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!