Latin–English dictionary

gehenna

(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.

gelasīnus

Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.

gelātus

Afraid; suffering from fear.

geldum

(historical) To tax geld.

gelicidium

A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

gelidus

(by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold

gelō

(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

gelu

(uncountable) A condition of low temperature.

gemella

Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

gemellus

Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

geminus

Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

gemma

A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.

gemma adamantis

A gemstone made from this mineral.

gemmārius

A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.

gemō

To make a groan.

gena

(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

Genabum

A city, the capital of Loiret department, France; the regional capital of Centre-Val de Loire.

Genesis

(religion, book of the bible) The first book in the Hebrew Bible.

genetīvus

Of a grammatical case: in an inflected language (such as Greek or Latin), expressing that a thing denoted by a word is related to a thing denoted by another word as its origin or possessor; and in an uninflected language (such as English), expressing origin or possession; possessive.

genetrix

(dated) A female ancestor.

Geniculator

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It lies between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.

Geniculatus

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It lies between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.

geniculum

(anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

genista

Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.

genitor

A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

genius

A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.

genocīdium

The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people, typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.

Genovefa

A en given name.

Genoveva

A en given name.

gens

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.

gentīlicia

A subject of a nation.

gentīlicium

A subject of a nation.

gentilicius

A subject of a nation.

gentilis

Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.

gentīlitās

paganism, heathendom

genu

(anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.

genuālia

A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.

genuenses

denim trousers

genuflecto

(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

genum

(genetics) A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and (in principle) predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.

genus

A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

genus commune

(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.

genus verbi

(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

geo-

Earth

geographia

The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.

geologia

The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.

geologista

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of geology, especially at a professional or academic level.

geologistus

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of geology, especially at a professional or academic level.

geōmetria

(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.

geōmetricus

Of or relating to geometry.

georgianus

Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.

Georgiopolis

The capital city of Guyana; named for George III of the United Kingdom.

Georgius

A en given name; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).

Geraldus

A en given name.

germana

A biological sibling.

Germānia

(historical) An ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples.

Germanica

A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.

Germanici

(linguistics) The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.

germanicus

Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent; to their cultures.

germanium

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.

germānus

Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

germen

A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.

germinātīvus

Of or pertaining to germination

germinō

(intransitive) To form buds.

gero

(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.

geror

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

gerra

(originally, US, informal) Nonsense; rubbish. [from 1920s]

gerrae

(uncountable, chiefly, US, slang) Nonsense.

gerrae!

An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.

gesticulor

(intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking.

gestor

An indiscreet person who spreads gossip or blame.

ghilda

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.

gibber

A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.

gibbus

A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.

Gibraltaria

A peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia.

gigas

A mythical human of very great size.

gigēria

The internal organs of poultry birds, used as food.

gigno

(transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).

gilda

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.

Gilgamus

A semi-legendary king of Uruk, who is the hero of the Babylonian poem Epic of Gilgamesh.

gingīva

(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.

gingriō

(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

gingrītus

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

gintā

A nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten.

giraffa

A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.

gistura

A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.

gitana

(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

Giza

A city on the west bank of the Nile river, Egypt, famous for its ancient monuments including the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid of Giza.

gizeria

The internal organs of poultry birds, used as food.

gizerium

(usually, in the plural) The edible viscera of a bird.

glaber

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

glaciarium

(geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

glaciatus conus

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving.

glacier

(geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

glacies

Water in frozen (solid) form.

glaciō

(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

gladiātor

(Ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.

gladiātrīx

(Ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.

gladiolus

Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.

gladius

(historical) A Roman sword roughly two feet long.

gladius lūcidus

(science fiction) A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy. [from 1977.]

glaeba

Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.

glaesum

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]

glandularis

(medicine) Pertaining to a gland or glands.

glans

(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

glārea

(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.

Glasgovia

A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland.

Glasgua

A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland.

Glastonia

A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5039).

glaucoma

(pathology) An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.

glaucus

(particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.

glēchon

Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.

Glēvum

A city in Massachusetts.

globōsus

Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.

globulus

(chiefly, US) Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.

globus

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

globus nivis

A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.

glomero

(transitive) To put together to form a group.

glōria

Great beauty and splendor.

glōriō

(transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

glorior

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

gloriosus

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.

glossārium

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

glubere

(transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.

glubo

To strip the bark from; to peel.

glūma

The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.

glūten

A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

glūtinō

(transitive) To join or attach something using glue.

glūtiō

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]

gluttiō

To eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.

gluttō

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

Goa

A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.

gobelinus

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

gōbius

A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.

Godefridus

A en given name.

Goliathus

(biblical character) A giant who, according to the Bible, was vanquished in battle with King David.

Gomorra

(Biblical) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants.

gonorrhoea

A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.

gōnum

(geometry) Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons).

Gorgō

(Greek mythology) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale

gōrȳtos

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

gossypium

(uncountable) Thread of such fiber.

Gothenburgum

A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.

Gothica

An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.

Gothoburgum

A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.

Gothus

A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.

grabātus

(chiefly, UK) A lightweight portable bed used by the military, campers, etc.

gracilis

(also, figuratively) Lean, slender, thin.

gracilitās

The property of being skinny.

Gradalis Sanctus

(Arthurian mythology) An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion.