Latin League Nouns List 1

Aedificium – building

Aetās – age

Ager – field (think agriculture)

agger – mound (like of dirt)

altitūdō  - height (think altitude)

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)

captīvus - prisoner

caput – head (think per capita “by the head”)

castra – fortress (think castle)

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 = govenment)

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 discipline)

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

dux – leader (duco, ducere means to lead)

eques – knight/horserider

equus - horse

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

frōns - forehead

gener – son-in-law

gēns – 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 with context, if singular must be book)

līberī – children (always plural)

lingua – tounge/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)

mōs – custom (I guess you can think morals)

mūnītiō – defense, rampart (think munition/ammunition)

murus – wall (think mural)

nātiō - nation

nātūra - nature

nāvis – ship (think naval)

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)

ōrdō – arrangement, rank (of military) (think order)

os, ossis – bone (think osteo- prefix)

pābulātiō – pasture (old English word, pabulation, meaning the act of feeding)

pāgus – district, area (I guess you could think like a page is a part of a book, a pagus is a part of a country)

pars - part

passus – step (think impassable, not stepable)

pater - father

pāx -peace (think Pax Mongolia, peace when Mongolians ruled the world)

pecūnia – money (same as spanish)

pecus – herd of animals

peditātus -  foot soldier (ped- means foot)

perfuga – deserter (like guy who abandoned friends; fuga means like flee)

perfugium

pēs -foot (dictionary entry pes, pedis; think pediatrician)

phalanx – insanely cool roman military fighting position with spear and shields (search it up)

pōns – bridge (pons is the tissue connecting two organs)

populus - people

porta – gate (think portal)

portus – port/harbor (don’t mix up with feminine porta)

praemium – prize (think premium)

proelium – battle

prōvincia - province

puella - girl

puer- boy

ratio - reason

regiō - region

regnum - kingdom

rēs – matter (as in let’s discuss this matter)

rēs mīlitāris – matter of the military

responsum – response, answer

rēx – king (think regal)

sagittārius – arrow (ya just memorize that)

sententia – opinion, feeling (think sentiment)

signum – signal, symbol, mark

silva – forest (technically also an English word)

sōl – sun (think solar)

soror – sister (think sorority)

spēs – hope (deSPErate = without hope)

subsidium – help, relief (think subsidy)

suspīciō - suspicion

tempus – time (think temporal)

terra – land (think terrestrial)

timor – fear (I guess think timid)

toga – toga (as in the clothing)

turris – tower (I guess you can think like turrent)

urbs – city (think urban)

ūsus  - use, experience

via – road (like I traveled via plane)

villa – house (same as English)

vir - man

vīs – power (I guess think like vigor)

vīta – life (like in spanish)

voluntās – will, choice (think voluntary)

vōx – voice (vox, vocis)

vulnus – wound (pronounce v as w)