Latin–English dictionary

Vicus

A city and commune of Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France.

vide sis

(defective, ambitransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

vidēlicet

Specifically; that is to say.

videns

Having vision; not blind.

videō

(transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. [from 14th c.]

videor

(intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

videre

(figuratively) To understand.

videsis

(defective, ambitransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

Videsne quis venit?

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

vidua

A divorced woman.

viduitās

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.

vīdulus

A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.

viduō

(transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.

viduus

A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Vienna

A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria.

vietnamensis

Of or pertaining to Vietnam.

vietnamicus

Of or pertaining to Vietnam.

viētor

A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

vigeo

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

vigil

(UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.

vigil ignis

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

vigilans

Attentive; awake; on guard.

vigilantia

The quality of being alert or on the alert.

vigilātiō

The state of being wakeful.

vigilax

Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.

vigiles

(North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.

vigilia

A police force.

vigilō

(transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.

viginti

The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

vigor

Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.

vigrus

Physically strong and active.

vīlis

Of little worth.

vilitas

The quality of lacking worth, of being valueless, useless or devoid of benefit.

vīliter

In a cheap manner; without expending much money.

villa

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

villōsus

(of a person) Having a lot of body hair.

vīmen

(countable, uncountable) Long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.

vīnārius

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Vincentius

(countable) A en given name.

vincere

(transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).

vinciō

(transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

vincō

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

vincula

(obsolete, rare) A fetter-like band worn on an appendage as an ornament; an anklet, an armlet, a bracelet, a wristlet.

vinculum

A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

vindēmia

The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.

vindex

One who punishes.

vindicatio

The act of vindicating or the state of being vindicated.

vindicō

(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

vindicta

Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.

Vindobona

A state of Austria, including the city, within the state of Lower Austria.

Vindobonēnsis

Of or relating to Vienna (the capital of Austria).

vīnea

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

vīnētum

A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.

vīneus

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.

vinicinor

(intransitive, followed by "on"; figurative) To be similar to, to be almost the same as.

vīnōsus

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.

vinum

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.

vio

To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

viola

A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.

violaceus

Of a violet colour.

violina

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

violinistus

A person who plays the violin.

violinum

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

violō

To treat badly, to abuse. [from 18th c.]

violoncellum

A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.

vīpera

Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.

vir

A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.

vir nivis

A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

virectum

A tract of land that is green with grass.

virga

(countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.

Virgilius

Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.

virginālis

(usually, not comparable) In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.

virgineus

Of or pertaining to a maiden.

virginiāna

A native or resident of the state of Virginia in the United States of America.

virginiānus

A native or resident of the state of Virginia in the United States of America.

virginitās

(uncountable) The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.

Virgo

(Christianity) Synonym of Virgin Mary (“Mary, mother of Jesus”).

virgula

The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

virgultum

(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.

viria

A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.

viridārium

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

viridis

Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

virilis

Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; manful; courageous, resolute, noble.

virīlitās

The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.

virlupus

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

Virodunum

A small city in Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.

vīrōsus

Of or pertaining to slime

virtus

The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.

vīrus

Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.

virus venenum

An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey.

vīs

Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

vīs maior

(law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.

viscidus

Glue-like, sticky, viscid.

viscum

A sticky substance, of varying compositions, smeared on branches to catch birds.

viscus

(anatomy) An organ, such as the heart or colon, that is entirely within the confines of the body.

visibilis

Able to be seen.

visibilitas

(countable) The degree to which things may be seen.

visitatio

Something seen.

visito

(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

vīsō

(idiomatic) To investigate, explore, or consider.

visualis

Related to or affecting the vision.

vīsus

Vision or the faculty of sight.

visus simul ubique

Appearing to be everywhere at once; being or seeming to be in more than one location at the same time.

vita

The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

vitalia

Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.

vītālis

Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.

vitam supero

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

vitella

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

vitellum

The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.

vitellus

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

vitiligo

(now, _, rare) Any of various pustular skin conditions.

vitio

To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.

vitiōsus

Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.

vītis

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

vitium

A fault or malfunction.

vītō

(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.

vitra ocularia

(dated) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

vitrea

Articles made from glass, especially drinking glasses, jugs and other tableware made of glass.

vitreus

Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.

vitrici filia

The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.

vitrici filius

The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

vītricus

(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.

vitrum

(usually, uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).

vitta

(now, _, rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.

vittātus

Marked with bands of colour.

vitula

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

vitulīna

The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.

vitulus

(archaic) A young bull.

vituperābilis

Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.

vituperō

To criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.

vivaciter

With intense energy, force or vigor

vīvārium

A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.

vivax

Full of spirit of life; effervescing.

vivens

(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

vivere

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

viverra

An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.

vivifico

To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.

vivio

To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.

vivo

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

vivo in castrum

(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.

vīvus

Having life; living; not dead.

vix

(not comparable, degree) Almost not at all.

Vladivostokium

A city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai.

vobis

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

vocabulum

(semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)

vocābulum onomatopoēticum

(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.

vocabulum primitivum

(linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.

vōcālis

(phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.

vocalistus

A singer; a person who likes to sing.

vocāmen

That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.