Latin Nouns and Their Meanings

Latin Nouns and Meanings

• aedificium, -iī, n.: building
• aevum, -ī, n.: age; lifetime; timespan
• ager, agrī m.: field
• agnus, -ī m.: lamb
• altum, -ī, n.: the deep sea
• alveus, -ī, m.: basket
• amīcus, -ī, m.: friend
• animus, -ī, m.: feeling, spirit, mind
• annus, -ī, m.: year
• antrum, -ī, n.: cave
• argentum, -ī, n.: silver
• arvum, -ī, n.: field; plowed land
• astrum, -ī, n.: star; heavenly body
• atrium, -iī, n.: atrium (entryway)
• aurum, -ī, n.: gold; money
• auxilium, -iī, n.: help
• baculum, -ī, n.: stick; club
• barbarus, -ī, m.: foreigner; barbarian
• bellum, -1, n.: war; battle
• beneficium, -iī, n.: kindness; favor
• bonum, -ī, n.: good (thing); advantage
• caelum, -ī, n.: sky; heaven(s)
• campus, -ī, m.: field; plain
• capillus, -ī, m.: hair; head of hair
• captīvus, -ī, m.: captive; prisoner
• cervus, -ī m.: deer
• chorus, -ī, m.: chorus; band; troop
• cibus, -ī, m.: food
• colonus, -ī m.: farmer, settler
• cōnsilium, -iī, n.: plan; idea
• deus, -ī, m.: god
• digitus, -ī, m.: finger
• discipulus, -ī m.: student
• dolus, -ī m.: trick, deceit
• dominus, -ī, m.: master; lord; Lord (God)
• donum, -ī, n.: gift; donation
• equus, -ī, m.: horse
• exemplum, -ī, n.: pattern; copy
• exsilium, -iī, n.: exile; banishment
• factum, -ī, n.: fact; deed
• famulus, -ī m.: household servant
• ferrum, -ī, n.: iron; sword
• flagellum, -ī, n.: whip; lash
• flagitium, -iī, n.: scandal; crime
• fluvius, -iī, m.: river
• forum, -ī, n.: market place; city center
• fretum, -ī, n.: strait (of water)
• frumentum, -ī, n.: grain; food
• fundus, -ī m.: farm, estate
• fātum, -1, n.: fate; that which is spoken
• filius, -iī m.: son
• gaudium, -iī, n.: delight; joy
• gladius, -iī, m.: sword
• hortus, -ī, m.: garden
• hospitium, -iī n.: hospitality
• imperium, -iī, n.: authority; power; Empire
• incendium, -iī n.: fire, conflagration
• ingenium, -iī n.: character; temperament
• inimīcus, -ī, m.: enemy; personal enemy
• initium, -iī, n.: beginning, origin
• iudicium, -iī, n.: judgment; (legal) opinion; trial
• iugum, -ī, n.: yoke; team (of horses); ridge (of a mountain)
• lectus, -ī, m.: bed
• legatus, -ī, m.: officer; envoy; ambassador
• libellus, -ī, m.: booklet; little book
• liber, librī, m.: book
• lignum, -ī, n.: wood
• locus, -ī, m.: place; location
• lucus, -ī, m.: grove; sacred grove
• ludus, -ī, m.: game, school
• lupus, -ī, m.: wolf
• lētum, -ī, n.: death; ruin (esp in poetry)
• lībertus, -ī, m.: freeman; (former slave)
• magister, -trī, m.: teacher; captain (of a ship)
• malum, -ī, n.: evil; disaster; apple*
• maritus, -ī, m.: husband
• medicus, -ī, m.: doctor
• membrum, -ī, n.: limb; member
• minister, -trī, m.: attendant, administrator
• modus, -ī, m.: way, manner
• monumentum, -ī, n.: monument
• morbus, -ī, m.: sickness, disease
• mundus, -ī, m.: the world; the earth
• mūrus, -ī, m.: wall (esp interior wall)
• negotium, -iī, n.: business, job;
• nidus, -ī m.: nest
• numerus, -ī, m.: number
• nummus, -ī m.: coin
• nātus, -ī, m.: son; child
• nūntius, -iī, m.: message; message*
• oculus, -ī, m.: eye; circular opening
• odium, -iī, n.: hatred; boredom
• officium, -iī, n.: duty; service; responsitbility
• oleum, -ī n.: oil; petroleum
• oppidum, -iī, n.: small town; village
• ovum, -ī, n.: egg
• patronus, -ī m.: patron
• perīculum, -ī, n.: danger; peril
• pilum, -ī, n.: spear
• plaustrum, -ī n.: wagon; cart
• polus, -ī, m.: pole; North Pole
• populus, -ī, m.: population; people; nation
• porcus, -ī m.: pig
• praeceptum, -ī, n.: lesson; rule
• praemium, -iī, n.: prize; reward
• praesidium, -iī, n.: garrison
• pretium, -iī, n.: price
• proelium, -iī, n.: fight; battle
• prīncipium, -iī, n.: beginning
• pōculum, -ī, n.: cup
• puer, -ī, m.: boy; child; slave
• radius, -iī, m.: ray, spoke
• remedium, -iī n.: remedy
• Remus, -ī, m.: not the founder of Rome; the other of two famous twins
• Romulus, -ī, m.: founder of Rome; one of two famous twins
• rursus, -ī, m.: retreat
• rusticus, -ī, m.: farmer
• rāmus, -ī, m.: branch; bough (of a tree)
• rēgnum, -ī, n.: kingdom
• rētiārius, -iī, m.: net man (gladiator)
• rīvus, -ī, m.: stream; river
• saccus, -ī, m.: sack; (money) bag
• sacrum, -ī, n.: sacrifice; sacred vessel
• saeculum, -ī, n.: age; era; generation; century
• sagittarius, -iī, m.: archer
• saxum, -ī, n.: rock; stone
• scutum, -1, n.: shield
• sepulchrum, -ī, n.: tomb; grave
• sertum, -ī, n.: garland; wreath of flowers
• servus, -ī, m.: slave
• signum, -ī. n.: sign, signal; military standard
• socius, -iī, m.: ally; companion
• somnium, -ī, n.*: dream
• somnus, -ī, m.*: sleep
• sonus, -ī, m.: sound; roar
• spatium, -iī, n.: space, distance
• stagnum, -ī, n.: pool
• studium, -iī, n.: eagerness, devotion; desire
• supplicium, -iī, n.: punishment; torture
• taurus, -ī, m.: bull
• templum, -ī, n.: temple
• tergum, -1, n.: back; rear
• titulus, -ī, m.: title, inscription
• torus, -ī, m.: bed; couch; royal throne or seat
• tribunus, -ī, m.: tribune (Roman politician)
• tributum, -ī, n.: tribute; tax
• triumphus, -ī, m.: triumph
• tumulus, -ī, m.: hill; mound; swelling
• tēctum, -ī, n.: roof; ceiling; house
• tēlum, -ī, n.: javelin; weapon
• ursus, -ī, m.: bear
• ventus, -ī, m.: wind
• verbum, -1, n.: word
• vestigium, -iī, n.: footprint; step; track; trace;
• vir, -ī, m.: man; husband
• vīcīnus, -ī, m.: neighbor
• vīnum, -ī, n.: vine; grapevine
• võtum, -ī, n.: vow; prayer; sacred promise
• ānulus, -ī, m.: ring
• ōsculum, -ī, n.: kiss
• ōtium, -iī, n.: leisure; ease, rest