I HATE VERBS

Absum

absent (ab = away, sum = I am)

accēdō

approach (ac (form of ad) = towards, cedo = step)

accidō

fall, happen (think accident, ac = towards, cido = fall)

accipiō

receive (think accept)

adeō

to go to (ad = towards, eo = go)

adhibeō

to apply, look after (apply one’s attention to) (or sometimes means “to summon”)

adiciō

to throw at/towards (ad = towards, icio = throw) (sometimes means to direct one’s attention to)

adiungō

to attach, bind, harness (ad = to, iungō = join)

administrō

to assist, govern (think administrator of school)

admīror

to admire, respect

afferō

to bring/carry forth (item or information) (ad “towards” + fero “bring, carry, report”)

agō

to drive (can have many other meaning ago negotium = to do business)

amō

to love (mi amor)

animadvertō

to notice (you often notice things that make you “mad” and you “verto” or “turn” your head when you notice them)

antecēdō

to excel (ante “before” + cedo “go”; if your 1^st place goes before (is less) than second, you excel more)

appellō

to call (as in “I call this man Bobby”)

arbitror

to think, judge (think arbitrator)

attribuō

to assign, appoint, allot (think attribute)

avertō

to turn away (a = away, verto = turn)

cēdō

to yield, step/go (think cede)

cernō

to discern, separate (discern is sorta in the word)

circumdō

put around, surround (circum = around, do = give)

cohortor

to encourage, urge (cohors, cohortis = crowd)

collocō

to assemble, place in the right order(con = completely, loco = set, place)

commemorō

to remember, recall (think commemorate)

commoror

to remain, linger (con = completely, moror = delay)

compleō

to fill (think complete)

comporto

to collect, carry (con = completely or together, porto = carry)

comprehendo

to arrest, seize (you arrest an idea when you understand it)

concēdō

to withdraw (think concede)

cōnferō

to unite, bring together (con “completely, together” + fero “bring, carry, report”)

congredior

to meet (con = together, gredior = step)

coniciō

to throw/bring together (con = together, icio = throw) (can also mean to guess or prophesy/foretell as in “put two and two together“)

coniungō

to join in marriage, unite (con = together, iungo = join)

cōnsector

to pursue, hunt down (con = completely, sector = follow)

cōnsequor

to follow behind, accompany (con = together, sequor = follow)

cōnsistō

to stop, halt, linger (think consistent)

cōnstituō

to found, decide/establish (think constitution)

convocō

assemble (con = together, voco = call, summon)

crēscō

to grow, arise (“sc” before the “o” in a latin verb means an ongoing process)

cupiō

to want (think cupid)

dēcernō

to decide (de = from, cerno = discern, judge)

dēdūcō

to lead away/out, reduce (de = from, duco = lead)

dēfendō

to defend

dēiciō

throw down, precipitate, kill (throw down dead enemy to ground)(de = down, icio = throw)

dēiungō

unattach, unyoke (de = off, iungo = join)

dēligō

pluck off, levy (de = off, lego = choose)

dēprehendō

to take away, seize (de = away, prehendo = arrest)

dēscendō

to climb down (think descend)

dēspērō

to despair (de = without, spero = hope)

dīcō

to say (think diction)

dīmicō

fight, attack

dimittō

to send away, abandon (di = away, mitto = send)

discēdō

to depart (di = away, cedo = go)

dispōnō

dispose (di = away, pono = put) (could also mean distribute)

dō

to give (think donate)

doceō

to teach (you teach a dog to be docile)

dormiō

to sleep (think dorm)

dubitō

to hesitate, doubt

dūcō

 to lead

ēgredior

to depart (e “away” + gredior (from gressus meaning step) “to step”)

eō

to go (eo, ire, ii, itum)

ēvocō

lure, to summon (e “out” + voco “call”; literally to call out)

exeō

to leave (ex “away” + eo “go”)

expellō

drive out or away (think expel)

explicō

unfold, extend, explain (ex “out” + plico “to fold”)

exspectō

to expect, await

faciō

to do, make (think factor)

frūmentor

to obtain grain/forage

fugiō

to flee

gerō

to wage (war) (often followed by bellum) (I like to think of “gear up for war”)

habeō

to have

hiemō

to pass the winter (hiems means winter, think hibernate)

iaciō

to throw (Cesar famously said “Alea Iacta Est” meaning “The die (alea) has been thrown”)

ignōrō

to not know (think ignorant)

immittō

to send/throw in, insert, allow (in) (in + mitto “send”)

imperō

to command (think imperial)

impōnō

to put in (in + pono “place”) (can sometimes mean impose (like a tax or smth))

incipiō

to begin (think inception)

incito

accelerate, intensify (think incite)

īnferō

bring forth, carry/bring in (in + fero “carry, bring, report”) (can also mean to march forth, bury, or set fire (rare meanings))

īnstō

to stand on, be close to (in “on” + sto “stand”)

intellegō

to understand, realize

intercipiō

interrupt, rob (inter “b/w” + cipio “take, seize”)

interclūdō

shut out, close (inter “b/w” + claudo “close”)

intereō

to disappear, vanish, die (inter “between” + eo “go”) (you go between worlds when you die)

interficiō

to kill (inter ”b/w” + ficio “do”; you put a sword between their flesh)

intericiō

to throw/put between (inter “b/w” + icio “throw”)

intermittō

to interrupt, stop (temporarily) (think intermittent)

interrogō

to ask (think interrogate)

inveniō

to find (in “upon” + venio “come”)

invideō

to envy (replace beginning i with e and it looks like envy)

invītō

invite

iubeō

 to order

iūrō

to swear, vow (think ius iuris = “law”)

labōrō

to work (think labor)

legō

to choose, read (kinda weird combination but I like to think of a library. You choose a book then read it.)

līberō

to free (think liberty)

licet

it is permitted (think license)

loco

to put, set (from locus “place”)