Latin–English dictionary

līlium

Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.

līma

A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.

limatura

Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

limax

Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.]

limbus

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

limes

The outer edge of something.

līmō

(transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

limon

A yellowish citrus fruit.

lī̆mōnāta

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.

Limōnum

A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.

Limōnum Pictāvium

A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.

līmōsitās

The characteristic of being muddy.

līmōsus

Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud.

limpidus

Clear, transparent or bright.

līmus

The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.

Lincolnia

The capital city of Nebraska, and the county seat of Lancaster County.

līnea

(geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.

linea diagonalis

(geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.

līnea rēcta

(geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.

līneālis

Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.

lineamenta

An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.

līneāris

Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.

līneārius

Of or relating to lines.

lingō

(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

lingua aegyptia

The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt

lingua aegyptiaca

The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt

lingua Aethiopica

An Ethiopian language which is extinct but still used liturgically.

lingua anglica

The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.

lingua bōhēmica

(uncountable) A Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic.

lingua Bulgarica

(uncountable) The official language of Bulgaria.

lingua Castillana

(uncountable) A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.

lingua Catalana

The Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region (where the language is officially named valencià), the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Roussillon in France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero.

lingua cornica

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

lingua Francogallica

(chiefly, _, uncountable) The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.

lingua Gothica

An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.

lingua graeca

The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.

lingua havaiana

The Hawaiian language.

lingua Hispanica

(uncountable) A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas.

lingua Iaponica

A language that is primarily spoken in East Asia and is the official language of Japan.

lingua Islandica

A North Germanic language, the national tongue of Iceland.

lingua italica

(uncountable) The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland.

lingua Japonica

A language that is primarily spoken in East Asia and is the official language of Japan.

lingua Latīna

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

lingua Lusitana

A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Cape Verde, East Timor, and Brazil.

lingua lusitanica

A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Cape Verde, East Timor, and Brazil.

Lingua Mandshurica

The indigenous language of the Manchu people, spoken in Manchuria.

lingua Philippina

(uncountable) The national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog.

lingua punica

The language of Carthage.

lingua Ruthenica

(uncountable) The Russian language.

lingua Sanscrita

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.

lingua Sarda

A Romance language spoken in the Italian region of Sardinia.

lingua Sinensis Mandarinica

Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.

lingua Suahelica

An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

lingua Suecica

The language of Sweden and Åland (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue.

lingua Swahelica

An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

lingua thai

(uncountable) The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).

lingua Ukrainica

The East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine.

linguistica

The systematic and scholarly study of language.

lingulāca

(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.

linō

(transitive) To smear over, to smear all over, to daub.

linquō

(transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

linter

Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.

linteum

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

linum

The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.

linum xylinum

Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.

lippus

Tired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes.

Lipsia

An independent city in Saxony, Germany.

liquatorium

A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.

liquefaciō

(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

liquescō

(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

liquiditas

(economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.

liquidus

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.

liquirītia

(countable) A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.

liquo

(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.

liquor

(alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

līs

(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.

Lisbonum

A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.

lītem inferō

(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.

literarum censura

The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.

lithium

(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and atomic weight of 6.94. It is a soft, silvery metal.

Līthuānia

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

lithuanicus

Of or relating to Lithuania.

lītigātor

(legal) A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit.

lītigō

(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.

lītorālis

Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.

littera

A symbol in an alphabet.

litterae

The total of what is known; all information and products of learning. [from 16th c.]

litteratio

(countable, and, uncountable, linguistics) A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.

litteratoria

(countable, and, uncountable, linguistics) A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.

litterātus

Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

Lītua

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

Lītuānia

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

litūra

The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.

lītus

A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

Liverpolis

A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.

Liverpolium

A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.

Livia

A en given name.

līvidus

(colloquial, of a person) Having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.

līvor

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

loba

Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

loca fruticetis obsita

An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)

locālis

(group theory, of a property of a finite group) Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups.

localiter

In or from the local area.

locātor

(property law) The owner of property that is leased; the landlord to a lease.

locātum

(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

locellus

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

loci

From a place, hence.

locō

(ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

loculus

A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.

locuplēs

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

locupletatio

The act of enriching or something enriched.

locuplētō

(transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

locus

A particular point or place in physical space.

locus famosus

A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation.

locus fēriae

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

locus nātālis

The location where a person was born.

locus ūlīginōsus

(usually, in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

locusta

In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.

locutio

(uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.

locutuleius

Prone to meaningless vocalization, especially excited and confused utterances, like a beast or monster.

lōdix

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

logia

A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.

logica

(uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.

logicus

Used to form adjectival forms of nouns ending in -logy.

logotypus

A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.

lolium

Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.

Londīnensis

The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.

Londinium

The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.

Londonum

The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.

longaevitās

The quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.

longaevus

old; having lived for relatively many years.

longē

To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.

longinquitās

The quality of being remote.

longinquus

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

longitrorsus

In the long direction of an oblong object.

longitūdō

The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

loquax

(informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.

loquor

(intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

lōrīca

A piece of armor that covers the chest.

lōrum

A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.

Lōt

(biblical character) A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.

Lotharingia

A cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.

lōtiō

The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.

lotus

A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.

lūbricō

(transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.

lūbricus

Not constant; wavering.

Lūca bōs

A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.

lucens

Having a smooth, silk-like, reflective (shiny) surface.

luceō

To shine brightly and steadily.

Lucerna

The capital city of Lucerne canton, Switzerland.