Question | Answer | Derivatives |
plērumque (adv.) | for the most part, generally | () |
poena -ae (F) | punishment, penalty | (penal, subpoena, penalize) |
pōnō -ere, posuī, positus | to put, place; take off [clothes] | (position) |
pontus -ī (M) | sea, waves | (Pontic) |
populus -ī (M) | people, crowd; nation | (populace, population) |
porta -ae (F) | gate, door, entrance | (portal, portcullis) |
portus, -ūs (M) | harbor | (port) |
possum posse, potuī | to be able, be powerful; to be possible | (potential) |
post (prep. w/ acc.) | after | (postdate) |
post(eā) quam | after | () |
praemium -ī (N) | reward | (premium) |
praestō -āre, praestitī, praestātum | to be better than [+ dat.]; to offer, show | (presto) |
premō -ere, pressī, pressum | to press, oppress | (pressure) |
prīmā lūce | at dawn | () |
prīmus -a, -u | first; chief; excellent | (primary, primitive) |
prius | before | (prior) |
prīvātus -a, -um | private, in private capacity [as opposed to as one in public office] | (privacy) |
prō (prep. w/ abl.) | in front of, before; for, as; considering; in accordance with | (pros and cons) |
proelium -ī (N) | battle | () |
profectiō profectiōnis (F) | departure | (profection) |
proficīscor -ī, profectus sum | to set out, depart | (profection) |
prohibeō -ēre, -uī, -itum | to keep, restrain; to prohibit | (prohibition) |
propter (prep. w/ acc.) | because of, on account of | () |
proptereā quod | for the very reason that | () |
prōvincia -ae (F) | province | (provincial) |
proximus -a, -um | nearest, next | (approximate) |
pūblicus -a, -um | public, common; as one in public office | (publication) |
puer puerī (M) | boy, young man | (puerile) |
pugna -ae (F) | fight, battle | (pugnacious) |
pugnō -āre, -āvī, -ātum | to fight | (pugnacious) |
pulcher pulchra, pulchrum | beautiful, handsome, noble | (pulchritude) |
puppis puppis (F) | stern [rear part of the ship], poop deck | (poop deck) |
quaerō -ere, quaesīvī, quaesītum | to seek | (quest) |
quālis quāle | of what sort? such as, the kind of | (qualified, quality) |
quam (adv.) | as, than; (w/ superlative) as . . . as; how | () |
quantus, quanta, quantum | as much as, how great | (quantum) |
-que (enclitic conj.) | and, also, even | () |
quī quae, quod | who, which; what; that; [after sī, nisi, num, nē] any | (quorum, quibble) |
quidem (adv.) | indeed, even | () |
quis quid | who, what; some [after sī, nīsī, num, nē] | (quiddity) |
quod (conj.) | because, the fact that | () |
rapiō -ere, -uī, raptum | to grab, snatch, tear; to whirl | (rapture, velociraptor) |
ratiō ratiōnis (F) | account; consideration; manner, method | (rational) |
recipiō -ere, recēpī, receptum | to receive, accept | (reception) |
rēgīna -ae (F) | queen | (Regina) |
regnum -ī (N) | kingdom, realm; rule | (reign, interregnum) |
relinquō -ere, relīquī, relictum | to leave behind | (relinquish) |
reliquus -a, -um | remaining, rest of , other | (relic) |
rēs gestae | accomplishments | () |
rēs publica | republic, state, government | (republic) |
rēs reī (F) | thing; matter; affair; circumstance | (reify) |
Rhēnus Rhēnī (M) | Rhine [a river between Gaul and Germania to the Atlantic sea] | (Rhine) |
Rhodanus -ī (M) | Rhone [a river flowing through Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean] | () |
rīpa -ae (F) | bank (of a river), shore | (riparian) |
ruō -ere, ruī, -itum | to rush, hurry; to fall down; to plow | (ruin, ruinous) |