Jenny's First Year Latin Vocab 1-8

insula

city block/large apartment building or tenement

tabernae

shops

officinae

offices

domus equestris

horseback house

agricola

farmer

femina

woman

patria

fatherland, native land

provincia

province

puella

girl

silva

woods, forest

terra

earth, land

via,

way, road, street

villa

farmhouse, villa

est

is, there is

sunt

are, there are

in

in, on

ostiarius

doorkeeper

nomenclator

receptionist

atrium

main reception room

alae

alcoves, or wings

compluvium

opening in center of roof

impluvium

pool under compluvium

tablinum

master's office

imagines

death masks

cubicula

bedrooms

triclinia

dining rooms

culina

kitchen

latrina

toilent

aedicula

small shrine

sacellum

chapel

fabula

story

familia

household

filia

daughter

poeta

poet

regina

queen

vita

life

amo

love

habito

live, dwell

laudo

praise

narro

tell, narrate

voco

call

cum

with

et

and, also, even

lectus

beds and couches

scamnum

footstool

fulcrum

head-rest/elbow-rest at end of lectus

mensae

exchangable top of dining table

sellae

seats

a, ab

from, away from

ad

to, towards

de

from, down from

e, ex

from out of

in (acc)

into, onto, against

in (abl)

in, on

sub (acc)

to under, up to, to the foot of

sub (abl)

under, at the foot of

dea

goddess

nauta

sailor

ambulo

walk

navigo

sail

occupo

seize

specto

loot at, watch

sum (esse)

be

non

not

quo

where to, to which place, to which

ubi

where at, where, when

unde

where from, from which place, from which

super

over, above

arcae

chests (storage)

armaria

cupboards

scrinia

cylindrical boxes for storing books

lychni, lucernae

lamps

abacus

lower shelf

ager

field, territory

amicus

friend

auxilium

help, aid

bellum

war

legatus

legate, envoy

nuntius

message, news; messenger

oppidum, oppidi

town

puer,

boy

verbum

word

vir

man; husband; hero

paro

prepare

porto

carry, bring

contra

on the contrary; on the other hand; in return, against

itaque

and so, therefore

thermopolia

fast-food" restaurants

taberna

open-fronted shop

focus

raised hearth

pistrina

bakery

fuga

flight, a running away, escape

periculum

danger

amicus

friendly

ferus

wild, savage

inimicus

unfriendly, hostile; enemy

magnus

great, large

malus

bad, evil, wicked

miser

poor, wretched, unhappy

multus

much; many

pauci

few, a few

pulcher

beautiful, fine

aedifico

build

sed

but

macellum

central market

garum/liquamen

famous Roman fish sauce

deus

god

filius

son

liberi

children

servus

slave

altus

high, deep

bonus

good

liber

free

longus

long

meus

my, mine

noster

our, ours

tuus

your, yours

vester

you, yours (pl)

bene

well

male

badly, ill

ientaculum

breakfast

prandium

lunch

cena

dinner

gustatio

appetizer course

mulsum

wine flavored with honey

fercula

main part of meal based around meat/fish/poultry

secunda mensa/ sudendae mensae

dessert course

annus

year

donum

gift

equus

horse

porta

gate

somnus

sleep

latus

wide, broad

supero

surpass, overcome, defeat

volo

fly

olim

once, at one time, at some time

post

afterward, behind

saepe

often

per

through; by

post

after, behind, i back of

-que

and

-ne

yes/no question

late longeque

wide and far (far and wide)

pro facto

for a fact

non iam

no longer

utero

womb

ligneum

wooden

caput aquearum

upland lake or river

castellum

reservoir

caelum

sky, heaven

campus

plain, meadow

fortuna

fortune

regnum

kingdom, kingship

convoco

call together, assemble

exspecto

wait for, await

ante

before, earlier, in front

cur

why?

iam

now already

interim

meanwhile, in the meantime

nunc

now, at this time

tum/ tunc

then, at that time

ante

before, in front of

trans

across

regia

palace

ara

altar