| a / ab | Away from, By | Prep. + Ablative case noun |
| ad | Up to, Near, For | Prep. + Accusative case noun |
| dies, -es | Day | Noun |
| dies, -ei, m/f | Day | Noun |
| de | Down from, about | Prep. + Ablative case noun |
| e / ex | Out of | Prep. + Ablative case noun |
| in in | In, On Into, Onto | Prep. + Ablative case noun Prep. + Accusative case noun |
| is, ea, id | This, That, He, She, It | Demonstrative pronoun/adjective |
| lex, legis | Law | Noun |
| nihil / nil, n | Nothing | Noun (indeclinable) |
| pro | In front of, On behalf of | Prep. + Ablative case noun |
| post | After, Behind | Prep. + Accusative case noun |
| quis, quid quis?, quid? | Something, Anything, Anyone Who?, What? | Indefinite pronoun Interrogative pronoun |
| sum, esse, fui, futurus | To be | Copulative verb |
| super | Above, On top of | Prep. + Abl/Acc? |
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I'm uncertain as to the real utility of this. If we want someone to use a real lexicon, there are such things on line. I don't want to have every word in the Latin Phrases list construed here! And do people who don't know Latin know what the abbreviated forms -um and -a are (and they're not in the order American English speakers use) or what -ere, -i mean? That's enough of a problem for first year Latin students using a real dictionary. --MichaelTinkler, former high school Latin teacher |
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I'm uncertain as to the real utility of this. If we want someone to use a real lexicon, there are such things on line. I don't want to have every word in the Latin Phrases list construed here! And do people who don't know Latin know what the abbreviated forms -um and -a are (and they're not in the order American English speakers use) or what -ere, -i mean? That's enough of a problem for first year Latin students using a real dictionary. --MichaelTinkler, former high school Latin teacher See Greek language/Lexicon. I'm not intending a complete list, just some words that are exceedingly common in sayings or derivatives. On Euglenids, for instance, it mentions that Euglena comes from the Greek eu and glene, and links back to that page so people can see what they mean. Doesn't that sort of thing seem handy to you? |
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