Litterae Latīnae

• addō, addere, addidī, additus

  ad id quod iam est dō; aquam frīgidam aquae calidae addit.

  give to

• A
  animadvertō, animadvertere, animadvertī, animadversus

  animō videō et intellegō

  to pay attention, attend, focus, concentrate, give heed to, consider,

• apis -is f

  animal volāns quod mel facit

  bee

• A
  aut…aut
• B
  bēstiola -ae f

  diminutive of bēstia

• B
  bis

  semel et iterum: duo tempora.

  twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways

• calamus -ī m

  harundō, virga

  a reed, cane

• C
  cēra -ae f

  māteria mollis apium

  wax, beeswax, honeycomb

• C
  certē

  certainly, surely

• charta -ae f

  in quā scrībimus; ex papȳrō fit.

  papyrus, paper

• C
  comparō, comparāre, comparāvī, comparātus

  cōnferō, similem faciō

  get ready, provide; compare

• C
  cōnsonāns, cōnsonantis

  a consonant

• C
  corrigō, corrigere, corrēxī , corrēctum

  rēctum faciō, ēmendō

  to correct

• D
  deciēs

  ten times

• D
  dēleō, dēlēre, dēlēvī, dēlētum

  funditus perdō

  to destroy, raze, annihilate

• dēsum, dēesse, dēfuī, -----

  absum, nōn adiuvō

  be lacking

• D
  dictō, dictāre, dictāvī, dictātus

  prōnūntiō scrībenda

  to repeat, say often

• dūrus -a -um

  rigidus, nōn mollis

  hard, tough, harsh

• E
  efficiō, efficere, effēcī, effectum

  ad fīnem faciō, perficiō; faber opus efficit.

  bring about, complete; render (+ ut + subj.)

• epistula -ae f

  littera missa

  letter

• E
  erus -ī m

  dominus servōrum

  master of the house or family

• E
  exaudiō, exaudīre, exaudīvī, exaudītus

  procul audiō

  to hear, discern or perceive clearly

• facillimus

  quod sine labōre fit; puerō labor facilis est.

  easy

• F
  ferrum -ī n

  metallum gladiōrum; gladius ipse

  iron, iron weapon or implement

• F
  frequēns -entis

  in large numbers, often

• Ī
  īdem eadem idem

  eā ipsā

  the same

• I
  impiger, impigra, impigrum

  nōn piger, strēnuus

  active, energetic, diligent

• I
  imprimō, imprimere, impressī, impressum

  to press, impress

• I
  intellegō, intellegere, intellēxī, intellēctus

  mente capiō

  understand

• I
  ita

  thus, so

• iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctum

  ūnum cum alterō cōnectō

  join

• L
  legō, legere, lēgī, lēctum

  colligō, sēligō

  gather, choose, read

• M
  māteria -ae f

  ligna aedificiōrum

  material, subject matter; timber, lumber

• M
  mendum -ī n

  fault, error, blunder

• M
  mercēs, mercēdis

  pecūnia prō labōre

  pay, wages, reward

• mollis -e

  nōn dūrus

  soft, yielding, gentle

• papyrus -ī f

  herba alta fluviī Aegyptī, ex quā charta fit.

  papyrus

• premō, premere, pressī, pressum

  urgeō

  press, pursue, overwhelm

• Q
  quālis -e

  cuius generis

  of what kind? what?

• Q
  quater

  quattuor vicibus

  four times

• Q
  quīnquiēs

  five times

• Q
  quotiēs

  quam saepe

  interr. how many times? how often? rel. as often as, whenever

• R
  rārus -a -um

  nōn saepe inventus

  wide apart, loose, thin; rare, seldom

• R
  rēctā

  directly, straightforward, straightway, right on

• scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptum

  herī scrīpsit, hodiē scrībit

  write

• S
  semel

  ūnā vice

  once

• S
  sententia -ae f

  quod quis cēnset

  opinion, judgment

• S
  sexiēs

  six times

• S
  sīc

  in this manner, thus; sīc ... ut: in the same way as

• S
  significō, significāre, significāvī, significātus

  signō ostendō

  to show, express, signify, point out

• S
  signō, signāre, signāvī, signātus

  sigillō claudō

  to mark, sign

• S
  supersum, superesse, superfuī, ------

  reliquus sum

  remain, survive; be superfluous (to)

• T
  tālis -e

  eius modī, huius generis

  such

• T
  ter

  tribus vicibus

  thrice, three times

• T
  totiēs

  so often, so many times

• T
  turpis -e

  inhonestus

  ugly, unsightly; disgraceful

• varius -a -um

  multōrum colōrum; nōn ūnīus colōris.

  changing, varied, various

• V
  vōcālis -e

  quī vōcem habet; litterae vōcālēs: A, E, I, O, V.

  uttering a voice, having a voice

• Z
  zephyrus -ī m

  ventus mollis ab occidente, quī vēr addūcit.

  the gentle west wind, the western breeze, zephyr

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.