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Nouns and Related Words: Body

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Body
English Latin
membrum vestigium footstep, trace
blood sanguis
forma limb, member
foot pes, ped-
heart cor, cord-
mouth os, or-
finger digitus
right hand dexter, dextr-
pace passus
toot dens, dent-
foot soldier pedes, pedit-
forehead frons, front-
foliage frons, frond-
formosus form, face, manner
species form, shape, figure
neck collum
neck cervix, cervic-
hand manus
arm bracchium
bone os, oss-
tongue lingua
chest pectus, pectror
a hair capillus
vestis condition or appearance of the body, dress
eye oculus
set free, set forth, explain expedio, expedivi, expeditus
hair coma
form, figure, face, manner facies
hair, looks crinis
face, expression, look vultus
left hand sinister, sinistr-
kiss osculum
lap, embrace gremium
habitus image, idea, ghost
left laevus
imago, imagin- appearance, idea, kind
hinder impedio impedivi, impeditus
cheek gena
palm (hand and tree) palma
head caput, capit-
miles milia passum
figura beautiful
back tergum
body corpus, corpor-
body corpus, corpor-



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