Latin–English dictionary

accommodātiō

(countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.

accommodo

(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.

accordio

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

accreditatio

The giving of credentials.

accumulatio

(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.

accumulātor

One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.

accumulō

(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.

accūrātus

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

accūsābilis

Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.

accūsātor

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

accūsātrīx

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

accuso

To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.

accustor

(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service

acelga

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

acer

(of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.

acerbe

In a severe manner.

acerbitās

The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.

acerbus

(archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.

acernia

Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.

acervālis

In a heap.

acervatim

In bulk or large quantity.

acervus

A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.

acescō

(intransitive) To become sour.

acētāria

A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

acetum

(uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.

Achābus

A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.

Achillēs

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

acia

(uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.

aciarium

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

aciditas

The condition or quality of being sour.

acidus

(typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant.

acidus propionicus isobutylphenylus

(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.

aciēs

(military, army) The notional line on either side of which opposing forces are arrayed, and at which they meet in battle; a fortified line, short of the line where battle is expected, and behind which forces are arrayed; a forward line of infantry or other force, prepared for battle.

acīnacēs

A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.

acinus

A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.

acipenser

Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.

acor

The condition or quality of being sour.

acquiescō

(intransitive, with in or to (or sometimes with)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.

acquirō

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

acquīsītiō

The act or process of acquiring.

Acre

A port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith.

ācriculus

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

acrifolium

Ilex aquifolium, a species of holly known for its use during Christmastime

acrimonia

A sharp and bitter hatred.

acritās

The state of being pungent.

ācriter

In a keen manner.

ācritūdō

The quality or state of being vivacious.

acta

(countable) A formal or official record of something done.

acta diurna

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically. [from 1605]

actiō

(uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.

active

(grammar) In the active form; not passive.

āctor

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

āctrīx

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

actuārius

Someone skilled in the writing of shorthand or the use of a stenotype machine, especially for the purpose of rapid transcription of speech. One employed in such a role: a professional transcriptionist who employs shorthand.

āctuō

(transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

actuosus

Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.

āctus

(countable) Something done, a deed.

āctus abōminābilis

(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [from ca. 1150–1350]

actūtum

In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

acū pingo

To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.

aculeus

(zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.

acumen

The sharp tip of an object. [from 14th c.]

acuō

(transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.

acupictura

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

acus

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

acutus

(medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.

AD

(often, punctuated) Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.

ad hoc

For a particular purpose.

ad invicem

(reciprocal pronoun) To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:

ad necum mittō

(transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.

Ad Quartum

A comune of the Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy.

ad unguem

(manner) Without approximation; precisely.

ad verbum

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

adaequātus

Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

adaequō

(mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.

adaestuō

(intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.

adagium

An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.

adamantinus

(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.

adamas

A gemstone made from this mineral.

adaperiō

To remove a cover from.

adaptō

(transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.

adbītō

(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.

adcola

A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

addere

(intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.

addīcō

(transitive) To attribute (a book, painting, or any other work of art or literature) to a writer or creator.

additio

(uncountable) The act of adding anything.

additionalis

Supplemental or added to something.

addō

(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

addoceō

(transitive) To teach by giving instructions.

addoctrino

To teach (a person) with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.

addūcō

(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

adductus

(by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.

Adelaida

The state capital and largest city in South Australia.

Adelaidis

A en given name popular in England since the Middle Ages.

Adelaidopolis

The state capital and largest city in South Australia.

Adelais

A en given name.

ademptio

An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

adeō

(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.

adeps

The characteristic or state of being corpulent.

adepta

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

adeptus

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

adhaereō

(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.

adhāmō

(transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

adhibeo

(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.

adhortor

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

adhūc

(formal, also, law) Up to this or that time.

adiciō

(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

adiectivum

(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

adimō

(transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.

adipisci

(intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

adipiscor

To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).

aditus

(uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

adiumentum

Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

adiungō

(transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex

adiuratio

The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

adiurator

A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.

adiuro

(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.

adiūtābilis

Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

adiūtor

A person who assists or helps someone else.

adiutorium

(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.

adiūtrix

A person who assists or helps someone else.

adiuvare

(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).

adiuvō

(transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

adminiculum

Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop

administer

A person who assists or helps someone else.

administra

A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.

administrātiō

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

administrator

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

administro

(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.

admīrābilis

Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.

admīrābiliter

To an admirable degree.

admīrātiō

A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful

admīrātor

One who admires.

admīrātrix

One who admires.

admīror

(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.

admissio

The act or practice of admitting.

admissum

The act or practice of admitting.

admittere

(transitive) To certify (a student) as having earned a degree

admittō

(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration

admodum

In a complete manner; thoroughly.

admonitiō

A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in their actions; a reprimand.

adnuntiō

(transitive) To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.

adnuō

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

adolescens

In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

adolesco

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

Adolphus

A en given name.

adoptare

To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

adoptō

To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

adorabilis

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

adōrātiō

(countable, religion) An act of religious worship.