Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Nouns and Related Words: Abstractions and Unclassified

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Abstractions and Unclassified
English Latin
turning point, crisis dividing line discrimen
no one nemo, nemin-
number numerus
force, violence, strength vis, vir-
life vita
weight pondus, ponder-
example exemplum
material materia
end, finish finis
nature natura
man vir
nothing nihil or nil
to number, count numero, -avi, -atus
mass, heap moles
supply, stores copia
condition condicio
odor odor
to place loco -avi, -atus
load, burden onero, -avi, -atus
to end, finish finio, -ivi, -itus
cause causa
wheel rota
color color
name nomino, -avi, -atus
burden onus, oner-
beginning initium
change, in turn vicis
part pars, part-
space spatium
thing, affair, matter res
order, class in society ordo, ordin-
in what way, how? quomodo
site situs
manner, way modus
name nomen, nomin-
place locus



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