cla201 (latin N-R)

naris

nostril

nasci, natum

to be born

nasus

nose

nervus

sinew, nerve

nidus

nest, point of origin

niger, nigri

black

nocere, nocitum

to harm, hurt

noxius, nocuus

hurtful

nomen, nominis

name, means of knowing

nox, noctis

night

nudus

naked

nutrire, nitrutum

to nourish

nux, nucis

nut

nucleus

little nut

oculus

eye

olere

to emit a smell

odor

a smell

omnis

all, every

orbis

circle, wheel

orbita

path, track

ordo, ordinis

order, arrangement

orire, ortum

to rise, be born

origo, originis

beginning

os, oris

mouth, opening

orificium

making an opening

os, ossis

bone

ovum

egg

ovarium

place for ova

palatum

roof of the mouth

palpare, palpatum

to stroke

palpus

soft palm

parere, partum

to bring forth

parturire, parturitum

to be in labor

paries, parietis

wall

pars, partis

part

partire, partitum

to divide

patere

to spread open

patulus

spreading widely

pectus, pectoris

breast, chest

pellere, pulsum

to push

pellis

skin

pelvis

basin

pendere, pensum

to hang

appendix, appendicis

something “hung to”

penna

feather, plume

pes, pedis

foot

petiolus

little foot, stalk, stem

pediculus

little foot, stem, louse

petere, petitum

to seek

pilus

hair

pinna

feather, wing

piscis

fish

planta

a sprout or cutting, sole of foot

planus

flat

plectere, plexum

to plait (braid), interweave

plicare, plicatum, -ple

to fold

pluma

feather

ponere, positum

to place, put

portare, portatum

to carry

potare, potatum

to drink

potio, potionis

drink, potion

potens, potentis

having power

premere, pressum

to press

pubes, puberis

adult, pubic bone

pulmo, pulmonis

lung

pupa

doll, child

pupilla

pupil of the eye

pus, puris

pus

rabere

to rage, be mad

rabidus

mad, raging

rabies

rage, madness

radere, rasum

to scrape, scratch

radula

scraper

radius

rod, spoke

radix, radicis

root

ramus

branch

regere, rectum

to keep straight

rectus

right, straight

rectum (intestinuum)

distal part of large intestine

ren, renis

kidney

repere, reptum

to crawl

reptare, reptatum

to crawl

rodere, rosum

to gnaw

rostrum

beak snout

rota

wheel

rotare, rotatum

to cause to go around

ruber, rubris

red

rubigo, rubiginis

rust

ruga

wrinkle, crease, fold

rumpere, ruptum

to break, burst