Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Nouns and Related Words: Abstractions and Unclassified

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