Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Verbs and Related Words: Mental and Sensory Operations

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Mental and Sensory Operations
English Latin
ear auris
understand, know intelligo (or intellego), -lexi, -lectus
fool, deceive, escape notice, be mistaken fallo, fefelli, falsus
accustomed to assuetus
look at specto, -avi -atus
read, select lego, legil lectus
be used to, accustomed to consuesco, -suevi, -suetus
look down on, despise despicio
envy (noun) invidia
stop, cease desino
collect colligo
see video, vidi, visus
teach doceo, docui, doctus
look back, reflect respicio
feel, perceive, think sentio, sensi, sensus
write scribo, scripsi, scriptus
learn disco, didici
look up to, look upwards, suspect suspicio
perceive, recognize, acknowledge agnosco
look at aspicio, aspexi, aspectum
establish, determine appoint constituo, -ui, -utus
become acuainted with, recognize, know nosco, novi, notus
safe tutus
become acquainted with, know cognosco
doubt, hesitate dubito, -avi, -atus
cogitation, reflection cogitatio, cogitation-
be unwilling, not wish nolo, nolle, nolui
training, discipline disciplina
false falsus
deceitful, false fallax fallac-
accused person, defendant in a trial reus
flying, a bird volucer, volucr-
not know, be ignorant of nescio
opinion, thought, sentence sententia
permit, allow, situate sino, sivi, situs
consider, reflect, think cogito, -avi, -atus
think, suppose, reckon puto, -avi, -atus
hear audio, audivi, auditus
settle, resolve, aim, make fast destino, -avi, -atus
pleasure voluptas, voluptat-
distinguish, decide cerno, crevi, cretus
air, breeze aura
know scio, scivi (or scii), scitus
catch sight of perceive conspicio
elect, select eligo
think, judge arbitror, arbitratus (dep)
believe, think credo, credidi, creditus
look at, look after, guard tueor, tutus
fly volo, -avi, -atus
gold aurum
not know, be ignorant of ignoro, -avi, -atus
be accustomed to soleo, solitus
decide, decree, resolve decerno
wish, consent voluntas voluntat-
think, judge, decide existimo, -avi, -atus
doubtful, dubious, hesitant dubius
decide, think, stand, set up statuo, statui statutus
wish, be willing volo, velle, volui
wait for, expect exspecto
give an opinion, think, vote censeo, censui, census
gaze at intueor, intuitus
sense, feeling sensus
establish, arrange, decide, introduce instituo
think, suppose, judge reor, ratus (dep)
custom consuetudo, consuetudin-
watch, be awake vigilo, -avi, -atus
look at, come to see, call upon viso, visi, visus
prefer malo, malle, malui
envy (verb) invideo



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