Latin–English dictionary

semiluna

The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.

sēminārium

(figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.

semipuella marina

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

sēmis

Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.

sēmita

Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.

semivir marinus

A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

semivocalis

(phonetics) A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

semper

(formal, or, archaic) Always, frequently, forever.

sempiternitās

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

sempiternus

Lasting forever; unending.

senātor

A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.

senātrīx

A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.

senātus

In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.

Seneca

A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Roman stoic philosopher, dramatist, and statesman.

senescalcus

A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.

senescens

Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.

senescō

(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.

senex

old; having lived for relatively many years.

senīlis

Of, or relating to old age.

senior

older, greater than another in age or seniority.

senium

The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.

sēnsibilis

Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.

sēnsim

In a cautious and delicate manner; (very) carefully or cautiously.

sensus

A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.

sententia

A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.

sentina

(uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.

sentio

(transitive) To experience.

seorsum

Excluded from consideration.

sēparātim

In a separate manner; not together; apart.

sepeliō

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

sepia

Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened.

sēpōnō

The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.

septem

A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.

September

The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.

Septemcastra

A historical region in western Romania.

septemdecim

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

septendecim

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

sēpticus

Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.

septimus

The ordinal form of the number seven.

septimus decimus

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

septuaginta

The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.

sepulcrētum

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

sepulcrum

(narrowly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.

sepultūra

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

sepultus

Placed in a grave at a burial.

Sequana

A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.

Sequanus

A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.

sequens

Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

sequester

One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.

sequūtor

Something or someone who chases. [from 14th c.]

sequūtrīx

Something or someone who chases. [from 14th c.]

sera

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.

Seraium

The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.

seraph

(post-biblical) A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God.

seraphus

(post-biblical) A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God.

Serbia

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

Serdica

The capital city of Bulgaria.

serēnitās

The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.

serēnus

(of weather) Sunny and not raining.

Serica

(archaic) China, specifically medieval northern China as reached by the overland Silk Road to Xi'an or Beijing, not known at the time to be related to southern China as reached by the maritime routes to Guangzhou.

seriēs

(geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it. [from 17th c.]

sēriō

(manner) In a serious or literal manner.

sērius

Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

sermō

Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. [from 16th c.]

sermōcinor

(formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.

sērō

After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.

serpēns

(now, literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.

serpentīnus

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.

serperastrum

(medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.

serpō

(transitive) To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.

serra

A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.

serrāgō

The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material.

serta

A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.

serum

The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.

sērus

Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.

serva

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

servandus sum

To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.

servātor

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

servātrīx

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

servīlis

In the manner of a slave; abject.

servīlitās

The condition of being servile.

serviō

(transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]

servitium

A condition of servitude endured by a slave.

servitūdō

The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.

servitus

(law, property law) An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).

servum faciō

(transitive) To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall.

servus

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

sēsamum

The seed of this plant.

sēsē

(reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

Seth

(biblical character) The third son of Adam and Eve.

sētius

Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

Seulum

The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.

severitas

The state of being severe.

Severus

An ancient Roman cognomen, notably that of Septimius Severus.

sex

A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).

sexāgēnārius

Of or related to sixtysomethings.

sexaginta

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

sexismus

Discrimination or different treatment based on sex or gender, especially discrimination against women.

sexta

(now, rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

sextans

One of six equal parts of a whole.

sextarius

A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.

sextilis

The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.

sextum decimum

One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.

sextus

The ordinal form of the number six.

sextus decimus

The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

sexualis

Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes. [from 17th c.]

sexus

(uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier. [from 1899]

Shakespeārius

William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

si

(archaic) As if; as though.

si me amas

(often, with yes) Used as an affirmative to an offer.

siamensis

Of or relating to Siam; Thai.

Siamhaevum

A major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China.

Siberia

The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

sibi

(reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

sibi paenitēre

(intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.

sibi persuasum habere

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

sibilo

(intransitive) To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping.

sībilus

A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.

Sibiria

The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

sic

In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

sīca

(weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

Sicagum

A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.

sīcārius

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

siccitās

A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

sicco

(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

siccus

(informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.

Sicilia

The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily.

sīcīlicus

(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

sicut

Similar to, reminiscent of.

sicuti

Similar to, reminiscent of.

sīdereus

Having stars visible.

sīdus

(astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.

sigarellum

A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.

sigarum

A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.

sigillum

A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.

significans

Signifying something; carrying meaning.

significātiō

The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.

significo

(transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.

signum

(astrology) Any of twelve signs, corresponding to constellations, that are used as the basis of astrology

silānus

A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.

silens

With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.

silenter

In a silent manner; making no noise.

silentium

The absence of sound; quietness.

silex

A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.

silicernium

A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.

silicium

(chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.

siliqua

(botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.

sillus

(geology) A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.

silūrus

The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.

silva

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.