Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Nouns and Related Words: Work and Play

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Work and Play
English Latin
rest quiet quies, quiet-
to fall labor, lapsus
merchandise wares merx, merc-
resources, power, help ops, op-
labor, work labor
business negotium
to rest, be quiet quiesco, quievi, quietus
work laboro, laboravi, laboratus
price pretium
leisure, rest otium
a work opus, oper-



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