Verbs Flashcards
accedo, acceder, acessi, acessus
to approach, to come near
accipio, accipere, accepi, acceptus
to take in, to receive/accept
adeo, adire, adii, aditus
to go towards
abeo, abire, abii, abitus
to go away from
adfero, adferre, attuli, oblatus
to carry, to bring to
admitto, admittere, admisi, admissus
to receive, to send to, to admit in
ago, agere, egi, actum
to set in motion, to drive onward, to act
ait / aiunt
he-she-it said / they said
alo, alere, alui, altus
to nourish, to rear, to support
ambulo (1)
to walk
amito, amittere, amisi, amissus
to send away, to let go, to lose
amo (1)
to love
antepono, anteponere, anteposui, antepositus
to place before someone/something
appello (1)
to call, to name
arbitror, arbitrari, arbitratus sum
to witness, to perceive / to decide, to judge
audeo, audere, ausus sum
to be daring, to dare to (do something), to venture, to bring oneself to do something
audio, audire, audivi, auditus
to hear, to listen
cado, cadere, cecidi, casurus
to fall, to fall down, to drop / to perish
capio, capere, cepi, captus
to capture, to take possession of, to seize
careo, carere, carui + abl
to be without, to lack, to abstain from
carpo, carpere, carpsi, carptus
to pluck, to pluck off
cedo, cedere, cessi, cessus
to go, to proceed / to come to, to happen / to fall to the lot of
ceno (1)
to eat
cerno, cernere, crevi, cretus
to separate, sift / to distinguish
coepio, coepere, coepi, coeptus
to begin, commence, initiate
cogito (1)
to think
cognosco, cognoscere, cognovi, cognitus
to know, understand
committo, committere, commisi, commissus
to send with / to entrust, commit (something to someone) / to unite, to connect, to combine
cogo, cogere, coegi, coactus
to bring together, collect / to to bring, drive / to draw to one point
comprehendo, comprehendere, comprehendi, comprehensus
to understand / to take in or hold onto (abstract)
condo, condere, condidi, conditus
to put together / to build, found / to put up, put away
conor, conari, conatus sum
to undertake, endeavor, attempt / to exert oneself, strive
conservo (1)
to save, protect
consumo, consumere, consumpsi, consumptus
to take altogether / to consume
contemno, contemnere, contempsi, contemptus
to think meanly of / to despise, contemn
contendo, contendere, contendi, contensus
to strain, exert / to compare, contrast / to strive with-against another
contineo, continere, continui, contentus
to hold together, keep together / to surround, contain
contundo, contere, contudi, contusus
to bruise, crush, pound, break to pieces, demolish
credo, credere, credidi, creditus
to believe
creo (1)
to create
cresco, crescere, crevi, cretus
to come into existence / to spring forth, arise
culpo (1)
to blame
cupio, cupere, cupivi, cupitus
to lack, to desire
curo (1)
to care for / to pay attention to / to worry about
curro, currere, cucurri, cursus
to run
debeo, debere, debui, debitus
to have to do something –> should, ought must
decerno, decernere, decrevi, decretus
to discern
dedico (1)
to dedicate (something)
defendo, defendere, defendi, defensus
to defend
delecto (1)
to divert, attract / to delight
deleo, delere, delevi, deletus
to blot out, efface / to delete, destroy, annihilate
demonstro (1)
to show, demonstrate
desidero (1)
to long for someone/something that’s absent
dico, dicere, dixi, dictus
to say
diligo, diligere, dilexi, dilectus
to select, pick, single out / to love, value, esteem
discedo, discedere, discessi, discessus
to depart, withdraw / to go, march off
do, dare, dedi, datum
to give
disco, discere, didici
to learn / to be taught
doceo, docere, docui, doctus
to teach / to show, point out
doleo, dolere, dolui, doliturus
to grieve
dormio, dormire, dormivi, dormitus
to sleep
dubito (1)
to doubt
duco, ducere, duxi, ductus
to lead
educo (1)
to educate
egeo, egere, egui
to need, lack / to want, desire
egredior, egredi, egressus sum
to go, march / to disembark / to set sail
eo, ire, ii, itus
to go
eripio, eripere, erepi, ereptus
to snatch away, abduct / to take by force (esp. rape) / to rescue
erro (1)
to wander / to be in error
excipio, excipere, excepi, exceptus
to take out, remove / to follow / to receive
exeo, exire, exii, exitus
to go out of
expello, expellere, expulsi, expulsus
to push out, expel from
experior, experiri, expertus sum
to test / to try out
expleo, explere, explui, expletus
to fill out / to fill up / to satisfy, satiate
explico (1)
to explain
expono, exponere, exposui, expositus
to set out / to put forth / to abandon, expose
exspecto (1)
to expect
facio, facere, feci, factus
to do / to make
fateor, fateri, fassus sum
to admit, disclose, confess (+ acc) / to acknowledge / to praise (+ dat)
fatigo (1)
to tire / to be fatigued
fero, ferrere, tuli, latus
to carry, bring, bear / to speak of / to produce
fio, fieri, factus sum
to be made, done / to become, happen
fluo, fluere, flui, fletus
to flow / to cry
for, fari, fatus sum
to speak, talk, say
foveo, fovere, fovi, fotus
to keep warm / to favor, foster
fugio, fugere, fugi, fugitus
to flee
gaudeo, gaudere, gauvisus sum
to rejoice, be glad
habeo, habere, habui, habitus
to have
hortor, hortari, hortasus sum
to encourage, cheer / to incite / to exhort
iaceo, iacere, iacui, iactus
to lie down (usually dead)
iacio, iacere, ieci, iactus
to throw, hurl, cast
ignosco, ignoscere, ignovi, ignotus
to pardon, forgive
impedio, impedire, impedivi, impeditus
to hinder, impede
impero (1)
to rule over / to order, command
incipio, incipere, incepi, inceptus
to begin, commence, initiate
ineo, inire, inii, initus
to go into
intellego, intellegere, intellexi, intellectus
to understand (lit. to read between)
interficio, interficere, interfeci, interfactus
to kill, destroy
invenio, invenire, inveni, invisus
to envy, be jealous of (someone/something)
invito (1)
to invite
iubeo, iubere, iussi, iussus
to order, command, decree
iungo, iungere, iunxi, iunctus
to join together, connect, conjoin
iuvo (1)
to help, assist, support
laudo (1)
to praise
lego, legere, lexi, lectus
to read
libero (1)
to free, liberate
libo (1)
to make libation
licet, licere, licuit
to allow
liquor, liqui, locutus sum
to speak, mention
malo, malle, malui
to prefer / to incline (towards something) / to wish rather (that…)
maneo, manere, mansi, mansus
to remain / to delay
metuo, metuere, metui
to fear, dread, be afraid
minuo, minere, minui, minutus
to lessen / to make smaller, diminish
miror, mirari, miratus sum
to be amazed / to wonder at
misceo, miscere, miscui
to mix together / to mingle / to confound, confuse
molior, moliri, molitus sum
to struggle / to labor at (something)
mollio, mollire, mollivi, mollitus
to soften / to mitigate / to mollify
morior, mori, mortuus sum
to die, expire, whither away
moveo, movere, movi, motus
to move / to stir up, agitate
muto (1)
to change
narro (1)
to tell, narrate
nascor, nasci, natus sum
to be born / to come into existence
navigo (1)
to navigate
neco (1)
to kill
neglego, neglegere, neglexi, neglectus
to neglect
nego (1)
to deny (usually begins indirect discourse)
nescio, nescire, nescivi, nescitus
not to know
noceo, nocere, nocui, nocitus
to harm, injure (+ dat)
nolo, nolle, nolui
not to want
nubo, nubere, nupsi, nuptus
to marry
nuntio (1)
to announce (usually begins indirect discourse)
obeo, obire, obii, obitus
to go to meet / to attend to (something) / to fall, die
oblecto (1)
to delight, please, amuse
occido, occidere, occidi, occasus
to kill, murder, slaughter
odi, odisse, osurus
to hate
offero, offerre, obtuli, oblatus
to offer / to carry as tribute-offering
opinor, opinare, opinatus sume
to suppose / to imagine
oportet, oportere, oportuit
it is right, proper necessary (impersonal verb)
opprimo, oprimere, opressi, opressus
to press down upon / to suppress / to overthrow
oppugno (1)
to attack, assault / to storm (a building-city), besiege
orno (1)
to equip / to decorate, adorn
oro (1)
to beg, pray / to beseech, ask for
ostendo, ostendere, ostendi, ostensus
to show / to make known
parco, parcere, peperci, parsurus
to forebear / to refrain from (doing something)
paro (1)
to prepare, arrange / to provide, furnish / to resolve, purpose / to obtain, get
patefacio, patefacere, patefeci, patefactus
to open up / to reveal, bring (something) to light
pateo, patere, patui
to stand open / to be open, accessible
patior, pati, passus sum
to suffer, allow / to endure
pello, pellere, pepulsi, pulsus
to defeat / to drive out, push out / to banish
peregrinor, peregrinari, peregrinatus sum
to travel about in a strange land / to travel abroad / to go on pilgrimage
pereo, perire, perii, peritus
to die, pass away / to be ruined
persuadeo, persuadere, persuasi, persuasus
to persuade
peto, petere, petivi, petitus
to seek / to ask for, beg, beseech / to aim at
placeo, placere, placui, placitus
to calm, pacify, placate
pono, ponere, posui, positus
to put, place / to set, station
possum, posse, potui
to be able to (do something)
praebeo, praebere, praebui, praebitus
to make (something) available / to supply / to be the cause (of something)
praesto, praestare, praesteti, praestitus
to excel, surpass / to be superior to (somebody)
premo, premere, pressi, pressus
to press hard / to pursue / to oppress
probo (1)
to approve of, esteem / to show to be real or true
proficiscor, proficisci, profectus sum
to depart, set out / to proceed
prohibeo, prohibere, prohibui, prohibitus
to prohibit
promitto, promittere, promisi, promissus
to promise
pronuntio (1)
to pronounce / to declare (more emphatic than nuntio)
puto (1)
to think, believe, suppose / to reckon, estimate
quaero, quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus
to seek / to inquire
queror, queri, questus sum
to complain, protest / to make a formal legal complaint
rapio, rapere, rapui, raptus
to abduct / to seize (esp. rape)
recito (1)
to recite
recognosco, recognoscere, recognovi, recognitus
to remember / to hold in one’s memory
recreo (1)
to recreate
recuso (1)
to reject, refuse / to refuse to, object to (something) / to decline
redeo, redire, redii, reditus
to return, go back
refero, referre, rettuli, relatus
to bring back, carry back
rego, regere, rexi, rectus
to rule, reign / to manage (affairs)
relinquo, relinquere, relinqui, relictus
to relinquish
remaneo, remanere, remansi, remansus
to stay behind, remain / to continue (doing something)
reperio, reperire, repperi, repertus
to discover, find / to learn of, find out, get to know / to obtain
requiesco, requiescere, requievi, requietus
to quiet down, rest
requiro, requirere, requisivi, requisitus
to require / to seek / to miss, pine for
rideo, ridere, ridi, risus
to laugh
rogo (1)
to ask
salveo, salvere
to save, help
satio (1)
to satisfy, satiate / to be enough, sufficient
scio, scire, scivi, scitus
to know
scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptus
to write
sedeo, sedere, sedi, sessus
to sit / to remain / to settle, encamp (somewhere)
sentio, sentire, sensi, sensus
to feel
sequor, sequi, secutus sum
to follow
servio, servire, servivi, servitus
to serve, be a slave-servant to
servo (1)
to watch over, protect, guard
soleo, solere, solitus sum
to be accustomed to / to be in the habit of
specto (1)
to watch
spero (1)
to hope
sto, stare, steti, status
to stand
studeo, studere, studui
to study
subrideo, subridere, subrisi, subrisus
to smile
sum, esse, fui, futurus
to be
supero (1)
to overcome, conquer / to survive / to surpass
surgo, surgere, surrexi, surrectus
to rise up / to lift up
suscipio, suscipere, suscepi, susceptus
to undertake / to support / to accept, receive
suspendo, suspendere, suspendi, suspensus
to hang up, suspend
taceo, tacere, tacui, tacitus
to be silent
tango, tangere, tetigi, tactus
to touch
teneo, tenere, tenui, tentus
to hold, possess / to comprehend
terreo, terrere, terrui, territus
to frighten, scare / to deter
timeo, timere, timui
to dread, be afraid of
tolero (1)
to tolerate, bear, endure
tollo, tollere, sustuli, sublatus
to destroy / to remove, steal, take up / to lift, raise
trado, tradere, tradidi, traditus
to hand over, surrender / to bequeath
traho, trahere, traxi, tractus
to drag
transeo, transire, transii, transitus
to go over, to cross
valeo, valere, valui
to be strong, powerful / to prevail —-> also used as farewell to mean “be well!”
vendo, vendere, vendidi, venditus
to sell, vend
venio, venire, veni, ventus
to come
verto, vertere, verti, versus
to turn (towards, away from, etc.) / to change, alter
video, videre, vidi, visus
to see
videor, videri, visus sum
to seem (lit. to be seen as…)
vinco, vincere, vici, victus
to conquer
vito (1)
to avoid
vivo, vivere, vixi, victus
to live
voco (1)
to call, summon
volo, velle, volui
to wish, want
