Latin–English dictionary

peccans

A person who sins or has sinned.

peccātor

A person who sins or has sinned.

peccātrīx

A person who sins or has sinned.

peccatum

(theology) A violation of divine will or religious law.

peccō

(intransitive, theology) To commit a sin.

pecorarius

(countable) A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.

pecten

A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.

pectō

(transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.

pectorāle

A piece of armor that covers the chest.

pectorālis

Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest.

pectus

(anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.

pecu

(pejorative, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

pecuāria

Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.

pecuārius

A man who raises or tends cattle, as:

pecūlātor

One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.

pecūlātus

(legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

pecūlor

(legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.

pecunia

A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).

pecūniārius

Related to finances.

pecus

Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.

pedem referre

(intransitive) To withdraw military forces.

Pedemontium

An administrative region in the north of Italy.

pedes

On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal. [from 10th c.]

pedetemptim

In a cautious manner.

pedica

(mostly, in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

pediculus

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

pediludium

(originated, , late 19th C, now, commonly, US, Australia) Association football.

pēdis

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

pedisequa

One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.

pedisequus

One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.

pedō

A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.

pedum

A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.

Pēgasos

(constellation) A constellation of the northern sky, near the vernal equinoctial point, representing the winged horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.

Pēgasus

(constellation) A constellation of the northern sky, near the vernal equinoctial point, representing the winged horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.

pēgma

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

peierō

(reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.

peior

(for non-slang definitions)

peius fio

(intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.

pelagus

The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

pelecānus

Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.

pelicanus

Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.

pellax

having to power to allure

pellectiō

Studying something carefully; a careful study.

pelliciō

(transitive) To entice; to attract.

pellicula

(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.

pellis

(countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.

pellō

(transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.

pellūcidus

Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.

pēlūsia

(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.

pelvis

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

penaria

A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.

penates

One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.

pendeō

(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.

penditō

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

pendulum

(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.

pendulus

Suspended.

penetrābilis

Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

penetrālis

Able to pierce or penetrate

penetratio

The act of penetrating something. [from 15th c.]

penetrō

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.

Pengabum

A geographical region of South Asia, divided (by the Radcliffe Line) between India and Pakistan. Pakistani Punjab includes the (West) Punjab Province and parts of the Islamabad Capital Territory; Indian Punjab includes (East) Punjab State and some other territories.

pēnicillum

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

peniculus

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

penitus

Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.

penna

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

pennātus

(poetic) Covered or adorned with something, as if with feathers.

penniger

(poetic) Covered or adorned with something, as if with feathers.

Pennsilvania

A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.

pensilis

Suspended.

pensiō

(banking, finance) Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.

pensitō

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

penso

(transitive) To be profitable for.

pensum

(literally, now, _, rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.

pentagrammum

The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.

Pentapotamia

A geographical region of South Asia, divided (by the Radcliffe Line) between India and Pakistan. Pakistani Punjab includes the (West) Punjab Province and parts of the Islamabad Capital Territory; Indian Punjab includes (East) Punjab State and some other territories.

penum

An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.

pēnūria

A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.

penus

An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.

pepo

(countable) The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants

per

Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.

per capita

Per person.

per totum

Generally; with everything considered.

per-

To a great extent or degree; highly; very.

pēra

A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.

peractio

The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.

peragō

(transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.

peragrō

To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.

perbītō

(intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.

perca

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

percīdō

(transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.

percōlātiō

The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.

percolō

(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.

percontātor

One who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.

percontor

(transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner

percurrō

(transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. [from 16th C.]

percussor

Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

perdepsō

(idiomatic, transitive) To grope someone, especially someone's breasts, in a sexual manner.

perditus

Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.

perdīx

(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

perdo

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

peredō

(transitive) To eat.

peregrīnātiō

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

peregrīnus

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

perennis

Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, for multiple years, or all the time.

pereo

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

perexiguus

Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect.

perfectē

With perfection.

perfectiō

The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.

perfectum

(grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

perficiō

(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.

perfidia

(uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.

perfidus

Not honest; shoddy.

perfigo

(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

perfīnītiō

(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

perflātus

A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

perfluus

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

perfodio

(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

perforo

(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

perforor

(intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.

perfugio

To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.

pergō

(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).

pergrandis

Very large.

pergula

A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

perhibeo

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

Pericles

(historical) An Ancient Greek politician.

perīclitor

(transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.

perīculōsus

Full of danger.

periculum

A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.

perigrinatio

A trip made by walking.

perimō

(figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.

peringeniōsus

Someone very talented at something, a genius.

periplūs

(literature) An account of a voyage, particularly those of Hanno and Arrian, recording ports and coastal landmarks. [1613]

perītia

The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.

perītus

Having experience and skill in a subject.

periūrium

(legal) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.

periūrō

(reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.

perluo

(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

permarīnus

Made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas.

permisceō

(transitive) To mix (things) together.

permissio

authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

permittō

(transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]

permulti

(modifying a plural noun) Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous [from 18th c.]

permutatio

(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.

perna

(countable) A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.

perniciēs

An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.

perniciosus

Causing much harm in a subtle way.

pernīcitās

(uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion

pernix

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

pērō

A strong shoe for heavy-duty use, a boot.

perpendiculāris

(geometry) At or forming a right angle (to something).