Latin–English dictionary

multa

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

multi

Many things, much.

multicavus

Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.

multīcia

Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.

multiloquus

Tending to talk a lot.

multipēs

Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments. [from 1601]

multiplex

Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.

multiplicitas

The state of being made of multiple diverse elements.

multiplicō

(transitive, arithmetic, with by) To perform multiplication on (a number).

multitudo

A large group of people; a crowd.

multiversum

(physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.

multō

(informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.

multum

(informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.

multus

(informal) A large amount.

mūlus

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

mumia

(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]

mundanus

Concerning all parts of the world.

munditer

In a clean way, neatly.

mundo

(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.

mundus

Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.

mundus imaginarius

An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.

mundus sonialis

An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.

mūnicipālis

Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

mūnicipium

A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

mūnificus

Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. [from 17th c.]

mūnīmen

Anything employed to oppose attack(s).

mūnīmentum

Anything employed to oppose attack(s).

mūniō

(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

mūnis

Happy and ready to do favours for others.

mūnītiō

The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.

mūnus

(countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.

mūraena

Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.

muratus

Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall

murcus

Having undergone mutilation

mūrex

(weaponry) A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).

muria

Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.

muriaticus

Preserved by pickling.

murmurātiō

complaining

murmurō

(intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter. [from 14th c.]

murra

(mineral) A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.

murta

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

mūrus

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

mus

Any small rodent of the genus Mus.

mus silvestris

(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.

Mūsa

One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.

musca

(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).

muscārium

A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.

muscerdae

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

mūscipula

(countable) A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.

musculus

A medium-sized edible mussel, Mytilus edulis, found on the North Atlantic coast of North America, Europe, and in other temperate and polar waters around the world.

musculus abductor

(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body [early 17th century]

muscus

Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).

mūsēum

A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

mūsica

A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.

musica technica

(music genre) A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note.

mūsicālis

Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

mūsicē

A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.

mūsicus

Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

mūsīvum

A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.

mūsīvus

Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.

muslimanus

A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.

mussō

To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.

mustāceus

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

mūstēla

A least weasel (Mustela nivalis).

Mustela erminea

A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.

mustricula

A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes.

mustum

The unfermented juice of squeezed grapes, used as a beverage. (This entry is a translation hub.)

mustus

(of food) Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.

mūtābilis

Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.

mūtāns

(fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.

mutatio

The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.

mutilō

To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

mutilus

Having undergone mutilation

mūtō

(transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.

mūtor

(intransitive) To become something different.

muttiō

(intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter. [from 14th c.]

mutuē

In the same way, each to the other; reciprocally

mūtuor

To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

mūtuum

(law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).

mūtuus

Having the same relationship, each to each other.

Myconos

An island of the Cyclades, Greece.

mȳrias

(formal) Ten thousand; 10,000 [from 16th c.]

myrrha

A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.

myrtillus americanus

A shrub growing this fruit.

myrtus

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

mystax

A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.

mysterium

Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.

mysterius

Of unknown origin.

mysticus

(sometimes, derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.

mythicus

Existing in myth.

mythistoria

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]

mythologia

(countable, _, and, _, uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.

mythologicus

Of, or relating to myths or mythology.

mythos

A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.

n-

Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.

Nabuchodonosor

A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 B.C.E. – 562 B.C.E. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.

nacca

A person who fulls cloth.

naevus

A mark on the skin formed before birth.

Nagasacium

A prefecture of Japan.

Nagasaki

A prefecture of Japan.

Naissus

A city, the administrative centre of Nišava district, southern Serbia.

nam

(formal, literary) Because.

Namibia

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.

nana

(now, sometimes, _, offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

Nanchinum

A major subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China, on the lower Yangtze; a former capital of China.

nancīscor

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

nanotechnologia

The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).

nanus

(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

nāpus

The seed of the rape plant (Brassica napus), used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.

narcissus

(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.

nāris

Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

narrō

(transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.

narta

One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.

nartātiō

(sports) A group of sports using skis as primary equipment.

Nasburgum

The Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla.

nascentia

(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.

nāsiterna

An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.

nassa

(fishing) An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.

nasus

A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.

nāsūtus

Containing sarcasm.

Nasvilla

The Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla.

nata

One’s female offspring.

nātālis

The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

natare

An act or instance of swimming.

natātiō

An act or instance of swimming.

natator

One who swims.

Nāthan

(biblical character) An Old Testament prophet who advised King David.

natio

(countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.

nātiōnālis

Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]

natis

(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.

nativitas

(originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.

nato

(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.

natrium

The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

natura

A living creature.

naturae sacra

Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.

nātūrālis

Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature. [from 14th c.]

naturaliter

In a natural manner.

natus esse

Having existed or lived for the specified time.

nauarchus

(nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.

naucum

The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.

naufragium

(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

naufragus

Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.

naulum

(countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.

nauta

In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.

navale

(US, nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.

navalia

(nautical) An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.

nāvarchus

(military) The appointed commander of a navy, regardless of formal title. [1440]

Navarra

An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.

nāviculāria

The transportation of goods.

nāviculārius

(nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.