Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Verbs and Related Words: Verbs Which Express or Affect the Location of the Subject

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Verbs Which Express or Affect the Location of the Subject
English Latin
stick, cling to, stand still haereo, haesi, haesus
advance, enter incedo
come through, arrive pervenio
go out egredior, egressus
flee fugio, fugi, fugitus
ascend ascendo, ascendi, ascensus
river flumen, flumin-
come out, happen evenio
wave fluctus
following, second, favorable secundus
rise up, rise from exorior
enter intro, -avi, -atus
stand by, assist asto
approach accedo
lie iaceo iacui, iaciturus
penetrate, enter penetro, -avi, -atus
come venio, veni, ventus
run against, occur occurro
come together convenio
follow, pursue, punish persequor
fall casus
go away, go beyond, exceed excedo
flow fluo, fluxi, fluctus
hasten, hurry propero, -avi, -atus
go after, seek, ask peto, petivi, petitus
avoid, shun vito, -avi, -atus
rise, begin orior, ortus (dep)
lie upon, apply to incumbo, -cubui, -cubitus
seek again, repeat repeto
seize, occupy occupo, -avi, -atus
follow sequor, secutus (dep)
touch, concern, happen contingo, contigi, contactus
return redeo
follow, obtain consequor
stand before, show praesto
sit down, sink down resido, -sedi, -sessus
touch tango, tetigi, tactus
run curro, cucurri, cursus
go in, enter, begin ingredior, ingressus
come toward advenio
run together concurro
river fluvius
inside of, within intra
rise surgo, surrexi, surrectus
descend descendo
seat sedes
bed, lair cubile
labor labor
vice vitium
sit sedeo, sedi
flight fuga
go away abeo
exist, consist, continue, be certain consto
fall on, meet incido, incidi
go forward, proceed procedo
remain maneo, manui, mansurus
go under, approach, follow subeo
happen accido, accidi
stand sto, steti, status
throw iacio, ieci, iactus
come upon, find invenio
live in, inhabit habito, -avi, -atus
shallow, shoal, ford, bottom vadum
stand on, follow closely, press on insto
stand in the way of, block obsto
chariot currus
go out, leave exeo
go away, withdraw concedo
fall, be ruined, rush ruo, rui, rutus
go around circumeo
ruin, fall ruina
depart, die decedo
pass over, omit praetereo
appear appareo, apparui, apparitus
go, walk, hasten vado
perish pereo
go on, continue, proceed pergo, perrexi, perrectus
accompany, follow comitor, comitatus (dep)
go against, die obeo
course, race cursus
fall cado, cecidi, casus
go out, escape, result evado
go into, enter upon ineo
be hidden, escape notice lateo, latui
wandering, unsettled vagus
go toward, approach adeo
go, yield, give up cedo, cessi, cessus
fall, slip labor lapsus (dep)
go back, recede recedo
depart discedo
go eo, iturus
go through transeo
arrival adventus



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