General Vocabulary N.B. to the best of my ability pr« me§ This General Vocabulary is a compilation parte of the topical vocabularies in the chap- ablative adj abl§t¿v·us |a |um; ablative ters. For a more complete resource, case c§s·us |»s m abl§t¿vus, consult Traupman, Latin Dictionary, abl§t¿v·us |¿ m; in the ablative case Amsco, N.Y. c§s» abl§t¿v« The principal parts of the following able: be able to possum posse potu¿ (+ commonly occurring verbs are not inf), que« qu¿re qu¿v¿ or qui¿ (+ inf) provided in the vocabulary: abounding in abund·§ns |antis (+ abl) accipi« accipere acc¡p¿ acceptus about (approximately) circiter, fer¡; ag« agere ¡g¿ §ctus (concerning) d¡ (+ abl) d« dare ded¿ datus above supr§ (+ acc); be above (e.g., d¿c« d¿cere d¿x¿ dictus bribery) indign·or |§r¿ |§tus sum (+ d»c« d»cere d»x¿ ductus acc) faci« facere f¡c¿ factus abroad: from abroad extr¿nsec·us |a habe« hab¡re habu¿ habitus |um; go abroad, live abroad, travel l»d« l»dere l»s¿ l»sus abroad peregr¿n·or |§r¿ sum esse fu¿ fut»rus absence: in my absence m¡ absente veni« ven¿re v¡n¿ ventum absent abs·¡ns |entis; be absent absum abesse §fu¿ §fut»rus; be absent without leave ad comme§t»s diem A n«n adsum adesse adfu¿ A: she explained everything to me absentee abs·¡ns |entis mf from A to Z ab aci§ et ac» mihi omnia exposuit absolutely omn¿n«, pr«rsus; absolutely nothing nihil pr«rsus abbreviate brevi§re, imminu·« |ere |¿ immin»tus abstract noun s appell§ti·« |«nis f (ut “bonit§s” goodness) abbreviation not·a |ae f (compendi§ria) absurd absurd·us |a |um ABC’s pr¿m·ae litter·ae |§rum fpl; know one’s ABC’s litter§s sci« sc¿re sc¿v¿ abusive maledic·us |a |um abdomen ven·ter |tris m academy acad¡mi·a |ae f ability facult·§s |§tis f; ability to read accent s accent·us |»s m; place the and write legend¿ scr¿bend¿que accent on a syllable accentum in facult§s; natural ability ingeni·um |¿ syllab§ p«n·« |ere posu¿ positus n; speaking ability d¿cend¿ facult§s; accent mark ap·ex |icis m 267 268 Conversational Latin accident c§s·us |»s m; calamit·§s |§tis f across tr§ns (+ acc); across from ex (autoc¿n¡tica) advers« (+ gen), exadversum (+ acc) accidentally c§s», fortu¿t« act intr ag·« |ere ¡g¿ §ctus; act as a accommodations hospiti·um |¿ n friend am¿cum agere; (behave) act badly s¡ turpiter ger·« |ere gess¿ accomplish c«nfic·i« |ere c«nf¡c¿ c«nfectus active ala·cer |cris |cre; (gram) §ct¿v·us |a |um; active service: be on active accomplished ¡rud¿tus |a |um service st¿pendia facere; active verb according to secundum (+ acc) verbum agend¿ or ag¡ns or §ct¿vum; active voice gen·us |eris n §ct¿vum; accordion harmonic·a |ae f d¿ductilis be active in vers·or |§r¿ |§tus sum in account rati·« |«nis f; audit accounts (+ abl) rati«n¡s dispun·g« |gere |x¿ |ctus; actor histri·« |«nis m, §ct·or |«ris m balance accounts rati«n¡s c«nfer« c«nferre contul¿ coll§tus; the account actress §ctr·¿x |¿cis f balances rati« c«nstat acute (illness) ac»t·us |a |um accountant rati«cin§t·or |«ris m, ad praec«ni·um |¿ n rati«cin§tr·¿x |¿cis f Adam’s apple p«m·um |¿ n Ad§m¿; account books tabul·ae |§rum fpl n«d·us |¿ m gutturis (accept¿ et exp¡ns¿) add (to) adic·i« |ere adi¡c¿ adiectus (+ accounting c«nfecti·« |«nis f tabul§rum; dat) keep (accounting) books tabul§s adding machine m§chin·a |ae f c«nfic·i« |ere c«nf¡c¿ c«nfectus additi«n§lis accusation acc»s§ti·« |«nis f addition: in addition acc¡dit quod (+ accuse acc»s§re (with acc of person and indic) gen or d¡ + abl of the charge); address s ¿nscr¿pti·« |«nis f cursu§lis; argu·« |ere |¿ (with acc of the person (comput) ¿nscr¿pti« ¡lectronica and gen of the charge); accuse s.o. of a capital offense aliquem re¿ address tr adloqu·or |¿ adloc»tus sum; capit§lis re·um (-am) facere (a letter) ¿nscr¿b·« |ere ¿nscr¿ps¿ inscr¿ptus; a letter addressed to you ache intr dol·e« |¡re |u¿; I ache all over epistula tibi ¿nscr¿pta t«tus (-a) dole« address book (comput) lib·er |br¿ m ache s dol·or |«ris m; have a headache ¿nscr¿pti«num (¡lectronic§rum) § capite lab«r§re; have a toothache § dente lab«r§re adhesive gl»t·en |inis n; adhesive tape taeni·a |ae f adhaes¿va acquit (of) absolv·« |ere |¿ absol»tus (d¡ + abl; more rarely w. gen); acquit adjacent to contermin·us |a |um (+ dat) s.o. of a capital crime aliquem adjectival adj adiect¿v§l·is |is |e capitis absolvere adjective s adiect¿v·um |¿ n acquittal absol»ti·« |«nis f adjoin adiung·or |¿ adi»nctus sum (+ acrobat petaurist§ri·us |¿ m (·a |ae f) dat) General Vocabulary 269 adjoining i»nct·us |a |um; adjoining aedile aed¿l·is |is m rooms i»ncta cubicula aedileship aed¿lit·§s |§tis f adjourn ampli§re affable aff§bil·is |is |e administration administr§ti·« |«nis f affair r¡s, r¡¿ f; have an affair with s.o. admirable adm¿r§bil·is |is |e c«nsuet»dinem cum aliqu« hab¡re admiration adm¿r§ti·« |«nis f affected affect§t·us |a |um admission ticket tesser·a |ae f aditi§lis affection am·or |«ris m adopt adopt§re affectionate am·§ns |antis adoptive daughter f¿li·a |ae f adopt¿va afraid form¿dul«s·us |a |um; afraid of adoptive son f¿li·us |¿ m adopt¿vus timid·us |a |um (+ gen); be afraid (of) tim·e« |¡re |u¿ (+ acc), metu« adore ad«r§re metuere metu¿; I am afraid that … Adriatic Hadri§ticum mar·e |is n ver·eor |¡r¿ veritus sum n¡ … ; what adult adj adult·us |a |um, grand·is |is |e are you afraid of? quid est quod metuis? adult s adultus hom·« |inis m; (not including aged persons) p»b·¡s |is mf after conj postquam (+ indic) advantage bon·um |¿ n; be of after prep post (+ acc); (immediately advantage (to) pr«sum pr«desse after) ¡ or ex (+ abl), d¡ (+ abl); pr«fu¿ (+ dat); derive great after all r¡ v¡r§; after this post h§c; advantage from multum commodum after that deinde, subinde; be after ex aliqu§ r¡ capere; take advantage s.o. (romantically) aliquem pet·« |ere of s.o.’s ignorance alicuius |¿v¿; immediately after statim § or ignorantiam sibi quaestu¿ hab¡re; ab (+ abl) take advantage of the opportunity afternoon temp·us |oris n occ§si«nem nanc¿sc·or |¿ n§nctus postmer¿di§num; in the afternoon sum; to whose advantage was it postmer¿di¡, post mer¿diem; this (that …)? cui bon« fuit (+ acc w. afternoon hodi¡ post mer¿diem inf)? afterwards poste§ adverb adverbi·um |¿ n again iterum, r»rsus; again and again adverbial adverbi§l·is |is |e identidem, etiam atque etiam advertise pr«scr¿b·« |ere pr«scr¿ps¿ age aet·§s |§tis f; at age fifteen pr«scr¿ptus decimum qu¿ntum annum ag·¡ns advertisement praec«ni·um |¿ n; |entis; he is under twenty years of (poster) pr«scr¿pti·« |«nis f age minor v¿gint¿ ann«rum est; she was ten years of age erat decem advice c«nsili·um |¿ n; good advice ann«s n§ta r¡ctum c«nsilium; I will take your advice on the matter c«nsilium aged ann«s·us |a |um, longaev·us |a tuum ill¿us re¿ capiam; on your |um advice t¡ auct«re; sound advice agile agil·is |is |e v¡rum c«nsilium ago (prepositive) abhinc, e.g., ten years advise su§d·e« |¡re su§s¿ (+ dat) ago abhinc decem ann«s; a short 270 Conversational Latin while ago paul« ante; how long ago? all omn·is |is |e; all along: I knew all quam pr¿dem?; long ago iamd»dum, along »sque ab initi« sc¿v¿; all but iampr¿dem; not so long ago haud ita propemodum: I have all but given pr¿dem; sometime ago pr¿dem up hope propemodum spem d¡m¿s¿; d»dum all in all pr«rsus; in all omn¿n«; all agree (with) c«nsent·i« |¿re c«ns¡ns¿ over the world ub¿que terr§rum; all c«ns¡nsus (cum + abl) right quidem, licet; it’s all right r¡ct¡ est; bene habet; all the same agreeable commod·us |a |um, gr§t·us |a (anyhow) nihil« s¡tius; all’s well |um salva r¡s est; all the way from »sque agreement foed·us |eris n; according to ab (+ abl); it’s all over! §ctum est!; the terms of the agreement ex all there: are you quite all there? foedere satisne s§nus (-a) es?; all too late immo iam s¡r« aha! attat! allegation ¿nsimul§ti·« |«nis f ahead: go ahead, tell me! Agedum, d¿c mihi!; ahead of time ante tempus allege argu·« |ere |¿ arg»tus ail: what ails you? quid tibi est? alley angiport·um |¿ n ailment mal·um |¿ n alliance foed·us |eris n, societ·§s |§tis f; conclude an alliance with foedus airbag §erius foll·is |is m ¿c·« |ere |¿ |tus cum (+ abl); form an air conditioner ¿nstr»ment·um |¿ n §ër¿ alliance with societ§tem facere cum temperand« (+ abl) aircraft carrier n§v·is |is f alluring illecebr«s·us |a |um §ëroplan¿gera almond amygdal·um |¿ n airline tr§m·es |itis m §erius almost paene, fer¡ (postpositive); almost airplane §ëroplan·um |¿ n like paene quasi airport §ëroport·us |»s m alone s«l·us |a |um air pressure pressi·« |«nis f §eria along per (+ acc), secundum (+ acc); alarm suscit§bul·um |¿ n; (terror) along with »n§ cum (+ abl); I knew pav·or |«ris m; set the alarm for all along iam inde § pr¿ncipi« sc¿v¿ (six o’clock) obicem ad (h«ram aloud cl§r¡; read aloud cl§r¡ leg·« |ere sextam) ¿nf¿g·« |ere ¿nf¿x¿ ¿nf¿xus; l¡g¿ l¡ctus the alarm went off suscit§bulum alphabet s alphab¡t·um |¿ n, pr¿m·ae sonuit litter·ae |§rum fpl, element·a |«rum alarm clock h«rologi·um |¿ n npl suscit§t«rium Alpine Alp¿n·us |a |um; Alpine chain alcohol alcohol |is n Alpium iug·a |«rum npl alcoholic alcoholic·us |a |um Alps Alp·¡s |ium fpl alert §·cer |cris |cre already iam alibi absentiae arg»ment·um |¿ n alright licet alimony alim«ni·um |¿ n also etiam General Vocabulary 271 alternating current fluent·um |¿ n anklet periscel·is |idis f alternum anniversary f¡stus di·¡s |¡¿ m although quamquam (+ indic); quamv¿s annivers§rius (+ subj), cum (+ subj) announcer ann»nti§·tor |t«ris m (·tr¿x always semper |¿cis f) ambassador leg§t·us |¿ m (·a |ae f) annoy male hab¡re; this annoys me hoc ambition ambiti·« |«nis f m¡ male habet ambitious ambiti«s·us |a |um annoyance molesti·a |ae f ambulance arcer·a |ae f, autoarcer·a annoyed: be annoyed at molest¡ fer« |ae f ferre tul¿ America Americ·a |ae f; North answer s resp«ns·um |¿ n; give s.o.