Latin–English dictionary

adōrō

To worship.

adpāreō

(intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.

Adria

A town and comune of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name.

Adriaticus

Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.

adrochatio

(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.

adscisco

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof

adsēnsor

A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.

adsum

Located in the immediate vicinity.

adsumo

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof

adulātio

Flattery; fulsome praise.

adūlātor

One who flatters.

adulēscēns

A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.

adulēscentia

(uncountable, with, possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.

adulor

To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.

adulta

An animal that is full-grown.

adulta aetas

The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

adulter

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

adultera

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

adulterīnus

Not chaste; not continent

adulterium

(narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry

adultus

Fully grown.

adumbrātiō

(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.

adūnātiō

(uncountable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.

aduno

(transitive) To bring together as one.

adūrō

(transitive) To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it

adustus

Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.

advectō

(transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

advēlō

(transitive) To conceal as with a veil.

advena

Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.

advenio

(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.

advenita

The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.

adventor

Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.

adventu festum ago

To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".

adventus

(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.

adversa

(uncountable) Bad luck.

adversāria

An opponent or rival.

adversārius

(Christianity, sometimes, Judaism) The Devil; Satan.

adversor

To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.

advocātiō

The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.

advocātus

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

adytum

(figuratively, by extension) The most sacred place within a sacred building.

aedes

A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.

aedicula

(UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant.

aedificatio

(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.

aedificātor

One who builds or constructs things.

aedificātrīx

One who builds or constructs things.

aedificium

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

aedificō

(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

aedis

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

aedituus

The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.

aeger

Affected with or suffering from disease.

Aegīdius

A en given name.

Aegoceros

(constellation) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a goat.

aegritudo

Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]

aegror

(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.

aegrotaticius

Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.

aegrōtus

Affected with or suffering from disease.

aegyptia

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

aegyptiaca

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

aegyptiacus

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

aegyptius

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

Aegyptus

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

Aelia Capitolina

A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine.

aelinos

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

aemidus

protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

Aemilia

A en given name.

aemula

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

aemulor

(transitive) To imitate.

aemulus

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

aena

A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.

aēneus

Made of copper.

aenigma

A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

Aenus

A right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

aequālis

existing at the same time as something else

aequalitas

(mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

aequāliter

(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly

aequanimitās

The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.

aequatio

(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part.

Aequatoria

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito.

aequē

(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly

aequilībrium

The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.

aequinoctialis

(astronomy) Of or relating to the spring or autumnal equinox.

aequinoctium

One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.

aequitās

(mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

aequō animō

In a calm manner; coolly.

aequor

The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

aequus

The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes.

aer

(music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.

aer. comm.

Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.

aer. vulg.

Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.

aera

(countable, poker) The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.

aerāmen

(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

aerārium

A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.

aerārius

Made of copper.

aereus

Made of copper.

aëria navis

(aviation) A self-propelled airship that can be steered.

āëriportus

An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.

aërium vehīculum

A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

aerius

Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]

aeroplanum

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

aeroportello

An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.

aeroportus

An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.

aerūgō

A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals.

aerumma

(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.

aerumna

A cause of such discomfort.

aerumnābilis

Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

aeruscō

(intransitive, especially, UK) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.

aes

(uncountable) A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.

aes album

(countable, uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

aes candidum

(countable, uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

aesculus

Quercus frainetto, a species of oak native to southeastern Europe (parts of Italy, the Balkans, parts of Hungary, Romania) and Turkey.

aestas

One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.

aestifer

(weather) Hot and humid; sweltering. [from late 16th c.]

aestimātiō

An appraisal or evaluation.

aestimātor

One who performs appraisals.

aestimō

(transitive) To estimate; to conjecture.

aestuare

(usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.

aestuārium

A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.

aestuō

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

aestus

The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.

aetās

(countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.

aeternitas

(uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time.

aeternō

For eternity; forever.

aeternus

Having no end.

aetheops

(countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.

Aethiopicē

An Ethiopian language which is extinct but still used liturgically.

Aetna

(Greek mythology, and, Roman mythology) A nymph in Sicily who, according to legend, gave her name to the volcanic Mount Etna.

aevum

(astrology) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.

afa

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

āfer

Of or pertaining to Africa.

affābilis

Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.

affabrē

In an ingenious manner; using ingenuity.

affatim

In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.

affectātor

Someone who aspires (for high office, etc.)

affectō

(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.

affectuosus

(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

affectus

A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.

afferō

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

afficiō

(transitive) To manage, control, or direct.

affīnitās

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

affirmō

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

affixum

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

affligere

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

afflīgō

(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.

afflō

To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

affluens

(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.

affluenter

With lavish expenditure or behaviour; in an extravagant manner.

Afgania

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

afghanicus

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan.

Africa

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.