Latin–English dictionary

co-

Together: the root word is done co-incidently.

coactor

A person who is employed to collect payments.

coactum

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

coactus

(legal, uncountable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.

coaevālis

From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

coagulo

(transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.

coalesco

(of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.

coax

(onomatopoeia) The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

coaxō

(intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound.

cobaltum

A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.

cobalus

(fantasy) A malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls.

cocceus

A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

coccineus

Having a deep red colour.

coccinus

Of a bright red colour.

coccum

Cloth of a scarlet color.

Cochinum

A city in Kerala, in southwestern India.

cochlea

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

cochleārium

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

cociō

A mediator between a buyer and seller.

coctor

(cooking) A person who prepares food.

coctūrārius

(cooking) A person who prepares food.

coctus

(of food) Prepared by cooking.

cocus

A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

codex

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

cōdicillus

(legal) An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.

coefficiēns

(mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.

coemeterium

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

Coemgenus

A en given name.

coenobium

(now, _, especially) Synonym of nunnery, a female religious community and its residence.

coeō

(ergative) To gather as a group.

coetus

A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.

coffea

(countable) A serving of this beverage.

coffēinum

An alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system. [from 1830]

coffeum

(countable) A serving of this beverage.

cōgitābilis

Capable of being conceived or imagined.

cōgitābundus

(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.

cogitare

(transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.

cogitatio

(uncountable) The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.

cogito

(intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

cognāta

Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.

cognātus

Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.

cognitio

Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc. [from 14th c.]

cognitor

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

cōgnōmen

(historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.

cognoscere

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

cognosco

To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

cogo

To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.

cohaerentia

The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.

cohaereō

(intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.

cohaesiō

State of cohering, or of working together.

cohibeō

(transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

cohors

A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.

coincidō

To occur at the same time.

coinquinō

To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

coitus

(formal, now, also, humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile–vaginal penetration.

colacarius

Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.

cōleī

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

coleopterum

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.

colibris

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

colica

(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

collatio secunda

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).

collātor

A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.

collecta

(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

collector

A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.

collectum

(set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.

collēctus

(set theory, topology, analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.

collēga

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.

collēgium

A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid.

collegium educationis superioris

(chiefly, US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.

colliculus

A small hill.

colligō

(transitive) To gather together; amass.

colliquatio

(fiction) The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.

collis

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

collisio

An instance of colliding.

collocātiō

(finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.

colloquium

A conversation or dialogue. [from 15th c.]

colloquor

(formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.

collum

(anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

collusio

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

collūsor

A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.

collȳra

(uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes, typically boiled and served in soup, with a sauce, or in melted cheese; a dish of this. [from 18th c.]

colō

(transitive) To grow (a particular crop).

colombianus

Of, from or relating to Colombia.

colon

(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)

colōna

A founder of a colony.

colōnia

A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.

Colōnia Agrippīna

The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.

colōnica

A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.

colōnicus

Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.

colōnista

A founder of a colony.

colōnistus

A founder of a colony.

colōnus

A founder of a colony.

color

(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.

color ruber

(countable, and, uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.

Colōrātum

A state in the western United States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city: Denver.

colōrātus

Having a particular color or kind of color.

colōrō

(transitive) To give something color.

Colosseum

The largest stadium in the Roman empire, located near the center of Rome.

colossēus

Extremely large or on a great scale.

coluber

(now, literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.

colubra

Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.

colubris

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

cōlum

A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.

columba

(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

columbarium

(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.

columbula

(countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.

columbulus

(countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.

columbus

(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

columen

(geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.

columna

A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof.

columna vertebralis

(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

colus

A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.

cōma

A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

comaron

The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)

combattuo

(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.

combīnātiō

The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

combūrō

To burn with hot liquid.

comedō

To ingest; to be ingested.

comentārium

A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.

comes

A companion; a comrade.

comestibilis

Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.

comētēs

A celestial phenomenon with the appearance of such a body.

cometessa

A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

cometissa

A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

cōmis

Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.

cōmīssātiō

Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.

cōmīssor

(intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. [from 1550s]

cōmitās

(uncountable) Polite behavior.

comitatus

An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).

Comitātus Gallivēnsis

A city in County Galway, Ireland.

cōmiter

in a polite manner

comitessa

A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

comitiālis

Of, or relating to elections.

comitissa

A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

comitō

(transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.

comma

(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

commater

A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

commemorātiō

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.

commendaria

(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.

commendō

(transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

commentārium

A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.

commentārius

(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.

commenticius

fictional, made up, imaginary.

commentum

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

commentus

Invented; contrived.

commercium

(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

commīlitō

A companion in battle; fellow soldier.

comminuō

(transitive) To violently break something into pieces.

commisceō

(transitive) To mix (things) together.

commissio

An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.