Latin–English dictionary

nāvigātiō

(uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.

nāvigō

(intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.

nāvis

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

navis bellica

Any ship built or armed for naval combat.

navis cosmica

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

nāvis rōstrāta

(military, nautical, mostly, historical) A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

navis submarina

Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

nāvita

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.

nāvitās

Ready vitality and vigour. [from mid 19th c.]

nāviter

In an energetic manner; with great energy.

nāvus

(science) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]

Nāzara

A city in northern Israel.

Nazarēnus

Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.

Nāzareth

A city in northern Israel.

nazismus

The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism.

ne

Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.

Neander

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Neapolis

A port city in northern Greece.

neāpolītānus

Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

nebula

(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.

nebulōsus

Filled with clouds; cloudy.

nec

Not either (used with nor).

necessaria

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.

necesse

Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

necessitās

(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

necessitudo

(countable, and, uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.

necessum

Essential; crucial; extremely important.

necessus

Essential; crucial; extremely important.

necopīnātus

Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.

necromantia

Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.

necropolis

(chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

nectō

(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

nederlandice

The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.

nederlandicus

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

nefārius

Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.

nefās est

Ought to; expressing expectation.

nefastus

Not pious.

negātiō

An assertion of untruth.

neglectus

The act of neglecting.

neglegēns

Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16thc.]

neglegentia

Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.

neglegō

(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.

negō

(transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

negotians

A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

negōtiātor

A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

negotiatrix

A person in business, or one who works at a commercial institution.

negotiosus

Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

negōtium

(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.

Nemesis

(Greek god) The goddess of divine retribution.

Nemetacum

A city, the capital of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France, the historic centre of the Artois region

nēmō

Used in contrast to anyone, someone or everyone: not one person; nobody.

nempe

Surely or without any doubt.

nemus

A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

nēnia

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

neō

(transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.

neolithicus

Of or relating to the New Stone Age.

neon

(countable) A form or sample of the element.

nepa

Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.

Nepalia

A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu.

nepeta

Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.

nephrītēs

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

nepos

A child of someone's child.

nepota

The daughter of someone's child.

nepote

A child of someone's child.

nepotia

A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

nepta

The daughter of someone's child.

neptia

A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

neptis

A child of someone's child.

neptos

A child of someone's child.

nēquam

(idiomatic) Useless; worthless.

nēquior

(for non-slang definitions)

nēquissimus

Most inferior; doing the least good.

nēquitia

The characteristic of being remiss

nequo

To no place.

nerdiludium

A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.

Nereis

A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

Nerō

Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

nescitus

(sometimes, _, postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.

Nestoriānismus

(Christianity) The Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human.

nētus

Fabricated by weaving.

neurocytus

(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.

neuron

(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.

neuronum

(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.

neuropastum

Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.

neuter

Not one of two; not either; not one or the other.

neutralis

(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

neutralitas

The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.

neutrino

An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.

neutrīnum

An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.

nex

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.

nexus

A binding agreement, a covenant.

Nguyē̆na

A Vietnamese surname.

Nguyē̆nus

A Vietnamese surname.

Nīcaea

A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.

niccolum

(uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.

Nice

(Greek god) The goddess of victory and triumph; Athena's companion.

Nīcolāus

A en given name.

nicto

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

nictor

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

nīdor

The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

nīdus

(agriculture, zoology) A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).

niger

(countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.

Nigēria

A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).

nigor

A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.

nigredo

The state or quality of being black in colour.

nigresco

(intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.

nigritia

The state or quality of being black in colour.

nigrōmāns

A person who practices or performs necromancy.

nigromantia

Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.

nigror

The state or quality of being black in colour.

nihil

Not any thing; no thing.

nihil non

(literally) All the things under discussion.

nihilominus

(conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.

nihilum

Not any thing; no thing.

nil

Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

Nīlus

A large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world.

nimietas

(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

nimiō vēndō

(ambitransitive) To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.

nīmīrum

without a doubt; surely.

nimis

(degree) To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.

nimium

The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

nimium exigō

(ambitransitive) To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.

nimius

Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate.

ningere

(intransitive, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.

ningit

(intransitive, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.

ningor

A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.

Nintendo

(video games) A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo.

Nintendonis

(video games) A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo.

Niobē

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Tantalus, said to have turned into stone while weeping for her children.

nipote

A child of someone's child.

nipponensis

Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.

nipponicus

Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.

nisi

Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

nīsus

A pressing; a force applied to a surface.

niteō

(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

nitere

(transitive) To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.

nitiditās

Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.

nitidus

Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.

nītor

(intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.

nitrogenium

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.

nitrum

The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts).

nivalis

The white color of snow.

Nivāta

A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.

niveus

The white color of snow.

nivis pluma

A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.

nivōsus

Marked by snow, characterized by snow.

Nixus

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It lies between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.

no

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

nōbilis

famous or widely praised

nōbilitās

A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.