Latin–English dictionary

polluo

To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

pollutio

Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]

pollūtus

Impure; dirty.

Polonia

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw.

Polonicus

Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.

polonium

A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.

poluo

(transitive) To make dirty.

polyamōria

Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved.

polypūs

(countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus.

polyspaston

A system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads.

pōmārium

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

pompa

A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest.

Pompeiī

A city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.

Pompeius

(historical) Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic.

Pompelo

A city in Navarre, northern Spain, famous for the running of the bulls.

pōmum

The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.

ponderōsus

Having a noticeable or major effect.

pondus

(figurative) Importance or influence.

pōne

At or to the back or far side of.

pono

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof

pons

A construction or natural feature that spans a divide.

pontifex

A member of a clergy.

pontō

(watercraft) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

pontus

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

popellus

(archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.

popīna

A small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine.

popularis

Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public. [from 16th c.]

popularitas

The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.

populor

To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.

populus

(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

porcella

A young pig.

porcellanus

(usually, uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.

porcellus

A young pig.

porcula

A young pig.

porculus

A young pig.

porcus

(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.

pornographia

The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. [from mid-19th c.]

porōsus

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

porriciō

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

porrigo

scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis

porrō

(comparative form of far) To a greater extent or degree.

porrum

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

porta

A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

portārius

The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area of the entryway, similar to a bouncer.

portendō

To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).

porticus

(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

portiō

An allocated amount.

portō

(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.

portōrium

(countable) A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.

Portucale

A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.

portucalensis

Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.

Portugallia

A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.

portus

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

Portus Cale

A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.

Portus Magnus

A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Almería, Andalusia, Spain.

Portus Ostium

A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.

poscō

To request.

positiō

A location or position in space.

positivus

(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

positūra

(rare) The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.

Posonium

The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.

possessiō

Something that is owned.

possessor

One who owns something.

possibilitas

(countable) An opportunity or possibility.

possideo

(transitive) To possess, own.

possum

(modal, _, auxiliary, _, verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.

post

At or to the back or far side of.

posteā

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

posterior

of or belonging to that part in the rear

posterus

Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

posthabeō

(ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

posthac

(formal, temporal) From now on; from this time on.

postīcus

(comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).

postilēna

A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.

postmeridianum tempus

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

postmeridianus dies

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

postomis, -idis

(farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.

postquam

Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.

postrēmō

(sequence) Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions.

postremus

Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

postscaenium

The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.

postulō

To request forcefully.

pōtābilis

(formal) Good for drinking without fear of waterborne disease or poisoning.

potassium

A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.

potens

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

potenter

In an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect.

potentia

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

potestas

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

potestatismus

(uncountable) Discrimination against people with disabilities in favor of those without. [from late 20th c.]

potior

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

potis

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

potissimus

Primary; principal.

potius

Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than) [from 9th c.]

potius quam

Used to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred.

pōtor

Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.

pōtrix

Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.

pōtus

A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, usually excluding water.

practicus

Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.

prae

On account of; due to, for the purpose of.

praebeō

(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.

praebitor

One who supplies; a provider.

praecaveo

(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.

praecellō

(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.

praeceps

With the head first or down.

praeceps dēsiliō

(intransitive) To jump into water head-first.

praeceptor

One who instructs; a teacher.

praeceptrix

One who instructs; a teacher.

praeceptum

(archaic, or, jocular) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.

praecipio

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

praecipuus

(not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

praecīsum

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

praecīsus

Separated, cut off or broken apart.

praeclūdō

(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.

praeco

To sell at an auction.

praecogitatio

Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.

praecoquus

Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.

praecordia

(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs.

praecox

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

praecursiō

(military) A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.

praecursor

A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.

praeda

The loot attained by plundering.

praedātiō

The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.

praedātor

One who loots, who steals during a general disturbance such as a riot or natural disaster.

praedes

The spoils of war.

praediātor

(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

praediātrīx

(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

praedicator

Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman. In a religious context, usually used only to refer to Protestant Christian clergy.

praedicātum

(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.

praedico

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

praedictum

A statement of what will happen in the future.

praedictus

Previously stated; said or named before.

praedispositio

The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition.

praedium

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

praedo

(transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

praedor

(transitive) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.

praeductal

A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]

praefātiō

An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.

praefectūra

(historical, Ancient Rome) A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon

praefectus

One having authority to direct.

praefīdens

Too confident.

praefīxum

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.

praegnāns

(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

praegnās

(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

praegnātiō

(uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.

praegrande emporium

A chain of such stores.

praeiūdicium

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

praeloquor

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

praelūdium

(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. [from 1650s]

praelūsiō

An introductory or preliminary performance or event.

praemandāta

(law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.