Word | Definition | Derivatives |
fabula, -ae, f | story | fable, fabulous |
Roma, -ae, f. | Rome | Romance Languages |
patria, -ae, f. | fatherland, country | patriot, patriotic, expatriate |
pecunia, -ae, f.
(from the Latin for cattle, pecus. The Romans traded cattle before they had currency.) | money | pecuniary, impecunious |
villa, -ae, f. | farmhouse | village |
do, dare, dedi, datus | give | data, dedicate, dedication |
dono, donare, donavi, donatus | give, donate | donor, donation |
mando, mandare, mandavi, mandatus | entrust | mandate, command |
monstro, monstrare, monstravi, monstratus | show | demonstrate, demonstration, demonstrative |
nuntio, nuntiare, nuntiavi, nuntiatus | tell, report | announce, annunciation, enunciation, denounce, denunciation |
a, ab (abl) | away from | absent, absentee, abstain, in absentia |
cum (abl) | with | (in English assimilates to con-, col-, cor-, etc) conference, collate, correlate |
e, ex (abl) | out from | exit, expectorant, exorcise, export |
in (abl or acc.) | with abl. = in, on | incorporate, incarcerate, incarnate, encase, inception, incise, incline, incur (Be careful with this one. Usually the prefix "in-" means NOT in English. This preposition assimilates to the prefix "en-" in some English words) |
pro (abl) | in front of, on behalf of | providence, profane, proceed, procession, progress, procure, progeny, provide |
sine (abl) | without | sinecure |
sub (abl. or acc.) | With abl. = under | subway, subterranean, suburb, substitute, subsonic, subordinate, submerge, substantive |