·a morbum or adversam val¡t»dinem
|ae f); conservatives (in ancient contrahere
Rome) optim§t·¡s |ium mpl
contradict contr§d¿cere (+ dat);
consider: to consider it already done contradict oneself pugnantia loqu·or
istuc iam pr« fact« hab¡re |¿ loc»tus sum
consist of c«nst·« |§re c«nstit¿ (+ abl or control s (restraint) continenti·a |ae f;
ex or d¡ + abl) (power) potest·§s |§tis f; out of
control effr¡n§t·us |a |um
consonant s c«nson·§ns |antis f
control tr contin·e« |¡re |u¿; control
constant c«nst·§ns |antis; (incessant) yourself! t¡ contin¡!
perpetu·us |a |um
convalesce conval¡sc·« |ere
constantly perpetu«
convenience: at your convenience tu«
consternation c«nstern§ti·« |«nis f commod«; write me at your earliest
convenience scr¿be ad m¡ cum
constipated: be constipated alvum commodissim¡ poteris
suppressam hab¡re
convenient: when it will be convenient
constitution c«nstit»t·a |«rum npl for you cum erit tuum commodum
construct (with mechanical skill) conversation serm·« |«nis f,
fabric§re; (buildings) exstru·« |ere colloqui·um |¿ n; engage in
exstrux¿ exstructus conversation with serm«n¡s cum (+
abl) c«nfer« c«nferre contul¿
construction s c«nstructi·« |«nis f
convict convinc·« |ere conv¿c¿ convictus
consul c«nsul |is m; elect a consul (w. acc. of the person and w. gen of
c«nsulem cre§re the charge); convicted of
manifest·us |a (+ gen); convict s.o.
consulship c«nsul§t·us |»s m; hold the on many counts of fraud aliquem
consulship c«nsul§tum ger·« |ere mult¿s cr¿minibus fraudis convincere
gess¿
conviction (for) condemn§ti·« |«nis f (+
contempt contempt·us |»s m, gen of the charge)
d¡spic§ti·« |«nis f; feel contempt for
contemn·« |ere |ps¿; hold s.o. in convince persu§d·e« |¡re persu§s¿ (+
contempt aliquem d¡spic§tum hab¡re dat); I am firmly convinced that
pl¡nus (-a) persu§si«nis sum (+ acc
contemptuous (of) d¡spici·¡ns |entis (+ w. inf)
gen)
coo (of a pigeon) gem·« |ere |u¿
content (with) content·us |a |um (+
abl); to your heart’s content cook s coqu·us |¿ m, coqu·a |ae f
arbitr§t» tu«
cook tr coqu·« |ere cox¿ coctus; cook up
contest s cert§m·en |inis n (fig) exc«git§re
continent par·s |tis f mund¿ [not
contin¡ns, which means “mainland”]
General Vocabulary 297
cookie cr»stul·um |¿ n correctly r¡ct¡ (opp: pr§v¡), ¡mend§t¡
(opp: viti«s¡); speak (spell)
cooking pot «ll·a |ae f correctly r¡ct¡ loqu¿ (scr¿bere)
cool fr¿gidul·us |a |um correlative adj rel§t¿vus |a |um (ut “t§lis
… qu§lis” such … as)
cool off tr refr¿ger§re ¶ intr refr¿ger§r¿
correspond with epistul§rum
coolness (indifference) fr¿g·us |oris n commercium hab¡re cum (+ abl)
coop up incl»·d« |dere |s¿ |sus; be correspondence epistul§rum
cooped up in the house in aedibus commerci·um |¿ n
coart§tus (-a) esse
corresponding secretary ab epistul¿s
coordinate conjunction s coni»ncti·«
|«nis f c«pul§t¿va corridor ambul§cr·um |¿ n, andr·«n
|«nis m
cope with p§r esse (+ dat); unable to
cope with imp§r esse (+ dat) cost intr c«nst·« |§re c«nstit¿ (+ gen of
indefinite price or abl of definite
copier polygraph·um |¿ n price); cost a lot (little, nothing,
more, less) mult¿ (parv¿, gr§t¿s,
copy s exempl·um |¿ n, exempl·ar |§ris pl»ris, min«ris); c«nst§re; it costs
n 100 denarii centum den§ri¿s constat
copy tr exscr¿b·« |ere exscr¿ps¿ (from ex cost s imp¡ns·a |ae f
+ abl) (by cheating) cland¡st¿n«;
(with printer) exemplum (+ gen) couch lectul·us |¿ m t«ment« fartus;
facere (semicircular) stibadi·um |¿ n
Corinth Corinth·us |¿ f; gulf of Corinth cough intr tuss·i« |¿re
sin·us |»s m Corinthiacus (or
Corinthius) cough s tuss·is |is m; have a cough
tuss·i« |¿re
corkscew extr§cul·um |¿ n
councilman decuri·« |«nis m
corn ma¿zi·um |¿ n; corn on the cob
ma¿zium |¿ n in sp¿c§ counsel i»risper¿t·us |¿ m (·a |ae f)
corner kick (soccer) ict·us |»s m count (leg) cr¿m·en |inis n
angul§ris
count tr numer§re; count up or out
corporal d¡curi·« |«nis mf ¡numer§re; you can count on me
potes n¿t¿ m¡ [abl]; you can count
corpse cad§v·er |eris n on it that … erit tibi perspectum (+
acc & inf); you don’t count extr§
correct adj r¡ct·us |a |um (opp: pr§vus), numerum es mihi
¡mend§t·us |a |um (free from faults),
corr¡ct·us |a |um (in the sense of country (as a political unit) r¡s p»blica
“corrected”) (gen: re¿ p»blicae) f; (as a
community) c¿vit·§s |§tis f; (native
correct tr (esp. mistakes in writing) land) patri·a |ae f; (as a physical
¡mend§re; (a person or mistake) entity) f¿n·¡s |ium mpl; (as opposed
corrig·« |ere corr¡x¿ corr¡ctus to city) r»s, r»ris n; from the
country r»re; in the country r»r¿; to
correction corr¡cti·« |«nis f, ¡mend§ti·« the country r»s
|«nis f
298 Conversational Latin
country road vi·a |ae f regi«n§lis crab (shellfish) can·cer |cr¿ m; (person)
mor«s·us |¿ m (·a |ae f)
courage fortit»d·« |inis f
crabbiness mor«sit·§s |§tis f
courageous fort·is |is |e
crabby mor«s·us |a |um
course curs·us |»s m; (in school) curs·us
|»s m §cro§sium; (of a meal) crack s r¿m·a |ae f
fercul·um |¿ n; along a winding
course meante curs»; be driven off crack tr find·« |ere f¿d¿ fissus; (nuts)
course curs» excut·ior |¿ excussus perfring·« |ere perfr¡g¿ perfractus ¶
sum; in due course mox; in the intr r¿m§s agere
course of inter (+ acc); in the course
of time pr«c¡dente tempore; of cracked (crazy) cerr¿t·us |a |um
course profect«, quidem, nempe,
(also sarcastically) sc¿licet crack troops r«bor·a |um npl peditum,
c«pi·ae |§rum fpl ¡l¡ctissimae
court i»dici·um |¿ n; (of a king) aul·a
|ae f; court of appeal i»dicium cradle c»n·ae |§rum fpl
appell§t«rium; hold court i»s d¿cere;
take s.o. to court aliquem in craft artifici·um |¿ n
i»dicium voc§re (or add»cere)
craftsman fa·ber |br¿ m, artifex,
courteous c«m·is |is |e artificis m
courteously c«miter craftsmanship artifici·um |¿ n
courtesy c«mit·§s |§tis f cramp convulsi·« |«nis f
courtesy call offici·um |¿ n crane gr»s, gruis mf (see bird);
(machine) tolenn·« |«nis m
courthouse basilic·a |ae f
crash (comput) corr·uit corruere corruit
courtroom i»dici·um |¿ n
crater cr§t·¡r |¡ris m
courtyard §re·a |ae f; (in a Roman
house) peristyli·um |¿ n craving for appet¿ti·« |«nis f (+ gen)
cousin (brother’s child) patru¡l·is |is mf; crawl r¡p·« |ere r¡ps¿ r¡ptum; (esp. of
(sister’s daughter) c«ns«br¿n·a |ae f; snakes) serp·« |ere |s¿
(sister’s son) c«ns«br¿n·us |¿ m
crazy d¡l¿r·us |a |um; he’s crazy about
cover tegiment·um |¿ n; (lid) her eam d¡perit; he’s crazy about
opercul·um |¿ n; (shelter) suffugi·um sports morb«sus est in l»d«s
|¿ n; take cover suf·fugi« |fugere
|f»g¿; under cover of darkness cream cr¡m·um |¿ n
nocte adiuvante
credible cr¡dibil·is |is |e; be credible
cover up (against the cold) oper·i« |¿re f¿dem hab¡re
|u¿ |tus
credit (com) fid·¡s |e¿ f; academic
cow vacc·a |ae f; cows moo (or low) credit insign·e |is n acad¡micum;
vaccae m»giunt buy on credit fid¡ su§ emere;
pec»ni§ haud praesent§ri§ emere; get
cowboy bubulc·us |¿ m (Americ§nus) academic credit for this course
insigne acad¡micum mer¡re pr« h«c
cozy commod·us |a |um curs» (§cro§sium); have good credit
bon§ fid¡ esse
credit card tabell·a |ae f tr¿b»t§ria
General Vocabulary 299
credit hour h«r·a |ae f acad¡mica crow s corn·¿x |¿cis f; as the crow flies
m¡ns»r§ currente [lit: in a running
creek r¿v·us |¿ m measurement]; crows caw corn¿c¡s
cr«citant (see bird)
creep (term of contempt) larv·a |ae f;
you give me the creeps facis ut crowd turb·a |ae f
horream
cruel cr»d¡l·is |is |e
creep: it makes my skin creep facit ut
horream cruelty cr»d¡lit·§s |§tis f
crest (of a hill) iug·um |¿ n; (of animals, cry fle« fl¡re fl¡v¿; (of a baby) vag·i«
helmet) crist·a |ae f |¿re; cry out to cl§m§re (+ dat); cry
over fl¡re
cricket gryll·us |¿ m; (game) l»d·us |¿ m
bacul¿ et pilae; crickets chirp gryll¿ cucumber cucumis, cucumeris m
str¿dent
cue verb·um |¿ n monit«rium
crime facin·us |oris n, scel·us |eris n;
cr¿m·en |inis n (more often means culture h»m§nit·§s |§tis f
merely the charge)
cunning collubr¿n·us |a |um
criminal adj facinor«s·us |a |um
cup p«cul·um |¿ n, p«cill·um |¿ n; cup
criminal s s«ns, sontis mf, cr¿min«s·us |¿ of coffee (of tea) pocill·um |¿ n
m (·a |ae f) caffeae (theae)
crisis discr¿m·en |inis n cupboard arm§ri·um |¿ n pariet¿
¿nsertum
critic critic·us |¿ m
curable s§n§bil·is |is |e
critical: the situation is critical r¡s est
in summ« discr¿mine curb crep¿d·« |inis f viaria
criticize reprehen·d« |dere |d¿ |sus cure s remedi·um |¿ n
crocodile crocod¿l·us |¿ m cure tr s§n§re
crook (thief) fur, furis m curiosity c»ri«sit·§s |§tis f
crooked curv§t·us |a |um; (morally) curl cirr·us |¿ m, cincinnul·us |¿ m
pr§v·us |a |um; (crafty) dol«s·us |a
|um curl cr¿sp§re
crop up exsist·« |ere exstit¿; unless curler calamistr·um |¿ n
something new crops up nisi alquid
nov¿ exstiterit curly cr¿sp·us |a |um, cirr§t·us |a |um,
cincinnul·us |a |um; have curly hair
crops (standing grain) seg·es |etis f; cincinnul« capill« esse
(field produce) fr»g·¡s |um fpl
current adj (in general use) »sit§t·us |a
cross-eyed strab·us |a |um |um; (opinion) vulg§r·is |is |e
cross one’s path alicui obviam ven¿re current s fl»m·en |inis n (in the sense of
“the flow”); (electrical) ¡lectricum
crossing (passage) tr§nsit·us |»s m fluent·um |¿ n; against the current
advers« fl»mine; with the current
crossroads compit·um |¿ n s¡cund« fl»mine
crow intr (of roosters) c»c»r·i« |¿re; curriculum studi«rum curricul·um |¿ n
can·« |ere cecin¿
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