Latin–English dictionary

blīda

A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

blitum

A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.

Bohemia

A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.

bohemicus

Of, or relating to Bohemia or its language. [from 16th c.]

Bohemoslovacia

A former country in Central Europe, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Bōhēmoslovēnicus

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people.

Bohemus

A native or resident of Bohemia. [from 16th c.]

Boiohaemum

A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.

bōlētus

A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.

Bolivia

A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.

boliviana

Of, from, or pertaining to Bolivia, or the Bolivian people.

bolivianum

Of, from, or pertaining to Bolivia, or the Bolivian people.

bolivianus

Of, from, or pertaining to Bolivia, or the Bolivian people.

bolonae

(British) A person who sells fish.

Bolōnia

The capital city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna.

bomba

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

bombarda

A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.

bombardare

(transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.

bombiō

(intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

bombus

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.

bona

(uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

bona voluntas

A favorably disposed attitude toward someone or something.

Bonaventura

A surname transferred from the given name.

bonitās

(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being good.

Bonna

An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the Rhine River; the former capital of West Germany and (until 1999) seat of government of unified Germany.

Bonōnia

The capital city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna.

bonōniēnsis

Of, from or relating to the city of Bologna, capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

bonum

(uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

bonum cursum

Used to wish someone a good journey.

Booz

(biblical character) The second husband of Ruth, the father of Obed, the son of Salmon

borealis

(meteorology) Of wind, from the north.

borēus

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.

Borneum

A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.

Borūssia

(chiefly, historical) A geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe.

bōs

Any adult male bovine.

Boscatum

The capital and largest city of Idaho, United States, and the county seat of Ada County; probably named for the river.

Bostonia

An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.

Bostonium

An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.

botanica

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

botanicus

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

botulus

A blood sausage made from minced pork, pork blood, cereal (oats or barley), and spices; eaten at breakfast and combined in starters and salads.

botum

(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.

bovinātor

One who bellows.

bovīnus

(not comparable) Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.

bovulus

(archaic) A young bull.

bōx

A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).

brācae

(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]

bractea

A very thin sheet of metal.

Brandenburgia

A state in the northeast of Germany.

Brandenburgum

A state in the northeast of Germany.

brandeum

Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.

Brasilia

A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.

brasiliana

Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.

brasilianum

Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.

brasilianus

Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.

brecellus

(culinary) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.

Brendanus

A en given name.

brephotropheum

(countable) A place where nursing or the raising of children is carried on.

brevemente

(duration) Over a short period of time, briefly.

brevī

(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.

breviārium

(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

breviō

(transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.

brevis

Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]

breviter

(chiefly, formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately. [from early 14th c.]

brevius (ōris) iter (itinĕris)

A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.

Brexitus

(UK politics) Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

Brežnev

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бре́жнєв (Bréžnjev)

Bristolium

A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.

Britannia

England, Scotland and Wales in combination.

Britannia Minor

An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany. [from 20th c.]

Britanniae

(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

Britannus

An inhabitant of Great Britain, particularly (historical) a Celt from the area of Roman Britain or (obsolete) a Welshman; a British person.

Brooklynium

A borough of New York City, New York, United States. It is located on the western end of Long Island.

Brooklynum

A borough of New York City, New York, United States. It is located on the western end of Long Island.

Bruclinum

A borough of New York City, New York, United States. It is located on the western end of Long Island.

brūma

One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.

brunneus

Having a brown colour.

Brūnōnis vīcus

Synonym of Braunschweig: a city in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Brutus

a Roman cognomen.

bryonia

A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild species Bryonia dioica.

būbalus

An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

bubile

A stable; a place for cattle.

būbō

Bubo bubo, the largest owl, native to almost all of temperate Eurasia.

bubulcus

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

Bucaresta

The capital city of Romania.

bucca

(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

buccea

The amount that will fit in a mouth.

buccella

The amount that will fit in a mouth.

buccina

(brass instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.

buccō

(colloquial) A stupid person.

buccula

A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.

bucellātum

(chiefly, North America, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.

bucina

(brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series

Budapestinum

The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.

Budda

Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

Buddas

Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

Buddhismus

The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

būfō

An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.

būgillō

A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.

bulbus

The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.

bulbus oculi

The ball of the eye.

Bulgaria

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Bulgaria. Capital and largest city: Sofia.

bulgaricus

Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.

bulliō

(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

Bulliōnium

A city in Luxemburg, Brussels, Belgium.

bura

(nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).

Burdigala

The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

burdo

The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).

burgēnsis

(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]

Burgundia

A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

burgus

(historical) A fortified town in medieval Europe.

bursa synovialis

(anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

bustirapus

One who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit.

bustum

A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.

būteō

Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.

būtiō

Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.

butyr

A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

butyrum

A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

buxum

(uncountable) The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.

buxus

(botany) Any of several trees, of the genus Buxus, often used as a hedge, for topiary, and as a source of boxwood

Bȳzantium

(historical) An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia; the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with its capital at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), originally known as Byzantium, which fell in 1453.

caballico

(ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]

caballio

A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.

Cabulum

The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.

Cabura

The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.

cacao

A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

cacaotica

(mostly, uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

cachinnus

A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.

cacō

(transitive) To defecate (on); to shit.

cactus

Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.

cacubus

(countable, cookware) A deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.

cacula

(military) A servant or valet to a military officer.

cacumen

Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

cadaver

Rotting flesh of a dead animal or person.

cadāverōsus

Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

cadere

To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

cado

To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

caduceus

A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.

cādūcus

Unstable, insecure or wobbly.

cadurcum

A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.

cadytas

Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

Caecilia

A en given name.

Caecilius

A en given name.

caecitās

The condition of being blind; unable to see.

caecō

(transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.

caecus

(not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

caedēs per insidiās

The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.

caedō

(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

caelāmen

(printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.

caelātūra

(art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it.