Latin–English dictionary

vocare

(intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.

vōciferātiō

The act of exclaiming; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.

vōciferor

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.

vocō

(intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.

Vōdanus

(Norse mythology, and, paganism) A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.

vodca

A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.

voivodatus

(countable, uncountable) The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county.

vola

The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.

volare

(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.

volatus

An instance of flying.

volens

Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

volito

(transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.

volō

To prefer; to wish; to desire.

volō obtinēre

(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

volsella

A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc.

volucer

(informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).

volūmen

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

voluntarius

Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.

voluntas

(countable) Someone or something wished for.

voluptas

An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

volūtātiō

(countable, UK, informal) A mental pondering, a thought.

volūtō

(transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.

volvō

(ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.

vomica

(pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

vomitiō

(pathology) The act of one who vomits, or the matter that is vomited.

vomitō

(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

vomitus

(colloquial, uncountable) vomit.

vomō

(colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

vorāgō

(frequently, figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

vorax

Very hungry.

Vormatia

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

vorō

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

vortex

A small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear, dry conditions, made visible by swirling dust (or dirt or sand) picked up from the ground.

vos

The individual or group spoken or written to.

vosmet

(reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).

voster

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

vōtum

A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.

vōveō

(ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.

vovere

To make a solemn promise (to do something).

vōx

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character

vox hybrida

(linguistics) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.

vox primitiva

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

vulgivagus

Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation.

vulgō

(transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area.

vulgus

(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.

vulnerabilis

More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

vulnus

The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

vulpēs

Skill in deception, slyness.

vulpīnus

Pertaining to a fox.

vulsus

Having had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking.

vultum

(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

vultur

Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

vulturius

Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

vultus

A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.

vulva

(anatomy) The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

Waldemarus

(rare) A en given name.

Wallia

One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

wallicus

Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16thc.]

wantum

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

wantus

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

Wārwīcum

A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865).

weregildum

(historical, especially in Germanic, _, legal) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.

Westsaxōnia

(historical) One of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, existing between the 6th and 9th centuries, and comprising most of England south of the Thames.

Wilhelmus

A en given name popular since the Norman Conquest.

Wintonia

A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England.

wolframium

A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.

Wothen

The Germanic chief god, distributor of talents and god of wisdom and war (corresponding to Odin), especially in his Anglo-Saxon form.

Xaverius

Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).

xenium

Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

xenon

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

Xerxes

(historical) Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.

Xian

The provincial capital of Shaanxi, China; a subprovincial city in central China famed as the former capital of numerous Chinese dynasties, also known as Chang'an among other historical names.

Ximum

The third-largest of Japan's islands and the southwesternmost of its four main islands.

Xiphias

(constellation) A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

xiphomachaera

(British spelling, Canadian spelling) A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.

xylinum

Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.

xylon

Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.

xylophonium

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

Xylopolis

The capital and largest city of Idaho, United States, and the county seat of Ada County; probably named for the river.

ȳ

The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

Zacharias

A en given name, English vernacular form of Zacharias, Zachariah and Zechariah.

Zagrabia

The capital and largest city of Croatia.

Zambia

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zambia. Formerly called Northern Rhodesia.

zēlanter

Like, or in the manner of, a zealot; with great zeal or zealotry.

zēlus

The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

Zēnō

A en given name.

Zēnōn

A en given name.

zephirum

The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

zephyrus

Any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze.

zerum

The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

zēta

The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

Zeus

(Greek god) Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera.

zincum

(countable) A single atom of this element.

zōna

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

zōnula

A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.

zoologia

The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

zoster

(disease, informal) Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.

zygota

(cytology, also, attributive) A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes during a fertilization process. [from late 19th c.]

zygotum

(cytology, also, attributive) A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes during a fertilization process. [from late 19th c.]

zȳthum

(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.

α Ursae Minoris

(star) α Ursae Minoris, a trinary star in the constellation Ursa Minor located near the north celestial pole for the last 1500 years.

Μōns Rēgis

A city, the capital of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico.