3a. Less common but useful Latin verbs: Latin to English

Question 1

accumbō accumbere, accubuī, accubitum

These verbs are derived from the master list in Jones and Sidwell, Reading Latin; it contains verbs with difficult principal parts not already found in the Dickinson list of the most common words.

Answer 1

lie at table

Question 2

adgredior adgredī adgressus

Answer 2

approach, go up to; attack

Question 3

adipīscor adipīscī adeptus

Answer 3

acquire

Question 4

arcessō arcessere arcessīvī arcessitus

Answer 4

summon

Question 5

arguō arguere arguī argūtus

Answer 5

charge (someone with something); make clear, prove

Question 6

bibō bibere bibī (potus)

Answer 6

drink

Question 7

carpō carpere carpsī carptus

Answer 7

pluck

Question 8

complector complectī complexus

Answer 8

embrace

Question 9

compleō complēre complēvī complētus

Answer 9

fill up; accomplish

Question 10

concurrō concurrere concurrī concursum

Answer 10

run together

Question 11

concutiō concutere concussī concussus

Answer 11

shake violently; disturb, alarm

Question 12

cōnflīgō cōnflīgere cōnflīxī cōnflīctus

Answer 12

fight

Question 13

coniciō conicere coniēcī coniectus

Answer 13

throw

Question 14

cōnsīdō cōnsīdere cōnsēdī

Answer 14

settle down; encamp

Question 15

cōnspiciō cōnspicere cōnspēxī cōnspectus

Answer 15

catch sight of; observe; gaze on

Question 16

coquō coquere coxī coctus

Answer 16

cook

Question 17

crepō crepāre crepuī crepitus

Answer 17

rattle

Question 18

cubō cubere cubuī cubitum

Answer 18

lie; sleep; recline at table

Question 19

dēleō dēlēre dēlēvī dēlētus

Answer 19

destroy

Question 20

edō ēsse ēdī ēsus

Answer 20

eat

Question 21

emō emere ēmī ēmptus

Answer 21

buy

Question 22

exstinguō exstinguere exstīnxī extīnctus

Answer 22

extinguish

Question 23

faveō favēre fāvī fautum (+ dat.)

Answer 23

favor

Question 24

feriō ferīre (percussī percussus)

Answer 24

strike; beat; kill

Question 25

ferveō fervēre feruī (or ferbuī)

Answer 25

boil

Question 26

fīdō fīdere fīsus (semi-deponent)

Answer 26

trust

Question 27

fīgō fīgere fīxī fīxus

Answer 27

fix, affix

Question 28

findō findere fīdī fissus

Answer 28

cleave, split

Question 29

flectō flexere flexī flexus

Answer 29

bend

Question 30

fodiō fodere fōdī fossus

Answer 30

dig

Question 31

fulgeō fulgēre fulsī

Answer 31

shine

Question 32

fungor fungī fūnctus

Answer 32

discharge

Question 33

gradior gradī gressus

Answer 33

step, walk, go

Question 34

haereō haerēre haesī haesum

Answer 34

stick

Question 35

hauriō haurīre hausī haustus

Answer 35

drain, draw

Question 36

incendō incendere incendī incēnsus

Answer 36

set fire to; burn

Question 37

indulgeō indulgēre indulsī

Answer 37

yield, give oneself up to

Question 38

induō induere induī indūtus

Answer 38

put on

Question 39

labor labī lāpsus

Answer 39

slip, glide, fall down; make a mistake

Question 40

lacessō lacessere lacessīvī lacessītus

Answer 40

provoke

Question 41

lavō lavāre lāvī lavātus / lautus / lōtus

Answer 41

wash

Question 42

lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsum

Answer 42

play

Question 43

minuō minuere minuī minūtus

Answer 43

lessen

Question 44

mordeō mordeō momordī morsus

Answer 44

bite

Question 45

nancīscor nancīscī nactus / nanctus

Answer 45

gain

Question 46

nectō nectere nexī nexus

Answer 46

link together

Question 47

nītor nītī nīxus / nīsus

Answer 47

lean on; strive; exert oneself

Question 48

nūbō nūbere nūpsī nūptus

Answer 48

marry (of a bride, + a man in the dative)

Question 49

oblīvīscor oblīvīscī oblītus

Answer 49

forget

Question 50

obstō obstāre obstitī — (+ dat.)

Answer 50

hinder

Question 51

offendō offendere offendī offēnsus

Answer 51

meet with; offend

Question 52

opprīmō opprimere oppressī oppressus

Answer 52

surprise, catch; crush

Question 53

pacīscor pacīscī pactus

Answer 53

make an agreement

Question 54

pandō pandere pandī passus

Answer 54

spread out, extend; throw open, disclose

Question 55

pendeō pendēre pependī

Answer 55

hang (intransitive)

Question 56

percellō percellere perculī perculsus

Answer 56

strike down; unnerve, scare

Question 57

perficiō perficere perfēcī perfectus

Answer 57

complete

Question 58

piget — piguit or pigitum est

Answer 58

it vexes

Question 59

plaudō plaudere plausī plausus

Answer 59

clap

Question 60

potō pōtāre pōtāvī pōtus

perfect participle is active in meaning

Answer 60

drink

Question 61

praesum praeesse praefuī

(+ dat.)

Answer 61

be in charge of

(+ dat.)

Question 62

prehendō prehendere prehendī prehēnsus

Answer 62

lay hold of

Question 63

procumbō procumbere procubuī procubitum

Answer 63

collapse

Question 64

prōspiciō prōspicere prōspexī prōspectus

Answer 64

look out (on); foresee

Question 65

pudet — puduit or puditum est

Answer 65

it shames

Question 66

quatiō quatī quassus

compounds -cutiō -cutī -cussī -cussus

Answer 66

shake

Question 67

queō quīre quīvī quitus

Answer 67

be able

Question 68

radō rādere rāsī rāsus

Answer 68

scrape

Question 69

reperiō reperīre repperī repertus

Answer 69

find

Question 70

rēpō rēpere rēpsī

Answer 70

creep

Question 71

resistō resistere restitī

Answer 71

resist

Question 72

ruō ruere ruī rūtus

fut. part. ruitūrus, compounds have perf. part. -rŭtus

Answer 72

rush, fall

Question 73

scandō scandere

compounds -scendō -scendere -scendī -scēnsus

Answer 73

climb

Question 74

scindō scindere sidī scissus

Answer 74

tear, cut

Question 75

secō secāre secuī sectus

Answer 75

cut

Question 76

sistō sistere stitī / stetī status

compounds all intransitive

Answer 76

set, stay

Question 77

spernō spernere sprēvī sprētus

Answer 77

reject, despise

Question 78

spuō spuere spuī spūtum

Answer 78

spit

Question 79

sternō sternere strāvī strātus

Answer 79

throw on the ground, strew

Question 80

stringō stringere strīnxī strictus

Answer 80

confine; draw; strip; graze, scratch

Question 81

struō struere strūxī strūctus

Answer 81

heap up; build

Question 82

suadeō suadēre suāsī suāsum

Answer 82

recommend

Question 83

suēsco suēscere suēvī suētus

Answer 83

accustom oneself

Question 84

taedet taesum est

Answer 84

it wearies

Question 85

temnō temnere -tempsī -temptus

perf. in compounds only

Answer 85

despise

Question 86

terō terere trīvī trītus

Answer 86

rub

Question 87

tondeō tondēre totondī tōnsus

Answer 87

shear

Question 88

tribuō tribuere tribuī tribūtus

Answer 88

assign, grant

Question 89

tueor tuērī tuitus / tūtus

Answer 89

look after, protect; look at

Question 90

tundō tundere tutudī tūsus / tūnsus

Answer 90

beat, strike, pound

Question 91

ulcīscor ulcīscī ultus

Answer 91

avenge oneself on, avenge

Question 92

ūrō ūrere ussī ustus

Answer 92

burn (transitive)

Question 93

vādō vādere

compounds -vādō -vādere -vāsī -vāsus

Answer 93

go

Question 94

vellō vellere vellī / vulsī vulsus

Answer 94

pull, pluck

Question 95

vinciō vincīre vīnxī vīnctus

Answer 95

bind

Question 96

vīsō vīsere vīsī

Answer 96

visit

Question 97

volvō volvere volvī volūtus

Answer 97

roll, turn over (transitive)