Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Nouns and Related Words: Abstractions and Unclassified

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Abstractions and Unclassified
English Latin
odor odor
manner, way modus
space spatium
name nomino, -avi, -atus
site situs
weight pondus, ponder-
part pars, part-
supply, stores copia
change, in turn vicis
in what way, how? quomodo
nothing nihil or nil
nature natura
cause causa
end, finish finis
to end, finish finio, -ivi, -itus
order, class in society ordo, ordin-
man vir
no one nemo, nemin-
wheel rota
material materia
turning point, crisis dividing line discrimen
place locus
color color
force, violence, strength vis, vir-
load, burden onero, -avi, -atus
burden onus, oner-
to number, count numero, -avi, -atus
to place loco -avi, -atus
mass, heap moles
name nomen, nomin-
beginning initium
number numerus
example exemplum
condition condicio
thing, affair, matter res
life vita



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