Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Latin's 100 Most Common Words

Learning these common words will give you a huge leg up when reading, writing, speaking, and listening to Latin, but remember that most of these words will have various forms due to their cases (Accusative, Genitive, Dative or Ablative) or function in a sentence or clause.

Number
Word
Meaning
1
 Ego
     I
2
 Tu
    You
3
 Nos
     We
4
Vos
     You   (plural)
5
Is
     He
6
Ea
     She
7
Id
     It,   that
8
 Hic, haec, hoc
     This   (masculine, feminine, neuter)
9
 Ille ,illa, illud
     That   (masculine, feminine, neuter)
10
 Idem, eadem, idem
      The same (masculine, feminine,   neuter)
11
      Illi, illae     They
12
Suus
     Theirs
13
Tuus, uester
      Yours
14
Meus
      My
15
Eius
      His, hers, its
16
 Ipse,a,um
    (Him,   her, it)-self
17
 in
      In, into
18
 a,ab
     Away   from, by
19
 de
     About,   concerning
20
pro
     Before,   in front of,
21
 sine
     Without
22
ante
     Before
23
 contra
     Opposite, against, contrary to
24
per
     Through,   across, throughout
25
 post
     After, behind, afterwards
26
 trans
     Over, across, beyond
27
 ad
     To, towards,
28
 ex
     From,  out of
29
cum
      When, with
30
et, atque
      And
31
 nam
      For, in fact
32
 sed
      But
33
deinde
      Then,   next
34
 quia
      Because
35
si
       If
36
 tamen
      However
37
 dum
      While
38
 uel….uel
      Either…..or
39
 nemo
      No one
40
 nihil
      Nothing
41
 non
      Not, not at all, by no means
42
 ut
      Where, how?, so that,
43
nunc
      Now
44
ita
      So, thus
45
Bonus
      Good
46
 Malus
       Bad
47
 Multus
       Much
48
 Parvus
       Small
49
 Magnus
       Great
50
Solus
       Alone, only, lonely, single
51
Totus
       All, whole, entire
52
Ullus
       Any, anyone
53
 Unus
       One
54
 Alius
       Another,   other, different
55
Alii…alii
      Some……others
56
 Aliqui, aliquid
      Some,   someone, something
57
 Quis, quid
     Who? What? Which? Anyone, anything, someone, something
58
 Sursum
     Up
59
 Deorsum
    Down
60
 Sinister
    Left
61
 Dexter
    Right
62
 Audire
  To listen, to hear
63
 Dare
  To give , to grant
64
Esse
  To be
65
 Amare
  To love
66
 Dicere
  To say
67
 Habere
  To have
68
 Videre
  To look, see
69
Facere
  To make, do
70
 Scribere
  To write
71
Ire
  To go
72
 Posse
  To be able
73
 Vocare
  To call
74
 Venire
  To Come
75
 Capere
  To take
76
Primus
  First
77
Secundus
  Second
78
Tertius
  Third
79
Ultimus
  Last
80
Homines
  People
81
Urbs
  City
82
Aer
  Air
83
Ignis
  Fire
84
Aqua
  Water
85
Terra
  Land
86
Amor
  Love
87
Dies
  Day
88
Familia
  Family
89
Res
  Things
90
Bellum
  War
91
Coniunx
  Spouse
92
 Deus
  God
93
 Ludus
  Game, sport
94
Nomen
  Name
95
 Sors
  Destiny, Fate
96
Tempus
  Times
97
Domus
  Home
98
Cibus
  Food
99
Ara
  Altar
100
 Mors
  Death

A wonderful list of the 300 most common words in Latin with principal parts and gender may be found here!
                  

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