Wiley's Real Latin

by Robert Maltby

Apronius (a tax-collector, associate of Verres) – Aprōnius, -iī (m.)

  Arar (river) n. – Arar, -āris (m.)

  argument n. – argūmentum, -ī (n.)

  Ariovistus n. – Ariōvistus, -i (m.)

  arise vi. – coorior, coorīrī, coortus sum

  arms (weapons) n. pl. – arma, -ōrum (n. pl.)

  army n. – exercitus, -ūs (m.)

  arouse vt. – adferro, -ferre, attūlī, allātum

  arrange vt. – agō, -ere, ēgī, actum

  arrival n. – adventus, -ūs (m.)

  art n. – ars, artis (f.)

  as adv. – ut

  as soon as adv. – ut primum

  ashamed (to be) vi. – pudet, -ēre, puduit (impersonal)

  ask vt. – quaerō, -ere, quaesīvī (and -iī), quaesītum; petō, petere, petīvī (and -iī), petītum; ask for – rogō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum; ask back – repetō, repetere, repetīvī (and -iī), repetītum

  assembly n. – cōntio, -ōnis (f.)

  assistance n. – auxilium, -iī (n.)

  at all adv. – omnīnō

  at last adv. – tandem

  at this point adv. – hīc

  attack vt. – oppugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum; aggredior, aggredī, aggressus sum; impetum faciō, -ere, fēcī, factum

  Atuatuci (Gallic tribe) n. pl. – Atuatucī, -ōrum (m. pl.)

  authority n. – dignitās, -ātis (f.); auctoritās, -ātis (f.)

  avoid vt. – vītō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  await vt. – exspectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  away (be) vi. – absum, abesse, āfuī

  baggage n. – impedimenta, -ōrum (n. pl.); sarcinae, -ārum (f. pl.)

  barber's shop n. – tonstrīna, -ae (f.)

  baseness n. – nequitia, -ae (f.)

  battle n. – proelium, -iī (n.); pugna, -ae (f.)

  be vi. – sum, esse, fuī

  be accustomed vt. – soleō, -ēre, solitus sum (usually + infinitive)

  because conj. – quod

  before adv. – antea; ante; conj. antequam; priusquam; a. = preceding – superior, -ōris

  begin vt. – incipio, -ere, incēpi, inceptum; began – coepī (perfect)

  beginning n. – initium, -iī (n.)

  behind (their backs) adv. – post tergum

  believe (in) vt. – crēdō, -ere, crēdidī, crēditum (+ dat.)

  belittle vt. – contemnō, -ere, contempsī, contemptum

  beneficial a. – ūtilis, -e

  betray vt. – prōdō, -ere, prōdidī, prōditum

  between pr. – inter (+ acc.)

  blood n. – sanguis, -guinis (m.)

  boat n. – scapha, -ae (f.)

  boldly adv. – fortiter; audācter

  born a. – nātus, -a, -um

  boy n. – puer, -ī (m.)

  bravely adv. – fortiter

  break (camp) vt. – moveo, -ēre, mōvī, mōtum

  break (down) vt. – frangō, -ere, frēgī, fractum

  brevity n. – brevitās, -ātis (f.)

  bridge n. – pons, pontis (m.)

  bring vt. – ferō, ferre, tūlī, lātum

  bring (back) vt. – adportō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  bring (forward) vt. – prōferō, -ferre, prōtūlī, prōlātum

  brother n. – frāter, frātris (m.)

  build vt. – use faciō, -ere, fēci, factum

  but conj. – sed

  but also adv. – sed etiam

  by (agent) pr. – ā/ab (+ abl.); by all means adv. – sāne

  Caesar n. – Caesar, -aris (m.)

  camp n. – castra, -ōrum (n. pl.)

  can (am able) vi. – possum, posse, potuī

  captive n. – captīvus, -ī (m.)

  capture vt. – capiō, -ere, cēpī, captum

  carefully adv. – diligenter

  cart n. – plaustrum, -ī (n.)

  case n. (legal) – causa, -ae (f.)

  cash n. – nummī, -ōrum (m. pl.)

  catch sight of vt. – conspicio, -ere, conspexī, conspectum; conspicor, conspicārī, conspicātus sum

  Catiline n. – Catilīna, -ae (m.)

  Catullus n. – Catullus, -ī (m.)

  cavalry n. – equitātus, -ūs (m.); cavalry man; horseman – eques, equitis (m.)

  certainly adv. – certe; quidem

  changing a. – use incertus, -a, -um

  charge (accusation) n. – crīmen, -inis (n.); offensio, -ōnis (f.)

  cheat n. – fraudātor, -ōris (m.)

  children n. – līberī, -ōrum (m. pl.)

  choose vt. – dēligō, -ere, -lēgī, -lectum

  citizen n. – cīvis, cīvis (m.); Roman citizens – Quirites, -um (m. pl.)

  city n. – urbs, urbis (f.); (= state) cīvitās, -ātis (f.)

  clear a. – clārus, -a, -um; make clear – see make clear

  close vt. – claudio, -ere, clausi, clausum

  clothes n. – vestis, -is (f. sg.)

  cohort n. – cohors, cohortis (f.)

  come vi. – venio, -īre vēnī, ventum

  commander n. – imperātor, -ōris (m.)

  complete vt. – conficio, -ere, confēci, confectum

  concerning pr. – dē (+ abl.)

  condemn vt. – damnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  conference n. – colloquium, -iī (n.)

  confess vt. – confiteor, -ērī, confessus sum

  confirm vt. – confirmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  Conscript Fathers (= senators) n. pl. – Patres Conscripti

  consider vt. – perspiciō, -ere, perspexī, perspectum

  consider the interests of vt. – consulō, -ere, consuluī, consultum (+ dat.)

  consul n. – consul, -is (m.)

  contend with vt. – conflīgō, -ere, conflīxī, conflīctum

  corn n. – frūmentum, -ī (n.)

  corrupt vt. – corrumpō, -ere, corrūpī, corruptum

  countless a. – innumerabilis, -is

  country a. – rusticus, -a, -um

  courage n. – virtūs, virtūtis (f.)

  course n. – cursus, -ūs (m.)

  crime n. – facinus, -ōris (n.); crimen, -inis (n.); scelus, sceleris (n.)

  crisis n. – discrīmen, -inis (n.); or use tempus, -oris (n.)

  crops n. – frumenta, -ōrum (n.)

  cross vt. – transeo, -īre, transīvī (or -iī), transitum

  crowd n. – multitūdō, -inis (f.)

  cruelty n. – crūdēlitās, -ātis (f.)

  Curio n. – Cūrio, -ōnis (m.)

  daily adv. – cottīdiē

  dare vi. – audeō, -ēre, ausus sum

  daring a. – audāx, -ācis

  daughter n. – fīlia, -ae (f.)

  dawn (at) – prīmā lūce

  day n. – diēs, diēī (m.)

  day by day adv. – in dies singulos

  death n. – mors, mortis (f.)

  decide vt. – statuō, -ere, statuī, statūtum

  deed n. – facinus, -oris (n.)

  defaulter n. – infitiātor, -ōris (m.)

  defeat vt. – vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum

  defend vt. – dēfendō, -ere, dēfensī, dēfensum

  defense n. – dēfēnsio, -ōnis (f.)

  defenseless – see leave defenseless

  defy vt. – contemnō, -ere, contempsī, contemptum

  demand vt. – postulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  demonstrate vt. – dēmōnstrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  deny vt. – negō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  depart vi. – discēdo, -ere, discessī, discessum

  departure n. – dīgressus, -ūs (m.)

  depravity n. – turpitūdō, -inis (f.)

  desert vt. – dēserō, -ere, dēseruī, dēsertum

  despise vt. – dēspiciō, -ere, dēspexī, dēspectum

  deter vt. – dēterreō, -ēre, dēterruī, dēterritum

  die vi. – morior, morī, mortuus sum

  difficult a. – difficilis, -e

  diligence n. – dīligentia, -ae (f.) />
  direct vt. – mandō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  directions (in all) adv. – passim

  disregard vt. – neglegō, -ere, neglexī, neglectum

  dissolute a. – dissolūtus, -a, -um

  ditch n. – fossa, -ae (f.)

  division n. – pars, partis (f.)

  do vt. – agō, agere, ēgī, actum; faciō, facere, fēcī, factum; gerō, -ere, gessī, gestum

  Domitius n. – Domitius, -iī (m.)

  do not – use nōlī, nōlīte (+ inf.)

  door n. – forēs, forum (f., usually in plural)

  double a. – duplex, -icis

  doubt vt. – dubitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  down from pr. – dē (+ abl.)

  drive out vt. – ēiciō, -ere, ēiēcī, ēiectum

  eager, to be vi. – cupiō, -ere, cupīvī (or -iī), cupītum

  eagerly adv. – ācriter

  eagerness n. – alacritās, -ātis (f.)

  easily adv. – facile

  easy a. – facilis, -e

  East (the) n. – Oriens, -entis (m.)

  encourage vt. – cōnfirmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  end n. – fīnis, -is (m.); exitus, -ūs (m.)

  end vt. – use passive of facio, -ere, fēcī, factum

  endeavor n. – cōnātus, -ūs (m.)

  enemy n. – hostis, -is (m.)

  engaged (be engaged in) vi. – versor, -ārī, versātus sum

  enjoy vt. – fruor, fruī, frūctus sum (+ abl.)

  enthusiasm n. – studium, -iī (n.)

  entire a. – tōtus, -a, -um

  envoy n. – use ambassador; legate

  escape vt. – effugiō, -ere, effūgī

  establish vt. – constituō, -ere, constituī, constitūtum

  even adv. – etiam

  event n. – use rēs, reī (f.) or cāsus, -ūs (m.)

  everything n. – use n. pl. of all

  evidence n. – argumentum, -ī (n.)

  example n. – exemplum, -ī (n.)

  excellent a. – use optimus, -a, -um

  exercise forethought vi. – prōvideō, -ēre, prōvīsī, prōvīsum; exercise (moderation) – use moderation

  exile n. – exsilium, -iī (n.)

  expert a. – expertus, -a, -um

  explain vt. – expōnō, -ere, exposuī, expositum; explicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum; exprōmō, -ere, exprompsī, expromptum

  extravagance n. – luxuriēs, -ēī (f.)

  eye n. – oculus, -ī (m.)

  fail vt. – dēficio, -ere, dēfēcī, dēfectum

  fall vi. – concidō, -ere, concidī

  false a. – falsus, -a, -um

  family n. – famīlia, -ae (f.)

  far adv. – longe

  fear n. – timor, -ōris (m.)

  fear vt. – timeō, -ēre, timuī; pertimēscō, -ēscere, pertimuī; vereor, -ēri, veritus sum

  fearless a. – impavidus, -a, -um

  feel vt. – sentiō, -īre, sēnsī, sēnsum

  feeling n. – sensus, -ūs (m.); feelings – use animus, -ī (m.)

  few a. – paucī, -ae, -a (pl.)

  field n. – ager, agrī (m.)

  fiercely adv. – ācriter

  fight vt. – pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  find vt. – inveniō, -īre, invēni, inventum

  find fault with vt. – accūsō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  first a. – prīmus, -a, -um

  flank (of an army) n. – cornū, -ūs (n.)

  flee vi. – fugiō, ‑ere, fūgī, fugitum; profugiō, ‑ere, profūgī

  fleet n. – classis, -is (f.); or use nāvēs, -ium (f. pl.) (ships)

  flight n. – fuga, -ae (f.)

  follow vt. – (con)sequor, -sequī (con)secūtus sum

  for conj. – nam

  for (on behalf of) pr. – pro (+ abl.)

  for a long time adv. – iam dūdum

  force n. – vīs (acc. vim, abl. vī; pl. vīrēs, vīrium) (f.)

  forces n. pl. – cōpiae, -arum (f. pl.)

  forever adv. – in perpetuum

  forget vt. – oblīvīscor, oblīvīscī, oblītus sum

  forgive vt. – ignōscō, -ere, ignōvī, ignōtum (+ dat.)

  former a. – prīstinus, -a, -um; prior, -ōris

  fortify vt. – mūniō, -īre, mūnīvī (or -iī), mūnītum

  forum n. – forum, -ī n.

  four num. – quattuor

  fourth a. – quartus, -a, -um

  free a. – līber, -era, -erum

  free from a. – expers, expertis

  friend n. – amīcus, -ī (m.); amīca, -ae (f.); (= relative) necessārius, -iī (m.)

  frighten off vt. – dēterreo, -ēre, dēterruī, dēterritum

  from pr. – ab (a); ex (e) (+ abl.)

  frugality n. – frūgālitās, -ātis (f.)

  full a. – plēnus, -a, -um (+ gen. “full of”)

  function n. – officium, -iī (n.)

  future (for the) adv. – in posterum

  gate n. – porta, -ae (f.)

  Gaul n. – Gallus, -ī (m.)

  general n. – imperātor, -ōris (m.); belonging to a general a. – imperātōrius, -a, -um

  German n. – Germānus, -ī (m.)

  get up vi. – consurgō, -ere, consurrēxī, consurrēctum

  girl n. – puella, -ae (f.)

  give vt. – dō, dare, dedī, datum

  give up vt. – reddō, -ere, reddidī, redditum

  go vi. – eo, īre, īvī (or iī), itum

  go on board vi. – conscendō, -ere, conscendī, conscensum (+ in + acc.)

  god n. – deus, -ī (m.); by the gods – per deōs

  gold n. – aurum, -ī (n.)

  good a. – bonus, -a, -um

  grateful (be) vi. – gratiam habeō, -ēre, habuī, habitum

  great a. – magnus, -a, -um; so (such) great – tantus, -a, -um; how great; what great – quantus, -a, -um; greatest – maximus, -a, -um, summus, -a, -um; a great many – plurimus, -a, -um; greater – māior, -ōris

  great number – use multitūdō, -inis (f.)

  greed n. – cupiditās, -ātis (f.)

  grounds n. pl. – locus, -ī (m. sg.)

  guard n. – praesidium, -iī (n.)

  halt vi. – constō, -āre, constitī, constātum

  hand over (surrender) vt. – dēdō, -ere, dēdidī, dēditum

  happen vi. – accidō, -ere, accidī; fīō, fierī, factus sum

  harass vt. – vexō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  hard a. – labōriōsus, -a, -um

  harsh a. – acerbus, -a, -um

  have vt. – habeō, -ēre, habuī, habitum

  have built, have made, etc. – use cūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum + gerundive

  he, she, it pro. – is, ea, id

  hear vt. – see listen

  heart n. – cor, cordis (n.); = mind – animus, -ī (m.)

  help n. – auxilium, -iī (n.)

  help vt. – iuvō, -āre, iūvī, iūtum; adiuvō, -āre, adiūvī, adiūtum

  Helvetii (Gallic tribe) n. – Helvetiī, -ōrum (m. pl.)

  Hercules (by) interj. – mehercule

  hesitate vi. – dubitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  higher comp. a. – superior, -ōris

  himself (herself, itself) pro. – ipse, ipsa, ipsum; reflexive pro. se

  hold vt. – teneō, -ēre, -uī; hold (the senate) vt. – use habeō, see have

  homeland (fatherland) n. – patria, -ae (f.)

  honesty n. – fidēs, -ēī (f.)

  honor n. – dignitās, -ātis (f.)

  honorable (eminent) a. – amplus, -a, -um

  hope n. – spēs, speī (f.)

  hope (for) vt. – spērō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  horse n. – equus, -ī (m.)

  horseman – see cavalry man

  house n. – domus, -ūs and -ī (f.)

  how I wish – use utinam adv.

  however adv. – tamen

  humanity n. – hūmānitās, -ātis (f.)

  hurl vt. – see throwr />
  hurry vi. – contendō, -ere, contendī, contentum

  I (me) pro. – ego, meī

  idleness n. – inertia, -ae f.

  if conj. – sī; if not conj. – nīsī

  immortal a. – immortālis, -a, -um

  impudence n. – impudentia, -ae (f.)

  impunity (with) adv. – impūne

  in (inside) pr. – in (+ abl.)

  in fear – use afraid

  in general, mostly, usually adv. – plērumque

  in secret adv. – occultē

  in the presence of pr. – apud (+ acc.)

  indicate vt. – ostendō, -ere, ostendī, ostentum

  induce vt. – addūcō, -ere, addūxī, adductum

  infantry (foot soldier) n. – pedes, peditis (m.)

  influence (have) (be influential) vi. – use possum, posse, potuī

  injustice n. – iniūria, -ae (f.)

  innocent a. – innocens, -entis

  insolence n. – insolentia, -ae (f.)

  instill vt. – inicio, -ere, iniēcī, iniectum

  into pr. – in (+ acc.)

  invent vt. – inveniō, -īre, invēnī, inventum

  investigate vt. – investigō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  involve vt. – complector, complectī, complexus sum

  Italy n. – Ītalia, -ae (f.)

  javelin n. – tēlum, -ī (n.); pīlum, -ī (n.)

  join (battle) vt. – (proelium) committō, -ere, commīsī, comissum

  journey n. – iter, itineris (n.); cursus, -ūs (m.)

  judge n. – iūdex, -icis (m.)

  judgment (form a) vt. – existimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  keep silent – see silent

  kill vt. – interficio, -ere, interfēcī, interfectum

  know vt. – sciō, -īre, scīvī, scītum

  knowledge of (have no) – see unaware of (be)

  lack n. – inopia, -ae (f.)

  land n. – ager, agrī (m.)

  large a. – magnus, -a, -um

  large number n. – multitūdō, -inis (f.)

  last (previous) a. – proximus, -a, -um

  lasting a. – perpetuus, -a, -um

  law n. – lēx lēgis (f.)

  lead vt. – dūcō, -ere, dūxī, ductum

  lead across vt. – trādūcō, -ere, trādūxī, trāductum

  lead back vt. – redūcō, -ere, redūxī, reductum

  leader n. – dux, ducis (m.)

  learn vt. – discō, -ere, didicī

  learn (of) vt. – cognōscō, -ere, cognōvī, cognitum

  learned a. – doctus, -a, -um

  least (of all) adv. – minimē

  leave vi. – discēdō, -ere, discessī, discessum; excēdō, -ere, excessī, excessum

  leave vt. – relinquō, -ere, relīquī, relictum

  leave defenseless vt. – nūdō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

  leave out (omit) vt. – praetermitto, -ere, praetermīsī, praetermissum