Audio-visual dictionary

Below are all the words used on the Maximum Classics course (Units 1-16). Click on the πŸ—£ icon by the Latin word to hear it spoken (sound file opens in new browser window). You can also download the dictionary as a PowerPoint file (good for printing and board work).

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πŸ—£ ad

to

πŸ—£ aequus

equal, fair

πŸ—£ amare

to love

πŸ—£ ambulare

to walk

πŸ—£ amicus

friend

πŸ—£ aqua

water

πŸ—£ ascendere

to climb

πŸ—£ audire

to hear

πŸ—£ animus

mind, soul

πŸ—£ bene

well

πŸ—£ bonus

good

πŸ—£ campus

field

πŸ—£ canis

dog

πŸ—£ cantare

to sing

πŸ—£ capere

to seize

πŸ—£ cautus

cautious

πŸ—£ celare

to hide

πŸ—£ celeriter

quickly

πŸ—£ centum

hundred

πŸ—£ circum

around

πŸ—£ clamare

to shout

πŸ—£ clarus

famous

πŸ—£ construere

to build

πŸ—£ consumere

to consume

πŸ—£ curare

to look after

πŸ—£ currere

to run

πŸ—£ dare

to give

πŸ—£ dea

goddess

πŸ—£ decem

ten

πŸ—£ delere

to destroy

πŸ—£ descendere

to go down

πŸ—£ deus

god

πŸ—£ dicere

to say

πŸ—£ doctus

clever

πŸ—£ dormire

to sleep

πŸ—£ ducere

to lead

πŸ—£ duo

two

πŸ—£ dux

leader

πŸ—£ digitus

finger

πŸ—£ e/ex

out, out of

πŸ—£ equus

horse

πŸ—£ esse

to be

πŸ—£ et

and

πŸ—£ fabula

story

πŸ—£ facere

to make, do

πŸ—£ facile

easily

πŸ—£ familia

family

πŸ—£ feles

cat

πŸ—£ femina

woman

πŸ—£ finire

to finish

πŸ—£ flos

flower

πŸ—£ fortiter

bravely

πŸ—£ fortuna

luck

πŸ—£ frater

brother

πŸ—£ frigidus

cold

πŸ—£ gladius

sword

πŸ—£ gratus

grateful

πŸ—£ habere

to have

πŸ—£ habitare

to live, dwell

πŸ—£ hortus

garden

πŸ—£ ignis

fire

πŸ—£ in

in, into

πŸ—£ infans

child, baby

πŸ—£ invenire

to find

πŸ—£ insula

island

πŸ—£ irate

angrily

πŸ—£ iratus

angry

πŸ—£ ita vero

yes

πŸ—£ itaque

therefore, so

πŸ—£ iuvenis

young man

πŸ—£ laborare

to work

πŸ—£ lacrimare

to cry

πŸ—£ laete

happily

πŸ—£ legere

to read

πŸ—£ lingua

tongue, language

πŸ—£ locus

place

πŸ—£ luna

moon

πŸ—£ maga

witch

πŸ—£ magnus

big

πŸ—£ magus

wizard

πŸ—£ male

badly

πŸ—£ malus

bad

πŸ—£ manere

to stay

πŸ—£ mater

mother

πŸ—£ maximus

very big

πŸ—£ medicus

doctor

πŸ—£ miles

soldier

πŸ—£ mille

thousand

πŸ—£ minime

no

πŸ—£ mirus

amazing

πŸ—£ monstrare

to show

πŸ—£ mons

mountain

πŸ—£ mortuus

dead

πŸ—£ multus

much, many

πŸ—£ mutare

to change

πŸ—£ narrare

to tell

πŸ—£ navigare

to sail

πŸ—£ navis

boat

πŸ—£ nemo

noone

πŸ—£ nescire

to not know

πŸ—£ nihil

nothing

πŸ—£ non

not

πŸ—£ novem

nine

πŸ—£ novus

new

πŸ—£ nox

night

πŸ—£ numerare

to count

πŸ—£ numquam

never

πŸ—£ octo

eight

πŸ—£ optime

very well

πŸ—£ optimus

best, excellent

πŸ—£ panis

bread

πŸ—£ paratus

ready

πŸ—£ pastor

shepherd

πŸ—£ pater

father

πŸ—£ pax

peace

πŸ—£ per

through

πŸ—£ ponere

to put

πŸ—£ populus

people

πŸ—£ porcus

pig

πŸ—£ portare

to carry

πŸ—£ posse

to be able

πŸ—£ post

after

πŸ—£ primus

first

πŸ—£ probus

honest

πŸ—£ pugnare

to fight

πŸ—£ quae

who (f)

πŸ—£ quaerere

to look for

πŸ—£ quando

when

πŸ—£ quattuor

four

πŸ—£ qui

who

πŸ—£ quid

what

πŸ—£ quietus

quiet

πŸ—£ quinque

five

πŸ—£ quis

who

πŸ—£ quod

because

πŸ—£ quomodo

how

πŸ—£ regere

to rule

πŸ—£ regina

queen

πŸ—£ respondere

to reply

πŸ—£ rex

king

πŸ—£ ridere

to laugh

πŸ—£ rogare

to ask

πŸ—£ rota

wheel

πŸ—£ salutare

to greet

πŸ—£ salvus

safe

πŸ—£ scire

to know

πŸ—£ scribere

to write

πŸ—£ secundus

second

πŸ—£ sed

but

πŸ—£ sedere

to sit

πŸ—£ senex

old man

πŸ—£ sentire

to feel

πŸ—£ septem

seven

πŸ—£ sex

six

πŸ—£ silva

forest

πŸ—£ sol

sun

πŸ—£ solus

alone

πŸ—£ sonus

sound

πŸ—£ sordidus

dirty

πŸ—£ soror

sister

πŸ—£ spectare

to watch

πŸ—£ sperare

to hope

πŸ—£ stare

to stand

πŸ—£ stella

star

πŸ—£ sub

under

πŸ—£ super

above

πŸ—£ surgere

to rise, get up

πŸ—£ taberna

shop

πŸ—£ tacere

to be quiet

πŸ—£ terra

land, ground

πŸ—£ tertius

third

πŸ—£ totus

whole, all

πŸ—£ trans

across

πŸ—£ tres

three

πŸ—£ ubi

where

πŸ—£ umbra

ghost, shadow

πŸ—£ unda

wave

πŸ—£ unus

one

πŸ—£ vacca

cow

πŸ—£ validus

strong

πŸ—£ velle

to want

πŸ—£ ventus

wind

πŸ—£ verus

true

πŸ—£ vetare

to forbid

πŸ—£ vexare

to annoy

πŸ—£ via

street, road

πŸ—£ victoria

victory

πŸ—£ victus

defeated

πŸ—£ videre

to see

πŸ—£ visitare

to visit

πŸ—£ vita

life

πŸ—£ vivus

alive