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Latim Conversacional
Caput III - School (Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency)
| INGLÊS | LATIM |
|---|---|
| abbreviate | imminuere |
| abbreviation | nota compendiāria |
| ability | facúltās |
| ability to read and write | legéndī scrībendīque facúltās |
| natural ability | ingénium |
| absent | absēns |
| to be absent | abésse |
| absentee | ábsēns |
| academy | acadēmia |
| add | adícere |
| aloud | clārē |
| answer (subst) | respōnsum |
| to give an answer to s.o. | álicui respōnsum reddere |
| to answer (in both speaking and writing) | respondēre (with dat of person and ad+acc of the thing) |
| to answer a question | ad interrogātum respondēre |
| answer in complete sentences | tōtīs senténtiīs respondēre |
| to ask | rogāre; (for information) quaérere |
| to ask about (s.o., s.t.) | dē (áliquō) rogāre |
| to ask a few questions | pauca quaérere |
| to ask s.o. s.th. | áliquem áliquid rogāre |
| to ask s.o. for s.th. | ab áliquō áliquid rogāre |
| to ask the teacher (student) a question | docéntem (discéntem) interrogāre |
| to ask this question | hoc quaérere |
| assign | assignāre |
| assignment | pēnsum; (written) praescrīptum |
| audiovisual aid | audīvīsíficum subsídium |
| ballpoint pen | stilus sphaerātus |
| basics | eleménta |
| bathroom | latrīna |
| Q: may I go to the bathroom (toilet)? R: yes, OK | Q: licetne mihi in latrīnam īre? R: licet |
| blackboard | tábula ātra |
| book | liber |
| book bag | cápsula scholāris |
| bright (smart) | lūculéntus -a -um |
| buzzer | bombilātrum |
| when the buzzer sounds (or goes) | cum bombilātrum strepit |
| cafeteria | refectōrium |
| calculator | māchínula calculātōria |
| call roll | nōmina citāre |
| capital letter | líttera māiúscula |
| carbon copy | exémplum trānscūsum, antígraphum |
| chalk | crēta |
| chapter | caput |
| chemistry | chémicē -ēs f |
| class | classis f |
| to be at the head of the class | classem dūcere |
| classroom | conclāve scholāre |
| college | collēgium |
| composition | scrīptūra, composítiō |
| copy (subst) | exémplum |
| to copy (from s.o.) (by cheating) | exscrībere (ex+abl) (clandēstīnō) |
| correct (adj) | rēctus (opp: prāvus) |
| correct (adj) (free from faults) | ēmendātus |
| correct (adj) (in the sense of "corrected") | corrēctus |
| to correct (esp. mistakes in writing) | ēmendāre |
| to correct (a person or mistake) | corrígere |
| correction | corrēctiō, ēmendātiō |
| correctly | rēctē (opp: prāvē), ēmendātē |
| to speak (spell) correctly | rēctē loquī (scrībere) |
| corridor | ambulācrum, andrōn -ōnis m |
| day off (from school) | (ab scholā) fēriātus diēs |
| have a day off | fēriātum diem habēre |
| deal with (topic, person) | tractāre |
| dean | decānus; decāna |
| desk | mēnsa scrīptōria |
| dictionary | dictiōnārium, léxicon (gen: léxicī) |
| to discuss | disputāre dē (+abl) |
| discussion | disputātiō -ōnis f |
| door | iānua |
| drive, enthusiasm | stúdium, vīs (acc: vim) f |
| to educate | īnstitúere |
| education (refers to “raising, bringing up” and can apply to the raising of children as well as livestock, the training of the body, etc.) | īnstitūtiō |
| elementary school | litterārius lūdus |
| to erase | ērādere |
| eraser (for a blackboard) | dētersōrium |
| eraser (on a pencil) | gummis f |
| erasure | litūra |
| error (in writing) | mendum n, menda f, vítium n |
| to commit (make) an error | mendum admíttere |
| essay | libéllus -ī m |
| examination | exāminātiō |
| to examine | exāmināre |
| exercise (written) | exercítium |
| exercise (practice) | exercitātiō |
| explain | explānāre, explicāre |
| explanation | explānātiō, explicātiō |
| express | exprímere |
| faculty | magistérium |
| to flunk a test | cadere in probātiōne |
| form (grammatical) | figūra |
| freshman | tīrō -ōnis mf |
| front of the room | prior pars scholae |
| get (to understand), (now) I get it! | tenēre, (iam) téneō! |
| globe | globus terrārum |
| grade | gradus -ūs; (for performance) nota |
| to grade | (papers) notāre, (to evaluate) aestimāre |
| graduate | gradūs suscípere |
| guidance counselor | cōnsiliātor scholásticus, cōnsiliātrīx -īcis scholástica |
| hallway | ambulācrum, andrōn -ōnis m |
| hand in | trādere |
| handwriting | chīrógraphum |
| heading | caput, index -icis m cápitis |
| high school | schola supérior |
| history | história |
| home room | conclāve scholāre próprium |
| homework | pēnsum domésticum, (written) praescrīptum domésticum |
| to play hook (matar aula) | īnsciīs paréntibus ā scholā abesse |
| illiterate | analphabētus |
| improve (to get better in study) | prōfícere |
| improvement | prōfectus -ūs m |
| ink | ātrāméntum |
| instruct s.o. in s.th. | īnstruere áliquem áliquō |
| instruction (teaching) | īnstitūtiō -ōnis |
| instructions | praecépta -ōrum |
| instructor | praecéptor -ōris (trīx -trīcis), docēns -éntis |
| jot down | annotāre |
| junior | iūnior -ōris |
| key | clāvis -is m |
| know (how to) | scīre (+inf) |
| not know | nescīre |
| Latin (to know, read, teach, speak, understand, write) | Latīnē |
| Are you learning Latin? | Discísne Latīnē? |
| Did you forget Latin? | Esne oblītus (-a) Latīnē? |
| Do you know Latin? | Nōstīne Latīnē? |
| Do you know how to speak Latin? | Scīsne Latīnē loquī? |
| Do you read Latin easily? | Legísne Latīnē fácile? |
| Do you speak Latin (fluently)? | Loquerísne Latīnē (prōfluénter)? |
| Do you teach Latin? | Docēsne Latīnē? |
| Do you understand Latin? | Intellegísne Latīnē? |
| Since when have you been learning Latin? | Ex quō témpore Latīnē didicístī? |
| Where did you study Latin? | Ubi Latīnē studuistī? |
| Who is able to write Latin? | Quis Latīnē scrībere potest? |
| Latin teacher | Latīnitātis magíster |
| to learn | díscere |
| to learn by heart | ēdíscere |
| learner | discēns |
| lectern | lēctōrium |
| line (of prose or poetry) | versus -ūs m |
| map | tábula geográphica |
| manuscript | manuscrīptum |
| mean | significāre |
| meaning | significātiō -ōnis f |
| basic (figurative, litteral) meaning | prīnceps (trānslātīva, própria) significātiō |
| memorize | ēdíscere |
| meter | númerus |
| mistake | mendum, vítium |
| note | nota |
| to take notes | commentāriōs cōnfícere |
| note pad | pugillārēs -um mpl |
| notebook | libéllus |
| page | pāgina |
| at the bottom (top) of the page | in īmā (summā) pāginā |
| paper | charta -ae f |
| paper clip | fībícula chartārum |
| paragraph | parágraphus -ī f, caput |
| to pass a test | probātiōnem sustinēre |
| passage (in a text) | locus -ī (pl: locī) m |
| pen | penna, cálamus scrīptōrius |
| pencil | gráphium |
| period (class period) (ex: in the third period) | spátium (v.g. tértiō spátiō) |
| podium | pódium, púlpitum |
| poem | poēma -atis n |
| point out | indicāre |
| poster | fólium mūrāle |
| (extensive and continous) practice | (multa et contínua) exercitātio |
| to practice | exercēre |
| to prepare | parāre |
| to prepare (in advance) | praeparāre |
| to be present | adésse |
| principal | (ludī/scholae) rēctor/rēctrīx |
| assistant (or vice) principal | rēctor vicārius/rēctrīx vicāria |
| principal's office | rēctōris (rēctrīcis) officīna |
| progress | prōféctus -ūs |
| to make progress | prōfícere |
| to promote | ad superiōrem classem prōmovēre |
| to pronounce | prōnūntiāre |
| prose | prōsa |
| pupil | discípulus/discípula |
| question | rogātum; interrogātum; quaéstiō |
| to raise a question | quaestiōnem pōnere |
| question mark | signum interrogātiōnis |
| quiz | quaestiúncula |
| to read | légere |
| reading | pausa; lēctiō |
| (during, after, before) recess | (inter, post, ante) pausam |
| recitation | recitātiō |
| to recite | recitāre |
| to repeat | repétere |
| repetition | repetītiō |
| research (subst) | investīgātiō |
| to research | investīgāre |
| restroom | locus sēcrētus |
| (public) restroom | fórica |
| Q: May I go to the restroom? R: Yes, OK | Q: licetne mihi in locum sēcrētum inīre? R: licet |
| review (subst) | retractātiō |
| to review | retractāre |
| roll call (subst) | nōminum recitātiō |
| to take roll call | nōmina recitāre |
| rule (for measuring) | rēgula |
| scan (poetry) | scandere |
| school building | aedēs -is f scholāris |
| school | lūdus; (advanced) schola |
| to attend school | scholam frequentāre |
| to go to school | scholam obīre |
| to skip school | īnsciīs paréntibus ā scholā abésse |
| school supplies | īnstrūméntum scholāre |
| to scribble | exarāre; cōnscrībillāre |
| seat | subséllium (scholāre) |
| senior | sénior |
| sheet | schida |
| silence | siléntium |
| slide | imāgō phōtográphica trānslūcida |
| to show slides | imāginēs phōtográphicās exhibēre |
| slow to learn | sēgnis -is -e |
| small letter | líttera minúscula |
| sophomore | sophomōrus/sophomōra |
| to spell | scrībere |
| spelling | orthográphia |
| staple (subst) | uncīnulus (metállicus) |
| to staple | cōnsuere |
| stapler | uncīnātōrium, cōnsūtōrium (chartārum) |
| student | studēns, discípulus/discípula |
| studies | stúdia -ōrum npl (studium in the singular means “drive, enthusiasm”) |
| study period | spátium studiōsum |
| stumble over new words | nova verba offéndere |
| subject | disciplīna; (topic) argūméntum |
| subject matter | mātéria |
| to subtract | dētráhere |
| table of contents | index cápitum |
| to take down (notes, lecture) | excípere |
| talent | ingénium |
| talented | ingeniōsus |
| to teach | docēre (with double acc) |
| teacher | magíster/magístra; (in elementary school) litterātor/litterātrīx |
| teaching assistant | magístrae/magístrī adiūtor/adiūtrīx |
| teaching method | docéndī rátiō |
| test | probātiō |
| textbook | liber scholāris; ars |
| theme | (topic) mātéria, argūméntum; (essay) tractātus -ūs m |
| toilet | lātrīna |
| topic | mātéria, rēs |
| to translate | (con)vértere; trānsférre |
| to translate from Latin to English | ex Latīnō in Ánglicum (con)vértere |
| translation | trānslāta -ōrum npl; (act of translating) convérsiō, trānslātiō; (of a sentence/book) senténtia/liber trānslāta/us |
| transparency | pāgina pellūcida |
| tutor | domésticus/a praecéptor/rīx |
| to type | māchínulā scrīptōriā scrībere, dactylographāre |
| typewriter | māchínula scrīptōria, dactylógraphum |
| typewriter key | plēctrum (dactylográphicum) malléolus |
| typewriter ribbon | taenia dactylográphica |
| to understand | intellégere |
| to be on vacation | fēriātus esse |
| verse | versus -ūs m |
| vocabulary | vocābula -ōrum npl |
| white board | tábula alba |
| window | fenéstra |
| workbook | libéllus exercitiōrum |
| to write | scrībere |
| writing | scrīptūra |
| writings (pl) | scrīpta -ōrum npl |