| Word | Part of Speech | Translation/Definition |
Examples |
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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!) |