This is an experimental tool I am developing to ease the process of learning "the Recommended Basic Vocabulary" as outlined in Diederich, Paul Bernard. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. University of Chicage Press (Chicago, IL) 1939.
According to this dissertation, the lists consists of 1,471. These words occurred 20 or more times in the literature Dr. Diedrich examined. As a group, these words represent roughly 85% of the words one will encounter in the Latin literature. The author also found that about another 10% could easily be deduce either because they were compounds of these words or as obvious roots of English derivatives.
I have attempted to preserve the author's original list as closely as possible. To allow the user to test him/herself, I have randomized the order in which words in a particular subcategory are presented. In addition, I have removed most of the English derivatives the author included so that the English to Latin test would not become trivially easy.
Nouns and Related Words | |
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English to Latin | Latin to English |
Gods | Gods |
Time | Time |
Sky | Sky |
Fire | Fire |
Water | Water |
Earth | Earth |
Plants | Plants |
Food | Food |
Animals | Animals |
People | People |
Body | Body |
Mind | Mind |
Feelings | Feelings |
Talk | Talk |
Writing | Writing |
Work and Play | Work and Play |
City and Buildings | City and Buildings |
Military | Military |
Government | Government |
Social Approval | Social Approval |
Evil | Evil |
Death | Death |
Abstractions and Unclassified | Abstractions and Unclassified |
Pronouns | |
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English to Latin | Latin to English |
All Pronouns | All Pronouns |
Adjectives and Related Words | |
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English to Latin | Latin to English |
Size | Size |
Number | Number |
Texture-Density | Texture-Density |
Appearance | Appearance |
Position | Position |
Time | Time |
Favorable | Favorable |
Unfavorable | Unfavorable |
Unclassified | Unclassified |
Adverbs | |
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English to Latin | Latin to English |
Time | Time |
Place | Place |
Cause-Manner | Cause-Manner |
Adversative | Adversative |
Interjections | |
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English to Latin | Latin to English |
All Interjections | All Interjections |
Conjunctions | |
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English to Latin | Latin to English |
All Conjunctions | All Conjunctions |
Prepositions and Prefixes | |
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English to Latin | Latin to English |
All Prepositions and Prefixes | All Prepositions and Prefixes |