1a. Top 100 Latin verbs: Latin to English

Question 1

sum esse fuī

We start with the easy part: review the principal parts of each verbs, and translate. These are the 100 most common verbs, dervived trom the Dickinson College frequency list. It is easiest to start with Latin to English, reviewing the principal parts as you go; the real test is exercise b, where you’re asked to produce the principal parts.

For all these exercises, please send comments and especially corrections to wturpin1@swarthmore.edu

Answer 1

be, exist

Question 2

possum posse potuī

Answer 2

be able

Question 3

dō dare dedī datum

Answer 3

give

Question 4

videō vidēre vīdī vīsum

Answer 4

see

Question 5

faciō facere fēcī factum

Answer 5

do, make

Question 6

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictum

Answer 6

say

causam dīcere, plead a case

diem dīcere, appoint a day

Question 7

habeō habēre habuī, habitum

Answer 7

have, hold

Question 8

ferō ferre tulī lātum

Answer 8

bear, carry, endure

Question 9

veniō venīre vēnī ventum

Answer 9

come

Question 10

volō velle voluī

Answer 10

wish, be willing

Question 11

agō agere ēgī āctum

Answer 11

drive, do, act

Question 12

petō petere petīvī petītum

Answer 12

seek, aim at

Question 13

iubeō iubēre iussī iussum

Answer 13

bid, order

Question 14

eō īre iī/īvī itum

Answer 14

go

Question 15

vincō vincere vīcī victum

Answer 15

conquer

Question 16

pōnō pōnere posuī positum

Answer 16

put, place; put aside

Question 17

teneō tenēre tenuī tentum

Answer 17

hold keep

Question 18

sequor sequī secūtus sum

Answer 18

follow

Question 19

crēdō crēdere crēdidī crēditum

(+ dat.)

Answer 19

believe, believe in, trust

(+ dat.)

Question 20

accipiō accipere accēpī acceptum

Answer 20

receive

Question 21

quaerō quaerere quaesīvī quaesītum

Answer 21

seek, inquire

Question 22

mittō mittere mīsī missum

Answer 22

send, let go

Question 23

capiō capere cēpī captum

Answer 23

seize

Question 24

dūcō dūcere dūxī ductum

Answer 24

lead

uxōrem dūcere, marry

Question 25

relinquō relinquere relīquī relictum

Answer 25

abandon

Question 26

fīō fierī factus sum

Answer 26

fīō become, happen, be done

Question 27

timeō timēre timuī

Answer 27

fear, dread

Question 28

dēbeō dēbēre dēbuī dēbitum

Answer 28

owe, be obliged

Question 29

vīvō vīvere vīxī vīctum

Answer 29

live

Question 30

audiō audīre audīvī/audiī audītum

Answer 30

hear, listen to

Question 31

stō stāre stetī statum

Answer 31

stand

Question 32

referō referre rettulī relātum

Answer 32

bring back; report

Question 33

sciō scīre scīvī/sciī scītum

Answer 33

know

Question 34

reddō reddere reddidī redditum

Answer 34

return

Question 35

licet licēre licuit licitum est

(+ dat. + infin.)

Answer 35

it is permitted

(+ dat. + infin.)

Question 36

fugiō fugere fūgī fugitum

Answer 36

flee, escape

Question 37

patior patī passus sum

Answer 37

permit, endure

Question 38

moveō movēre mōvī mōtum

Answer 38

move

Question 39

cadō cadere cecidī cāsum

Answer 39

fall, be killed

Question 40

trahō trahere trāxī trāctum

Answer 40

drag, draw

Question 41

iaceō iacēre iacuī iacitum

Answer 41

lie

Question 42

gerō gerere gessī gestum

Answer 42

bear, manage

bellum gerere, wage war

Question 43

premō premere pressī pressum

Answer 43

press, pursue, overwhelm

Question 44

soleō solēre soluī solitum

Answer 44

be accustomed

Question 45

cōgō cōgere coēgī coāctum

Answer 45

drive together; compel

Question 46

morior morī mortuus sum

Answer 46

die

Question 47

nāscor nāscī nātus sum

Answer 47

be born

Question 48

pereō perīre periī peritum

Answer 48

perish, be lost

Question 49

audeō audēre ausus sum

Answer 49

dare, be eager

Question 50

rapiō rapere rapuī raptum

Answer 50

seize, tear away

Question 51

adsum adesse affuī

Answer 51

be present

Question 52

placeō placēre placuī placitum

(+ dat.)

Answer 52

please (+ dat.)

placet (impersonal) it pleases, + dat. + inf.

Question 53

vertō vertere vertī versum

Answer 53

turn

Question 54

tollō tollere sustulī sublātum

Answer 54

raise up, destroy

Question 55

trādō tradere tradidī traditum

Answer 55

hand over, yield

Question 56

redeō redīre rediī reditum

Answer 56

go back, return

Question 57

sentiō sentīre sēnsī sēnsum

Answer 57

perceive, feel, hear, see

Question 58

cēdō cēdere cessī cessum

Answer 58

go, move; yield

Question 59

loquor loquī locūtus sum

Answer 59

speak, talk

Question 60

coepī coepisse coeptus

Answer 60

begin

Question 61

inveniō invenīre invēnī inventum

Answer 61

find; discover

Question 62

recipiō recipere recēpī receptum

Answer 62

take back, receive

sē recipere, betake oneself, go

Question 63

solvō solvere solvī solūtum

Answer 63

release, set sail

Question 64

ūtor ūtī ūsus sum

(+ abl.)

Answer 64

use, consume, employ

(+ abl.)

Question 65

colō colere coluī cultum

Answer 65

inhabit, cultivate, worship

Question 66

cōgnōscō cognōscere cognōvī cognitum

Answer 66

learn, understand

Question 67

frangō frangere frēgī frāctum

Answer 67

break, shatter

Question 68

nōscō nōscere nōvī nōtum

Answer 68

learn, know

Question 69

ēripiō ēripere ēripuī ēreptum

Answer 69

snatch away, rescue, save

Question 70

maneō manēre mānsī mānsum

Answer 70

remain

Question 71

taceō tacēre tacuī tacitum

Answer 71

be silent

(tacitus -a -um, silent)

Question 72

ostendō ostendere ostendī ostentum

Answer 72

show, hold out

Question 73

prōsum prodesse profuī

(+ dat.)

Answer 73

be of use, do good, help

(+ dat.)

Question 74

tegō tegere tēxī tēctum

Answer 74

cover, conceal

Question 75

canō canere cecinī cantum

Answer 75

sing

Question 76

iuvō iuvāre iūvī iūtum

Answer 76

assist; please, delight

Question 77

claudō claudere clausī clausum

Answer 77

close, shut

Question 78

doceō docēre docuī doctum

Answer 78

teach

Question 79

excipiō excipere excēpī exceptum

Answer 79

excipiō take out

Question 80

gaudeō gaudēre gāvīsus sum

Answer 80

rejoice

Question 81

perveniō pervenīre pervēnī perventum

Answer 81

arrive, reach

Question 82

incipiō incipere incēpī inceptum

Answer 82

begin

Question 83

parcō parcere pepercī parsum

(+ dat.)

Answer 83

spare, be sparing of

(+ dat.)

Question 84

legō legere lēgī lēctum

Answer 84

gather, choose, read

Question 85

praestō praestāre praestitī praestitum

Answer 85

excel, exhibit

Question 86

misceō miscēre miscuī mixtum

Answer 86

mix

Question 87

metuō metuere metuī

Answer 87

to fear, to dread

Question 88

trānseō transīre transiī transitum

Answer 88

go across

Question 89

addō addere addidī additum

Answer 89

give to

Question 90

impōnō imponere imposuī impositum

Answer 90

put in, put on, impose, levy upon

Question 91

cupiō cupere cupīvī cupītum

Answer 91

desire

Question 92

compōnō compōnere composuī compositum

Answer 92

build, construct, arrange

Question 93

absum abesse āfuī

Answer 93

be away, absent

Question 94

sūmō sūmere sūmpsī sūmptum

Answer 94

take up

Question 95

fleō flēre flēvī flētum

Answer 95

weep

Question 96

nōlō nōlle nōluī

Answer 96

be unwilling

Question 97

dēsum deesse defuī

Answer 97

be lacking

Question 98

discō discere didicī

Answer 98

learn

Question 99

rumpō rumpere rūpī ruptum

Answer 99

break, rupture

Question 100

aspiciō aspicere aspēxī aspectum

Answer 100

look to or at, behold