Library

Latin words

Verba Latina

78 words, each read in at least 3 analysed sentences.

Every word here comes from the texts in the library, as readers met them: what it meant each time, every form it took and the lines it was read in, in the reader’s colours. New words join as more of the library is read.

For what the colours mean, see the Latin grammar guide.

A

11 words

ab“from”
ad“to”
agnus“lamb”
agō“to those doing”
alius“another”
animus“in souls”
annus“in the year”
appellō“are called”
atque“and”
Augustus“Augustus”
aut“or”

B

2 words

bellum“war”
bonus“good”

C

3 words

causa“a reason”
consilium“a plan”
cum“when”

D

8 words

dē“about”
deinde“then”
deus“God”
dīcō“He said”
diēs“day”
dīvidō“divided”
dō“Give”
dum“while”

E

3 words

ego“to me”
et“and”
ex“from”

F

3 words

faciō“did you make”
ferē“about”
fīnis“territories”

G

1 word

Gallus“Gauls”

H

2 words

habeō“for holding”
hic“these”

I

9 words

īdem“the same”
ille“that”
in“into”
inquam“he said”
ipse“themselves”
īra“wrath”
is“that”
ita“so, thus”
Iuppiter“Jupiter”

L

2 words

lupus“wolf”
lūx“light”

M

5 words

magnus“greatest”
male“badly”
mare“the sea”
māter“mother”
meus“my”

N

4 words

nam“for”
nē“lest”
nōn“not”
nox“night”

O

1 word

omnis“all”

P

5 words

pater“father”
Perseus“Perseus”
populus“of the people”
possum“are able”
propter“because of”

Q

4 words

quam“as”
quī“which”
quis“what”
quod“because”

R

2 words

rēs“matter”
Rōma“of Rome”

S

2 words

sum“was”
suus“his own”

T

6 words

tempus“time”
tenebrae“darkness”
terra“the earth”
tū“you”
tum“then”
tuus“your”

U

4 words

ūnus“one”
urbs“the city”
usque“continually”
ut“as”

V

1 word

volō“he wanted”

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