Latin–English dictionary

hispanicum

Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.

hispanicus

Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain.

Hispānus

A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.

hispidus

(of an animal) Having a lot of fur.

historicus

Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.

Histria

A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.

histriō

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

histriōnia

(uncountable, drama) The occupation of an actor.

Hitler

Ellipsis of w:Adolf Hitler; Führer of the Nazi Party and chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945; particularly as the embodiment of Nazism.

hiulcus

Wide open.

hobbitus

A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet. [from 20th c.]

Hobbius

A surname originating as a patronymic.

hōc

With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition. [from 15th c.]

hoc die

In the current era; nowadays; these days.

hodie

On the current day or date.

hola

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

holitor

(chiefly, British, Commonwealth, Irish) A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.

Holmia

A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.

holus

Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.

Homērus

Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

homicīda

(countable) A person who kills another.

homicīdium

(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

homilia

(Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.

homines

(collective, dated, fantasy) (The) people, humanity, man(kind).

homo

The genus Homo.

homo furiōsus

A man who is insane or mentally disturbed.

homo Neanderthalensis

A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.

homō ūniversālis

A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.

homophobia

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971]

homosexualis

(of a person or other animal, formal, distancing, or, dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)

homosexualitas

Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]

homunculus

A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.

Honduria

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa.

honestas

(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.

honestus

(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.

Honolulum

A port on Oahu Island, the capital city of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.

honōrārium

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

honōrārius

Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment.

honorātus

(British spelling) Respected, having received honour.

honōrō

(transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.

hōra

The three-hour intervals of daytime religious services appointed by canon law.

horae pars sexagesima

A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).

horaeus

Preserved by pickling.

hōrārium

(attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.

hordeolus

(disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

hordeum

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

horizōn

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

horizontālis

Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.

hormōn

(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.

horologium

A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

horrendus

Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

horreum

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.

horribilis

Causing horror; terrible; shocking.

horridus

Unrefined, crude.

horrificō

To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.

horrificus

Causing horror; terrible; shocking.

horror

(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

hortī

An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.

hortor

To spur on, strongly recommend.

hortulānus

One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.

hortus

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

horum

Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).

Hōrus

(Egyptian god) The ancient Egyptian falcon-headed god of the sun, sky, war, and kingship.

hospes

A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

hospita

A female host.

hospitāculum

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

hospitālis

cordial and generous towards guests

hospitālitās

The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.

hospitium

A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals.

hospitō

To perform the role of a host.

hostēs

A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

hostia

(Christianity) The sacramental bread used in the Eucharist; the host.

hostilis

(figuratively) Distant and cool; unfriendly.

hostilitas

A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

hostis

A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

hūc

(location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

hucusque

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

Hugo

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

hui

Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.

huic

The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.

huius

Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

humanitas

(uncountable) The human condition or nature.

humātiō

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

humerus

(anatomy) The bone of the upper arm.

humiliāns

Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.

humiliō

(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.

humilis

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

humō

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

humus

(uncountable) Soil.

hunc

With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.]

Hungaria

A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Budapest.

Hūnnī

A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.

hyacinthus

Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.

hyalus

(usually, uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).

hydra

(Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours.

hydrargyrum

(chemistry, medicine) Mercury (chemical element).

hydromel

(alcohol) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.

hydrophobia

(pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.

hymnus

A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.

hyperbole

(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

hypertensio

(medicine, cardiology) A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid.

hypertrophia

(countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.

hypocauston

An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.

hypocaustum

An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.

hypocorisma

(uncountable) The formation of terms of endearment or pet names.

hypotensio

(medicine, cardiology) The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure.

hypotheca

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.

hypothesis

(sciences) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, and/or experimentation.

hystrix

Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.

ī

Used to form regular plurals of nouns.

i graeca

The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

i. e.

(initialism) That is, namely, in other words, that is to say.

iaceō

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

iaciō

To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.

Iacobus

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.

iactans

Tending to boast or brag.

iactantia

(uncountable) The making of boasts.

iactātor

Someone who constantly brags or boasts. [from late 16th c.]

iactō

To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

iactus

An act of throwing.

iaculor

To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.

Iaipura

The state capital of Rajasthan, India.

iam

(in negative or interrogative constructions) From a given time onwards; longer, again.

Iamaica

An island and country in the Caribbean.

Iāna

(Roman god) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.

iānitor

A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

iānitrīx

A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.

ianthinus

Of a violet colour.

ianua

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

Iānuārius

The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.

Iānus

(Roman god) The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.

Iapō

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person living in or originating from Japan, or of Japanese ancestry.

Iaponia

A country and archipelago of East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo.

iazium

(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.

ībex

A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.

ibi

(location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

ībis

Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.

ibo

(formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.

ichor

(Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods. [from late 17th c.]

ichthyocolla

A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.

īcō

(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

icon

(religion, especially, Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.

Icosium

The capital and largest city of Algeria.

ictus

The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.

ictus fulgōris

A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

ictus fulminis

A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

icus

(chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).

id

The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.

ida

(taxonomy) Forming the common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae.

idea

An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]