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labasco -ere, to totter; to give way.
labecula -ae, f. a little stain, slight disgrace.
labefacio -facere -feci -factum, pass. labefio -fieri -factus sum, to shake, loosen, impair.
labefacto -are, to shake violently, weaken, disturb.
labellum (1) -i, n. a little lip.
labellum (2) -i, n. a small washing-vessel.
labes -is, f. a stain, blemish; infamy, disgrace.
labia -ae, f. and labium -i, n. a lip.
Labienus -i, m., T., an officer of Julius Caesar, who went over to Pompey.
labiosus -a -um, with large lips.
labium -i, n. = labia; q.v.
labo -are, to totter, waver, be about to fall, begin to sink.
labor (1) labi lapsus, dep. to glide, slide, flow; to slip, fall down, fall away, decline; to make a mistake.
labor (2) (labos) -oris, m. (1) work, toil, effort, industry, capacity for work; feat, work, result of labor. (2) hardship, fatigue, distress; 'labores solis', eclipse of the sun.
laborifer -fera -ferum, bearing labor.
laboriosus -a -um: of things, toilsome, laborious; of persons, industrious, toiling. Adv. laboriose, laboriously, with toil.
laboro -are: intransit. to work, toil, strive; to be troubled or anxious, to care; to suffer, be distressed or afflicted; 'luna laborat', is eclipsed; transit. to work out, elaborate, prepare, form.
labos -oris, m. = labor; q.v.
labrum (1) -i, n. lip; edge, rim.
labrum (2) -i, n. basin, tub; a bathing-place.
labrusca -ae, f. the wild vine.
labruscum -i, n. the wild grape.
labyrinthus -i, m. a labyrinth.
lac lactis, n. milk; milky sap; milk-white color.
Lacaena -ae, f. adj. a female Spartan.
Lacedaemon -onis, f. the city Lacedaemon or Sparta; adj. Lacedeamonius -a -um, Lacedaemonian.
lacer -cera -cerum, torn, mangled; act., tearing to pieces.
laceratio -onis, f. tearing, mangling.
lacerna -ae, f. a mantle worn over the toga.
lacero -are, to tear to pieces, maim, mangle; to squander money; to slander, pull to pieces a character.
lacerta -ae, f. a lizard; also a sea-fish.
lacertosus -a -um, muscular, powerful.
lacertus (1) -i, m. the upper arm with its muscles; in gen., vigor.
lacertus (2) -i, m. = lacerta; q.v.
lacesso -ere -ivi and -ii -itum, to provoke, exasperate, excite, induce.
Lachesis -is, f. one of the three Parcae or Fates.
lacinia -ae, f. the flap of a garment.
Laco (Lacon) -onis, m. a Spartan, Lacedaemonian; adj. Laconicus -a -um and f. adj. Laconis -idis, Spartan.
lacrima (lacruma) -ae, f. a tear; exudation from certain plants; 'Heliadum', amber.
lacrimabilis -e, deplorable, woeful.
lacrimabundus -a -um, breaking into tears, weeping.
lacrimo (lacrumo) -are, to weep, shed tears; to exude, to drip.
lacrimosus -a -um, tearful, shedding tears; causing tears, mournful, piteous.
lacrimula -ae, f. a little tear.
lacruma, etc.; see lacrima, etc.
lactans -antis, giving milk.
lactatio -onis, f. enticement.
lactens -entis. (1) sucking milk; plur. as subst., sucklings, unweaned animals. (2) milky, juicy, full of sap.
lactesco -ere, to be changed into milk.
lacteus -a -um, milky, of milk; milk-white.
lacto -are, to allure, wheedle.
lactuca -ae, f. lettuce.
lacuna -ae, f. a cavity, hollow, dip; esp. a pool, pond. Transf., gap, deficiency, loss.
lacunar -aris, n. a panelled ceiling.
lacuno -are, to work in panels, to panel.
lacunosus -a -um, full of hollows or gaps.
lacus -us, m. a hollow; hence a lake, pool, trough, tank, tub.
laedo laedere laesi laesum, to strike, knock; hence to hurt, injure, damage; to offend, annoy; to violate, outrage.
laena -ae, f. cloak, wrap.
Laertes -ae, m. father of Ulysses.
laesio -onis, f. an oratorical attack.
laetabilis -e, joyful, glad.
laetatio -onis, f. rejoicing, joy.
laetifico -are, to fertilize; to cheer, gladden, delight.
laetificus -a -um, gladdening, joyous.
laetitia -ae, f. (1) fertility; hence richness, grace. (2) joy, delight.
laetor -ari, dep. to rejoice, be joyful.
laetus -a -um, fat, rich, fertile; glad, joyful, happy; of style, rich, copious, fluent. Adv. laete.
laevus -a -um, left; f. as subst. the left hand, the left; n. as subst. the left side. Transf., left-handed, foolish, silly; unlucky, unpropi- tious; but in augury, favorable. Adv. laeve, on the left hand; awk- wardly.
laganum -i, n. a cake.
lageos -ei, f. a Greek kind of vine.
lagoena -ae, f. a large earthen jar with handles.
lagois -idis, f. a bird, perhaps heathcock or grouse.
laguncula -ae, f. a little bottle.
Laius -i, m. father of Oedipus.
lama -ae, f. a bog, slough.
lambo lambere lambi, to lick; of rivers, to wash.
lamenta -orum, n. pl. wailing, weeping.
lamentabilis -e, lamentable, deplorable; expressing sorrow, mournful.
lamentatio -onis, f. weeping, wailing.
lamentor -ari, dep. to weep, wail, lament; transit. to bewail.
lamia -ae, f. a witch, vampire.
lamina, lammina, and lamna -ae, f. a plate or thin piece of metal, marble, etc.; knife-blade; coin; nutshell.
lampas -padis, f. a torch; hence brightness, esp. of the sun; also a meteor.
lana -ae, f. wool; also the down on leaves, fruit, etc..
lanatus -a -um, wool-bearing, wooly.
lancea -ae, f. a light spear or lance.
lancino -are, to tear to pieces; to squander.
laneus -a -um, of wool, woollen; soft as wool.
languefacio -facere, to make weak or faint.
langueo -ere, to be faint, weak, weary; to droop, flag; partic. languens -entis, faint, languid.
languesco languescere langui, to become faint, soft or listless.
languidulus -a -um, somewhat faint, limp.
languidus -a -um, faint, weak, limp; of wine, mild, mellow; adv. languide.
languor -oris, m. faintness, weariness, inactivity.
laniatus -us, m. mangling, tearing.
laniena -ae, f. a butcher's shop.
lanificus -a -um, working in wool.
laniger -gera -gerum, wool-bearing; woollen; m. as subst. a ram; f., a sheep.
lanio -are, to tear to pieces, mangle, lacerate.
lanista -ae, m. a trainer of gladiators; an instigator to violence, inciter.
lanitium -i, n. wool.
lanius -i, m. butcher.
lanterna -ae, f. lantern, lamp.
lanternarius -i, m. lantern-bearer.
lanugo -inis, f. down, of plants or on the cheeks.
Lanuvium -i, n. a town in Latium.
lanx lancis, f. a plate, platter; the scale of a balance.
Laocoon -ontis, m. a Trojan priest.
Laomedon -ontis, m. a king of Troy, father of Priam.
lapathum -i, n. and lapathus -i, f. sorrel.
lapicidinae -arum, f. stone quarries.
lapidatio -onis, f. throwing of stones.
lapidator -oris, m. thrower of stones.
lapideus -a -um, of stone.
lapido -are, to throw stones at; impers. lapidat, it rains stones.
lapidosus -a -um, full of stones, stony.
lapillus -i, m. a little stone, pebble; a precious stone, gem.
lapis -idis, m. a stone.
Lapithae -arum, m. pl. the Lapithae, a mountain race in Thessaly, famous for their fight with the Centaurs.
lappa -ae, f. a burr.
lapsio -onis, f. gliding; inclination, tendency.
lapso -are, to slip, stumble.
lapsus -us, m. gradual movement; gliding, sliding, fall; a fault, error.
laqueare -is, n., esp. plur., a panelled ceiling.
laqueatus -a -um, with a panelled ceiling.
laqueus -i, m. a noose, halter, snare, trap.
Lar Laris, m., usually plur. Lares, Roman tutelary deities, esp. household deities; meton., hearth, dwelling, home.
lardum (laridum) -i, n. bacon fat, lard.
Larentia -ae, f. or Acca Larentia, the wife of Faustulus, who brought up Romulus and Remus.
Lares; see Lar.
largificus -a -um, bountiful, liberal.
largifluus -a -um, flowing freely.
largior -iri, dep. to give abundantly, lavish, bestow, grant; to condone.
largitas -atis, f. liberality.
largitio -onis, f. free giving or spending, lavishing; granting, bestowing.
largitor -oris, m. a liberal giver or spender; a briber; a waster.
largus -a -um, of things, abundant, plentiful, numerous; with genit., rich in; of persons, liberal, bountiful. Adv. large, plentiful- ly, liberally; largiter, abundantly, much.
laridum; = lardum. q.v.
larva (larua) -ae, f. a ghost, specter; a mask.
lascivia -ae, f. playfulness, sportiveness; wantonness, licentiousness, insolence.
lascivio -ire, to sport, play; to wanton, run riot.
lascivus -a -um, playful, wanton, licentious, insolent. Adv. lascive.
laserpicium -i, n. a plant from which asafoetida was obtained.
lassitudo -inis, f. weariness, exhaustion.
lasso -are, to make weary, exhaust.
lassulus -a -um, rather tired.
lassus -a -um, weary, tired, exhausted.
latebra -ae, f. a hiding-place, retreat; a subterfuge, loophole.
latebrosus -a -um, full of hiding-places, secret; 'pumex', porous. Adv. latebrose, secretly.
lateo -ere, to lie hid, be concealed; to live in obscurity or safety; to be unknown. Hence partic. latens -entis, concealed, hidden; adv. latenter, secretly.
later -teris, m. a brick, tile.
lateramen -inis, n. pottery.
laterculus -i, m. a small brick or tile; a biscuit.
latericius -a -um, built of brick.
laterna; see lanterna.
latesco -ere, to hide oneself.
latex -ticis, m. fluid, liquid.
latibulum -i, n. a hiding-place.
laticlavius -a -um, having a broad purple stripe (as a distinction).
latifundium -i, n. a large landed estate.
Latinitas -atis, f. pure Latin style; Latin rights.
Latinus (1) -a -um; see Latium.
Latinus (2) -i, m. king of the Laurentians, host of Aeneas.
latio -onis, f. bringing; 'legis', proposing, bringing forward.
latito -are, to lie hid, be concealed.
latitudo -onis, f. breadth, extent; 'verborum', broad pronunciation, brogue.
Latium -i, n. a district of Italy, in which Rome was situated; adj. Latius and Latinus -a -um, Latin; adv. Latine, in Latin.
Lato -us, f. and Latona -ae, f. the mother of Apollo and Diana.
lator -oris, m. the proposer of a law.
latrator -oris, m. a barker.
latratus -us, m. barking.
latro (1) -are, to bark, bay; to rant, rumble, roar; transit, to bark at or for.
latro (2) -onis, m. a hired servant or mercenary soldier; a robber, bandit, brigand; a hunter; a piece on a draught-board.
latrocinium -i, n. mercenary service; highway robbery, brigandage, villainy, roguery; meton., a band of robbers.
latrocinor -ari, dep. to serve as a mercenary; to practice robbery.
latrunculus -i, m. a highwayman, bandit; a piece on a draught-board.
latus (1) -a -um, broad, wide, extensive; of style, diffuse, full, rich. Hence adv. late, broadly, widely, extensively; 'longe lateque', far and wide.
latus (2) -eris, n. the side, flank; of persons, in pl., the lungs; milit., 'in latere', on the flank.
latus (3) -a -um; partic. from fero; q.v.
latusculum -i, n. a little side.
laudabilis -e, praiseworthy, laudable; adv. laudabiliter.
laudatio -onis, f. praise, commendation; a testimonial, a funeral oration.
laudator -oris, m. a praiser; esp. one who delivers a testimonial or funeral oration.
laudatrix -icis, f. a female praiser.
laudo -are, to praise, extol, commend; to name, mention, cite, quote; partic. laudatus -a -um, praiseworthy, esteemed.
laureatus -a -um, crowned with laurel; 'litterae', bringing news of victory.
laureola -ae, f. a laurel branch, laurel crown; meton., a triumph, victory.
laureus -a -um, of laurel; f. as subst., laurea, laurel tree or crown.
lauricomus -a -um, covered with laurel trees.
laurifer -fera -ferum, crowned with laurel.
lauriger -gera -gerum, crowned with laurel.
laurus -i, f. the laurel or bay tree; meton., triumph, victory.
laus laudis, f. praise, fame, glory, commendation. Transf., a praiseworthy action or quality.
lautia -orum, n. pl. entertainment given to foreign ambassadors at Rome.
lautitia -ae, f. splendor, elegance, sumptuous living.
lautumiae (latomiae) -arum, f. pl. a stone-quarry.
lautus -a -um, partic. from lavo; q.v.
lavabrum -i, n. a bath.
lavatio -onis, f. washing, bathing; bathing apparatus.
Lavinia -ae, f. daughter of Latinus, wife of Aeneas.
lavo lavare or lavere lavi lautum or lotum or lavatum, to wash, bathe; to moisten, wet; to wash away. Hence partic. lautus -a -um, washed; hence fine, elegant, sumptuous, refined; adv. laute.
laxamentum -i, n. widening, extending; relaxing, mitigation, respite.
laxitas -atis, f. wideness, roominess.
laxo -are, to widen, loosen, extend, enlarge; to undo, slacken, relax, relieve; to release, set free.
laxus -a -um, wide, loose, spacious; of time, later, postponed; loose, lax, relaxed. Adv. laxe, widely, loosely, without restraint.
lea -ae, f. a lioness.
leaena -ae, f. a lioness.
Leander -dri, m. a youth who swam nightly across the Hellespont to visit Hero, till drowned in a storm.
lebes -etis, m. a bronze pan, cauldron, or basin.
lectica -ae, f. a litter; bier.
lecticarius -i, m. a litter-bearer.
lecticula -ae, f. a small litter or bier; a settee.
lectio -onis, f. a picking out, selection, reading, perusal; 'lectio senatus', a calling over of the names of the senators.
lectisternium -i, n. a feast offered to the gods.
lectito -are, to read often or eagerly.
lector -oris, m. a reader.
lectulus -i, m. a small bed, couch.
lectus (1) -a -um, partic. from lego; q.v.
lectus (2) -i, m. a bed, couch.
Leda -ae and Lede -es, f. mother of Castor and Pollux, Helen, and Clytem- nestra.
legatarius -i, m. a legatee.
legatio -onis, f. delegated authority; polit., the office of an ambassa- dor, an embassy, legation; milit., the post of subordinate commander; esp. the command of a legion.
legator -oris, m. testator.
legatum -i, n. and legatus -i, m. from lego; q.v.
legifer -fera -ferum, law-giver.
legio -onis, f. a choosing; a chosen body; esp. a legion, a division of the Roman army.
legionarius -a -um, belonging to a legion.
legitimus (legitumus) -a -um, lawful, legitimate; right, proper, appropri- ate. Adv. legitime, lawfully, properly.
legiuncula -ae, f. a small legion.
lego (1) -are, to ordain, appoint; of persons, to make a deputy, delegate authority to; of property, to bequeath, leave as a legacy.M. of partic. legatus -i, a deputy; polit., an ambassador, envoy, or the deputy of a magistrate; milit., a subordinate commander, esp. a commander of a legion. N. legatum -i, a legacy, bequest.
lego (2) legere legi lectum, to collect, gather, pick, pick up; 'fila', to wind up, spin; 'vela', to furl; of places, to pass through, traverse, coast along; with the eyes, to survey, scan, read, peruse; out of a number, to pick out, choose, select. Hence partic. lectus -a -um, chosen, selected; choice, excellent.
leguleius -i, m. a pettifogging lawyer.
legumen -inis, n. pulse; the bean.
Lemannus -i, m. the Lake of Geneva.
lembus -i, m. a boat, cutter, pinnace.
lemma -atis, n. theme, title; an epigram.
lemniscatus -a -um, ribboned.
lemniscus -i, m. a ribbon.
Lemnos (-us) -i, f. the island of Lemnos in the Aegean Sea; adj. Lemnius -a -um, Lemnian.
lemures -um, m. pl. ghosts, specters; Lemuria -orum, n. pl. a festival held in May to expel ghosts.
lena -ae, f. a procuress, bawd.
Lenaeus -a -um, Bacchic.
lenimen -inis, n. means of alleviation.
lenimentum -i, n. mitigation, alleviation.
lenio -ire, to make mild, mitigate, relieve.
lenis -e, smooth, mild, gentle; 'vinum', mellow; n. acc. as adv. lene, gently; adv. leniter, smoothly, gently, mildly.
lenitas -atis, f. gentleness, mildness, smoothness.
lenitudo -inis, f. gentleness, mildness, smoothness.
leno -onis, m. a procurer, go-between.
lenocinium -i, n. the trade of a procurer; enticement, allurement; of dress, finery; of style, 'purple patch'.
lenocinor -ari, dep. to work as a procurer; to make up to, to flatter; to advance, promote.
lens lentis, f. lentil.
lentesco -ere, to become soft, pliant, sticky; to weaken, slacken.
lentiscus -i, f. and lentiscum -i, n. the mastic-tree.
lentitudo -inis, f. slowness, sluggishness, apathy.
lento -are, to bend.
lentulus -a -um, somewhat slow.
Lentulus -i, m. the name of a family in the patrician gens Cornelia.
lentus -a -um, tough, resistant, inert; sticky, tenacious; supple, pliant; inactive, apathetic; slow, lingering; 'in dicendo', drawling. Adv. lente, slowly, calmly, coolly, deliberately.
lenunculus (1) -i, m. a little procurer.
lenunculus (2) -i, m. a small boat or skiff.
leo -onis, m. lion.
leoninus -a -um, of a lion, leonine.
Leontini -orum, m. a town on the east coast of Sicily.
lepas -adis, f. a limpet.
lepidus -a -um, pleasant, charming, elegant, witty; adv. lepide.
Lepidus -i, m. name of a family in the patrician gens Aemilia.
lepor and lepos -oris, m. pleasantness, charm, wit.
lepus -oris, m. hare.
lepusculus -i, m. a young hare.
Lesbos (-us) -i, f. an island in the Aegean Sea, birthplace of Alcaeus and Sappho.
letalis -e, deadly, mortal.
lethargicus -i, m. a drowsy, lethargic person.
lethargus -i, m. drowsiness, lethargy, coma.
Lethe -es, f. the river of forgetfulness in the underworld.
letifer -fera -ferum, deadly.
leto -are, to kill, slay.
letum -i, n. death; ruin, annihilation.
leucaspis -idis, f. having white shields.
levamen -inis, n. alleviation, mitigation, solace.
levamentum -i, n. alleviation, mitigation, solace.
levatio -onis, f. alleviation, mitigation; diminution.
leviculus -a -um, rather vain, light-headed.
levidensis -e, thin, slight, poor.
levis (1) -e, light; milit. light-armed; in movement, rapid, swift; in value, light, trifling, unimportant; in character, fickle, capri- cious, unstable. Adv. leviter, lightly, softly, slightly.
levis (2) -e, smooth, polished, slippery; beardless, bald.
levisomnus -a -um, lightly sleeping.
levitas (1) -atis, f. lightness; levity, fickleness, inconstancy; groundless- ness.
levitas (2) -atis, f. smoothness, polish.
levo (1) -are, to raise, lift up; to make light, relieve, ease; to diminish, weaken, impair.
levo (2) -are, to make smooth, polish.
levor -oris, m. smoothness.
lex legis, f. a set form of words, contract, covenant, agreement; 'leges pacis', conditions of peace; esp. a law, proposed by a magistrate as a bill, or passed and statutory; 'legem iubere', to accept or pass a bill; in gen., a precept, rule.
libamen -inis, n. a libation, offering to the gods; a sample, specimen.
libamentum -i, n. a libation, offering to the gods.
libatio -onis, f. a libation.
libella -ae, f. (1) a small coin, a tenth of a denarius; a farthing, mite. (2) a carpenter's level, plummet-line.
libellus -i, m. a little book, a notebook, diary; a memorial, petition; pro- gramme, placard; letter.
libens and lubens -entis, partic. from libet; q.v.
liber (1) -era -erum, free, independent, unrestrained; free from, exempt. Adv. libere, freely, without restraint, frankly, openly, boldly.
liber (2) -bri, m. the inner bark of a tree; from the use of this in writing, a book, volume, catalogue, letter.
Liber -eri, m. an Italian deity, identified with Bacchus.
liberalis -e, of freedom; worthy of a free man, gentlemanlike, courteous, generous; adv. liberaliter.
liberalitas -atis, f. courtesy, kindness, generosity.
liberatio -onis, f. setting free, release, acquittal.
liberator -oris, m. a liberator.
liberi -erorum and -erum, m. pl. children.
libero -are, to set free, liberate, release, exempt; of obstacles, to lift, raise.
liberta -ae, f.; see libertus.
libertas -atis, f. freedom, liberty, independence; freedom of speech, frank- ness, candor.
libertinus -a -um, of the class of freedmen; as subst. m. libertinus, a freedman, f. libertina, a freedwoman.
libertus -i, m. a freedman; liberta, ae, f. a freedwoman.
libet (lubet) -bere -buit or -bitum est, impers., it pleases, is agreeable, (with dat of person). Hence partic. libens (lubens) -entis, willing, with pleasure, pleased; 'me libente', with my good-will; adv. libenter, willingly, with plea- sure.
libidinosus -a -um, wilful, arbitrary, capricious; passionate, lustful. Adv. libidinose, wilfully, arbitrarily.
libido (lubido) -inis, f. violent desire, longing; esp. irrational whim, caprice, or immoderate passion, lust.
Libitina -ae, f. goddess of the dead.
libo -are, to take away from, remove, derive; to taste, touch, impair, diminish; to give a taste of, offer to the gods.
libra -ae, f. (1) a balance, pair of scales; 'aes et libra', a fictitious form of sale. (2) the Roman pound of 12 oz..
libramentum -i, n. (1) weight as a source of power or for balancing. (2) a horizontal plane.
libraria -ae, f. a female who weighed out wool to slaves.
librarius -a -um, of books; m. as subst., a transcriber of books, a copyist, or a bookseller; n. as subst., a bookcase.
librilis -e, of a pound weight.
libritor -oris, m. an artilleryman.
libro -are, to balance, hold up, poise; of weapons, to swing, level, brandish; hence, to hurl.
libum -i, n. a cake, offered to the gods.
Liburni -orum, m. the Liburnians, a people of Illyria; f. of adj. as subst. Liburna -ae, a light vessel, galley.
Libya -ae and Libye -es, f. Libya.
licens -centis and licenter, from licet; q.v.
licentia -ae, f. freedom, leave, liberty; licentiousness.
liceo -ere -ui -itum, to be on sale, be valued at.
liceor -eri, dep. to bid or bid for, offer a price.
licet licere licuit or licitum est, impers., it is allowed, one can or may; as conjunction, granted that, although. Hence pres. partic. licens -entis free, unrestrained, unbridled; adv. licenter; perf. partic. licitus -a -um, allowed, permitted.
Licinius -a -um, name of a Roman gens.
licitatio -onis, f. bidding at a sale or auction.
licitus -a -um, partic. from licet; q.v.
licium -i, n.: in weaving, the thrum or perhaps a leash; in gen., a thread.
lictor -oris, m. a lictor, attending the chief Roman magistrates.
ligamen -inis, n. string, tie, bandage.
ligamentum -i, n. bandage.
Liger -geris, m. a river in Gaul (now the Loire).
lignarius -i, m. a carpenter.
lignatio -onis, f. wood-cutting.
lignator -oris, m. wood-cutter.
ligneolus -a -um, wooden.
ligneus -a -um, made of wood, wooden.
lignor -ari, dep. to cut or get wood.
lignum -i, n. wood, timber; esp. firewood.
ligo (1) -are, to bind, bandage, harness; to bind together, connect, unite.
ligo (2) -onis, m. a mattock.
ligula (lingula) -ae, f. a tongue of land, promontory; a shoe-strap.
Ligures -um, m. pl. the Ligurians, a people on the northwest coast of Italy.
ligurio (ligurrio) -ire, to lick, lick up; to gloat over; long for.
liguritio (ligurr-) -onis, f. daintiness.
ligustrum -i, n. privet.
lilium -i, n. a lily; milit., a fortification consisting of pits and stakes.
Lilybaeon (-baeum) -i, n. a promontory and town at the western end of Sicily.
lima -ae, f. a file; polishing, revision of a composition.
limatulus -a -um, rather polished, refined.
limbus -i, m. a border, hem, fringe.
limen -inis, n. threshold, doorway, entrance; home, house, dwelling; any entrance or border or beginning; esp. the starting-point in a race- course.
limes -itis, m. a by-way, path; a course, track; esp. a boundary-path, a boundary-line; a distinction, difference.
limo -are, to file, polish, finish off; to investigate accurately; to file down, pare down, to diminish. Partic. limatus -a -um, refined, elegant; compar. adv. limatius.
limosus -a -um, slimy, miry, muddy.
limpidus -a -um, clear, liquid.
limus (1) -i, m. slime, mud, mire.
limus (2) -a -um, of the eyes, sidelong, looking sideways.
limus (3) -i, m. a priest's apron.
linea -ae, f. a linen thread, string; a fishing-line, plumb-line; 'ad lineam', perpendicularly. Transf., a geometrical line; a boundary- line, goal.
lineamentum -i, n. a line drawn with pen or pencil; plur., drawing, sketch, outline; in gen., a feature, lineament.
lineo -are, to make straight.
lineus -a -um, made of flax or linen.
lingo lingere linxi linctum, to lick.
lingua -ae, f. a tongue; speech, language; a tongue of land, promontory.
lingulaca -ae, f. a chatterbox.
liniger -gera -gerum, clothed in linen.
lino linere livi and levi litum, to smear one thing upon another; or to besmear one thing with another; to rub out writing; to befoul, dir- ty.
linquo linquere liqui, to leave, abandon, forsake; pass., linqui, to faint.
linteatus -a -um, clothed in linen.
linteo -onis, m. a linen-weaver.
linter -tris, f. a boat, skiff; a trough, tub, vat.
linteus -a -um, of linen; n. as subst. linen cloth, linen, esp. a sail.
linum -i, n. flax, linen; a thread, line; a rope, cable.
lippio -ire, to have sore eyes, be bleary-eyed.
lippitudo -inis, f. inflammation of the eyes.
lippus -a -um, bleary-eyed; half-blind.
liquefacio -facere -feci -factum, pass. liquefio -fieri -factus sum, to melt, dissolve; to decompose; to make weak, enervate.
liquesco -ere -licui, to become fluid, melt, melt away; to putrefy; to become effeminate.
liquidus -a -um. (1) fluid, flowing, liquid; n. as subst. a liquid. (2) clear, bright, serene, calm, pure, evident, certain; n. as subst. certainty; abl. sing. liquido and adv. liquide, clearly, plainly.
liquo -are, to make liquid, melt; to strain, clarify.
liquor (1) -i, dep. to be fluid, flow, melt; to melt away; partic. liquens -entis, flowing.
liquor (2) -oris, m. fluidity; a liquid, fluid.
lis litis, f. a legal controversy, action, suit; in gen., contention, strife, quarrel.
litatio -onis, f. successful sacrifice.
litigator -oris, m. a party in a law-suit, litigant.
litigiosus -a -um, of persons, fond of dispute, litigious; of things, full of dispute, contested at law.
litigo -are, to go to law; in gen., to quarrel, dispute.
lito -are: intransit. to bring an acceptable offering; and so to obtain favorable omens; transit. to sacrifice successfully.
litoralis -e, of the shore.
litoreus -a -um, of the shore.
littera (litera) -ae, f. a letter of the alphabet; a letter, dispatch, epistle; plur., written records, documents, deeds; literature, let- ters, scholarship.
litterarius -a -um, of reading and writing.
litterator -oris, m. a philologist, grammarian, critic.
litteratura -ae, f. the alphabet, grammar.
litteratus -a -um, lettered, inscribed with letters; learned, liberally educated. Adv. litterate, in clear letters, legibly; literally, word for word; learnedly.
litterula -ae, f. a letter of the alphabet written small; plur., a little letter, a note, a smattering of literature.
littus, etc.; see litus, etc.
litura -ae, f. an erasure, correction; a passage erased; a blot.
litus -oris, n. sea-shore, beach, strand, coast; the shore of a lake or river.
lituus -i, m. an augur's curved staff; a curved cavalry trumpet, clarion.
liveo -ere, to be bluish in color; to be envious, envy; partic. livens -entis, bluish, livid; envious
livesco -ere, to become bluish.
lividulus -a -um, rather envious.
lividus -a -um, bluish, livid, black and blue; envious, spiteful.
Livius -a -um, name of a Roman gens.
livor -oris, m. bluish color, a livid spot; envy, spite.
lixa -ae, m. a sutler, camp-follower.
locatio -onis, f. placing; hence a leasing, contract, lease.
locatorius -a -um, concerned with leases.
loco -are, to place, put, set; esp. to give in marriage; commerc., to let out on hire, farm out, lease, invest; to contract for work to be done. N. of partic. as subst. locatum -i, a lease, contract.
loculus -i, m. a little place; plur., loculi, a money-box, a school satchel.
locuples -pletis, with landed property, wealthy, rich; also trusty, sufficient, satisfactory.
locupleto -are, to enrich.
locus -i, m. (plur., loci, single places; loca, region), a place; milit., position, ground, post; in time, a period, or moment; po- sition, situation, rank; occasion, cause; passage in a book.
locusta -ae, f. a locust; a kind of lobster.
Locusta -ae, f. a notorious poisoner, accomplice of Nero.
locutio -onis, f. speech; pronunciation.
lodix -dicis, f. blanket, rug.
logicus -a -um, logical; n. pl. as subst. logic.
logos (-us) -i, m. a word; a joke, jest, bon mot.
lolium -i, n. darnel.
lolligo -iginis, f. cuttle-fish.
lomentum -i, n. face-cream.
Londinium -i, n. London.
longaevus -a -um, aged, old.
longinquitas -atis, f. length, distance; of time, duration.
longinquus -a -um, long, distant, far, remote, foreign; of time, long, distant.
longitudo -inis, f. length.
longulus -a -um, rather long; adv. longule, rather far, at a little distance.
longurius -i, m. a pole, rod, rail.
longus -a -um, long; 'navis', a man-of-war; poet., spacious; of time, long, of long duration; esp. too long, tedious; of persons, prolix, tedious. Adv. longe, a long way off, far, at a distance; by far; in time, long, at length; adv. longiter, far.
loquacitas -atis, f. talkativeness.
loquaculus -a -um, rather talkative.
loquax -quacis, talkative, garrulous; babbling, noisy; adv. loquaciter.
loquella (loquela) -ae, f. speech, language.
loquor loqui locutus, dep. to speak (in conversation); to tell, say, talk of.
loratus -a -um, bound with thongs.
lorica -ae, f. cuirass, corselet, breastplate; breastwork, parapet.
loricatus -a -um, wearing a cuirass.
loripes -pedis, bandy-legged.
lorum -i, n. a strap or thong of leather; plur., reins, bridle; scourge, whip.
lotos (-us) -i, f. the name of several plants; esp. of an African tree and its fruit.
lotus (1) -a -um, partic. from lavo; q.v.
lotus (2) -i, f. = lotos; q.v.
lubet, lubido, etc. = libet, libido, etc.; q.v.
lubrico -are, to make slippery.
lubricus -a -um, slippery, smooth; quickly moving, uncertain, insecure, perilous, deceitful.
Lucani -orum, m. pl. a people in southern Italy.
Lucanus -i, m., M. Annaeus author of the poem Pharsalia.
lucar -aris, n. a forest-tax, used for paying actors.
lucellum -i, n. little profit, small gain.
luceo lucere luxi, to be bright, shine, glitter; to be clear, evident; impers., lucet, it is light, it is day.
Luceres -um, m. one of the three patrician tribes.
lucerna -ae, f. lamp.
lucesco (lucisco) lucescere luxi, to begin to shine; impers., lucescit, it grows light, day is breaking.
lucidus -a -um, shining, bright; clear, lucid; adv. lucide.
lucifer -fera -ferum, light-bearing, light-bringing; m. as subst. the morning star.
lucifugus -a -um, shunning the light.
Lucilius -a -um, name of a Roman gens.
Lucina -ae, f. the goddess of births.
Lucius -i, m. Roman praenomen (abbreviated to L.).
Lucretius -a -um, name of a Roman gens.
lucrifacio -facere, to gain, receive as profit.
Lucrinus -i, m. a lake on the coast of Campania, near Baiae, famous for oysters.
lucror -ari, dep. to gain, profit, win.
lucrosus -a -um, gainful, profitable.
lucrum -i, n. gain, profit advantage; love of gain, avarice.
luctamen -inis, n. effort, toil.
luctatio -onis, f. wrestling; a struggle, contest.
luctificus -a -um, causing grief, baleful.
luctisonus -a -um, sad-sounding.
luctor -ari, dep. (and lucto -are), to wrestle, struggle, strive, contend.
luctuosus -a -um. (1) causing sorrow, doleful. (2) feeling or showing sorrow, mourning. Compar. adv. luctuosius.
luctus -us, m. sorrow expressed, lamentation, mourning; mourning clothes.
lucubratio -onis, f. work done by night or lamp-light, nocturnal study.
lucubro -are, to work by night; in perf. partic. lucubratus -a -um, done at night or spent in work.
luculentus -a -um, shining, bright, brilliant, splendid; adv. luculente and luculenter, splendidly.
Lucullus -i, m. name of a family in the gens Licinia.
Lucumo (Lucomo, Lucmo) -onis, m. title given to Etruscan princes and priests.
lucus -i, m. a (sacred) grove or wood.
ludia -ae, f. an actress or female gladiator.
ludibrium -i, n. derision, mockery; an object of derision, laughing-stock, plaything.
ludibundus -a -um, playful, sportive.
ludicer -cra -crum, sportive, done for sport; esp. of the stage. N. as subst. ludicrum -i, a trifle, plaything; a theatrical performance.
ludificatio -onis, f. deriding, deceiving.
ludifico -are and ludificor -ari, dep. to make game of, deride, delude, cheat, frustrate.
ludio -onis, m. an actor.
ludius -i, m. an actor.
ludo ludere lusi lusum, to play, sport; to play at or with; to imitate, banter; deceive, delude.
ludus -i, m. play, game, sport, pastime; plur., ludi, public games or spectacles. Transf., a trifle, jest, joke; 'ludum dare', to give free play to; a training establishment, school.
luella -ae, f. expiation.
lues -is, f. plague, pestilence, calamity.
Lugdunum -i, n. a city in Gaul (now Lyons). Adj. Lugdunensis -e.
lugeo lugere luxi: intransit. to mourn, be in mourning; transit. to bewail, lament, wear mourning for.
lugubris -e, of mourning, mournful; plaintive, grievous. N. pl. as subst., mourning clothes.
lumbus -i, m. loin.
lumen -inis, n. light; a light, lamp; the light of day, day; the light of life; the light of the eye, the eye; an opening, a light in a building; fig., clearness, insight; a shining light, glory, ornament.
luminare -aris, n. a window-shutter, window.
luminosus -a -um, bright.
luna -ae, f. the moon; night, a month; a crescent-shaped ornament.
lunaris -e, of the moon, lunar.
luno -are, to bend into a crescent; perf. partic. lunatus -a -um, crescent-shaped.
luo luere lui luiturus, to loose; to expiate, atone for, make good; 'luere poenam', to pay a penalty; of trouble, to avert.
lupa -ae, f. a she-wolf; a prostitute.
lupatus -a -um, provided with iron spikes; m. or n. pl. as subst., a curb with jagged spikes.
Lupercus -i, m. an Italian pastoral deity, or one of his priests; subst. Lupercal -calis, n. a grotto, sacred to Lupercus; Lupercalia -ium and -iorum, n. pl., the festival of Lupercus, celebrated in February.
lupinus (1) -a -um, of a wolf, wolfish.
lupinus (2) -i, m. and lupinum -i, n. the lupin.
lupus -i, m. a wolf; a voracious fish, the pike; a horse's bit with jagged points; a hook.
luridus -a -um, pale yellow, lurid, ghastly.
luror -oris, m. ghastliness, paleness.
luscinia -ae, f. nightingale.
lusciosus -a -um, purblind, dim-sighted.
luscitiosus -a -um, purblind, dim-sighted.
luscus -a -um, one-eyed.
lusio -onis, f. play, game.
Lusitania -ae, f. the modern Portugal, with part of Spain.
lusor -oris, m. a player; a playful writer; a mocker.
lustralis -e, relating to expiation or to a period of five years.
lustratio -onis, f. purification by sacrifice; a going round, traversing.
lustro (1) -are, to brighten, illumine.
lustro (2) -are, to purify, cleanse by sacrifices; to go round, go over, traverse; to review, observe, examine.
lustrum (1) -i, n., usually pl., the den of a wild beast, woodlands; brothels, debauchery.
lustrum (2) -i, n. an expiatory sacrifice; a period of five years.
lusus -us, m. playing, game, sport; dalliance.
luteolus -a -um, yellow.
Lutetia -ae, f. a town in Gallia (now Paris).
luteus (1) -a -um, saffron-colored.
luteus (2) -a -um, of mud or clay; dirty.
luto -are, to smear with mud.
lutulentus -a -um, muddy, dirty, filthy, impure.
lutum (1) -i, n. a plant used for dyeing yellow; yellow color.
lutum (2) -i, n. mud, mire, dirt; clay.
lux lucis, f. light; esp. daylight, day; a day; the light of life or of day; the eye, eyesight; illustration, elucidation; hope, encouragement; ornament.
luxuria -ae, f. rankness, exuberant growth; excess, dissipation, extravagance.
luxuries -ei, f. rankness, exuberant growth; excess, dissipation, extravagance.
luxurio -are and luxurior -ari, dep. to be luxuriant, rank, grow fast; to frisk, sport, run riot.
luxuriosus -a -um, luxuriant, rank; immoderate, excessive; luxurious, dissolute, extravagant. Adv. luxuriose, luxuriously.
luxus -us, m. luxury, excess, extravagance.
Lyaeus -i, m. a surname of Bacchus; wine.
lychnuchus -i, m. lamp-stand, candelabrum.
lychnus -i, m. lamp.
Lycia -ae, f. a country of Asia Minor.
Lydia -ae, f. a country of Asia Minor; adj. Lydius and Lydus -a -um, Lydian. 1
lympha -ae, f. water, esp. clear spring or river water.
lymphaticus -a -um, raving, mad, frantic.
lymphatus -a -um, raving, mad, frantic.
lynx -cis, c. lynx.
lyra -ae, f. the lyre or lute, a stringed instrument; lyric poetry, song.
lyricus -a -um, of the lyre, lyric.