Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Nouns and Related Words: Abstractions and Unclassified

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



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