Latin–English dictionary

ferrum

(not comparable) Made of the metal iron.

ferrum equōrum

The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.

ferrūmen

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

ferrūminō

(transitive) To affix with cement.

fertilis

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

fertilitās

(uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.

ferus

A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.

fervefaciō

(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

ferveō

(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

fervidus

(idiomatic) Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature)

fervor

The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

fessus

Tired; weary.

festa paschālia

A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.

festinantia

Speed; swiftness; dispatch.

festinatio

Speed; swiftness; dispatch.

festīnō

(intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.

festivitas

An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.

festivus

Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.

festum

A large celebratory meal; a feast.

festum Nativitatis Domini

(originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.

festus

Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.

fetidus

Foul-smelling, stinking.

fētor ēx ōre

(pathology) The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.

fētus

An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.

feudalismus

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.

feudum

An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.

fīber

(countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.

fibra

(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

fībula

A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.

fictilia

Ceramic objects as a group.

fictiliārius

One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.

fictilis

(especially, of pottery) Made of clay.

fictus

Spurious, artificial.

fideiussor

(legal) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.

fidēlis

Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

fidēlitās

Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.

fīdenter

In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.

fidentiatus

A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.

Fides

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.

fidicen

Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.

Fidicula

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.

Fidis

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.

fido

(transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.

fīdūcia

A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.

fīdūciāliter

In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively.

fidus

Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.

figicō

(transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.

figlīna

(countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.

figlīnum

Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

fīgō

(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

figulāria

Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

figulīna

(countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.

figulus

One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.

figūra

The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.

figūrātīvē

(manner) In a figurative manner.

figūrō

(transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.

filia

(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.

filia fratris

A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

filia regis

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

filia sororis

A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

filiaster

The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

filiastra

The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

Filius

(Christianity) One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ.

filius fratris

A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).

filius sororis

A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).

filix

Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

fīlum

(Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.

Filumēna

A en given name.

fimum

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

fimus

Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.

finalis

(linguistics) Word-final; occurring at the end of a word.

finalitas

The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.

finem habeo

(transitive) To finish, terminate.

fines

(topology) (of a set) the set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set

fingere

(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.

fingō

(transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.

fīniens

The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.

finiō

(ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

finior

(transitive) To finish, terminate.

finiri

(copulative) To become, or cause oneself to become.

finis

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

fīnitimus

Having a common boundary or border

fīnītor

A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.

finitus

(comparable) Processed or perfected.

Finlandia

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

Finnia

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

finnicus

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

fiō

(transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]

fiola

A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.

fiordus

A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

firmāmentum

(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.

firmātor

One who promotes.

firmitas

The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

firmiter

(manner) In a firm or definite or strong manner.

firmitudo

The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

firmo

To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or them) in a defensive position.

firmor

(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.

firmus

Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

fiscus

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

fissura

A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

fissus

Split, sundered, or divided.

fistula

(woodwind instrument) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10th c.]

fistula cibālis

(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

fistula spiritālis

The trachea.

fixus

steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding

flābellum

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

flabrum

A strong, abrupt rush of wind.

flaccidus

Flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.

flaccus

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

flagellō

(transitive) To whip or scourge.

flagellum

A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

flāgitātiō

A forceful claim for something.

flāgitiōsus

Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.

flāgitium

(countable) Something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit.

flāgitō

To request forcefully.

flagrāns

Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.

flagrum

A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

flāmen

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

flamencum

(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.

flamma

(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).

flammō

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

flava

(countable) A person with this hair color.

flavens

☉ (alchemy)

flāvescō

(intransitive) To become yellow or yellower.

flāvicomus

(countable) A person with this hair color.

Flaviobriga

The largest city in the Basque Country, in northern Spain, and capital city of the province of Biscay, Spain.

flavum

☉ (alchemy)

flāvus

(countable) A person with this hair color.

flēbilis

Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

flectō

(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.

fleō

(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep. Especially in anger or sadness

fletus

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

flexanimus

Causing or evoking deep emotions.

flexibilis

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

flexibilitās

The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.

flexilis

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

flexio

(grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

flexura

(grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

flexus

A curve.

flo

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

floccus

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

floces

The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.

Flōra

(Roman god) the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.

flōrens

Opening in blossoms; flowering.

Florentia

A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.

flōrentīna

A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

flōrentīnus

Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

floreō

(intransitive) To put forth blooms.

florescō

(intransitive) To put forth blooms.

flōs

A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.