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Certamen Vocab #1
Advanced Vocabulary for Grammar/Vocabulary Questions
| Latin | English |
|---|---|
| nubes | cloud |
| nubo | to marry |
| merus | pure |
| mirus | amazing; wonderful |
| ros | dew |
| rus | country |
| magnum iter | forced march |
| noceo | to hurt/harm (physically) |
| volvo | to revolve |
| vetus | old |
| opus | work |
| liber (noun) | book |
| liber (adjective) | free |
| mos | custom |
| mors | death |
| lacus | lake |
| lac | milk |
| poto | to drink; swallow; soak up |
| pungo | to prick; puncture; vex |
| misceo | to mix; concoct; interlock; procedure |
| lugeo | to grieve; mourn |
| deliciae | delights; pleasures |
| classis | fleet |
| fames | hunger |
| iter | journey; march; route; way |
| simia | monkey |
| carcer | prison; jail; starting gate in the arena |
| circiter | about; on every side; near; around |
| ultor | avenger |
| ultra | on the other side; farther; beyond |
| tenus | up to; as far as |
| tenuis | thin; rare; fine; slender; slim |
| orior | to rise |
| hortor | to encourage |
| torqueo | to twist |
| pareo | to obey; submit; comply; be evident; appear |
| palleo | to be pale; to be bloodless |
| fodio | to stab; thrust; dig |
| foedo | to make filthy; soil; taint; disfigure; wound; ravage; defile |
| serpo | to crawl; glide; wind; creep |
| sero | to entwine; join; string together; bolt |
| mos maiores | ancestors |
| opprimo | to crush |
| condicio | terms; conditions |
| intellego | to understand |
| manus dare | to surrender; acquiesce; yield |
| verba dare | to deceive; trick |
| aura | air |
| auris | ear |
| horreo | shudder |
| haereo | to cling; stick; adhere |
| sin | but if |
| sine | without |
| terminus | end; boundary |
| aut | or |
| autem | but; however |
| discipulus | student |
| disciplina | learning; training; discipline |
| arx | citadel; fortress |
| ars | art; skill; craft |
| ius | law; broth; juice; soup; gravy |
| flamen | breeze; gust of wind; breath; priest |
| mas | male |
| mare | sea; ocean |
| libra | pound |
| uncia | ounce |
| latus (adj.) | wide; broad |
| latus (part.) | having been borne; carried |
| foedus (n.) | treaty; compact |
| foedus (adj.) | filthy; wretched; shameful; ugly |
| potior (adj.) | more able |
| potior (v.) | to gain possession of; be master over |
| inaures | earrings |
| armillae | bracelets |
| proles | offspring; generation |
| crimen | charge; accusation; misdeed; crime |
| corvus | raven; crow |
| mercor | to buy |
| posterus | next; following |
| succus | juice |
| siccus | dry |
| saccus | bag; sack |
| premo | to press; crush |
| caedo | to cut |
| ludo | to play |
| quasi | as if |
| utrum | whether |