Latin–English dictionary

odos

A room, often in a school, where classes take place.

Odyssēa

An epic poem, ascribed to Homer, that describes the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy.

Odysseus

(Greek mythology) The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey.

Oea

The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna.

oeco-

ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)

oecologia

(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

oeconomia

(social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.

oecosystema

A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.

oecus potorius

To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

Oedipus

(Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.

oesophagus

The throat or esophagus.

oestrus

(uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

offa

(chiefly, US) Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.

offendō

(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

offensa

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

offensor

One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.

offensus

Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.

offerō

(transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.

official

Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

officialis

An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.

officialiter

In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations.

officīna

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]

officiō

(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.

officium

(Christianity) The divine office or prayers appointed to each of these times of day.

offōcō

(transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

offūcia

Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.

ōhē

Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.

oides

Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).

oklahomēnsis

Of or relating to Oklahoma.

Olaus

A en given name.

olea

The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).

olefaciō

(transitive) To sense a smell or smells.

Olegus

A en given name.

oleō

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

oleum

Liquid fat.

olfaciō

(transitive) To sense a smell or smells.

olfactōrium

A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours. [from 15th c.]

olfactus

The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.

Olga

A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).

oligarcha

A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.

Olisīpō

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

olitor

One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.

olitōrius

(chiefly, _, UK) A garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.

olitrīx

One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.

olīva

The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).

Olivarius

A en given name.

Oliverius

A en given name.

olla

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

olor

Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.

olus

A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.

Olympias

(by, _, extension, usually, _, preceded, _) A competition aspiring to the importance of the Olympic Games or considered similar to them, especially one occurring at 4-year intervals, representing a national or international range of amateur student rather than professional adult competition, and/or requiring the highest level of ability in the field for success.

Olympius

(not comparable) Of or relating to Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece; or (Greek mythology) the Greek gods and goddesses who were believed to live there.

omāsum

The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

omen

Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.

omino

(manner) Completely, fully.

ōminor

(ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.

omissus

Suffering from neglect; uncared-for.

omittō

(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.

omnes

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

omnes res

(literally) All the things under discussion.

omnia

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

omnīnō

Completely, wholly, or without exception.

Omnipotēns

God, the supreme being.

omnipotentia

Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.

omnipraesens

Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.

omnis

All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.

omnisciēns

Having total knowledge.

oncō

(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

oncologia

The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

onerōsitās

The state or quality of being burdensome.

onerōsus

Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding

oniscus

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

onomatopoeïa

(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.

onomatopoēticum

(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.

onus

A heavy load.

onus electricum

(electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.

onustus

Weighed down with a load, burdened.

onyx

(mineral) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.

opācō

(transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.

opācus

Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.

opalus

(mineral) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O.

opera

Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.

opera sculpturae

(countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).

operārius

One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.

operarius rusticus

Synonym of farmworker.

operātīvus

Capable of forming something.

operculum

A lid.

operistitium

A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.

operor

(intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

operosus

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

opertum

(countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. [from late 14th c.]

opēs

(uncountable) Financial resources; wealth. [circa 1600]

ophites

(mineralogy) Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.

opifer

Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

opifex

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

opificīna

(archaic) A plant where something is manufactured; a factory. [from 17th c.]

opīnābilis

In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.

opinio

The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.

opinor

(ambitransitive) To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

opiparus

Of a superior grade.

oportet

Ought to; expressing expectation.

opperior

(transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.

oppidānus

A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

oppidum

(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

oppōnō

To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.

opportunitas

(countable) An opportunity or possibility.

opportūnus

Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.

oppositiō

The action of opposing or of being in conflict.

oppositus

Located directly across from something else, or from each other.

opprimō

(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.

opprobrium

Disgrace or bad reputation arising from exceedingly shameful behaviour; ignominy. [from late 17th c.]

opprobrō

(transitive) To criticize or rebuke (someone).

oppugnātor

Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.

Ops

(Roman god) The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.

optābilis

Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

optimās

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

optime

To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety.

optimum

(colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.

optimus

Most superior; most favorable.

optiō

(military rank) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs. [from 1641]

optīvus

picked; selected

optō

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

opulentia

Wealth.

opulentus

Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.

opus

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

opus caementicium

(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.

or

(added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More; used to form the comparative.

ōra

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

oraculum

A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.

orare

(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.

orarium

A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.

orarius

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

ōrātiō

A formal, often ceremonial speech.

ōrātor

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

ōrātōria

The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner. [from 16th c.]

ōrātōrium

A private chapel or prayer room. [from 14th c.]

ōrātrīx

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

orba

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

orbis

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

orbis terrarum

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

orbita

A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]

orbitās

The state of being an orphan; the losing of both parents through their death.

orbus

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

orchis

A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. [mid-19th c.]

orcus

A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

ordinalis

(maths, of a number) Indicating position in a sequence.

ordinarius

Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.

ordinatrum

A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]

ordinātus

In order, not messy, tidy.

ordinō

(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.