Latin Recommended Basic Vocabulary


Verbs and Related Words: Verbs Which Express or Affect the State of the Subject

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Verbs Which Express or Affect the State of the Subject
English Latin
be useful or advantageous to, profit prosum, prodesse, profui
light lumen, lumin-
power potestas, potestat-
chiefly, above all potissimum
shine, be brilliant, be sleek niteo, nitui
steep, difficult arduus
abound, overflow abundo, -avi, -atus
offspring, child natus
be red, blush rubeo, rubui
be born, spring from, arise nascor, natus (dep)
bright, clear, lucid lucidus
thunderbolt fulmen, fulmin-
empty, free from, unoccupied vacuus
be green, vigorous, youthful vireo
shine, sparkle, vibrate mico, micui
be without, be in need, be poor egeo, egui
be sum, esse, fui, futurus
merit, deserve mereo, merui, meritus
arise, come into existence exsisto, (or existo), exstiti, exstitus
be without, lack, miss, want careo, carui, cariturus
make like, represent, feign, simulate simulo, -avi, -atus
imitate, copy imitor, imitatus (dep)
be able, can possum, posse, potui
shining, handsome, polished nitidus
about to be, the future futurus
cause to increase, strengthen augeo, auxi, auctus
live, be alive vivo, vixi, victus
moon luna
light lux, luc-
be bright, be daylight, be clear or evident luceo, luxi
preferable, rather potior, potius
increase, grow cresco, crevi, cretus
spirit, breath spiritus
burn up uro, ussi, ustus
power potentia
green viridis
be away, be absent absum, abesse, abfui (or afui), afuturus
breathe, blow, inspire spiro, -avi, -atus
able potis
burn, glow, desire, be in love ardeo, arsi, arsus
be present adsum, adesse, affui (or adfui)
shine, lightning fulgeo, fulsi
powerful potens, potent-
likeness, portrait, statue simulacrum
be pale palleo, pallui
be empty, be free of, be at leisure vaco, -avi, -atus
banquet, feast convivium
be over and above, survive, remain supersum, superesse, superfui
be lacking desum, deesse, defui
heat, ardor ardor
be open, be clear, extend pateo, patui
sleep dormio, dormivi, dormitus
alive, lively vivus
spare, be moderate or frugal parco, peperei or parsi, parsus



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