Latin–English dictionary

moderor

(transitive) To direct or be in charge of.

modestē

In a modest manner; with humility.

modestia

The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes

modestus

Not excessive; acting in moderation

modicum

A modest, small, or trifling amount.

modicus

Not excessive; acting in moderation

modificatio

The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]

modiolus

A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.

modius

(historical) A Roman dry measure of about a peck or 9 litres.

modo

Only, simply, merely.

Modredus

(Arthurian mythology) The illegitimate son of King Arthur, who ultimately killed him in battle.

modus

(grammar) A type of the relationship of a verb with reality and intent.

modus operandi

(colloquial) A person or thing's normal mode of operation.

moene

A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.

Moenis

A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.

Moenus

A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.

Mogadīscium

The capital city of Somalia.

Mō̆īsēs

(biblical character) The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.

mola

An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing, or grinding.

molae

The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

molecula

(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.

molendinum

The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

molere

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

mōlēs

Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.

molestia

The state of being irksome

molestus

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

mōlīmen

The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.

mōlīmentum

The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.

molīna

The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

molīnāria

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

molīnārius

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

molinus

A large round stone used for grinding grain.

mōlior

(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]

molitor

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

molitrīx

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

molitus

Crushed, or reduced to small particles.

mollescō

(intransitive) To become soft or softer

molliō

(transitive) To make (more) feminine.

mollis

Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.

molliter

In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

mollitia

The quality of being supple; litheness.

mollitiēs

The quality of being supple; litheness.

mollitūdō

The quality of being soft.

molō

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

molossus

A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.

mōmentāneus

Lasting for only a moment.

momentum

The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

Momōnia

The southernmost province of Ireland.

monachārum

(now, _, especially) Synonym of nunnery, a female religious community and its residence.

Monachium

The capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany.

Monacum

The capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany.

monastēriolum

A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.

Monasterium

(historical) Bitola in North Macedonia.

moneo

(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.

moneta

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

monetalis

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

monetarius

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

Mongolia

A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Ulaanbaatar.

mongolicus

Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

monīle

(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.

monitum

Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.

monitus

Someone or something that reminds.

Monoecus

A city-state in Western Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.

monogamia

A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.

monolithus

(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.

monotheïsmus

The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion.

mons

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

mons glacialis

A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Mons Gomerici

The capital city of Alabama, and the county seat of Montgomery County.

mons ignifer

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

mons ignivomus

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

Mōns Niger

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

Mons Videi

The capital city of Uruguay.

Mōns Viridis

A state of the United States.

mons Vulcanius

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

mōnstrō

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

monstrō compassiōnem

(intransitive) To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected

mōnstrum

A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.

Montana

A en given name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.

montania

(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.]

montaniosus

Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.

montōsus

Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.

monumentum

A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

mora

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

mōrālitās

(chiefly, in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

mōrātus

(often, in combination) Having manners or (often excessive) mannerisms.

morbidus

Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.

morbōsus

Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.

morbus

Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

morbus dissidentiae phreneticae

(now, deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder. [from 20th c.]

mordax

(of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.

mordeō

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

mordere

(transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.

moribundus

(idiomatic) About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.

mōrigerō

(transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.

morigerus

Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.

morior

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

moror

To put off until a later time; to defer.

mōrōsitās

A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.

morosus

Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.

mors

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.

mors voluntāria

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.

morsico

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

morsum

A small amount of something.

morsus

The wound left behind after having been bitten.

mortālis

Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. [from 14th c.]

mortārium

(countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

morticīnus

Rotting flesh of a dead animal or person.

mortifer

Causing death; lethal.

mortiferus

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

mortificatio

An instance of someone being killed.

mortinatalitas

The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.

mortua

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

mortuālium

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

mortuārium

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.

mortuus

The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.

mōrum

A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

mōrus

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

Moscha

A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.

Moscovia

A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.

Moscua

A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.

Mōsēs

(biblical character) The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.

mosquetum

A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.

mōtiō

(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.

motoria

(uncountable, comedy) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.

mōtus

(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.

movens

Possessing the quality or ability of motion.

moveo

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

moveor

(transitive) To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).

movere

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

mox

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

Mō̆ȳsēs

(biblical character) The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.

Mozambicum

A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.

mūcidus

Covered with mould.

mūcor

A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.

mūcus

(physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

Muggle

A person who has no magical abilities.

mugil

A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).

mūgiō

To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

mugitus

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.

mulceō

(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

mulgeō

(transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).

muliebria

(anatomy) The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

muliebris

Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.

muliebris status

The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.

muliēbritās

The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.

mulier

A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

mulierarius

A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.

mullus

A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).

mulsa

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