Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Verbs and Related Words: Mental and Sensory Operations

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Mental and Sensory Operations
English Latin
think, judge, decide existimo, -avi, -atus
gold aurum
wait for, expect exspecto
wish, consent voluntas voluntat-
safe tutus
doubtful, dubious, hesitant dubius
accused person, defendant in a trial reus
elect, select eligo
establish, determine appoint constituo, -ui, -utus
look up to, look upwards, suspect suspicio
look at aspicio, aspexi, aspectum
stop, cease desino
learn disco, didici
decide, decree, resolve decerno
perceive, recognize, acknowledge agnosco
think, suppose, judge reor, ratus (dep)
wish, be willing volo, velle, volui
establish, arrange, decide, introduce instituo
ear auris
look at, come to see, call upon viso, visi, visus
feel, perceive, think sentio, sensi, sensus
fool, deceive, escape notice, be mistaken fallo, fefelli, falsus
flying, a bird volucer, volucr-
believe, think credo, credidi, creditus
look down on, despise despicio
false falsus
understand, know intelligo (or intellego), -lexi, -lectus
collect colligo
write scribo, scripsi, scriptus
read, select lego, legil lectus
cogitation, reflection cogitatio, cogitation-
think, suppose, reckon puto, -avi, -atus
be used to, accustomed to consuesco, -suevi, -suetus
not know, be ignorant of nescio
consider, reflect, think cogito, -avi, -atus
think, judge arbitror, arbitratus (dep)
decide, think, stand, set up statuo, statui statutus
see video, vidi, visus
envy (verb) invideo
gaze at intueor, intuitus
fly volo, -avi, -atus
not know, be ignorant of ignoro, -avi, -atus
accustomed to assuetus
catch sight of perceive conspicio
deceitful, false fallax fallac-
air, breeze aura
become acquainted with, know cognosco
doubt, hesitate dubito, -avi, -atus
distinguish, decide cerno, crevi, cretus
hear audio, audivi, auditus
become acuainted with, recognize, know nosco, novi, notus
look at, look after, guard tueor, tutus
envy (noun) invidia
opinion, thought, sentence sententia
training, discipline disciplina
give an opinion, think, vote censeo, censui, census
custom consuetudo, consuetudin-
be accustomed to soleo, solitus
prefer malo, malle, malui
permit, allow, situate sino, sivi, situs
look at specto, -avi -atus
know scio, scivi (or scii), scitus
teach doceo, docui, doctus
settle, resolve, aim, make fast destino, -avi, -atus
be unwilling, not wish nolo, nolle, nolui
watch, be awake vigilo, -avi, -atus
pleasure voluptas, voluptat-
sense, feeling sensus
look back, reflect respicio



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