AP Latin Easily Confused Words

aēnum, ī

(n) bronze, bronze vessel

āēr, āeris

(m) (acc. aera) mist, fog

āērius, a, um

airy, misty, foggy

aereus, a, um

bronze, brazen

aes, aeris

(n) bronze (implement), trumpet

absum, abesse, āfuī

to be absent, away from

adsum, adesse, adfuī

to be present, to be near

abeō, abīre, abiī

to go away from

adeō, adīre, adiī

to go towards, approach

adnō (1)

to swim

adnuō, ere, adnuī, adnūtum

to nod assent, approve

absistō, ere, abstitī

to stop, cease

adstō/astō, āre, astitī

to stand near or by

accendō, ere, accendī, accēnsum

to inflame, rage

accēdō, ere, accessī, accessum

to approach, reach

accingō, ere, accinxī, accinctum

to gird up, equip

accidō, ere, accidī

to happen

aestus, ūs (m)

flood, tide, boiling

aestās, aestātis

(f) summer

aetās, aetātis

(f) age, time

aevum, ī (n)

lifetime, age, span of time

anima, ae (f)

air, breath, life, soul, shade

animus, ī

(m) intellect, mind, reason, spirit, courage

mēns, mentis

(f) mind, feeling, intention

arx, arcis

(f) citadel, fort, height

arcus, ūs

(m) bow

aura, ae

(f) breeze

aula, ae

(f) palace, hall

āra, ae

(f) altar

auris, auris

(f) ear

aurum, ī

(n) gold

ārdeō (2)

to burn, be eager

accendō, ere, accessī, accessum

to inflame, kindle, enrage

incendō, ere, incendī, incensum

to inflame, kindle, burn

incendium, ī

(n) fire, conflagration

ars, artis

(f) skill, craft, art

artūs, uum

(m) joint, limb, member

āter, ātra, ātrum

dark

antrum, ī

(n) cave

avis, avis

(f) bird

avus, ī

(m) grandfather, ancestor

cursus, cursūs

(m) course

currus, currūs

(m) chariot

carrus, ī

(m) cart, wagon

campus, ī

(m) field

castra, ōrum (n) military camp

cōnsistō, ere, cōnstitī

to take a stand, position, to anchor (ships only)

cōnstituō, ere, cōnstituī, cōnstitūtum

to set up,decide, decree (as mental action verb) draw up formations (troops), anchor (ships), raise (a legion)

cōnstō, cōnstāre, cōnstitī, cōnstātum

to stand firm, be complete, it is agreed, certain, evident (impersonal usage)

cōnsuēscō, ere, cōnsuēvī, cōnsuētum

to become accustomed to

causa, ae

(f) cause, reason

cāsus, ūs

(m) misfortunes

carpō, ere, carpsī, carptum

to pluck, consume

capiō, ere, cēpī, captum

to take, seize

cadō, ere, cēcidī, cāsum

to fall, fail, die

cēdō, ere, cessī, cessum

to yield, depart

cadus, ī

(m) jar, urn

caedēs, caedis

(f) slaughter, murder, massacre

collis, is

(m) hill

collum, ī

(n) neck

coeptum, ī

(n) undertaking, beginning

coetus, ūs

(m) company, band, flock

domus, ūs

(f) home, house

dōnum, ī

(n) gift, offering

essedārius, ī

(m) a soldier who fought from war chariots

essedum, ī

(n) two-wheeled war chariot used by Britons

aurīga, ae

(m) charioteer, chariot driver

equus, equī

(m) horse

eques, equitis

(m) knight

equitātus, ūs

(m) cavalry (collective noun)

ferveō, ēre, ferbuī

to glow, boil, seethe

feriō (4)

to strike, smite, beat, kill

fremō, ere, fremui, fremitus

murmur, rage, groan

furiae, ārum

(f) furies, madness, frenzy

furiō (1)

to madden, frenzy, infuriate

furō, ere

to rage, rave, be frantic (only present system)

furor, furōris

(m) madness, rage, passion, fury

iaciō, ere, iēcī, iactum

to throw, hurl

iaceō, ēre, iacuī

to lie

iactō (1)

to toss, buffet, utter

immānis, e

enormous, monstrous

ingēns, ingēntis

huge, mighty

incubō, āre, incubuī, incubītum

to recline, lie upon, brood over + DAT

incumbō, ere, incubuī, incubitum

to lean upon, brood over, hang over + DAT

invīsus, a, um

hateful, odious

invidia, ae

(f) grudge, envy, jealousy

haereō, ēre, haesī, haesum

cling, stick to, halt + DAT

hauriō, īre, hausī, haustum

to drain, drink in

hospes, hospitis

(f) guest, host, stranger

hostis, hostis

(c) enemy

hospitium, ī

(n) hospitality, welcome

lābor, lābī, lāpsus sum

to fall, slip, glide

labōrō (1)

to work, toil

labor, labōris

(m) toil, work

lāpsus, ūs

(m) a glide, slip

latus, lateris

(n) side

latebra, ae

(f) hiding place

lītus, lītoris

(n) shore, beach

līmen, līminis

(n) threshold, doorway

lūmen, lūminis

(n) light, lamp, eye, life