VOCABULARY LIST

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ā   

from

abeundum

it’s necessary to go

adiūnctum

joined on

ad orientem versum

facing east

aedēs, -ium (f)

house 

aedificium

building

Aegyptus 

Egypt

Āfrica

Africa

agricola

farmer

aliquid

something

alter/ra/rum 

the one…the other

ambulācrum

corridor

ambulāre

to walk

Americānus/a

American

amīcus, amīca

friend

ancilla

maid, female servant

Angelopolis

Los Angeles

Angelopolitānus

(person) from Los Angeles

annotāre

to jot down

annus

year

antemerīdiānus/a/um

of the morning

aperīre

to open

appellātur

is called

aqua

water

āra

altar

Arabia

Arabia

argentārius

banker

Asia

Asia

Athletica

athletics, sports 

ātrium

main hall

auctor

author

aula

large hall

 

 

bellāria

desserts

bene

well, fine

bibere

to drink

bibliothēcārius

librarian

bīnae

two (each)

brassica

cabbage

Britannia

Britain

Britannus        

Briton, British

Britannicus

British

Brundisium

Brundisium

 

 

cadere

to fall, fail

caffea

coffee

Cantabrigia

Cambridge

Cantabrigiēnsis

from Cambridge

Cantōnum 

Guanzhou, Canton

Cantōnēnsis

Cantonese

carō, -rnis (f)

meat

cāseus

cheese

causidicus

lawyer

cella

small room

celerius

more quickly

cēnāre

to have dinner

cēnam sumere

to have dinner

certissimē

most certainly

cervīs(i)a

beer

charta

paper

charta nummāria

paper

Chios

Chios

Civitātes Unītae Americānae

USA

clārius

Slowly louder

claudere

to close

clavula

 

coc(h)lear, -āris-(n)

spoon

cognōmen

family name

commentāriōs cōnficio, -ere, -eci, -ectum

write notes

compluvium

opening above impluvium

compositiō, -ōnis (f),

 

computātrum

computer

conclāve (n)

room

cōnficere

to finish

cōnsīdere

to sit down

cōnstituō –ere, -tui, -titūtum

decide, fix

convenīre

to meet

coquus

cook

Corea

Korea

Coreānus

Korean

Corsica

Corsica

crās

tomorrow

Crēta

Crete

cubiculum

room

cum

with

cultellus

(small) knife

culter, -trī

knife

cūria

court

curriculum

course (of study))

custōdīre

to guard

Dānuvius

Danube

dat

gives

about

debēre

ought to, have to

decima

tenth

deinde

then, next

Delphī

Delphi

dēsignāre

to designate, refer to

dexter/era/erum

left

dīc

say, tell

dīcam

I will say

dīcō

I say

diēī

of the day

digitus

finger

dimidia

half

discipulus

student

disciplīna

subject (acad.)

discō

I learn

discunt

they lean

dīxit

(he/she) said

doceo, ēre, -cui, -ctum

I teach 

docent

they teach

dōdrāns

three-quarters

dormīre

to sleep

duodecim

twelve

duodecima

twelfth

 

 

eam

her

eās

them (f)

ecce

look!

ēdiscere

to memorize

ēdo, ēsse, ēdī, ēsum

to eat

ego

I

eīsdem verbīs

in the same words

eius

his/her/its

eōs

them (m)

erat

(he/she/it) was

es

you are (sing.)

est

(he/she/it) is

et

and

etiam

yes, also, even, still

Euboea

Euboea

eum

him

Eurōpa

Europe

examinātiō

examination

exīre

to go out

 

 

fābula

story

familia (f)

family, household

farcīmen, -min-

sausage

fartus/a/um

stuffed

faucēs

narrow entrances

fenestra

window

figūra

grammatical form

fīlia

daughter

fīlius

son

flagellāre

to whip

fluvius

river

fortasse

perhaps

Francia/Francogallia

France

Franciscopolis

San Francisco

Franciscopolitānus

San Franciscan

Francogallus/a

Frenchman/woman

Francogallicus

French

frāter, -tris

brother

frīgo, frīgere, frīxī, frīctum

fry

frūctus, -ūs (m.)

fruit

furcula

fork

 

 

Gallia

Gaul

Gallus/a

Gaul (person)

Gallicus

Gallic

gens

clan

geographia

geography

Germānia

Gernmany

Germānus/a

German (person)

Germānicus

German

Graecia

Greece

Graecus/a/um

Greek

graphis, -idis (f)

pencil

grātiās (agō)

(I give) thanks

gustus, -ūs (m)

taste

de gustibus nōn est disputandum

 one should not argue over tastes

 

 

habeō

I have

habitō

I live

haec

this (f)

heri

yesterda

Hibernia

Ireland

Hibernus/a

Irishman/woman

Hibernicus

Irish

hic

this (masc)

Hispānia

Spain

Hispānus/a

Spaniard

Hispānicus

Spanish

Hispāniēnsis

Spanish

historia

history

hodiē

today

hodiernus/a/um

contemporary, of today

historicus

historian

hoc

this (n)

holus, -leris (n)

vegetable

Hon(g)congensis

Honcongese

Hon(g)congum

Hong Kong

hora

hour

hortus

garden

iānua

door

Iaponia

Japan

Iaponicus

Japanese

Iaponiēnsis

Japanese

ientāculum

breakfast

ientāre

to have breakfast

igitur

therefore

ignavus

lazy

ignōrāre

not to know

illius

of that (one)

immō

on the contrary, not at all

imperium

empire

impluvium

pool for rain water

in

in, on

in animō habere

to have in mind

incipio, -ere, -cēpī, -ceptum

begin

in probātiōne cadere

fail a test, 

insula

island

inter

between

intrāre

to enter

inventa

found

investigātiō, -ōnis (f)

research

investigātor/investigātrīx

researcher

ipse/ipsa/ipsum

self

amāre

to love, to like

isdem/eadem/idem….atque     

the same…as

Italia

Italy

Italus/a

Italian (person)

Italicus

Italian

itinere terrēnō

by land route

iubeo

to order

iūcundus/a/um

pleasant

iugātus/a/um

married

iūs, iūris (n)

soup, sauce

iuxtā

next to

 

 

labōrō

I work

laganum ex ovīs

omlette

larēs

household gods

lectiō, -ōnis- (f)

lesson

legere

to read

Lēmnos

Lemnos

lentē

gently/slowly

Lesbos

Lesbos

libenter

willingly, gladly

liber

book

līberī, (m)

children

lingua (f)

tongue, language

Londīnium 

London

Londīniēnsis

Londoner, of London

loquere!

speak!

loqueris

you (s) speak

loquimini

you (pl) speak

loquimur

we speak

loquitur

he/she/it speaks

loquor

I speak

loquuntur

they speak

lūdo, -ere, -ūsi, usum

play 

lūdus, -i (m.)  

game, sport

Lutetia (Parisiōrum)

Paris

Lutetiēnsis

Parisian

 

 

magister/magistra

teacher

magnus/a/um

great

māior quam

larger than

mālum

apple

marītus

husband, married

māter, -tris

mother

mathematica

mathematics

me

media nox 

midnight   

mediā nocte 

at midnight

medicus

doctor

Melita

Malta

mēnsa

desk

merīdiēs 

midday  

merīdiē 

at midday 

meus/mea/meum

my

microphōnum

microphone

mihi

to/for me

minimē

not at all

minor quam

smaller than

minuta; minutum

minute

multō mānē

early in the morning

multus/a/um

much, many

mūrus

outer wall

 

 

nam

for

narrātūrus

going to narrate

nātīvus/a/um

paternal

nātus/nāta

born

Naxus

Naxos

-ne

question particle

negāre

to say that not

nēmo

nobody

Nīlus         

Nile

nisi

if not, unless

nītentēs

leaning on

nōbiliōrēs

nobler

noctis

of the night

nōlī

don’t (in commands)

nōmen, -minis-

name

nōmināre

to name

nōna

ninth

nōnne

question particle expecting answer `yes’

nōs

us

noster/tra/trum

our

Notting(h)āmia

Nottingham

Notting(h)āmiēnsis

Nottinghamian

Novemdracōnēs

Kowloon

Novum Eborācum

New York

novus/nova/novum

new

Neo-Eboracēnsis

New Yorker, from New York

num

question particle expecting answer `no’

nummus

coin, money

nunc

now

 

 

Ōceanus

Ocean (the Romans thought of all the oceans as one circle of water surrounding the inhabited world)

 

 

octāva

eighth

olīva

olive

omnis/e

all

oppidum

 

optimē

very well

orza

rice

ovum

egg

officium

duty, post

Oxōnium

Oxford

Oxōniēnsis

Oxonian

 

 

pānis, -is (m)

bread

pariēs, -etis (f)

partition wall

pater, -tris-

father

parvus/a/um

small

paucus/a/um

few, little

pectin, inis (n)

comb

pecūnia

money

pecūnia mūtua

loan

Pēkīnum 

Beijing

Pēkīnēnsis  

Beijinese

penna

pen

pēnsum

homework, assignment

pēnsum domesticum

homework

peristylium

peristyle

perna

ham

pila

ball

pīleus

cap

piscis, is (m)

fish

pīsum

pea

plērumque

generally

pluvia

rain shower

pōnere

to place

postmerīdiānus/a/um

of the afternoon

possumus

we can

postrēmō

finally

potero

I will be able

praenōmen

forename, personal name

prandeō-ēre, -nsī, -nsum

to have lunch

prandium

lunch

prīma

first

prīncipium a prīncipiō usque ad finem

from beginning to end

probātio, -ōnis (f.)

test 

probātionem sustinēre,

pass a test 

prope

near

professor/profestrix

professor

prōvincia

province

pultāre

to beat, knock at

 

 

quadrāns

quarter

quadrum vīsificium

screen

quaesō

ask(for), please

quaestus 

means of making money, paid job

quandō?

when

quarta

fourth

quattuor

four

quid agis?

How do you do/are you

quis

who

quīnta

fifth

quō factō

with that done

quod

because, which

quōmodo

how?

quoque

also

quot

how many

quotā horā?

what time

 

 

ratiocinātor, -ōris (m)

accountant

recitāre

to recite

rēctē

correctly, well

recumbō, -ere, -ubuī

recline, lie down

 

 

reddo, reddere, reddidi, redditum

return (something), recite back to someone

redeō, redīre, rediī, redītum

come back, return

refectōrium

refectory, canteen

rēgula

rule

rēvērā 

really

Rhēnus

Rhine

Rhodus 

Rhodos

Rōma

Rome

 

 

sacculus

little bag, pocket

saepe

often

saepimentum

railing, fence

Samos

Samos

Sardinia

Sardinia

Sātīnum

Shatin

Sātīnēnsis

of/from Shatin

scholam frequentāre  to

go (regularly) to school

schola media

secondary school

Sicilia

Sicily

scientia

science

scrībere

to write

scrīpsērunt 

(they) wrote

scrīptūra

composition

scīre

to know 

sciō

I know

scrīptor

writer

secunda

second

sed

but

sedēre

to sit

sella

seat

sepulta 

buried

seriēs

series, row

servus

slave

sexta

sixth

septima

seventh.

Siamkiamum

Hong Kong

Siamkiamēnsis

Hong Kongese

Sianghaeum 

Shanghai

Sianghaeēnsis

Shanghaiese

Sīna

China

Sīnēnsis

Chinese

Sīnicus

Chinese

sinister/tra/trum

right

sine morā

without delay

sit

is, may be

sītus/a/um

ituated

solānum

potato

solēre

to be accustomed to

sollicitārī

to be worried

soror, –ōris

sister

Sparta

Sparta

spatium

space

spectāre 

to look at

stāgnum

pool, pond

stāre

to stand

studēre

to study (with Dat.)

sub

under

sum

am

surgere, surrēxi, surrēctum

arise, get up

sumit

takes

super

on top of

surgere

to get up

Syria

Syria

 

 

taberna

shop, inn, tavern

tablīnum

study

tabula

map

tabula alba

whiteboard

you (sing.)

tectum

roof

terra

territory, country

Terrae Novae

New Territories

tertia

third

thea  

tea

thēca

briefcase

Tiberis

Tiber

tibi

to/for you (sing.)

Tokium 

Tokyo

Tokiēnsis

(person) from Tokyo

trēs

three

triclīnium 

dining room

trium

(of) three

you (sing.)

Tusculum

Tusculum

tuus/a/um

your (s)

 

 

ubi

where

ultimus/a/um

final

unde

from where

undecima

eleventh

ūnō ore

with one voice

urbs

city

uxor, -ōris-

wife

 

 

vapulāri

to get a beating 

Vasingtōnia

Washington

Vasingtōniēnsis

Washingtonian

vel

all

venīre

to come

vesperī

in the evening

vestibulum

entrance hall

via

street, way

vir, -rī

husband

vīta 

life

vocāre

to call

volēbat  

(he/she) was wanting

volunt

(they) wish

vōs

you (plr.)

vult

(he/she) wishes