Nouns and Idioms Flashcards
anima, animae (f)
life force, sou.
like “animated”
fāma, fāmae (f)
report, rumor; reputation, fame
like “famous,” “the Fates,” “infamy”
dominus, dominī (m)
master, lord
servus, servī (m)
enslaved person
agricola, agricolae (m)
farming
ager, āgrī (m)
field
nauta, nautae (m)
sailor
like “nautical”
rēgina, rēginae (f)
queen
īnsula, insulae (f)
island
like “insulation”
Italia, Italiae (f)
Italy
oppidum, oppidī (n)
town
patria, patriae (f)
county, homeland. Notions of patriotism, “fatherland”
like “patriotic”
via, viae (f)
way, road, street, path
quite literally “via”
bellum, belī (n)
war
like “antebellum”
ferrum, ferrī (n)
iron, sword
like “Fe” like the element iron
gladius, gladii (m)
sword
like “gladiator”
perīculum, perīculī (n)
danger
like “peril”
aurum, aurī (n)
gold
like Au like the element gold
dōnum, dōnī (n)
gift
like “donate,” “donor”
pecūnia, pecūniae (f)
money
cōnsilium, cōnsilī (n)
deliberation, plan, advice, judgement
like “council,” “councilor”
factum, factī (n)
deed
from “to do”
liber, librī (m)
book
like “library”
verbum, verbī (n)
word
like “verb,” sounds like “word”
fīlia, fīliae (f)
daughter
fīlius, fīlī (m)
son
puer, puerī (m)
boy
puella, puerī (m)
girl
dea, deae (f)
goddess
like “diety”
deus, deī (m)
god
like “diety”
vir, virī (m)
man, husband
like “werewolf”
fēmina, fēminae (f)
woman, wife
like “feminine”
cūra, cūrae (f)
care, concern, anxiety
root word of “curious”
īra, īrae (f)
anger, wrath. May be plural.
like “ire”
studium, studiī (n)
zeal, enthusiasm, pursuit, study
like “study,” “studio,” “student”
animus, animī (m)
rational soul, mind, strong feelings (when plural)
sounds a lot like “anima=soul”
sapientia, sapientiae (f)
wisdome
like “homosapian” “wise monkey”
vīta, vītae (f)
life
like “vital,” “vita” in “CV”
arma, armōrum (n, always plural)
arms, weapons
like “armor,” “army”
vēlum, velī (n)
sail
vēla dare = “to give sails (to the wind)” = to set sail
dīligentia, dīligentiae (f)
diligence
imperium, imperiī (n)
power, authority, command, empire: the title, the supreme command, the place encompassed by power
“imperator,” “emperor,” “empire”
prōvincia, prōvinciae (f)
province
terra, terrae (f)
land, earth
like “Mediterranean,” “terrestrial”
forum, forī (n)
forum, public square, market
amīcus, amīci (n)
friend
like “amicable,” “amigo”
inimīcus, inimīci (m)
personal enemy; literally “anti-friend”
populus, populī (m)
(the) people, populous; crowd, throng
like the “P” in “SPQR”
Romanī, Rōmānōrum (m, always plural)
(the) Romans
incola, incolae (m)
inhabitant
often distinct from Romans
mora, morae (f)
delay
odium, odiī (n)
hatred
like “odius,” “Odie” (from Garfield)
auxilium, auxiliī (n)
aid, help
like “auxiliary”
socius, sociī (m)
ally, comrade, personal or political
like “associate, social, society”
altum, altī (n)
deep sea; great height
like “altitude”
caelum, caelī (n)
sky, heaven
like “celestial”
causam causae (f)
reason, cause; legal case
sententia, sententiae (f)
thought, feeling, opinion
from sentiō; like “sentiment”
gloria, gloriae (f)
glory, renown
invidia, invidiae (f)
envy, jealousy
in + videō: like the “evil eye”
causum agere
to plead a case
cōnsilium capere
to form (capture) a plan
bellum gerere
to wage war
amīcitia, amīcitiae (f)
friendship
inimīcitia, inimīcitiae (f)
enmity, hostility, or unfriendly relationship (when plural)
fātum, fātī (n)
destiny, fate; (when plural) death, ill fate
proelium, proeliī (n)
battle
