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idem
The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.
īdentitās
The quality of being the same; identity.
idēs
(history) Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”.
idiōta
Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
idipsum
At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.
īdōlolatrīa
(religion) The worship of idols.
īdōlum
A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
idōneus
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
Idūmaea
(historical) A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
Idūmē
(historical) A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
Idūmēa
(historical) A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
Īdūs
(historical, often, _, capitalized) The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months.
iecur
(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
Iehova
(religion) A transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
Ieiu
An island, province, and city in South Korea.
iēiūnātor
One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
iēiūnātrīx
One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
iēiūnō
(transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.
Iemenia
A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
ientāculum
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
ientō
(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
ienum
The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
Ieremias
(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
Ierīchō
A city in the West Bank, Palestine.
Ieronimus
A en given name.
Ierosolyma
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.
Iesse
(biblical character) The son of Obed and the father of king David.
Iēsuīta
(Catholicism) A member of the Society of Jesus.
Iēsūs
(historical, religion) One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth.
igitur
In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
ignārus
Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
Ignatius
A en given name (1491–1556)
īgnāvia
Lack of courage.
īgnāvus
Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
igneus
Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.
igneus nōdus
(baseball) Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
ignifer
Inflammable or easily ignited.
ignīnus
(firefighting) Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
ignio
(transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)
ignis
(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).
ignis grandis
A large fire; a conflagration.
ignitabulum
A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.
ignitegium
Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
ignobilis
Not noble; plebeian; common.
ignōminia
The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
ignominiosus
Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
ignorantia
The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.
ignoratus
(sometimes, _, postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
ignōrō
(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.
ignōscēns
Inclined to forgive.
īgnōscō
(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
ignōtus
Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
ii
(the third-person plural nominative) A group of entities previously mentioned. [since 13th c.]
Īlias
A famous ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War, attributed to Homer.
īlicō
In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
Ilium
Troy.
illa
(demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. [from 9thc.]
illacessītus
Happening without provocation.
illaesus
which has not suffered harm; which has not been injured or damaged
illaqueō
(transitive) To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult.
illarum
Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).
illatenus
(formal, also, law) Up to this or that time.
illātiō
The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
ille
(personal, sometimes, _, proscribed, see usage notes) They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).
illecebra
The feeling of being attracted (to something).
illectus
Not having been read.
illegitimus
Not in accordance with the law.
illepidus
Not pleasant.
illex
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
illī
With dative effect or as an indirect object. [from 9th c.]
illic
In that place; there (at some distance).
illicitus
Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.
illigō
(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
illim
(formal) From there, from that place or from that time.
illinc
(formal) From there, from that place or from that time.
Illion
Troy.
illitterātus
Not educated.
illius
Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
illorum
That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.
illuc
(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).
illud
(dated, or, dialectal) Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
illum
With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.]
illuminare
(transitive) To shine light on something.
illusorius
Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
illustris
Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known. [from mid 16th c.]
Ilva
An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica.
imaginarius
Existing only in the imagination.
imaginatio
That which comes from one's imagination.
imaginor
(transitive) To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
imago
A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
imāgo vōcis
A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
imbecillitas
The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, especially of mind.
imbecillus
Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
imbellis
One who prefers to avoid violence in daily life.
imber
(meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud.
imberbis
(ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).
imbitō
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
imbridus
Pouring with rain; wet; showery
imbuō
(transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
imitamentum
(attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.
imitatio
The act of imitating.
imitativus
Imitating; copying; not original.
imitātor
A person who imitates or apes another.
imitātrix
A person who imitates or apes another.
imitō
To emulate, copy, imitate
imitor
To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
immaculāta
(Roman Catholicism) Of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled.
immānis
Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
immānitās
The condition of existing barbarically.
immātūrus
Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]
immemor
Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
immemorabilis
Easily forgotten; not special or notable.
immemoratio
The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
immensus
Huge, gigantic, very large.
immerens
Considered unworthy of reward.
immeritus
Not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair.
immersus
Under the surface of a liquid; sunk.
immisceō
(transitive) To mix (things) together.
immisericors
Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
immītis
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
immō
(conjunctive) Opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed; to the contrary.
immō vērō
Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
immōbilis
One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere).
immobilizatio
Complete immobility; a halt.
immortalis
Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
immortālitās
(religion, mythology, biology) The condition of being immortal.
immūtātus
Having been changed from an original form.
immuto
(transitive) To trade or barter.
impār
(maths, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.
imparātus
Not prepared; caught by surprise.
impatiens
Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.
impatienter
In an impatient manner.
impatientia
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
impavidus
Without fear.
impeccans
Without sin; never having sinned.
impedīmentum
Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
impediō
To impede in motion or progress.
impellō
(transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
impendeō
Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
impendium
Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
impenetrābilis
Not penetrable.
impensa
Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
impensus
Of high cost; expensive.
imperātor
One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
imperātrīx
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
impercō
(informal) To treat gently and with understanding. [with on or with ‘someone’]
imperfectum
(grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
imperiālis
Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
imperialismus
The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.
imperiōsus
impressively dominant

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