Latin–English dictionary

catinus

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

catta

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]

cattus

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]

catulaster

A boy or young man.

catulus

The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.

catulus felis

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).

catus

Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

Caucasus

(geopolitics) A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

caudātus

(zoology) Having a tail.

caudex

(accounting) A book in which accounts are kept; ledger.

caulis

A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.

caupō

The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.

caupōna

To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

caupona castrensis

A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.

caurus

The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.

causa

(legal) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.

causia

(headwear) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

causidicus

(US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.

caute

With care; attentively, circumspectly.

cautēla

Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.

cautim

In a cautious manner.

cautiō

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.

cautus

Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent

cavaedium

(architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

cavea

(countable) A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.

caveō

(defective, ambitransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

caverna

A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.

cavillari

(informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

cavillor

(intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.

cavō

(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.

cavum

(stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.

cavus

(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.

Cazastania

A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.

Cæcilia

A en given name.

cē

The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Cechoslovacia

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

cēdō

(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.

cēlātus

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

celeber

Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

celebrātus

famous or widely praised

celebritas

(uncountable, uncommon outside high registers) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. [from 17th c.]

celebrō

(transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner.

celer

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]

celeritas

Speed; swiftness; dispatch.

celeriter

Rapidly; with speed; fast.

celerō

(intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.

cella

(countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling. [from 15th c.]

cella penaria

A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.

cellarium

A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.

cēlō

(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

celox

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]

celsitudo

The state of being high.

celsus

Increased, particularly above a normal level.

cēna

Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.

Cenabum

A city, the capital of Loiret department, France; the regional capital of Centre-Val de Loire.

cenit

(astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.

cēnō

(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

Cenomannica

A state of the United States; probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.

cenotaphium

A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.

cēnseō

(transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

cēnsor

(Ancient Rome, historical) One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.

cēnsūra

The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.

Centaurus

(constellation) A spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar.

centennium

A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

centēsimus

The ordinal form of the number one hundred.

centimetrum

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10−2 metres. Symbol: cm

centipeda

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.

centō

A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.

centrifugium

By extension, any device which rotates in order to produce artificial gravity (in the form of centrifugal force)

centrum

(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).

centum

A numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine.

centuriō

(historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.

cēpa

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

cephalalgia

(pain) A pain or ache in the head.

cephalargia

(pain) A pain or ache in the head.

cēra

A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.

cerasum

The wood of a cherry tree.

cerasus

The wood of a cherry tree.

Cerberus

(Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.

cerdō

One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.

cerebrālis

(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.

cēreus

Of or pertaining to wax.

cerevisia

(countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.

cērinthus

Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae.

cernō

(transitive) To examine (something) carefully.

cernuus

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

cerosus

Resembling wax in texture or appearance.

certāmen

(countable) A competition.

certātim

In an eager manner.

certē

In any event; anyway.

certiōrō

To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.

certitūdō

The state of being certain.

certō

Without doubt, surely.

certum

The state of being certain.

certus

Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.

cerva

(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

cervēsa

(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.

cervīcal

A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

cervīnus

Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

cervisia

(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.

cervix

(anatomy) The back part of the neck.

cervus

(military) An obstacle made of wood with spikes, for use against attacking cavalry.

cessātiō

Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]

cessātor

An idle person.

cesso

(transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

cestus

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

cēterum

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

cēterus

Which remains, especially after something else has been removed.

chabiarium

Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.

CHAD

(informal) as of or relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

chalcis

Those fish and any other fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.

Chaldaeus

A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.

chaldaicus

Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.

chalybēïus

Made of steel.

chalybs

(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

Cham

(biblical character) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.

chama

Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.

Chāmus

(biblical character) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.

chanis

(historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

charta

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

chartarius

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.

chartula ad accessum

A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.

chartularius

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.

Charybdis

(Greek mythology) A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.

chasma

(geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

Chelys

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.

chemia

(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.

chemica

(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.

cheragra

Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.

cherūb

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.

Cheyenna

A river in the United States; flowing 295 miles from the confluence of the Antelope and Dry Fork creeks in Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming into Lake Oahe, a reservoir of the Missouri River, at Mission Ridge, South Dakota.

Chile

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

Chilia

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

chiliogramma

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

chiliometrum

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

Chimaera

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

Chinae

A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.

chirographum

The characteristic writing of a particular person.

chīrothēca

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

chirothecārius

A person who makes or sells gloves.

chīrurgia

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

chirurgia thoracica

(surgery) The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.

chīrurgus

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

chlamydia

(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.

chlorium

A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

chloroformium

(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

chloroformum

(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

cholestērolum

(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.

chorus

A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

Christi Natalis

(originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.