Latin Vocabulary for Beginners
Posted on Nov 27, 2024 in Latin
Basic Latin Vocabulary
Nouns
| Declension | Nominative Singular | Genitive Singular | Gender | Definition | Derivative(s) |
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| 2nd | amicus | amicī | m | friend | amicable, amiable |
| 1st | ancilla | ancillae | f | slave-woman | ancillary |
| 2nd | atrium | atriī | n | reception hall, main room | atrium, atrial |
| 1st | barba | barbae | f | beard | barber |
| 3rd | canis | canis | m/f | dog | canine |
| 1st | cena | cenae | f | dinner | |
| 2nd | cibus | cibī | m | food | |
| 2nd | compluvium | compluviī | n | a large square opening in roof of atrium | |
| 2nd | coquus | coquī | m | cook | (concoct) |
| 2nd | cubiculum | cubiculī | n | bedroom | cubicle |
| 1st | culina | culinae | f | kitchen | culinary |
| 2nd | dominus | dominī | m | master | dominate, dominion |
| 3rd | faucēs | faucium | f | entrance hall (lit. “jaws”) | fauces, faucial |
| 2nd | filius | filiī | m | son | filial |
| 2nd | forum | forī | n | forum | forum |
| 2nd | hortus | hortī | m | garden | horticulture |
| 1st | ianua | ianuae | f | door | (Janus: January) |
| 2nd | impluvium | impluviī | n | a marble-lined shallow rectangular pool | impluvium |
| 1st | insula | insulae | f | apartment building; island | peninsula, insulate |
| 2nd | lararium | larariī | n | shrine of the household gods | |
| 1st | latrina | latrinae | f | lavatory, bathroom | latrine |
| 2nd | lectus | lectī | m | bed, couch | lectern |
| 3rd | leō | leonis | m | lion | leonine |
| 1st | lingua | linguae | f | tongue, language | bilingual, linguistics |
| 3rd | mater | matris | f | mother | maternal, maternity |
| 1st | mensa | mensae | f | table | mesa |
| 3rd | mercator | mercatoris | m | merchant | merchandise, commerce |
| 3rd | navis | navis | f | ship | naval, navy |
| 3rd | pater | patris | m | father | paternal, paternity |
| 1st | pecunia | pecuniae | f | money | pecuniary, impecunious |
| 2nd | peristylium | peristyliī | n | garden court | peristyle |
| 3rd | pestis | pestis | f | pest | pest, pestilence |
| 1st | poeta | poetae | m | poet | poet, poetry, poetic |
| 4th | portus | portūs | m | harbor | port |
| 3rd | sanguis | sanguinis | m | blood | sanguine |
| 3rd | senex | senis | m | old man | senile, senior |
| 2nd | servus | servī | m | slave | servitude (serf) |
| 1st | taberna | tabernae | f | shop | tavern |
| 2nd | tablinum | tablinī | n | study | |
| 2nd | triclinium | tricliniī | n | dining room | |
| 1st | via | viae | f | street, road | via, viaduct (deviate) |
| 1st | villa | villae | f | country house | villa |
| 2nd | vinum | vinī | n | wine | vine, vineyard |
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