Word | Part of Speech | Translation/Definition |
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cūra, -ae | Noun 1st f. | care, concern | amat victoria cūram (anon.) | |
patria, -ae | Noun 1st f. | fatherland | In current use: pater patriae | |
grātia, -ae | Noun 1st f. | thanks, favor; gratitude | “Preposition” + genitive (Group 6) | |
vīs, vīs | Noun 3rd -i stem f. | strength, force | ||
mēns, mentis | Noun 3rd -i stem f. | mind | ||
virtūs, -tūtis | Noun 3rd f. | courage, virtue | ||
cīvitās, -tātis | Noun 3rd f. | citizenship; state | ||
gēns, gentis | Noun 3rd -i stem f. | race, tribe; family | ||
ars, artis | Noun 3rd -i stem f. | art, skill | omnis ars nātūrae imitātiō est. (Seneca) |
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ratiō, -iōnis | Noun 3rd f. | reason; reasoning | ||
salūs, -ūtis | Noun 3rd f. | health, wellfare | ||
legiō, -ōnis | Noun 3rd f. | legion | ||
manus, -ūs | Noun 4th f. | hand; band (of men) | In current use: m.d. (manus dextra) (piano music); m.s. (manus sinistra) (piano music) |
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domus, -ūs | Noun 2nd/4th f. | home, house | Declension | |
exercitus, -ūs | Noun 4th m. | army | ||
homo, hominis | Noun 3rd c. (m./f.) | human being, person | In current use: homo sapiens; ad hominem | |
rēs, reī | Noun 5th f. | matter, thing | In current use: in medias res; rēs ipsa loquitur (law) | |
diēs, diēī | Noun 5th m./f. | day | carpe diem (Hor. Odes 1.11.8) | In current use: sine die; Dies ille, dies irae (Medieval hymn sequence); a.m. (ante meridiem < medium diem) |
fidēs, -eī | Noun 5th f. | faith, trust | In current use: bona fide | |
spēs, -eī | Noun 5th f. | hope | ||
aiō | Verb Irregular | to say | ||
fiō, fierī, factus sum | Verb Irregular | to be made, be done, happen, become | In current use: nihil ex nihilo fit | |
inquam | Verb Irregular | to say | Postpositive | |
iubeō, -ēre, iussī, iussus | Verb 2nd | to order; bid; tell | ||
doceō, –ēre, -uī, doctus | Verb 2nd | to teach | experientia docet. (Tacitus) |
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valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus | Verb 2nd | to be well, be strong | Si valēs, bene est. Ego valeo. (abbreviated: S.V.B.E.E.V. Used in letters) | |
timeō, -ēre, -uī, — | Verb 2nd | to be afraid; fear | ||
stō, stāre, stetī, status | Verb 1st | to stand, stay | In current use: stāre decisīs | |
parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | Verb 1st | to prepare | ||
scrībō, -ere, scripsī, scriptus | Verb 3rd | to write | ||
noscō, noscere, nōvī, nōtus | Verb 3rd | to learn, get to know | ||
cognoscō, -ere, –nōvī, -nitus | Verb 3rd | to learn, get to know | ||
suus, sua, suum | Possesive reflexive Adjective (1st/2nd) | subject’s (his/her/its/their) | Etiam capillus ūnus habet umbram suam. (Publilius Syrus) (capillus, -ī: hair) |
In current use: sui generis |
vērus, -a, -um | Adjective 1st/2nd | true | ||
proximus, -a, -um | Adjective 1st/2nd | nearest, very close | ||
superus | Adjective 1st/2nd | above | ||
suprēmus | Adjective 1st/2nd | highest; last, final | et breviter Troiae suprēmum audīre labōrem, (Verg. Aen. 2.11)rex ipse Iovis dē gente suprēmā, (Verg Aen. 7.220)”Turne, in tē suprēma salūs, . . .” (Verg. Aen. 12.653) |
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(nt. adverbial) for the last time | (Orpheus and Eurydice) suprēmumque, “Valē” . . . dixit. (Ov. Met. 10.62) |
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summus | Adjective 1st/2nd | highest | In current use: summa cum laude | |
pūblicus | Adjective 1st/2nd | public | ||
medius | Adjective 1st/2nd | middle (of) | In current use: in medias res; a.m. (ante meridiem < medium diem) |
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nōtus | Adjective 1st/2nd | known, well-known | ||
tōtus,-a, -um | Adjective 1st/2nd | the whole, the entire | ||
mille, pl. mīlia | Adjective (Indeclinable in singular, see “Other” for plural.) | thousand | ||
eī | Pronoun | (dat.) him/her/it (pronoun) | ||
(nom.) they (pronoun) | ||||
Demonstrative adjective | (dat.) this ___ (adjective) | |||
(nom.) these ___s (adj.) | ||||
cuī | Relative Pronoun | (dative for/to) whom | In current use: cui bono | |
huic | Pronoun | him/her/it/this one (dat.pronoun) | ||
Demonstrative adjective | this ___ (dat. adj.) | |||
eīs | Pronoun | them (dat./abl. pronoun) | ||
Demonstrative Adjective | these ___ (dat./abl. adjective) | |||
quibus | Relative Pronoun | (dative; prep. + ablative) (persons) whom;(things) which | ||
quibuscum: with whom | ||||
hīs | Pronoun | these people/things (dat./abl. pronoun) | ||
Demonstrative Adjective | these ____ (dat./abl. adjective) | |||
numquam | Adverb | never | ||
deinde | Adverb | then, next | ||
ergo | Adverb | therefore | Cogito ergo sum (Descartes) | In current use: post hoc ergo propter hoc |
igitur | Adverb | therefore | ||
unde | Adverb | from where | ||
inde | Adverb | from there | ||
hinc | Adverb | from here | ||
post | Preposition | after; behind | In current use: post bellum; post mortem; p.m. (post meridiem); p.c. = post cibum (prescriptions); post hoc ergo propter hoc |
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prope | Preposition | near | ||
super | Preposition | above | ||
autem | Coordinating Conjunction | however | ||
dum | Subordinating Conjunction | while | dum pluit [it rains] in terrīs (Verg. Aen. 10.807) |
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quia | Subordinating Conjunction | because | Synonyms; in post-classical Latin “that” (indirect statement) |
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valē, valēte | Verb (Imperative [Singular/Plural]) | Goodbye! (Be well!) |