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adjectives 1-22
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antiquus, -a, -um | ancient, old-time |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, great, important |
| meus, -a, -um | my |
| multus, -a, -um | much, many |
| tuus, -a, -um | your (used when speaking to one person) |
| avarus, -a, -um | greedy, avaricious |
| pauci, -ae, -a | few, a few (usually plural) |
| Romanus, -a, -um | Roman |
| bellus, -a, -um | pretty, handsome, charming |
| bonus, -a, -um | good, kind |
| humanus, -a, -um | pertaining to man, human, humane, kind, refined, cultivated |
| malus, -a, -um | bad, wicked, evil |
| parvus, -a, -um | small, little |
| stultus, -a, -um | foolish |
| verus, -a, -um | true, real, proper |
| liber, libera, liberum | free |
| noster, nostra, nostrum | our, ours |
| pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum | beautiful, handsome; fine |
| sanus, -a, -um | sound, healthy, sane |
| Graecus, -a, -um | Greek |
| perpetuus, -a, -um | perpetual, lasting, uninterrupted, continuous |
| plenus, -a, -um | full, abundant, generous |
| salvus, -a, -um | safe, sound |
| secundus, -a, -um | second; favorable |
| vester, vestra, vestrum | your, yours |
| novus, -a, -um | new; strange |
| alius, alia, aliud | other, another (alii...alii: some...others) |
| alter, altera, alterum | the other (of two), second |
| neuter, neutra, neutrum | not either, neither |
| nullus, -a, -um | not any, no, none |
| solus, -a, -um | alone, only, the only |
| totus, -a, -um | whole, entire |
| ullus, -a, -um | any |
| unus, -a, -um | one, single, alone |
| uter, utra, utrum | either, which (of two) |
| beatus, -a, -um | happy, fortunate, blessed |
| amicus, -a, -um | friendly |
| carus, -a, -um | dear |
| acerbus, -a, -um | harsh, bitter, grievous |
| doctus, -a, -um | taught, learned, skilled |
| fortunatus, -a, -um | lucky, fortunate, happy |
| suus, -a, -um | his own, her own, its own, their own (reflexive possessive) |
| centum | a hundred |
| mille | thousand; (plural) thousands |
| miser, misera, miserum | wretched, miserable, unfortunate |
| unus, -a, -um | one |
| duo, duae, duo | two (always plural) |
| tres, tria | three |
| quattuor | four |
| quinque | five |
| sex | six |
| septem | seven |
| octo | eight |
| novem | nine |
| decem | ten |
| undecim | eleven |
| duodecim | twelve |
| tredecim | thirteen |
| quattuordecim | fourteen |
| quindecim | fifteen |
| sedecim | sixteen |
| septendecim | seventeen |
| duodeviginti | eighteen (literally two from twenty) |
| undeviginti | nineteen (literally one from twenty) |
| viginti | twenty |
| viginti unus | twenty-one (also unus et viginti) |
| viginti duo | twenty-two (also duo et viginti) |
| viginti tres | twenty-three (also tres et viginti) |
| viginti quattuor | twenty-four (also quattuor et viginti) |
| viginti quinque | twenty-five (also quinque et viginti) |
| triginta | thirty |
| quadraginta | forty |
| quinquaginta | fifty |
| sexaginta | sixty |
| septuaginta | seventy |
| octoginta | eighty |
| nonaginta | ninety |
| primus, -a, -um | first |
| secundus, -a, -um | second |
| tertius, -a, -um | third |
| quartus, -a, -um | fourth |
| quintus, -a, -um | fifth |
| sextus, -a, -um | sixth |
| septimus, -a, -um | seventh |
| octavus, -a, -um | eighth |
| nonus, -a, -um | ninth |
| decimus, -a, -um | tenth |
| undecimus, -a, -um | eleventh |
| duodecimus, -a, -um | twelfth |
| tertius decimus, -a, -um | thirteenth |
| quartus decimus, -a, -um | fourteenth |
| quintus decimus, -a, -um | fifteenth |
| sextus decimus, -a, -um | sixteenth |
| septimus decimus, -a, -um | seventeenth |
| duodevicesimus, -a, -um | eighteenth (literally two from twenty) |
| undevicesimus, -a, -um | nineteenth (literally one from twenty) |
| vicesimus, -a, -um | twentieth |
| vicesimus primus, -a, -um | twenty-first |
| vicesimus secundus, -a, -um | twenty-second |
| vicesimus tertius, -a, -um | twenty-third |
| vicesimus quartus, -a, -um | twenty-fourth |
| vicesimus quintus, -a, -um | twenty-fifth |
| tricesimus | thirtieth |
| quadragesimus | fortieth |
| quinquagesimus | fiftieth |
| sexagesimus | sixtieth |
| septuagesimus | seventieth |
| octogesimus | eightieth |
| nonagesimus | ninetieth |
| acer, acris, acre | sharp, keen, eager; severe, fierce |
| brevis, breve | short, small, brief |
| celer, celeris, celere | swift, quick, rapid |
| difficilis, difficile | hard, difficult, troublesome |
| dulcis, dulce | sweet; pleasant, agreeable |
| facilis, facile | easy, agreeable |
| fortis, forte | strong, brave |
| ingens | huge (genitive ingentis) |
| iucundus, -a, -um | pleasant, delightful, agreeable, pleasing |
| longus, -a, -um | long |
| omnis, omne | every, all |
| potens | able, powerful, mighty, strong (genitive potentis) |
| senex, senis, m. | old, aged; old man |
| caecus, -a, -um | blind |
| levis, leve | light, slight, easy, trivial |
| clarus, -a, -um | clear, bright; renowned, famous, illustrious |
| mortalis, mortale | mortal |
| qui?, quae?, quod? | what?, which?, what kind of? |
| certus, -a, -um | definite, sure, certain, reliable |
| gravis, grave | heavy, weighty, serious, important, severe, grievous |
| immortalis, immortale | not subject to death, immortal |
| communis, commune | common, general, of the community, for the community |
| dexter, dextra, dextrum | right, right-hand |
| sinister, sinistra, sinistrum | left, left-hand |
| asper, aspera, asperum | rough, harsh |
| aequus, -a, -um | level, even; calm; equal, just; favorable |
| felix, felicis | lucky, fortunate, happy |
| incertus, -a, -um | uncertain, unsure, doubtful |
| Latinus, -a, -um | Latin |
| medius, -a, -um | middle |
| magnanimus, -a, -um | great-hearted, brave, magnanimous |
| ferox | fierce, savage (genitive ferocis) |
| fidelis, fidele | faithful, loyal |
| geminus, -a, -um | twin |
| sapiens | wise, judicious; (as a noun) a wise man, philosopher (genitive spientis) |
| ultimus, -a, -um | farthest, extreme; last, final |
| quidam, quaedam, quiddam | (pron.) a certain one, certain thing, someone, something; (adj.) a certain, some |
| pudicus, -a, -um | modest, chaste |
| superbus, -a, -um | arrogant, overbearing, haughty, proud |
| tristis, triste | sad, sorrowful; joyless, grim, severe |
| turpis, turpe | ugly, shameful, base, disgraceful |
| urbanus, -a, -um | of the city, urban, urbane, elegant |
| diligens | diligent, careful (genitive diligentis) |
| dissimilis, dissimile | unlike, different |
| gracilis, gracile | slender, thin |
| humilis, humile | lowly, humble |
| maior, -ius | greater, older; (plural) ancestors |
| primus, -a, -um | first, foremost, chief, principal |
| quot | how many, as many as (indeclinable) |
| similis, simile | similar (to), like, resembling |
| superus, -a, -um | above, upper |
| utilis, utile | useful, advantageous |
| melior, -ius | better |
| peior, -ius | worse |
| plus | more (NB no masc. and fem. or dat. sing; abl. sing. plure, gen. plur. plurium, neut. pl. plura) |
| minor, minus | smaller |
| prior, -ius | former |
| superior, -ius | higher |
| optimus, -a, -um | best |
| maximus, -a, -um | greatest |
| pessimus, -a, -um | worst |
| plurimus, -a, -um | most |
| minimus, -a, -um | smallest |
| summus, -a, -um | highest, furthest |
| supremus, -a, -um | highest, last |
| mortuus, -a, -um | dead |
| princeps | chief, foremost; (m. or f. noun) leader, emperor (genitive principis) |
| dignus, -a, -um | worthy, worthy of |
| durus, -a, -um | hard, harsh, rough, stern, unfeeling, hardy, difficult |
| tantus, -a, -um | so large, so great, of such a size |
| ceteri, -ae, -a | the remaining, the rest, the other, all the others (always plural) |
| quantus, -a, -um | how large, how great, how much |
| ridiculus, -a, -um | laughable, ridiculous |
| vivus, -a, -um | alive, living |
| mediocris, medicre | ordinary, moderate, mediocre |
| dives | rich (genitive divitis or ditis) |
| par | equal, like (genitive paris) |
| pauper | of small means, poor (genitive pauperis) |
| candidus, -a, -um | shining, bright, white; beautiful |
| merus, -a, -um | pure, undiluted |
| suavis, suave | sweet |
| adversus, -a, -um | opposite, adverse |
| talis, tale | such, of such a sort |
| iratus, -a, -um | angry |
| absens | absent, away (gen. absentis) |
| gratus, -a, -um | pleasing, agreeable; grateful |
| idoneus, -a, -um | suitable, fit, appropriate |
| immotus, -a, -um | unmoved, unchanged, unrelenting |
| firmus, -a, -um | firm, strong, reliable |
| infirmus, -a, -um | not strong, weak, feeble |
| mirabilis, mirabilie | amazing, wondrous, remarkable |
| pristinus, -a, -um | ancient; former, previous |
| sublimis, sublime | elevated, lofty; heroic, noble |
| cupidus, -a, -um | desirous, eager, fond; (with gen.) desirous of, eager for |
| liberalis, liberale | of or relating to a free person; worthy of a free man, decent, liberal; generous |
| necesse | necessary, inevitable (indeclinable) |
| vetus | old (genitive veteris) |
| iustus, -a, -um | just, right |
| tot | so many (indeclinable) |