Latin–English dictionary

Delavaria

The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington.

dēlectābilis

Enjoyable or amusing.

delectamentum

(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.

delectatio

(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.

dēlectō

(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.

delectus

One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

dēlēgātiō

(legal) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)

dēlēnificus

Tending to soothe.

dēlēnīmentum

(countable) Often in the plural form blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade.

dēlēniō

To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

dēlēnītor

A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.

dēleō

To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

dēlētor

That which destroys something.

dēlētrix

That which destroys something.

deliberatio

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

dēlīberō

(transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.

dēlībō

(transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

dēlicātus

Elegant; delicately small and pretty.

delicia

Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.

deliciae

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

delicium

A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man. [1552]

dēlicuus

Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).

dēligō

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

dēlinō

(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.

delinquentia

A violation of a law, duty or commandment.

dēliquium

State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.

dēlīrāmentum

(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.

dēlīrium

(symptom) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.

dēlīrus

(slang) Crazy.

dēlitescō

To remain concealed in order to ambush.

Dellium

A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.

Dēlos

An island of the Cyclades, Greece.

delphīnus

A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of the infraorder Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.

dēlūbrum

A house of worship, especially:

dēludō

(transitive, slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.

dēlustrō

(transitive, of a thing) To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.

dēmens

Insane; mentally ill.

dēmenter

In an insane manner; not sanely.

dēmentia

The state of being insane; madness.

dēmentia praecox

(now, deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder. [from 20th c.]

dēmentia præcox

(now, deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder. [from 20th c.]

dēmetō

(transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.

Dēmētrius

A en given name.

deminuere

(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.

dēmittō

(transitive, ergative, also, figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]

dēmō

To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

dēmo-

people

dēmōlior

To devour; to eat up

dēmōnstrō

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

demoror

To put off until a later time; to defer.

demptio

The process of removing or the fact of being removed.

dēmum

(idiomatic) After a long time; eventually.

dēnārius

(Ancient Rome, numismatics) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces. Roughly one day’s wage for a skilled worker.

dēnegō

(transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

denique

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

denotare

(transitive) To mention, specify.

densitas

(physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.

dēnsus

Having relatively high density.

dentifricium

Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.

dentiō

Formation of teeth; toothed form.

dentiscalpium

A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.

dentītiō

(physiology) The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.

denudo

To remove a cover from.

denum

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

denuntiator

(North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.

denuntiatores

(North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.

denuntiatrix

(police) A female police officer.

dēnuō

Anew; again; once more.

denutiatores

(North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.

Denverium

The capital and largest city of Colorado.

Deo volente

(often, as disjunct) Barring unforeseen circumstances, it is hoped that (while generally also indicating acceptance of God's will).

deorsum

(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

depalmo

(transitive) To give a slap to.

dēpendēns

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

deperitiō

The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

dēpilō

To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.

dēpleō

(transitive) To let or draw blood from.

dēpōnēns

(grammar, of a verb) Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).

dēpōnō

(transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).

dēportō

(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.

dēpositārius

One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.

dēpositus scrūtōrum

A place where rubbish is discarded.

dēprāvō

(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.

dēprecor

To beg or request for (something).

depsō

(idiomatic, transitive) To grope someone, especially someone's breasts, in a sexual manner.

derelictus

No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]

derepente

Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.

dērīdeō

(transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.

dērigō

To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.

dērīsiō

Act of treating with disdain.

derma

(uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

dermatologista

A person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.

dermatologistus

A person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.

dēruō

To devour; to eat up

Derventiō

A type of cheese made in Derby, England.

descendō

(intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.

dēscīscō

(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.

describere

(transitive) To represent in words.

dēscrībō

(transitive) To represent in words.

dēscrīptiō

A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

dēserō

(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

dēsertor

(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving

dēsertum

(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

desertus

No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]

deses

Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.

dēsīderārī

Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.

desiderio

(intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.

desiderium

(countable) Someone or something wished for.

dēsīderō

(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

dēsidia

The state of being indolent; indolence.

dēsidiābulum

A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.

designare

(transitive) To point out.

designatio

A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.

dēsignō

To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

desine et desiste

(legal) To stop and not resume an action.

desinete et desistete

(legal) To stop and not resume an action.

dēsipiō

To have fun in an irresponsible manner.

dēsistō

(ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).

dēspectiō

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

desperatio

A lack of hope; despair.

dēspērātus

Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.

dēspērō

(transitive) To cause to despair.

dēspiciō

To regard with contempt or scorn.

despotismus

Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

dēsticō

(intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.

destillō

To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.

dēstinātiō

(countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

dēstitūtus

Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.

destructio

The act of destroying.

destructivus

Causing destruction; damaging.

desum

(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.

dēsum audīre

(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

dēsum interesse

(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

dēsūmō

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

detectio

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

detectus

Having been noticed.

dētegō

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

dēterior

(for non-slang definitions)

deterioratio

The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

dēteriorō

(transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.

deterioror

(intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

dēterminō

(transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

dēterrimus

Most inferior; doing the least good.

dētestābilis

Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

dētestor

(transitive) To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.

dētineō

(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.

dētorqueō

To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.

detractatus

A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.

dētractor

A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

dētrāhō

To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.