Latin Vocabulary: Common Verbs, Nouns, and Phrases for Beginners

amo, amāre, amāvī, amatus

to love

audio, audire, audivi, auditus

to hear, listen to

capio, capere, cepi, captus

to take, seize, grasp

curro, currere, cucurri, cursus

to run

dico, dicere, dixi, dictus

to say, speak, affirm, declare

disco, discere, didici, -

to learn

do, dāre, dēdī, datus

to give, hand over, deliver, give up, pay, surrender, grant

doceo, docēre, docui, doctus

to teach, instruct, convince

facio, facere, feci, factus

to make, do, build

habēo, habēre, habui, habitus

to have, hold

laudo, laudāre, laudāvī, laudātus

to praise, commend, honor, approve

navigo, navigāre, navigāvi, navigatus

to sail

portō, portāre, portāvī, portātus

to carry, bring

possum, posse, potui

to be able; can

pugno, pugnāre, pugnavi, pugnatus

to fight

scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptus

to write, compose

servō, servāre, servāvī, servātus

to save, preserve, guard, protect, rescue

sum, esse, fui, futurus

to be

supero, superāre, superavi, superatus

to be above, surpass, survive; overcome, conquer

timeo, timēre, timui, -------

to fear, be afraid, dread

traho, trahere, traxi, tractus

to draw, drag, derive

video, vidēre, vidi, visus

to see, discern, perceive; observe; (in passive) to seem

amicus, amici, m

friend

annus, anni, m

year

hostis, hostis, m (-ium)

enemy

lex, legis, f

law

oculus, oculi, m

eye

oppidum, oppidi, n

town

sagitta, sagittae, f

arrow

timor, timoris, m

fear, dread

parvus, parva, parvum

small

potens, gen. potentis

powerful

a/ab + abl

from, away from; (with passive verbs: by)

e/ex + abl

out, out from

itaque

therefore

non iam

no longer