Latin Vocabulary: Common Words and Basic Grammar for Beginners

agmen

agminis n. troop; army

aio

ais, ait, aiunt, to assert

alienus

aliena, alienum, of another; alien

alter

altera, alterum, another

annus

anni m. year

arena

arenae f. sand; arena

ater

atra, atrum, black, dark

attonitus

attonita, attonitum, astonished; inspired

campus

campi m. plain; level place

coepio

coepere, coepi, coeptum, to begin

committo

committere, commisi, commissum, to connect

consulo

consulere consului consultum to meet and consider, reflect, consult, look out, be mindful

corripio

corripere, corripui, correptum, to seize; arrest

cupio

cupere, cupivi, cupitum, to wish

debeo

debere, debui, debitum, to owe; ought

descendo

descendere, descendi, descensum to descend; to sink

detineo

detinere, detinui, detentum, to detain

dubius

dubia, dubium, doubtful

ecce

look!

exigo

exigere, exegi, exactum, to drive out; demand; spend (time)

frater

fratris m. brother

horrendus

horrenda, horrendum, horrible

horreo

horrere, horrui, to shudder (at); stand erect; be rough

impello

impellere, impuli, impulsum, to drive

incipio

incipere, incepi, inceptum, to begin

ingens

ingentis, great, remarkable

intentus

intenta, intentum, intent; intense

latus

lateris n. side, flank

littera

litterae f. letter (of the alphabet); (pl.) letter; literature

memini

meminisse to remember; (+ gen.) think of

minus

less

moveo

movere, movi, motum, to move; remove

oppidum

oppidi n. town

otium

otii n. rest

patior

pati, passus sum, to support; suffer; allow

pereo

perire, perii, peritum, to perish

premo

premere, pressi, pressum, to press

proficiscor

proficisci, profectus sum, to set out

prudentia

prudentiae f. prudence

quis

quid, who, what

reliquus

reliqua, reliquum, remaining

rumpo

rumpere, rupi, ruptum, to rupture

sedeo

sedere, sedi, sessum, to sit

sequor

sequi, secutus sum, to follow

soleo

solere, solui, solitum, to be accustomed

spatium

spatii n. space

studium

studii n. study

tacitus

tacita, tacitum, silent; secret

torqueo

torquere, torsi, tortum, to turn

vestigium

vestigii n. step; trace

voco

vocare, vocavi, vocatum, to call

vos

vestrum/vestri vobis vos vobis you (pl.)