Latin Vocabulary: Common Words and Phrases for Beginners

dolus -ī m.

artifice, device, trick

dominus -ī m.; domina -ae f.

household master, lord; mistress

domus -ūs f.

house, home

dōnec

until

dōnō -āre

present with a gift (+ acc. of person and abl. of thing)

dōnum -ī n.

gift, present

dormiō -īre

sleep

dubitō -āre

hesitate, doubt

dubius -a -um

doubtful; (as subst.) a doubt; sine dubiō, without a doubt, certainly

dūcō dūcere dūxī ductum

lead; uxōrem dūcere, marry

dulcis -e

sweet

dum

while (+ indic.); until (+ subj.); provided that (+ subj.)

duo duae duo

two

dūrus -a -um

hard, tough, harsh

dux ducis m./f.

leader, general

ecce

behold!

ēdīcō -dīcere -dīxī -dictum

declare

ēdō ēdere ēdidī ēditum

put forth, state, explain

ēdūcō -dūcere -dūxī -ductum

lead forth

efficiō -ficere -fēcī -fectum

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

effundō -fundere -fūdī -fūsum

pour out

ego meī mihi mē

I, me

ēgredior ēgredī ēgressus sum

stride out, depart, disembark from (+ abl.)

ēgregius -a -um

distinguished, uncommon

ēligō ēligere ēlēgī ēlēctum

pick out, select

enim

for, indeed

eō

(adv.) there, to that place

eō īre iī/īvī itum

go

epistula -ae f.

letter

eques equitis m.

horseman, knight

equus -ī m.

horse

ergō

therefore

ēripiō -ripere -ripuī -reptum

snatch away, rescue, save

errō -āre

go astray, wander

error -ōris m.

wandering; error, mistake

et

and

etiam

also, even

ex, ē

out of, from (+ abl.)

excipiō -cipere -cēpī -ceptum

take out

exemplum -ī n.

example, sample, copy

exeō -īre -iī -itum

go forth

exerceō -ercēre -ercuī -ercitum

train, exercise, carry on

exercitus -ūs m.

army

exigō -igere -ēgī -āctum

drive out; collect

exīstimō -āre

think, believe

experior -perīrī -pertus sum

try thoroughly, test, experience

exsilium -ī n.

exile, banishment

exspectō -āre

watch, wait, expect

extrēmus -a -um

farthest, situated at the end or tip, extreme

fābula -ae f.

account, tale, story

faciēs -ēī f.

form, appearance

facilis -e

easy

facinus facinoris n.

deed, crime

faciō facere fēcī factum

do, make

factum -ī n.

deed, accomplishment

fallō fallere fefellī falsum

deceive

falsus -a -um

deceptive, false

fāma -ae f.

rumor, fame

famēs -is f.

hunger, famine

familia -ae f.

household, family

fateor fatērī fassus sum

admit, confess; profess, declare; assent, say yes

fātum -ī n.

fate; death

fax facis f.

torch

fēlīciter

luckily

fēlīx -īcis

lucky

fēmina -ae f.

woman

ferē

almost

ferō ferre tulī lātum

bear, carry, endure

ferrum -ī n.

iron, iron weapon or implement

ferus -a -um

wild, fierce; fera -ae f.: wild animal

fessus -a -um

weary, tired

fidēlis -e

faithful

fidēs -eī f.

trust, faith

fīlia -ae f.; fīlius -ī m.

daughter; son

fingō fingere fīnxī fīctum

shape; invent

fīnis -is m.

end, boundary

fīō fierī factus sum

become, happen, be done

flamma -ae f.

flame, fire

fleō flēre flēvī flētum

weep

flōs flōris m.

flower, bloom

fluctus -ūs m

flood, billow, surf

flūmen -inis n.

stream, river

fluō fluere fluxī fluxum

flow

foedus -a -um

foul