Latin–English dictionary

successio

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

successus

The achievement of one's aim or goal. [from 16th c.]

succincte

In a succinct manner, concisely.

succīnctus

Brief, yet including all important information.

succinum

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]

succollō

(transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.

succuba

(medieval folklore) A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.

succulentus

Juicy or lush.

succumbō

(intransitive) To give up, or give in.

Suceu

(historical) Su, a former imperial prefecture in modern Jiangsu, China, surrounding the city.

sūcidus

Having lots of juice.

sūcinum

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]

sūctus

An act of sucking.

sucula

(especially, nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.

sūcus

(uncountable) A liquid from a plant, especially fruit.

sudare

(intransitive) To emit sweat.

sūdārium

A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.

sūdātōrium

A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

sudis

A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.

sūdō

(intransitive) To emit sweat.

sudor

The action or process of perspiring.

sūdus

Without clouds.

Suēcia

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.

suecus

Of or pertaining to Sweden.

Suētia

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.

suētus

Acquainted.

suffectus

Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.

suffero

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

sufficienter

(manner) In a sufficient manner; enough.

sufficio

(ambitransitive) To be enough (for)

suffīmen

Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.

suffixum

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

sufflāmen

A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car. [from 18th c.]

sufflāminō

(intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.

sufflo

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

suffocatio

(countable) A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.

suffōcō

(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.

suffōcor

(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.

suffrāgātor

Someone who votes.

suffrāgium

The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.

suffrāgō

(countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.

suffugium

A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).

suggerō

(transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

suggestiō

(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

suggestus

A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]

sūgillātiō

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

suī

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

suicida

(countable) A person who has intentionally killed themself.

suīcīdium

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.

suīle

An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

sulcus

A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.

sulfur

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.

sulphur

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.

sulpur

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.

sultanus

A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

sum

Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.

Sumatra

The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.

sumbolice

In a symbolic manner.

sūmen

(anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.

summa

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

summās

Of, pertaining to, or favouring, an aristocracy

summē

To a great extent or degree.

summergō

(transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

summersus

underwater

summissus

Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.

summitto

(intransitive) To yield or give way to another.

summōtus

Hidden, isolated, remote.

summum

At the most; at a maximum or upper limit.

summus

Situated on the top of something.

summus imperii

(by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.

sūmō

(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).

sumptibus

(transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

sumptus

The amount of money levied for a service.

suō

(transitive, also, figurative) To sew up or join by means of a suture.

supellex

(now usually, _, uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.

super

Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of. [from ca. 1150–1350]

super-

Above, or higher.

superābilis

Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.

superans

Significant or important; dominant.

superātor

Someone who conquers.

superbia

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

superbus

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

supercilium

The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.

superērogātōrius

Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in Roman Catholicism.

superficiēs

The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

superfixus

Pinned to something by piercing.

superfluitās

The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.

superfluus

In excess of what is required or sufficient.

superforāneus

In excess of what is required or sufficient.

superfundō

To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.

Superhomō

A fictional comic-book superhero with superhuman strength and speed, X-ray vision, and the ability to fly. [from 1933.]

superī

(with "the") Those who are alive: living people.

superimpōnō

To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.

superinstitorium

A chain of such stores.

superioritas

The state of being superior.

superlātiō

The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.

supernumerarius

A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary). [from early 17th c.]

superō

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

superpellīcium

A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.

superstes

One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.

superstitem sum

(transitive) To live past (a life-threatening event)

superstitio

A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behavior in some magical or mystical way.

superstitiosus

Susceptible to superstitions.

supersto

(transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.

supersum

(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.

superus

At a higher level, rank or position.

supervacāneus

In excess of what is required or sufficient.

supervacuus

(figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.

supervenio

(intransitive) To present or offer itself.

supervīvō

(transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.

supestitem sum

(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.

supīnum

(grammar, also, attributively) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.

supīnus

In a position with the face upwards.

supparum

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

supplēmentum

(in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.

supplex

Entreating with humility; supplicant.

supplicium

The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.

supplicō

(specifically, religion) To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.

supprimo

To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.

suppūrō

(intransitive) To become septic; to become rotten.

supputō

(transitive) To reckon, calculate.

suprā

Directly overhead; vertically on top of. [first attested before 1150.]

supradictus

Previously mentioned.

suprālātus

That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.

supremus

Dominant, having power over all others.

sūra

The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

surculus

A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

surditās

The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.

surdus

Unable (or partially able) to hear.

surgere

(intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.

surgo

(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

surpō

(ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.

Surrentum

A town and comune of the province of Naples, Campania, Italy.

surrīdeō

(ambitransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.

surringor

(intransitive) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

surripere

(transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.

surrīsus

A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.

surrūfus

Somewhat red.

surruō

To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

sūrsum

Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

sūrus

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

sūs

Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.

susceptīvus

Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas.

susceptorus

(Christianity) A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

suscipere

(intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

suspectus

Arousing suspicion.

suspendium

(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

suspendō

(transitive) To put up to hang.

suspiciō

(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.

suspīrium

A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.