Latin–English dictionary

Chrīstiāna

(obsolete, England) A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.

Christiānismus

An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.

Chrīstiānitās

The Christian world; Christ's Church on Earth. [from 14th c.]

Chrīstiānus

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

chrōmium

A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.

chronica

A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

chronicum

Inveterate or habitual.

chronicus

Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.

chrysanthemum

Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.

Chūnnī

A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.

ciacalis

Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.

cibaria

(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

cibō

(transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.

cibus

Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

cicāda

Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

cicātrīcōsus

Having a scar or scars.

cicātrix

A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

cicer

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

Cicerō

The Roman statesman and orator Mārcus Tullius Cicerō (106–43 BC).

cichorium

(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.

cicindela

(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.

ciconia

A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.

cicur

Gentle and not easily angered.

cicūta

Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera

cīdlārius

A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.

cifra

The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

Cile

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

cilium

(anatomy, dermatology) One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids.

Cimbria

A cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany.

cinaedicus

(of a person or other animal, formal, distancing, or, dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)

cinaedus

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

cinara

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

Cincinnati

The third largest city in Ohio, United States and the county seat of Hamilton County.

cincinnātus

Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.

cinctūra

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

cinctus

A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.

cīnēmatēum

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

cinerārius

A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.

Cinerella

The main character in this story, a mistreated and impoverished girl.

cinereus

Of the color of ashes; pale grey.

cingō

(transitive) To surround.

cingulum

A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.

cinīflō

A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.

cinis

A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.

cippus

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

circa

Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).

Circe

(Greek mythology) An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.

circēnsēs

A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.]

circiter

Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost. [from before 1150]

circito

(transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.

circueō

(transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

circuitus

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution

circulātor

An itinerant seller of small goods.

circulātrix

An itinerant seller of small goods.

circulor

(transitive) To put together to form a group.

circulus

A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.

circum

Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).

circumcīdō

(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

circumcīsiō

The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.

circumcisus

(medicine, urology) Of a man, having had the foreskin of the penis excised.

circumdō

(transitive) To surround, form a circle around.

circumeō

(transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

circumferentia

(geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.

circumiectum

The natural world or ecosystem.

circumlatitius

Able to be carried or easily moved.

circumposita

The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.

circumrotō

(transitive) to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit

circumsedeo

(transitive) To surround or hem in.

circumventiō

(countable, uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.

circumvolitō

Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.

circus

A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.]

cirrostratus

(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena. Abbreviated Cs

cirrus

(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments, wisps, or narrow bands.

cisium

(road transport, historical) A two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse.

cista

A sealed box with a slit, into which a voter places a completed voting slip.

cistellātrix

One who works at a till or receives payments.

cisterna

A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.

citātus

A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.

citerior

(literary) Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.

cithara

(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

citō

Rapidly; with speed; fast.

citocacia

Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.

citreus

A yellowish citrus fruit.

citrullus

A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.

citrus

Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.

citrus tangerina

A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.

civilis

Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

civilitas

Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. [from 16th c.]

cīvis

A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. [from 14th c.]

cīvitās

The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.

Civitas Havaiorum

(specifically) An island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

Civitas Vangionum

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

clades

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

clam

In a private manner.

clāmātor

(slang, derogatory) One who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.

clamo

To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.

clāmor

A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

clandestīnus

Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.

clango

To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet.

clangor

A loud sound.

clārigātiō

(usually, in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).

clarinetum

(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

Clarissa

(Catholicism) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

claritudo

The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.

clarus

Without clouds.

classarius

(nautical) Of or relating to a navy.

classiarus

(military) Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.

classicare

(intransitive) To play the trumpet.

classicula

(nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

classis

A group of vessels or vehicles.

clāthrī

A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

claudeō

(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.

claudere

(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.

claudicātūrus

Fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady.

claudicō

(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.

Claudius

The Roman emperor "Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus".

claudō

(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.

claudor

(intransitive) To become fastened in place.

claudus

(informal) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.

claustellum

Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.

claustrārius

One who practices locksmithing.

claustrum

(neuroanatomy) A thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed to facilitate coordination between senses

clausula

An end or conclusion.

clāva

(countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

clava ferrea

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

clāviatūra

(computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.

clāvicula

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

clavicularius

An ornamental piece holding such a chain or ring.

clavile

(musical instruments) A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. [from 1803]

clavis

(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

clāvula

(horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

clavus

The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.

clēmēns

Inclined to forgive.

clēmentia

The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.

Cleopatra

A given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line.

clepor

(obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.

clericus

A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

cliēns

(historical, law) The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service.

climatis mutatio

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

Clīō

(Greek god) The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.

clipeum

A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.

clipeus

A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.

clīvius

Not auspicious; ill-omened

clīvōsus

(of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills.

clivus

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

cloāca

A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

clūnis

(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.

clūra

A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

cnecos

A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.

cnōdāx

(also, attributively) A circular or cylindrical fitting, often made of metal, into which a pin or pintle fits to create a hinge or pivoting joint.