Latin–English dictionary

suspiro

(intransitive) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.

suspītiō

Lack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust.

susurrus

(literary) A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

sūta

(historical) A defensive garment made of metal scales or interlinked metal rings.

sūtēla

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.

sūtor

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

sūtriballus

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

sūtrīx

A person who makes shoes.

sūtūra

A suture.

suus

Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

Svēcia

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

Sycaminon

A port city in northern Israel.

Sycaminum

A port city in northern Israel.

syllaba

(linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

symbiosis

A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.

symbolice

In a symbolic manner.

symbolismus

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]

symbolum

A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.

symmetria

Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.

symphonia

(uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.

symptomaticus

(pathology) Showing symptoms.

syngraphus

An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.

synodus

A formal meeting of bishops and church representatives who are brought together to regulate points of doctrine or discipline.

synonymos

(particularly, in, semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)

synonymus

(particularly, in, semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)

synthetisator

(musical instrument) An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.

Syrācūsae

A city and port, the capital of the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

Syria

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.

syricum

A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).

sȳrinx

A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

systēma

A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole. [from early 17th c.]

systema internum

(computing, software) Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals.

systema operationis

(computing, software) Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals.

systematicus

Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.

tabella

(countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.

tabellārius

A person who delivers messages.

tabelliō

(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

taberna

To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

taberna librāriī

A shop that sells books.

tabernāculum

(Bible) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.

tabernārius

One who runs a shop, either the owner or manager.

tābēs

(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.

tābescō

(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

tābidus

which is melting or dissolving

Tabitas

(biblical character) A woman who was, according to the Bible, restored to life by Peter.

tablīnum

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.

Tabor

A mountain in Israel, Mount Tabor

tabula

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

tabulārium

A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

tabulārius

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

tabulātum

A floor.

taceo

To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)

tachycardia

(medicine, cardiology) A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute; palpitations. [from 19th c.]

taciturnus

Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

tacitus

With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.

tactilis

Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.

tāctus

The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.

taedet

(informal, transitive) To annoy.

taediōsus

Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.

taedium

(countable) An instance or period of being bored; a bored state.

taenia

A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.

taenia magnetoscopica

A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.

taeniola

A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.

taesus

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

taeter

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

Taipeia

The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan. [from late 19th c.]

Taipeium

The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan. [from late 19th c.]

Taivania

A partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei. [from 20th c.]

taiwanensis

(in the plural, chiefly, collective) People from Taiwan.

tālea

(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

tălentum

(historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places.

talio

Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.

talis

(demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.

talitrum

(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

Tallahassia

The capital city of Florida, United States and the county seat of Leon County.

Tallinna

The capital city of Estonia.

tālus

The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

tam

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

tamdiū quam

(idiomatic) Provided that, if, assuming (depending upon some condition or requirement).

tamen

(conjunctive) Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.

tamenetsī

Although; though; despite or in spite of the fact that.

Tamesa

(with the) A river in the U.S. State of Connecticut flowing 24 km (15 mi.) past New London to Long Island Sound.

Tamesis

(with the) A river in the U.S. State of Connecticut flowing 24 km (15 mi.) past New London to Long Island Sound.

tametsī

Regardless of whether; irrespective of (something happening or being the case).

tamias

Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.

Tanais

A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov.

tandem

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

tangere

(obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.

tangō

(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]

tantillum

A small amount of something.

tantisper

During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.

tantopere

To a certain degree or extent

tantum

Without others or anything further; exclusively.

tantummodo

Without others or anything further; exclusively.

tantus

To such a quantity, degree etc.

Tanzania

A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.

tapēs

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

tarandrus

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

tarandus

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

tardatus

Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.

tarde

After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.

tarditās

The quality or state of being slow.

tardus

Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

Tarsus

A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity.

Tartarus

Hell.

Tarvisium

A town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, near the border with Austria.

tās

Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".

Tasmania

One of the six federal states of Australia, consisting of one large, eponymous and several much smaller islands, off the eastern part of Australia's south coast; a former British colony, from 1856 to 1901. Capital: Hobart.

tata

(informal) A father, a male parent.

tataricus

Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.

Taurinum

A metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin.

taurus

Any adult male bovine.

taxare

(obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.

taxātiō

An appraisal or evaluation.

taxiraeda

A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.

taxō

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

tē

The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

techina

An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.

technicum

(music genre) A repetitive style of music originally produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note.

techno-

Relating to technology.

technocraticus

Of, or relating to a technocrat or technocracy.

technologia

(uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.

technologicus

Of, relating to, or involving technology, especially modern scientific technology.

tectē

In a cautious manner.

tectōrium

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.

tectum

(architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

tectus

Overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).

teges

A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.

tegillum

A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.

tegimen

(countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.

tegmen

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).

tēgula

(obsolete) A ridge tile, A tile for the ridge of a roof.

tegumentum

(countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.

tēlegraphum

(chiefly, _, historical) The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages (telegrams) using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables.

telepathia

(parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

tēlephōnium

(countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).

tēlephōnum

(countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).

telescopium

A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.

tēlevīsiō

(countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.

tēlevīsōrium

(countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.

tēlevīstrum

(countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.

tell

(archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

tellus

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

Telo Martius

A city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and the préfecture of the département of Var, in France.

telōnium

An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit

telum

(usually used in the plural) A weapon.

temerārius

Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.

temerātus

Impure; dirty.

temere

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

temeritās

(uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.