Mīles Rōmānus

• altus -a -um

  valdē altās

  high, lofty; deep

• arcus -ūs m

  aedificium curvum

  arc, arch

• A
  arma -ōrum n pl

  omnia quibus mīles pugnat et sē tegit: gladius, scūtum, galea.

  arms, weapons

• A
  armātus -a -um

  vir cum armīs

  armour

• A
  avunculus -ī m

  frāter mātris

  maternal uncle, mother's brother

• barbarus -a -um

  homō aliēnus, quī Latīnē nōn loquitur; Rōmānī Gallōs et Germānōs barbarōs vocābant.

  foreigner, barbarian

• B
  bellum -ī n

  armōrum contentiō

  war

• brevis -e

  nōn longus; via brevis, vīta brevis.

  short, shallow, brief

• C
  castra, castrōrum

  sēdēs mīlitum

  an encampment, military camp

• C
  cognōmen -inis n

  tertium nōmen Rōmānī; etiam nōmen quod ex factīs datur.

  surname

• C
  contrā prp +acc

  against, opposite (adv. and prep. +acc.)

• D
  dēfendō, dēfendere, dēfendī, dēfēnsum

  prohibeō nē hostis noceat; scūtō corpus dēfendimus.

  defend, ward off

• dīvidō, dīvidere, dīvīsī, dīvīsum

  in partēs factum

  divide, separate

• D
  dux ducis m

  quī mīlitēs dūcit

  leader, general

• eques -itis m

  mīles quī in equō pugnat

  horseman, knight

• E
  equitātus -ūs m

  mīlitēs in equīs

  cavalry

• E
  exercitus -ūs m

  multitūdō mīlitum

  army

• E
  expugnō, expugnāre, expugnāvī, expugnātus

  oppugnandō capiō

  to take by assault, storm, capture, reduce, subdue

• F
  ferō, ferre, tulī, lātum

  portō; quī fert, rem ā locō ad locum movet.

  bear, carry, endure

• F
  fīnis -is m

  terra populī

  end, boundary

• F
  fortis -e

  quī nōn timet

  brave

• fossa -ae f

  terra effossa circum castra

  a ditch, trench, moat, fosse

• F
  frāter -tris m

  fīlius eōrundem parentum

  brother

• F
  fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrum

  eum quī fugit

  flee, escape

• gladius -ī m

  tēlum quō pugnātur

  sword

• gravis -e

  sevērus, magnī ponderis

  heavy, serious

• hasta -ae f

  longum tēlum mīlitis

  a spear, lance, pike, carried by soldiers and used for thrusting

• hostis -is m

  inimīcus pūblicus, quī bellum gerit

  stranger, enemy

• I
  iaciō, iacere, iēcī, iactum

  mittō, prōiciō

  throw, hurl

• I
  impetus -ūs m

  vehemēns cursus, vīs

  attack

• I
  incolō, incolere, incoluī, -----

  habitō

  to cultivate

• L
  lātus -a -um

  valdē lātōs

  side, flank

• levis -e

  nōn gravis, facilis

  light, trivial

• M
  metuō, metuere, metuī, ------

  timeō.

  to fear, to dread

• M
  metus -ūs m

  timor

  fear, dread

• mīles -itis m

  vir armātus

  soldier

• M
  mīlia -ium

  thousand

• M
  mīlitō, mīlitāre, mīlitāvī, mīlitātus

  mīles sum

  to be a soldier, to act as a soldier

• N
  nōmen -inis n

  quō rēs vel homō vocātur.

  name

• O
  oppugnō, oppugnāre, oppugnāvī, oppugnātus

  armīs petō

  to attack, assault, storm, besiege

• P
  pars -rtis f

  nōn tōtum

  part

• P
  patria -ae f

  terra ubi nātī sumus

  fatherland, country

• P
  pedes -itis m

  mīles quī pedibus pugnat

  walker

• pīlum -ī n

  tēlum Rōmānum

  a pounder, pestle

• P
  praenōmen -inis n

  praenomen

• pugnō, pugnāre, pugnāvī, pugnātus

  contrā aliquem certō

  fight

• pugnus -ī m

  manus clausa et pressa; pugnīs pugnāmus.

  a fist

• sagitta -ae f

  tēlum arcūs

  an arrow, shaft, bolt

• scūtum -ī n

  quō mīles corpus tegit

  a type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried b

• S
  soror -ōris f

  fīlia eōrundem parentum

  sister

• trīstis -e

  nōn laetus

  sad, solemn, grim

• V
  valē -ēte

  goodbye, farewell

• vāllum, vāllī

  mūrus castrōrum

  wall, rampart, entrenchment

• V
  versus -ūs m

  līnea carminis

  a furrow

• vesperī

  in the evening

• V
  vester -tra -trum

  your

Independent companion to Hans H. Ørberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata (Domus Latina; Hackett), not affiliated with its publishers. Definitions come from this dictionary and the Imperial Restitution readers.