Latin–English dictionary

thūs

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

Thybris

The river that flows through Rome in Italy.

thȳmiāma

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

thymum

Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

Tiberis

The river that flows through Rome in Italy.

Tiberius

(historical) A en given name of mostly historical use, in particular, the praenomen of the second Roman emperor Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, reigning 14-37 C.E..

tibi

Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.

tibi gratiās agō

An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given. [from c. 1400]

tībia

(colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

tibia recta

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

tībiāle

A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.

Tībur

An ancient city in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy.

tignum

The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

Tigris

A river in Southwest Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf.

tilia

The soft wood of such trees.

timeō

(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.

timeor

(intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.

timidus

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

timor

Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

Tina

A river in East Lothian council area, in southern Scotland.

tinctor

One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.

tinctūra

A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

tinctus

Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.

tinea

Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.

Tingis

A port city, the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.

tingō

(ambitransitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

tinguō

(ambitransitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

tintinnābulum

(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

Tipersis

A city on the west bank of the Nile river, Egypt, famous for its ancient monuments including the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid of Giza.

tiro

A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

titanium

A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.

tītillō

(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.

tītillōsus

Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

titio

A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.

tittibilīcium

(figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.

titubō

To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.

titulus

An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.

Tobīās

A en given name.

toccare

(obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.

Tocium

A prefecture and capital city of Japan.

toculiō

Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900]

tōfus

Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring.

Tokium

A prefecture and capital city of Japan.

tolerabilis

Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.

tolerans

Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.

tolerō

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

tollēnō

A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

tollō

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

Tolōsa

The capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France.

tomāclum

A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing; a length of this food.

tomus

A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.

tondeō

(intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.

tonitrālis

Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.

tonitrus

The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

tonitruum

The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

tono

(intransitive) To make a noise like thunder.

tonsilla

(anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of palatine tonsil.

tonsillae

(anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of palatine tonsil.

tonsor

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

tonstrīna

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.

tonstrix

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

tōnsus

The style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.

tonus

The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

Topeca

The capital city of Kansas, United States and the county seat of Shawnee County.

topiāria

The act of improving a landscape.

tor

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

torcular

(countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.

tormenta

An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.

tormentum

An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.

tormina

(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

tornō

(transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.

tornus

(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

torōsus

Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.

torpedo

Any of the group of rays of the order Torpedodiniformes, which can produce an electric discharge.

torpēns

Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.

torpidus

Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.

torpor

The state of being listless; apathetic indifference; lethargy.

torqueō

(transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

torridus

That has been cooked by baking.

torris

A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.

tortilis

In the form of coils; having coils.

tortor

Someone who tortures.

tortus

Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

torulus

A strip of fabric worn around the head.

torus

Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.

torvitās

The state or quality of being wild.

torvus

Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.

tot

(informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.

tota

(literally) All the things under discussion.

totīus mundi

Concerning all parts of the world.

totus

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

toxicologia

(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.

toxicum

A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.

toxicus

Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.

trabica

A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.

trabs

(nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.

trachia

(anatomy) A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.

tractābilis

Capable of being managed or controlled.

tractātiō

A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.

trāctātor

(massage) A person (especially male) who performs massage.

tractātrīx

(massage) A person (especially male) who performs massage.

tractātus

A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.

tractō

(transitive) To take action with respect to (someone or something).

tractum

(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes, Canada, rare) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.

tractus

An area or expanse.

trāditiō

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

trāditor

(by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.

trāditrīx

(by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.

trādō

To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.

traducere

(transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.

traduco

(archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.

tragicus

Relating to tragedy in a literary work.

tragula

(fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.

trahax

Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

trahea

A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.

traho

To bring or transport something to its destination.

traloquor

To count again.

trāmen

A mechanical (originally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel. [from 19th c.]

trāmes

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

trancia

(uncountable, music genre) Ellipsis of trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).

tranquilis

Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.

tranquillus

(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.

trans

On the far side of.

transcriptio

(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.

transenna

A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.

trānseō

(football) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.

trānsferō

(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

trānsfīgō

(transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).

trānsfigūrāns

(fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.

Transfiguratio Domini

(Christianity) An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.

transfiguro

(of a moth or insect, intransitive) To undergo metamorphosis.

trānsfōrmāns

(fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.

transformo

(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.

transfuga

One who defects.

transfugiō

(military) To join the enemy army.

transfugium

An act or incidence of defecting.

transigō

(transitive) To puncture; to break through.

transitus

Part of a path or journey.

translaticius

Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

trānslātiō

(translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).

translitteratio

(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.

transmigratio

The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

trānsmigrō

(intransitive) To migrate to another country.

trānsmoveō

(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

trānsnōminō

(transitive) To give a new name to.

trānsportō

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.

Trānssilvānia

A historical region in western Romania.

trānstrum

A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.

transversus

Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.

trēdecim

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.