Latin–English dictionary

perpendiculum

(archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.

perperam

In an incorrect manner.

perperus

Not correct; erroneous or wrong.

perpes

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.

perpessiō

An ability to endure hardship.

perpetior

(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.

perpetrō

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

perpetuē

Without pause.

perpetuitās

(uncountable) The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.

perpetuitō

(transitive) To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.

perpetuō

(transitive) To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.

perpetuum

(duration) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.

perpetuus

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.

perplexitās

The state or quality of being perplexed.

perplexus

Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.

perquam

To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely

perquīsītor

A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.

perrīdiculē

In a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.

Persa

(historical, countable) A person from Persia.

perscriptor

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

Persephonē

The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

persequor

(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

Persēs

(historical, countable) A person from Persia.

perseverans

Enduring; persistent, resistant.

persevērantia

Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.

persevērō

(intransitive) To endure, continue over time.

Persia

Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.

Persis

(historical, countable) A person from Persia.

persistō

(intransitive) To endure, continue over time.

persolvo

(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

persōna

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

persona non grata

A person who is not welcome, especially a diplomat in a foreign country.

perspectus

Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.

perspicācitās

Acute discernment or understanding; insight.

perspicientia

Power of acute observation and deduction

perspicillum

(dated) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

perspicuus

Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

persuādēns

Effective as proof or evidence.

persuādeō

(transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]

persuadere

To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.

persuāsibilis

Effective as proof or evidence.

pertica

The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]

pertica trituaria

A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.

pertineor

(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).

pertūsus

Having a series of holes enabling easy tearing along a straight line.

Perūvia

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.

peruviana

Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.

peruvianum

Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.

peruvianus

Of, from, or pertaining to Peru or the Peruvian people.

Perūvium

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.

pervado

(transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.

pervagātus

Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

pervenio

(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. [from 14th c.]

pervēnor

(transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.

perversus

(dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.

pervicācia

The property of being persistent.

pervicax

Decided; resolute, possessing much determination; dogged.

pervideo

(transitive) To look at.

pervigilium

The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.

Pervigilium Omnium Sanctorum

The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.

pervinca

Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.

pervinco

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

pervius

That may be passed or traversed.

pēs

The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

pessimus

Most inferior; doing the least good.

pessulus

A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.

pessum

(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

pestifer

One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.

pestis

Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.

petalum

(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

petasō

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

petasus

(headwear) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

petaurista

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

petauristēs

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

petaurum

A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.

petitio

(law, by extension) A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce. [from 1730s]

petītor

(law, UK, _, historic, otherwise, current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

petītrix

(law, UK, _, historic, otherwise, current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

petītum

Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

petō

To request.

petrō

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

petroleum

Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

Petropolis

The capital city of South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Hughes County.

petroselinon

(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.

petroselinum

(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.

petulans

Childishly irritable.

petulantia

Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness. [from 18th c.]

petulcus

(informal) Sexually aroused.

phalacrocorax

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

phalanga

(historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.

phalanx

(historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.

phallus

(psychoanalysis) The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.

phantasma

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

phantasmalis

Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.

phantasticus

Existing only in the imagination.

pharaō

(historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty

pharaōnicus

Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.

pharetra

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

pharmacopolia

(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

pharus

A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.

pharynx

(anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.

phase

The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual or yearly Sabbaths).

phaseolus

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

phāsiānus

(countable) A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.

Phasianus colchicus

(countable) A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.

phasma

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

phĭlanthrōpĭa

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

Philippina

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Philippinae

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Philippini

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Philippinus

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Philistaeus

(historical) Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.

Philisthaeus

(historical) Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.

Philisthiim

(historical) Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.

Philistiim

(historical) Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.

Philistīnus

(historical) Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.

Philomēna

A en given name.

phlebotomia

The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.

phlebotomō

(transitive) To let or draw blood from.

phobia

An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

phoca

A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

phocula

A young seal.

Phoebē

(Greek god) A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.

phoenicopterus

(countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.

phōnēma

(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

phosphorus

(chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.

photographia

The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.

photosynthesis

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.

phoxinus

The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.

phthisis

(archaic) An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.

Phūrīm

(Judaism) A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.

physica

The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

physiologia

A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.

pianistus

(musician) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.

pīca

One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.

pīcca

A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.

picea

Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.

picōsa

A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.

pictor

An artist who paints pictures.

pictrix

An artist who paints pictures.

pictūra

artistic application of paint

pictura cinematographica

(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.

pīcus

Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.

pietās

The state of being gentle.

piger

Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.

piget

(informal, transitive) To annoy.

pigmentum

A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.

pignerātor

A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.

pignerō

(transitive, legal) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.

pignus

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.