Latin–English dictionary

Knoxopolis

The name of a number of places in the United States of America:

krypton

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

kū

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

kurdicus

Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.

Kurscha

A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.

Kyoto

A prefecture of Japan.

Kyotum

A prefecture of Japan.

labda

One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.

labefacio

(transitive) To make loose.

labefactō

(transitive) To make weaker or less strong.

labellum

(countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

lābēs

The act of collapsing.

lābīna

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

labium

(countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

labō

(intransitive, chiefly, of a, machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).

lābor

To have an incorrect belief, to be mistaken about one's judgment or statement concerning something. (This entry is a translation hub.)

laborare

(intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

labōrifer

Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

labōriōsus

Hard-working and persistent.

labōrō

(intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

lābrum

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

labrum baculum

(uncountable) Makeup for the lips.

labyrinthus

A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.

lacer

mutilated, twisted, or disfigured.

lacerō

(transitive) To tear, rip or wound.

lacerta

(chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

lacertus

(informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.

lacessō

(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

lacinia

(graph theory) A connected component of the induced subgraph formed by deleting a set of vertices.

Laconia

A city, the county seat of Belknap County, New Hampshire; named for the Laconia Car Company, a railroad car manufacturer.

lacrima

A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.

lacrimae

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

lacrimō

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

lactaneus

Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.

lactare

(transitive) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.

lactens

An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.

lactēs

Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.

lacteus

Having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.

lactō

(ambitransitive) To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.

lactosum

(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

lacūna

A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.

lacunar

(architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

lacus

A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.

laedō

(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.

laena

(countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.

laesio

(figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

laesus

Wounded, physically injured.

laetē

In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.

laetificō

(transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.

laetitia

The state of being glad; joy.

laetor

(intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. [from 14th c.]

laetus

Noticeably happy and optimistic.

laevus

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

laganum

A thin, flat bread, often made from unleavened dough.

lagēna

The contents of such a container.

lagoena

The contents of such a container.

laguncula

A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink.

lallus

A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.

lāma

(wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)

Lama pacos

A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.

Lambertus

(countable) A en given name; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.

lambō

(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

lamentans

(of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

lāmentātiō

The act of lamenting.

lamentō

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

lamentor

To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.

lamentum

An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.

lamia

A woman, especially an attractive one, skilled at using magic; an alluring witch.

lamina

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

lamina interrasilis

A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.

lāna

The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.

lancea

A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.

lancinō

To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.

landīca

(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]

lāneus

Made of wool.

languidius

In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.

languidus

Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.

languor

(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.

laniō

(transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.

lanius

A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).

Lansinga

The capital city of Michigan, United States, in Ingham County.

lanterna

(Canada, US, Philippines) A battery-powered hand-held light source.

lanthanum

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.

lānūgō

(botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.

lanx

A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

Lanx Australis

(star) The brightest star in the constellation Libra; beta (β) Librae.

lāophorīum

(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

lapicīda

Somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone.

lapicīdīnae

(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.

lapidare

(transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.

lapidārium

(except, historical) A treatise on (precious) stones.

lapidatio

(legal) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment

lapidesco

(intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.

lapideus

Constructed of stone.

lapido

(transitive, legal) To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.

lapidosus

Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.

lapillus

(countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.

lapis

(uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone. [from 12th c.]

lapis nephrīticus

(mineral) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).

lappa

Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

lappo

A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

lapsus

(engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

Lapurdum

A city and commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.

laqueum

A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.

laqueus

An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

lardarium

A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry.

largē

In a generous manner, in a way that is giving or ample.

largitās

An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

largitio

The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.

largus

Ample, plenty, abundant.

laridum

Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.

larus

A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.

larva

A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.

laryngeālis

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx.

laryngicus

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx.

laryngitis

An inflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in hoarseness.

larynx

(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

lascīvus

Abounding in energy or playfulness.

lassitūdō

Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness

lassō

(transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.

lassor

Indicates that the speaker is in need of rest or sleep.

lassus

Tired; weary.

lastaurus

A person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.

latebra

A place to hide.

lateo

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

later

(countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

latericius

(colloquial, AAVE, New York, of weather) Extremely cold.

latex

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.

lātifundium

A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.

Latina

A country in Southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital and largest city: Rome.

Latīnum

(uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.

latīnus

Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.

latito

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

lātitūdō

The state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.

lato

(transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of wider).

Latona

(uncountable, Greek goddess) Leto, in Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.

lātrātor

Someone or something who barks.

lātrātus

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.

latrīna

(India, otherwise, _, military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.

lātrīnum

(UK, AU, HK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]

latrō

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

latrocinium

The act or practice of robbing.

latrocinor

(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.

latrunculi

A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

latrunculorum

A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

latrunculus

(historical) A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.

latus

Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.

laudābilis

Meriting praise; worthy of high praise

laudanum

Any of several tinctures of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.

laudare

To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.