1. Latin to English ("Assumed vocabulary") Flashcards
This list of 168 common Latin words is that of Gilbert Lawall’s edition of Petronius (selections). Students are advised to memorize all words before reading the Latin text.
Suggestion: as you review these words, many or most of which may familiar, pay attention to the quantities of vowels (important for poetry) and to the grammatical information given for each word, e.g. genitive singulars and genders, and principal parts
Begin with Latin to English. Then move on to English to Latin; total mastery of these words will make the rest of Latin much easier.
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William Turpin
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ā or ab (+ abl.)
from; by (prep. + abl.)
ac
and, and also, and even (conj.)
ad (+ acc.)
to, toward; at, near (prep. + acc.)
agō, agere, ēgī, āctus
to do; to drive
alius, alia, aliud
other, another
alius … alius
one … another
ambulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātūrus
to walk
amīcus, ī, m.; amīca, -ae, f.
friend
amō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus
to love
annus, -ī, m.
year
aqua, -ae, f.
water
atque
and, and also, and even (conj.)
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus
to hear
bene
well (adv.)
bonus, -a, -um
good
canis, canis, m.
dog
caput, capitis, n.
head
cēna, -ae, f.
dinner
cēnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus
to dine
centum
a hundred (indecl. adj.)
clāmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātūrus
to shout
crās
tomorrow
cum (+ indic.; subj.; abl.)
when; since; although (conj. + indic. or subj.); with (prep. + abl.)
dē (+ abl.)
down from; concerning (prep. + abl.)
decem
ten (indecl. adj.)
dēns, dentis, m.
tooth
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus
to say, tell
diēs, diēī, m./f.
day
digitus, -ī, m.
finger
diū
for a long time (adv.)
dō, dare, dedī, datus
to give
dominus, -ī, m.
master
dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductus
to lead, take, bring
dum
while (conj.)
duo, duae, duo
two
ē or ex (+ abl.)
out of, from (prep. + abl.)
ego, meī
I (pronoun)
eō, īre, iī, itūrus
to go (irreg.)
et
and (conj.)
et … et
both … and
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus
to make
familia, -ae, f.
family, household (including slaves as well as relatives)|
fēmina, -ae, f.
woman
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus
to bring, carry, bear (irreg.)
fīlia, -ae, f.
daughter
fīlius, -ī, m.
son
fīō, fierī, factus sum
to be made; to become; to happen (irreg.)
forum, -ī, n.
marketplace
frāter, frātris, m.
brother
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus
to have, hold; to consider (dem. adj. and pronoun)
hic, haec, hoc
this; he, she, it |
hodiē
today (adv.)
homō, hominis, m.
man; human being
iam
already, now (adv.)
īdem, eadem, idem
the same (dem. adj. and pron.)
ille, illa, illud
that; he, she, it (dem. adj. and pron.)
in
in, on (prep. + abl.); into, onto (prep. + acc.)
ingēns, ingentis
large, huge
inter (+ acc.)
between; among (prep. + acc.)
ipse, ipsa, ipsum
himself, herself, itself (intensive adj. and pron.)
is, ea, id
this; that; he, she, it (dem. adj. and pron.)
ita
thus, so (adv.)
itaque
and so, therefore (adv.)
iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus
to order, command
lēx, lēgis, f.
law; custom
locus, -ī, m.
place
longus, -a, -um
long, tall
magnus, -a, -um
big, large, great
maior, maius, (gen. maiōris)
bigger, larger, greater (compar. of magnus)
male
badly (adv.)
mālō, mālle, māluī
to prefer (irreg.)
malus, -a, -um
bad, evil
manus, -ūs, f.
hand
māter, mātris, f.
mother
maximus, -a, -um
biggest, largest, greatest (superlative of magnus)
melior, melius (gen. meliōris)
better (compar. of bonus)
meus, -a, -um
my, mine
mīlle
a thousand (indecl. adj.)
minimus, -a, -um
smallest, very small (superl. of parvus)
minor, minus (gen. minōris)
smaller (compar. of parvus)
mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus
to send
mulier, mulieris, f.
woman
multus, -a, -um
much
multī, -ae, -a
many
nam
for (particle)
nē
in order that … not, so that … not (conj. + subj.)
nec
and not, neither (conj.)
nec … nec
neither … nor
nihil, n.
nothing (indecl.)
nōlō, nōlle, nōluī
to be unwilling; to refuse (irreg.)
nōn
not (adv.)
nōn tantum … sed etiam
non only … but also
nōs, nostrī or nostrum
we, us
noster, nostra, nostrum
our, ours
novem
nine (indecl. adj.)
novus, -a, -um
new
nunc
now (adv.)
ō
oh! (interj.)
octō
eight (indecl. adj.)
omnis, omne
all; the whole;every
optimus, -a, -um
best, very good, excellent (superl. of bonus)
paene
almost (adv.)
pallium, -ī, n.
cloak
parvus, -a, -um
small, little
pater, patris, m.
father
pecūnia, -ae, f.
money
peior, peius (gen. peiōris)
worse (compar. of malus)
pēs, pedis, m.
foot
pessimus, -a, -um
worst, very bad (superl. of malus)
pictūra, -ae, f.
picture
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus
to put, place
possum, posse, potuī
to be able; can
postquam
after (conj.)
puer, puerī, m.
boy, slave
pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum
beautiful
putō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus
to think
quam
than (adv.)
quattuor
four (indecl. adj.)
-que
and (enclitic adj.)
quī, quae, quod
who, which, that (rel. pron.); which (rel. adj.); what, which (interrog. pronoun)
quia
because (conj.)
quīnque
five (indecl. adj.)
Quis …? Quid …?
Who … ? What …? (interrog. pron.)
quod
because (conj.)
quoque
also (adv.)
rēs, reī, f.
thing, matter
rīdeō, rīdēre, rīsī, rīsus
to laugh (at)
rūsticus, -ī, m.
peasant
sciō, scīre, scīvī, scītus
to know
scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus
to write
sē
himself, herself, itself, themselves (reflex. pron.)
sed
but (conj.)
sedeō, sedēre, sēdī, sessūrus
to sit|
septem
seven (indecl. adj.)
servus, -ī, m.
slave
sex
six (indecl. adj.)
sī
if (conj.)
sīc
so, thus (adv.)
sine (+ abl.)
without (prep. + abl.)
sōlus, -a, -um
only, alone
soror, sorōris, f.
sister
spolium, -ī, n.
booty, spoil
statua, -ae, f.
statue
stō, stāre, stetī, statūrus
to stand
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus
to be (irreg.)
super (+ acc.)
above, over, on (prep. + acc.)
suus, -a, -um
his own, her own, its own, their own
(reflexive adjective)
tempus, temporis, n.
time
teneō, tenēre, tenuī, tentus
to hold
terra, -ae, f.
earth, ground
timeō, timēre, timuī
to fear
tōtus, -a, -um
all, the whole, the entire
trēs, trēs, tria
three
tū, tuī
you (sing.)
tunc
then (adv.)
tunica, -ae, f.
tunic
ubi
where, when (adv.)
ūnus, -a, -um
one, only
ut
in order to, so that (conj. + subj.); as, when (conj. + indic.)
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventūrus
to come|
via, -ae, f.
road
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus
to see
videor, vidērī, vīsus sum
to seem, appear
vir, virī, m.
man, husband
vīta, -ae, f.
life
volō, velle, voluī
to be willing; to wish
vōs, vostrī or vostrum
you (pl. pron.)
