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Latin Words and their Meanings

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Here is a useful collection of words that can be used in your Latin activities!

Latin

English
annus year
ante meridiem before noon
aqua water
bene well, good
canis dog
caput head
circus circle
cogito I think
corpus body
de facto in fact
deus god
ego I
equus horse
ergo therefore
est is
hortus garden
id that
in in
index sign, indicator
iris rainbow
latex liquid
legere to read
librarium library
locus place
magnus great, very good
mare sea
mens mind
murus wall
musica music
nihil nothing
non not
nota note, remember
novus new
opus work
orbus world
placebo I will please
post after
post meridian after noon
primus first
pro for
sanus healthy
solus one, alone
sum I am
tacete be silent
tempus time
terra ground, land
urbs city
veni I came
vici I conquered
vidi I saw


Many Thanks to Jocelyn Goddard for her help with some of these translations.

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Jazzymino2000

15th April 2011

What does cetaceans mean in Latin?

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Alex Lr

2nd September 2011

Typically referring to a "Whale" its original Latin meaning is, "A large sea animal."

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Rein will

12th September 2012

Do you have other examples besides fom this?

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A Student

28th September 2013

This list is handy, but if you could add some more words, it would be perfect! You might also want to add some derivatives.

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LegoLover11

19th March 2016

This site is really help full and has helped with learning Latin

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Anonymous

19th May 2016

thanks

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karn

7th September 2016

really helped

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vicky kumar jha

15th July 2017

Nice

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anonymous1234

21st September 2017

this was very helpful thank you

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Sal V

6th March 2019

Big help. Thank you.

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Athena

6th March 2019

I really likes this it gave me a better latin voacb but I would like more words

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justinlance

24th May 2019

good

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Julie Matthews

9th October 2019

Looks great!

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