Latin–English dictionary

laudatio

An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.

laudō

(transitive) To praise or acclaim.

Laura

A en given name.

laurea

An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.

Laurentius

A en given name.

laurus

A herb derived from any of certain shrubs of the family Lauraceae and Myrtaceae, especially the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).

laus

Praise; accolades.

Lausanna

A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.

Lausodunum

A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.

Lausōna

A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.

Lausōnium

A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.

lautus

Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.

lava

The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.

lavacrum

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.

lavātio

The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.

lavo

(transitive, Commonwealth) To wash a person or animal in a bath.

laxus

(not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.

lea

A female lion (animal).

leaena

A female lion (animal).

lebēs

A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.

lectica

(historical) A kind of Roman litter, typically with bedding, curtains, and four legs.

lectica funebris

(countable, obsolete) A bed, especially a pile of straw with blankets &c. used as a bed.

lecticula

(countable, obsolete) A bed, especially a pile of straw with blankets &c. used as a bed.

lectio

A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.

lectulus pensilis

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

lectus

A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

legalis

Relating to the law or to lawyers.

lēgātio

An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.

lēgātum

A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.

lēgātus

A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)

lēge

As permitted by law; not contrary to law.

legere

(transitive, or, intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

Legia

The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Legio

A city in northwestern Spain, the former capital of the Kingdom of Leon.

lēgirupa

One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.

lēgis

(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.

lēgislātiō

The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.

lēgislātor

Someone who creates or enacts laws.

lēgisperītus

A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.

legitima

Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. [from 16th c.]

lēgitimus

(legal) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.

lego

(obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.

legor

(ergative) To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.

lēgulēius

Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections and sophistry.

legulus

A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.

legūmen

(botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.

Lemovicensis

A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Lemovicum

A city, the capital of Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, formerly the capital of the old Limousin region.

Lemūria

(historical) A religious feast of Ancient Rome during which rites were performed to exorcise the malevolent ghosts of the dead from their homes.

lēna

(slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.

lene

In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

lēniō

(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.

lēnis

Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.

lēnitās

The state of being gentle.

leniter

In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

lēnitūdō

The state of being gentle.

lēnō

Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.

lēnōcinium

The practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes.

lēns

The egg of a louse.

lens olerum

A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.

lentē

(manner) At a slow pace.

Lentia

The capital of, and largest city in, the state of Upper Austria, Austria, and the third-largest city in the country.

lenticula

A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.

lenticulāris

Shaped like a biconvex lens.

lentigo

A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.

lentiscus

An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.

lentitudo

The quality or state of being slow.

lentus

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.

leo

A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.

Leodicum

The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Leodium

The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Leōnardus

A surname transferred from the given name.

leopardus

Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).

Leopoldus

A en given name. Used in the 19th century but rare today.

lepas

Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.

lepra

(disease, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.

leprae

(disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.

leprōsus

A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

lepus

(uncountable) The meat from this animal.

lētālis

Causing death; lethal.

lēthālis

Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.

Lethe

(Greek mythology) The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris.

letticus

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

Lettonia

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia.

letum

The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

letus

(often, capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

leucaspis

provided with a shield

levatio

The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind

levationem ago

(transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

Levi

(biblical character) The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

levifīdus

Not deserving of trust; unreliable.

levigo

(transitive) To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

lēvis

Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.

lēvitās

(linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language.

leviter

In a light manner.

Leviticus

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

levō

(transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate.

lēx

(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.

lexicon

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480]

Lia

(biblical character) The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.

libanus

A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.

libatio

The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.

libellula

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

libellus

A short informal letter.

libens

Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.

libenter

With good will; in all happiness; willingly.

libentia

An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.

liber

A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

līber definitivus

(education) A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.

Liber Exodus

(book of the bible) The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.

Liber Genesis

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

līberālismus

(politics) Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.

līberātiō

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

līberātor

A person who frees or liberates.

līberātrīx

A person who frees or liberates.

līberē

In a free manner.

libero

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

līberta

A former or emancipated slave.

lībertās

(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

lībertīnus

A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.

lībertō

(transitive) To set free, to make or allow to be free, particularly

lībertus

A former or emancipated slave.

libet

(obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

libīdinōsus

(slang) Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire.

libitinarius

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

Libra

(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac, supposedly shaped like a set of scales.

libraria

A shop that sells books.

librariolus

A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.

librarium

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

librarius

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

lībritor

(military) A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery.

lībum

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

Libya

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

licens

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

licentia

Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).

licentiositas

The property of being licentious.

licet

(in the imperative) Used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.

līchēn

Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

Lichtenstenum

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz.

licitatio

An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.

licitus

permitted.

ligātiō

An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.

ligātūra

(uncountable) The act of tying or binding something.

Liger

The longest river in France, passing (from southeast to northwest) through the departments of Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Nièvre, Cher, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique.

lignātor

A person whose work is to fell trees.

lignum

Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

ligō

(transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

liguritor

A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.

ligustrum

Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.

Līlīth

(mythology) A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death.