If you're trying to learn Latin Vocabulary you will find some useful resources including a course about vocabulary and expressions... to help you with your Latin grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Latin. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Latin Vocabulary is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Latin language. But first we need to know what the role of Vocabulary is in the structure of the grammar in Latin.
Latin vocabulary is the set of words you should be familiar with. A vocabulary usually grows and evolves with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. Here are some examples:
English Vocabulary | Latin Vocabulary |
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Vocabulary | verborum index |
Countries | nationes |
Australia | Australia |
Cambodia | Cambodia |
Canada | Canalis |
China | Sina |
Egypt | Aegiptus |
England | Britannia |
France | Gallia |
Germany | Germania |
Greece | Graecia |
India | India |
Indonesia | Indonesia |
Italy | Italia |
Japan | Iaponia |
Mexico | Mexico |
Morocco | Mauritania |
Peru | Peruvia |
Spain | Hispania |
Thailand | * |
USA | America |
Languages | Linguae |
Arabic | Arabicus |
Chinese | Sinensis |
English | Britannicus |
French | Gallicus |
German | Germanicus |
Greek | Graecus |
Hebrew | Iudaeus |
Hindi | Indicae Linguae |
Italian | Italicus |
Japanese | Iaponicus |
Korean | * |
Latin | Latinus |
Russian | Sarmanticus |
Spanish | Hispanus |
Urdu | * |
Days | Dies |
Monday | Lunae Dies |
Tuesday | Martis Dies |
Wednesday | Mercuri Dies |
Thursday | Iovis Dies |
Friday | Veneris Dies |
Saturday | Saturni Dies |
Sunday | Soli Dies |
time | Tempus |
hour | hora |
minute | momentum temporis |
second | punctum temporis |
Below is a list of the vocabulary and expressions in Latin placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Latin vocabulary.
English Vocabulary | Latin Vocabulary |
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different objects | diversae res |
art | Ars |
bank | argentaria |
beach | litus |
book | liber |
by bicycle | birota |
by bus | raeda |
by car | vehiculo |
by train | agmene |
cafe | coffea |
country | Natio |
desert | solitudo |
dictionary | verborum index |
earth | terra |
flowers | flores |
football | ludus harpasto |
forest | silva |
game | ludus |
garden | hortus |
geography | geographia |
history | historia |
house | domus |
island | Insula |
lake | lacus |
library | bibliotheca |
math | mathematica |
moon | luna |
mountain | mons |
movies | * |
music | musica |
ocean | oceanus |
office | munus |
on foot | pedibus |
player | ludens |
river | flumen |
science | scientia |
sea | mare |
sky | caelum |
soccer | ludus harpasto |
stars | astra |
supermarket | nundinae |
swimming pool | piscina |
theater | theatrum |
tree | arbor |
weather | tempestas |
bad weather | nocens tempestas |
cloudy | nubilus |
cold | frigidus |
cool | frigidus |
foggy | nebulosus |
hot | calidus |
nice weather | liquida tempestas |
pouring | fluens |
rain | pluvia |
raining | pluvia |
snow | nix |
snowing | nix |
ice | glacies |
sunny | soli expositus |
windy | ventosus |
spring | ver |
summer | estas |
autumn | autumnus |
winter | hiems |
people | populus |
aunt | amita / matertera |
baby | infans |
brother | frater |
cousin | consobrinus |
daughter | filia |
dentist | medicus dentium |
doctor | medicus |
father | pater |
grandfather | avus |
grandmother | avia |
husband | maritus |
mother | mater |
nephew | filius fratis |
niece | filia fratis |
nurse | aegri minister |
policeman | publicus minister |
postman | tabellarius |
professor | magister |
son | filius |
teacher | magister |
uncle | patruus / avunculus |
wife | uxor |
Vocabulary and expressions have a very important role in Latin. Once you're done with Latin Vocabulary, you might want to check the rest of our Latin lessons here: Learn Latin. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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