Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Nouns and Related Words: Abstractions and Unclassified

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



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