Latin–English dictionary

Arthurus

A en given name.

articulus

A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.

articulus digiti

Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.

artifex

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

artillaria

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

artilleria

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

artum

An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.

artus

(anatomy) Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.

Aruba

An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.

arvīna

Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

arx

A defense or safeguard.

as

(archaic, dialectal) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you)

Asa

(biblical character) The third king of Judah mentioned in the Books of Kings who succeeded his father Abijah; the father of King Jehoshaphat. (Matthew calls him "Asaph" in Matthew 1:7.)

ascendō

(intransitive) To move upwards.

ascensus

The act of ascending; a motion upwards.

ascēta

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

ascia

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

asciscō

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

aseitas

(metaphysics, theology) Usually ascribed to deity: the attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utter independent self-existence and self-sustenance.

asellus

A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

Asgarthus

(Norse mythology) The realm of the Æsir gods.

asinīnus

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys.

asinus

(colloquial, pejorative) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

Asisium

A city in the province of Perugia in the Central-Italian region of Umbria.

Asloa

A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.

asōtus

A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.

Aspalatum

A port city in Croatia.

asparagus

The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

aspecto

(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).

aspectol

(archaic) To supervise, oversee; to watch over.

aspectus

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

asper

Hateful or hostile.

aspera artēria

The trachea.

asperē

in a coarse manner

aspergō

(transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).

asperitās

The property of being rough, coarseness.

aspernor

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.

asphaltum

A sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.

aspicio

To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.

aspīrō

(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.

asportatio

The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.

asporto

(intransitive) To practice an ability.

assassinātiō

The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.

assassīnus

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

assecula

Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.

assensio

Agreement; act of agreeing.

assensor

One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.

assentiō

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

assequor

(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

asseravatio

To save from any violence, danger or evil.

asserō

To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.

asservatio

An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

asservo

To save from any violence, danger or evil.

assevērō

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

assiduē

(sometimes, proscribed) In a continuous manner; non-stop.

assiduus

Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

Assindia

A major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.

Assisium

A city in the province of Perugia in the Central-Italian region of Umbria.

assolō

(transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.

assuefacio

(transitive, often, passive, or, reflexive, with to) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.

Assuērus

A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes.

assula

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

assultō

(transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.

assultus

A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

assum

(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

assumptio

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

assus

Cooked by roasting.

astatium

A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.

aster

A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.

asterīscus

Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.

asterismus

(constellation) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).

asthma

(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

astrictē

(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.

astrictus

Brief, yet including all important information.

astrologia

Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies. [from 14th c.]

astrologicus

Of, or relating to astrology.

astrologus

One who studies or practices astrology.

astronomia

The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.

astronomicus

(not comparable, astronomy) Of or relating to astronomy.

astronomus

(astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.

astrophysica

The branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.

astrum

A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.

astur

A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

astus

The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.

Asuerus

A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes.

at laterem

To or on one side so as to be out of the way.

Athēna

(Greek god) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.

Athenae

The capital city of Greece.

atheos

(broadly) A person who doubts the existence of deities (therefore, an agnostic may be considered an atheist).

atheus

(narrowly) A person who is certain that no deities exist or who thinks that the existence of deities can be disproven.

Atlanta

The capital and largest city of Georgia, United States and the county seat of Fulton County, Georgia.

atlantis

A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.

Atlantis insula

A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.

atlas

A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.

atocium

A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.

atque

Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.]

atquī

Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.

ātrāmentum

A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.

Atrebatum

A city, the capital of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France, the historic centre of the Artois region

ātrium

(architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.

atrocitas

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

atrociter

In a fierce manner.

atrōtus

Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.

atrōx

Brutal, vicious, or merciless.

atta

A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

attagēna

Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.

attamen

(conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.

Attana

A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen.

attegia

A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.

attendō

(transitive, obsolete) To give consideration to (someone or something); to heed, to pay attention, to regard.

attentiō

(uncountable) Mental focus.

attentus

Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

attestor

(transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.

Attica

A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located.

attingere

(transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.

attingō

(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

attollo

(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes

attonitus

Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.

attonō

(transitive) To shock or surprise.

attributum

A characteristic or quality of a thing.

attrītiō

Grinding down or wearing away by friction.

atus

(obsolete) formed, up until Early Modern English (later seldom used but archaically, in poetry, or in religious writings), regular past participles of verbs ending in -ate, alternatively used alongside -ated from as early as Middle English

au

An expression of one's own physical pain.

auceps

Someone who catches or ensnares birds; a fowler.

Aucopolis

A city in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, on the North Island; the largest conurbation in the country.

auctiō

A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

auctor

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

auctōritās

(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

auctus

An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

audācia

The state of being bold; courage.

audaciter

In a bold manner; with confidence.

audacter

In a bold manner; with confidence.

audax

Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

audens

Courageous, daring.

audenter

In a fearless manner; without fear.

audentia

The state of being bold; courage.

audeo

(transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.

audibilis

Able to be heard.

audiens

Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

audientēs

A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. [from 15th c.]

audientia

(uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.

audio

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

audire

(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear. [from 10th c.]

audītiō

Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.

audītor

One who audits bookkeeping accounts.

audītōrium

A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. [from 15th c.]

audītus

(uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.

auferō

(transitive) To transport away.

aufugio

(intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.

augeō

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.