Latin League Nouns List 1

Aedificium

building

Aetās

age

Ager

field (think agriculture)

agger

mound (like of dirt)

altitūdō

height (think altitude) (or depth)

amicus

friend (think Spanish amigo)

animus

mind (think animate, literally “giving a mind”)

annus

year (think annual)

aqua

water

arbor

tree (think arbor day)

arma

weapons (noun is always plural, think “arms”)

armātūra

armor

auris

ear (think audio)

auxilium

help (think auxiliary)

bellum

war (bella is pretty in Italian=> Romans think war is pretty)

bīduum

two day period (bi + dies + uum ending)

bracchium

literally branch, also means “arm”

campus

field (like a flat plane, often used for fighting/training)

captīvus

prisoner

caput

head (think per capita “by the head”)

castra

army camp

cāsus

misfortune (a court case is quite misfortunate)

causa

cause, reason

centuriō

centurion (commander of 100 soldiers)

cīvis

citizen (think civilian)

cīvitās

government/state (-tas means abstract/idea; civis + tas = citizen + idea = government)

clāmor

shout, noise (like English word)

classis

fleet (of ships)

cliēns

client

cohors

crowd (think cohort)

colloquium

talk, discussion (in latin club we have colloquiums)

cōnsilium

help, plan, council (think console)

consul

consul (2 consuls head the roman government; like president split in two)

cōnsulātus

the consulship (president -> presidency, consul -> consulship/consulatus)

contumēlia

insult (same in Spanish and Italian)

cōpia

abundance (of item OR of soldiers)

corpus

body (think corpse)

dētrīmentum

defeat

deus

god

dies

day

difficultās

hardship, trouble

digitus

finger (bio term, your fingers are “digits”)

disciplīna

student (think disciple)

domus

home (I guess you could think like they live under domes?)

dux

leader (duco, ducere means to lead)

eques

knight/horserider

equus

horse (think equestrian)

familia

family

fidēs

trust (fidelity)

fīlia

daughter (think filial piety female version)

fīlius

son (think filial piety)

flūmen

river (a river “flows”)

fortūna

fortune

fossa

trench (I guess think fossil?)

frater

brother (think fraternity)

frōns

forehead

gener

son-in-law

gēns

clan, race (think generation)

gladius

sword (think gladiator)

hīberna

winter quarter (think hibernate)

hiems

winter

homō

man (homo sapiens)

ignis

fire (think ignite)

inimīcus

enemy

īnsula

island

iūdicium

judgement (as in choice)

iūstitia

justice

lātus

side (like the side of something, think lateral)

laus

praise (laudo, laudere means to praise)

legiō

legion (largest roman military unit)

lēx

law

liber

book (distinguish liber from liberi “children“ with context, if singular must be book)

līberī

children (always plural)

lingua

tongue/language

lītus

shore (APES term, littoral zone)

lūx

light

magnitūdō

greatness, abundance

mandātum

command, instructions (on latin exams you’ll often see the word “mandatum

manus

hand (I guess you can think a manuscript is written by hand)

mare

sea (maria is a name meaning sea)

māter

mother

māteria

material

metus

fear (metuo in latin means to fear)

mīles

soldier (think military)

mōns

mountain

mora

delay (think moratorium)

mos

custom (I guess you can think morals)

mūnītiō

defense, rampart (think munition/ammunition)

murus

wall (think mural)

nātiō

nation

nōmen

 name

nox

night (think nocturnal)

numerus

number

obsidiō

siege (ob means against, sidio can be thought of as sitting; the enemy is sitting on them)

occāsiō

opportunity, occasion

odium

hate (think odious)

officium

duty, service (think offical)

onus

burden (think onerous)

opus

work, piece (think magnum opus meaning an artist’s greatest work)

ōrdo

arrangement, rank (of military) (think order)