NLVE - Latin III - Nouns #1

You are given the nominative form. Give the genitive, gender, and the definition. Use semicolons to separate different definitions by word context and commas to separate different choice definitions. Copy and paste for long marks (not required) ā ē ī ō ū Format: Hint: nominative Answer: "genitive (m/f/n) - definition" (if plural ex: m.pl.) (if more than one gender possible ex: m.f.)
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acervus
acervī (m) - heap
aciēs
aceī (m) - sharp, keen (sight)
aditus
aditūs (m) - entrance
adolēscēns
adolēscēntis (m.f.) - young man, woman
adolēscentia
adolēscentiae (f) - youth
adventus
adventūs (m) - arrival
aedēs
aedis (f) - temple, pl: house
aedificium
aedificiī (n) - building
aegritūdō
aegritūdinis (f) - sickness, sorrow
aequor
aequoris (n) - a level surface, sea
āēr
āeris (m) - air, weather, mist
aes
aeris (n) - copper, bronze, money
aestās
aestātis (f) - summer
aestus
aestūs (m) - heat, tide, passion
aetās
aetātis (f) - age, life, time
aethēr
aetheris (m) - sky, heaven, air
aevum
aevī (n) - age, lifetime, eternity
ager
agrī (m) - field
agger
aggeris (m) - ramp, mound of earth
agmen
agminis (n) - column (of people), procession
agricola
agricolae (m) - farmer
āla
ālae (f) - wing, armpit
altāria
altūrium (n.pl.) - altars, altar, altar top
altitūdō
altitūdinis (f) - height, depth
āmentia
āmentiae (f) - madness, stupidity
amīcitia
amīcitiae (f) - friendship
amictus
amictūs (m) - (manner of) dress, clothing
amīcus
amicī (m) - friend
amnis
amnis (m) - river
amor
amōris (m) - love
ancora
ancorae (f) - anchor
angustiae
angustiārum (f.pl.) - strait, shortness, went, difficulties
anima
animae (f) - wind, air, breath
animus
animī (m) - spirit, soul, mind
annus
annī (m) - year
antrum
antrī (n) - cave, hollow
aqua
aquae (f) - water
aquila
aquilae (f) - eagle; standard (of a legion)
āra
arae (f) - altar
arbor
arboris (f) - tree, ship, mast, oar
arcus
arcūs (m) - arch
argentum
argentī (n) - silver, silver plate, money
arma
armōrum (n.pl.) - arms, weapons
armātūra
armatūrae (f) - armor, equipment
ars
artis (f) - art, skill
artus
artūs (m) - joint
artus (plural definition)
artūs (m) - limbs, body
arvum
arvī (n) - field, land, country, plain
arx
arcis (f) - fortress, castle, summit
aspectus
aspectūs (m) - sight, glance, appearance
astrum
astrī (n) - star, constellation
ātrium
ātriī (n) - atrium, reception hall
auctor
auctōris (m) - creator, originator, person responsible
auctōritās
auctōritātis (f) - authority
audācia
audāciae (f) - boldness, audacity
augurium
auguriī (n) - augury, omen, prophecy
aura
aurae (f) - breeze, wind, air
auris
auris (f) - ear
auspicium
auspiciī (n) - augury, omen, auspices
auxilium
auxiliī (n) - help
avāritia
avāritae (f) greed, selfishness
avis
avis (f) - bird
avus
avī (m) - grandfather, ancestor
axis
axis (m) - axle, chariot, pole
bellum
bellī (n) - war
beneficium
beneficiī (n) - act of kindness, favor
bīduum
bīduī (n) - two days
bracchium
bracchiī (n) - arm
caedēs
caedis (f) - murder, massacre, gore
caelicola
caelicolae (m) - god
caelum
caelī (n) - sky, heaven
calamitās
calamitātis (f) - disaster, defeat
campus
campī (m) - plain, field
canis
canis (m) - dog; lowest throw of dice
captīvus
captīvī (m) - prisoner, captive
caput
capitis (n) - head
carcer
carceris (m) - prison
cardō
cardinis (m) - hinge, axis, critical moment
carīna
carīnae (f) - keel, ship
carmen
carminis (n) - song
carō
carōnis (f) - flesh
carrus
carrī (m) - wagon
castellum
castellī (n) - fort
castra
castrōrum (n.pl.) - military camp
cāsus
cāsūs (m) - misfortune
catēna
catēnae (f) - chain
caterva
catervae (f) - crowd, band, flock
causa
causae (f) - reason, cause
cautēs
cautis (f) - rock, crag
celeritās
celeritātis (f) - speed, quickness
centuriō
centuriōnis (m) - centurion
certāmen
certāminis (n) - struggle, contest, fight
cervīx
cervīcis (f) - neck
chorus
chorī (m) - chorus, choral dance
cibus
cibī (m) - food
cinis
cineris (m) - ash
circuitus
circuitūs (m) - revolution, circuit
cīvis
cīvis (m.f.) - citizen
cīvitās
cīvitātis (f) - citizenship, state
clāmor
clāmōris (m) - shout, uproar, racket
classis
classis (f) - political class, army, fleet
cliēns
clientis (m) - client, dependent, follower
clipeus
clipeī (m) - round bronze shield, dise
coetus
coetūs (m) - meeting, joining, crowd
cognōmen
cognominis (n) - surname, name
cohors
cohortis (f) - cohort
collis
collis (m) - hill, slope
colloquium
colloquiī (n) - talk, chat
collum
collī (n) - neck
colōnus
colōnī (m) - farmer, settler, colonist
color
colōris (m) - color, complexion, style
columba
columbae (f) - dove, pigeon
coma
comae (f) - hair, foliage
comes
comitis (m.f.) - commrade, companion
commeātus
commeātūs (m) - (military) leave
commodum
commodī (n) - convenience, advantage
commūtātiō
commūtātiōnīs (f) - change
cōnātus
cōnātūs (m) - effort, endeavor, impulse
concilium
concilī/conciliī (n) - gathering, meeting, council
concordia
concordiae (f) - friendship, union
concursus
concursūs (m) - concourse, gathering
condiciō
condiciōnis (f) - arrangement, condition
coniugium
coniugiī (n) - union, marriage
coniunx
coniugis (m.f.) - spouse
coniūrātiō
coniurātiōnis (f) - plot, conspiracy
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cōnscientia
cōscientiae (f) - joint knowledge, conscience
cōnsilium
cōsiliī (n) - plan, idea, advice
cōnspectus
cōnspectūs (m) - sight
cōnsuētūdō
cōnsuētūdinis (f) - custom, habit
cōnsul
cōnsulis (m) - consul (highest elected official)
cōnsulātus
cōnsulātūs (m) - office of consul, consulship
contentiō
contentiōnis (f) - argument
controversia
controversiae (f) - argument
contumēlia
contumēliae (f) - insult, abuse
cōnūbium
cōnūbī/cōnūbiī (n) - marriage
conventus
conventūs (m) - meeting, agreement
convīvium
convīviī (n) - banquet, entertainment, guests
cōpia
cōpiae (f) - plenty, abundance
cor
cordis (n) - heart, soul, judgement
cornū
cornūs (n) - horn
corōna
corōnae (f) - garland, wreath
corpus
corporis (n) - body
crīmen
crīminis (n) - charge
crīnis
crīnis (m) - hair
cruciātus
cruciātūs (m) - tortue, ruin
crūdēlitās
crūdēlitātis (f) - cruelty, severity
cruor
cruōris (m) - blood, bloodshed
cubīle
cubilis (n) - bed, couch, nest, den
culmen
culminis (n) - stalk, top, roof, summit
culpa
culpae (f) - blame, fault, mischief
cupiditās
cupiditātis (f) - desire, eagerness
cupīdō
cupīdinis (f) - desire, eagerness
cūra
cūrae (f) - care
cūria
cūriae (f) - senate-house
currus
currūs (m) - chariot
cursus
cursūs (m) - course, flight
cūstōdia
cūstōdiae (f) - watch, guard, care
cūstōs
cūstōdis (m) - guard
daps
dapis (f) - religious feast, meal, banquet
decus
decoris (n) - ornament, glory, beauty
dēdecus
dēdecoris (n) - disgrace, shame, crime
dēditiō
dēditiōnis (f) - surrender
dēfēnsor
dēfensōris (m) - defender, protector
dēlūbrum
dēlūbrī (n) - sanctuary, temple
dēns
dentis (m) - tooth, tusk
dētrīmentum
dētrīmentī (n) - loss, harm, defect
deus
deī (m) - god
diēs
diēī (m) - day
difficultās
difficultātis (f) - difficulty
digitus
digitī (m) - finger
dignitās
dignitātis (f) - dignity
dīligentia
dīligentiae (f) - industry, hard work
disciplīna
disciplīnae (f) - discipline, orderliness
discrīmen
discrīminis (n) - crisis
discessus
discessūs (m) - partings, departure
dissensiō
dissensiōnis (f) - diagreement, conflict
doctrīna
doctrīnae (f) - instruction, education, science
dolor
dolōris (m) - pain, grief
dolus
dolī (m) - trickery
domicilium
domiciliī (n) - dwelling
domus
domūs (m) - home
dōnum
dōnī (n) - present, gift
dux
ducis (m) - leader
effigiēs
effigiēī (f) - image, (wax) statue
egestās
egastātis (f) - want, poverty
ēnsis
ēnsis (m) - sword
epulae
epulārum (f.pl.) - dishes, banquet
eques
equitis (m) - horseman; man of equestrian rank
equitātus
equitātūs (m) - cavalry
equus
equī (m) - horse
error
errōris (m) - wandering, maze, mistake
ēruptiō
ēruptiōnis (f) - eruption
ēventus
ēventūs (m) - outcome
exemplum
exemplī (n) - example
exercitātiō
exercitātiōnis (f) - practice, exercise, experience
exercitus
exercitūs (m) - army
exitium
exitiī (n) - ruin, destruction
exitus
exitūs (m) - departure, end, death
exsilium
exsiliī (n) - exile, banishment, retreat
explōrātor
explōrātōris (m) - scout, spy
exsul
exsulis (m.f.) - exile
exuviae
exuviārum (f.pl.) - clothing, arms, hide
faciēs
facieī (f) - form, shape, appearance, face
facinus
facinoris (n) - crime
factum
factī (n) - deed, achievment
facultās
facultātis (f) - opportunity, ability
fāma
fāmae (f) - talk, rumor, tradition, fame
famēs
famis (f) - hunger
familia
familiae (f) - slaves of a household, estate, family
famulus
famulī (m) - servant, attendant
fās
(n) - divine law, right
fastīgium
fastīgiī (n) - gable, slope
fātum
fātī (n) - divine word, oracle, fate
faucēs
faucium (f.pl.) - passage, entranceway
fax
facis (f) - torch
fēlīcitās
fēlīciātis (f) - happiness, good luck
fēmina
fēminae (f) - woman
ferrum
ferrī (n) - iron, sword
fidēs
fideī (f) - loyalty, trustworthiness
fīdūcia
fīdūciae (f) - confidence, trust
fīlia
fīliae (f) - daughter
fīlius
fīliī (m) - son
fīnis
fīnis (m) - end
flamma
flammae (f) - flame
flētus
flētūs (m) - weeping, tears
flōs
flōris (m) - flower
fluctus
fluctūs (m) - wave, flood, disturbance
flūmen
flūminis (n) - river
fluvius
fluviī (m) - river, stream
focus
focī (m) - hearth, pyre, altar
foedus
foederis (n) - treaty, law, agreement
folium
foliī (n) - leaf
fōns
fontis (m) - fountain, spring
foris
foris (f) - door, opening, entrance
fōrma
fōrmae (f) - beauty, shape
formīdō
formīdinis (f) - terror, awe, scarecrow
fors
fortis (f) - chance, luck
fortūna
fortūnae (f) - fortune, luck
forum
forī (n) - forum, business center
fossa
fossae (f) - ditch
frāter
frātris (m) - brother
frōns
frontis (f) - front
fremitus
fremitūs (m) - roaring, snorting, noise
fretum
fretī (n) - strait, sea
frīgus
frīgoris (n) - cold, winter, death
frōns, frontis
(f) - forehead, brow
frōns, frondis
(f) - leaf, foliage
frūctus
frūctūs (m) - enjoyment, income, produce, fruit
frūmentum
frūmentī (n) - grain
fuga
fugae (f) - escape
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fulmen
fulminis (n) - thunderbolt, disaster
fūmus
fūmī (m) - smoke, steam
funditor*
funditōris (m) - slinger*
fūnis
fūnis (m) - rope
fūnus
fūneris (n) - funeral
furia
furiae (f) - madness, frenzy, passion
furor
furōris (m) - madness, frenzy, passion
fūrtum
fūrtī (n) - theft, robbery
galea
galeae (f) - helmet
gaudium
gaudiī (n) - joy
gemitus
gemitūs (m) - groan
gener
generī (m) - son-in-law
genitor
genitōris (m) - father, creator
gēns
gentis (f) - family, tribe
genū
genūs (n) - knee
genus
generis (n) - race, kind, class, species, birth
gladiātor
gladiātōris (m) - gladiator
gladius
gladiī (m) - sword
glōria
glōriae (f) - glory
gradus
gradūs (m) - step, pace, position
grātia
grātiae (f) - charm, grace, influence
gravitās
gravitātis (f) - weight, severity, sickness
gressus
gressūs (m) - step, course
grex
gregis (m) - flock, herd, company, troop
gubernātor
gubernātōris (m) - helmsman
gurges
gurgitis (m) - abyss, deep water, flood
habēna
habēnae (f) - strap, reigns
harēna
harēnae (f) - sand, desert, seashore
hasta
hastae (f) - spear
herba
herbae (f) - blade, grass, herb, weed
hērōs
hēris (m) - demigod, hero
hīberna
hībernōrum (n.pl.) - winter quarters
hiems
hiemis (f) - winter
homō
hominis (m) - person, man
honor
honōris (m) - honor, official position
hōra
hōrae (f) - hour
hospes
hospitis (m) - guest, host
hospitium
hospitiī (n) - hospitality, friendship
hostis
hostis (m.f.) - enemy
hūmānitās
hūmānitātis (f) - humanity, mankind
humus
humī (f) - ground
iaculum
iaculī (n) - javelin, fishing net
iānua
iānuae (f) - door
ictus
ictūs (m) - stroke, blow, wound
ignis
ignis (m) - fire
imāgō
imāginis (f) - likeness, picture, ghost
imber
imberis (m) - rain, water, stream, shower
impedīmentum
impedīmentī (n) - hinderance, obstacle
imperātor
imperātōris (m) - emperor
imperātum
imperātī (n) - order
imperium
imperiī (n) - empire
impetus
impetūs (m) - attack
incendium
incendiī (n) - fire, heat
incommodum
incommodī (n) - inconvenience
incursus
incursūs (m) - assault, impulse
index
indicis (m) - forefinger, witness
indicium
indiciī (n) - sign, evidence
industria
industriae (f) - diligence
ingenium
ingeniī (n) - character
inimīcus
inimīcī (m) - enemy
initium
initī/initiī (n) - beginning
iniūria
iniūriae (f) - injustice, injury
inopia
inopiae (f) - poverty
īnsidiae
īnsidiārum (f.pl.) - trap, ambush
īnstitūtum
īnstitūtī (n) - tradition, agreement
īnsula
īnsulae (f) - island; apartment building
interitus
interitūs (m) - destruction, ruin, death
intervāllum
intervāllī (n) - space, distance
invidia
invidiae (f) - envy, jealousy
īra
īrae (f) - anger
iter
itineris (n) - journey, trip, progress
iūdex
iūdicis (m) - judge
iūdicium
iūdicī, iūdiciī (n) - trial, opinion
iugum
iugī (n) - yoke, pair, height
iūmentum
iūmentī (n) - beast of burden, packhorse
iūs
iūris (n) - law, order; broth, soup
iūs iūrandum
iūs iūrandī (n) - oath
iūstitia
iūstitiae (f) - justice
iuvencus
iuvencī (m) - young man, bullock
iuvenis
iuvenis (m) - young man
iuventa
iuventae (f) - youth
iuventūs
iuventūtis (f) - youth, manhood
lāc
lactis (n) - milk
lacrima
lacrimae (f) - tear
lacus
lacūs (m) - lake
labor
labōris (m) - work
laetitia
laetitiae (f) - joy, delight
lapis
lapidis (m) - stone, precious stone
latebra
latebrae (f) - hiding place, retreat
latex
laticis (m) - water, liquid
lātitūdō
lātitūdinis (f) - width, size
latrō
latrōnis (m) - robber
latrōcinium
latrōciniī (n) - (highway) robbery, piracy
lātus
lāteris (n) - lungs, side, flank
laurus
laurī (f) - laurel tree
laus
laudis (f) - praise, glory, fame
lēgātiō
lēgātiōnis (f) - mission, embassy
lēgātus
lēgātī (m) - commander (of a legion)
legiō
legiōnis (f) - legion
lēnitās
lēnitātis (f) - softness, smoothness
lētum
lētī (n) - death, rain, destruction
lēx
lēgis (f) - law
liber
librī (m) - book
lībertās
lībertātis (f) - freedom
līberī
līberōrum (m.pl.) - children
libīdō
libīdinis (f) - desire, passion, lust
līmen
līminis (n) - threshold, doorway
lingua
linguae (f) - tongue
littera
litterae (f) - letter
lītus
litōris (n) - seashore, shore
locus
locī (m) - place
lūctus
lūctūs (m) - mourning, lamentation
lūcus
lūcī (m) - grove, wood
lūdus
lūdī (m) - game
lūmen
lūminis (m) - light, lamp, eye
lūna
lūnae (f) - moon
lūx
lūcis (f) - light, daylight
magister
magistrī (m) - master, foreman
magistrātus
magistrātūs (m) - public official
magnitūdō
magnitūdinis (f) - greatness, size, dignity
maiōrēs
maiōrum (m.pl.) - ancestors
maleficium
maleficiī (n) - misdeed, wrong
mālus (f)
mālī (f) - apple tree
mālus (m)
mālī (m) - mast, pole
mandātum
mandātī (n) - instruction, order
Hint
Answer
mānēs
mānium (m.pl) - ghosts, bodily remains
manus
manūs (f) - hand
mare
maris (n) - sea
marītus
marītī (m) - husband
māter
mātris (f) - mother
māteria
māteriae (f) - matter, substance
mel
mellis (n) - honey
membrum
membrī (n) - limb, member, part
memoria
memoriae (f) - memory
mēns
mentis (f) - mind
mēnsa
mēnsae (f) - table
mēnsis
mēnsis (m) - month
mercātor
mercātōris (m) - merchant
mēta
mētae (f) - turning-point
metus
metūs (m) - fear
mīles
mīlitis (m) - soldier
mīlitia
mīlitiae (f) - military service, war
minae
minārum (f.pl.) - threats
modus
modī (m) - manner, way, kind
moenia
moenum (n.pl.) - defences, walls
mōlēs
mōlis (f) - mass, pile, bulk
mōns
montis (m) - mountain
mōnstrum
monstrī (n) - marvel, monster
monumentum
monumentī (n) - memorial, monument
mora
morae (f) - delay
mors
mortis (f) - death
mōs
mōris (m) - custom
mōtus
mōtūs (m) - movement
mulier
mulieris (f) - woman, wife
multitūdō
multitūdinis (f) - crowd
mūnicipium
mūnicipiī (n) - provincial town
mūnītiō
mūnītiōnis (f) - fortification, defense
mūnus
mūneris (n) - service, duty
murmur
murmuris (n) - murmur, hum, rumbling
mūrus
mūrī (m) - wall
nātiō
nātiōnis (f) - tribe, race, breed, class
nātūra
nātūrae (f) - birth, nature, character
nauta
nautae (m) - sailor
nāvigātiō
nāvigātiōnis (f) - voyage
nāvigium
nāvigiī (n) - vessel, ship
nāvis
nāvis (f) - ship
nefās
(n) - evil
negōtium
negotiī (n) - business
nēmō
acc. neminem - no one, nobody
nemus
nemōris (n) - wood, grove
nepōs
nepōtis (m) - grandson
nihil
nothing
nimbus
nimbī (m) - cloud, rain, storm
nix
nivis (f) - snow
nōbilitās
nōbilitātis (f) - fame, noble birth
nōdus
nōdī (m) - knot, knob, girdle
nōmen
nōminis (n) - name
nox
noctis (f) - night
nūbēs
nūbis (f) - cloud
nūmen
nūminis (n) - power, divinity
numerus
numerī (m) - number
nūntius
nūntiī (m) - messenger, message, news
nūtus
nūtūs (m) - nod, will, command
nympha
nymphae (f) - bride, nymph, water
obses
obsidis (m.f.) - hostage, guarentee
obsidiō
obsidiōnis (f) - seige, blockade
occāsiō
occāsiōnis (f) - opportunity
occāsus
occāsūs (m) - setting, west, ruin
ōceanus
ōceanī (m) - ocean
oculus
oculī (m) - eye
odium
odiī (n) - hatred, dislike
officium
officiī (n) - duty
olīva
olīvae (f) - olive, olive tree, olive branch
ōmen
ōminis (n) - omen
onus
oneris (n) - load, burden, cargo
opera
operae (f) - work, service, attention
opīniō
opīniōnis (f) - opinion, reputation
oppidum
oppidī (n) - town
opportūnitās
opportūnitātis (f) - suitableness, advantage
oppugnātiō
oppugnātiōnis (f) - attack, assault
ops
opis (f) - power, strength, health
opus
operis (n) - work, construction
ōra
ōrae (f) - edge, boundary, region
ōrātiō
ōrātiōnis (f) - speech
orbis
orbis (m) - globe
ōrdō
ordinis (m) - row, line
orīgō
orīginis (f) - beginning, source, ancestry
ōrnāmentum
ōrnāmentī (n) - ornament, decoration
ortus
ortūs (m) - rising, east, origin, source
ōs, ōris
(n) - face, mouth
os, ossis
(n) - bone
ōstium
ōstiī (n) - leisure, peace, quiet
ōtium
ōtiī (n) - door, entrance, mouth
pābulātiō
pābulātiōnis (f) - foraging
pāgus
pāgī (m) - village
palma
palmae (f) - palm, hand
palūs
palūdis (f) - marsh, pool, lake
pariēs
parietis (m) - wall
pars
partis (f) - part
passus
passūs (m) - step, pace
pāstor
pāstōris (m) - shepherd
pater
patris (m) - father
patera
paterae (f) - bowl
pāx
pācis (f) - peace
pectus
pectoris (n) - breast, heart
pecūnia
pucūniae (f) - money
pecus, pecoris
(n) - cattle, herd, flock
pecus, pecudis
(f) - sheep, beast
pedes
peditis (m) - foot soldier, infantry
peditātus
peditātūs (m) - infantry
pelagus
pelagī (n) - sea, open sea
pellis
pellis (f) - skin, hide, leather
perfuga
perfugae (m) - deserter
perfugium
perfugiī (n) - shelter, refuge
perīculum
perīculī (n) - danger
perniciēs
pernicieī (f) - destruction, ruin, death
pēs
pedis (m) - foot, paw
pestis
pestis (f) - pest, rascal
phalanx
phalangis (f) - phalanx, troops
pharetra
pharetrae (f) - quiver
pietās
pietātis (f) - sense of duty, piety, love
pīlum
pīlī (n) - javelin
pinna
pinnae (f) - wing, feather, arrow
plānitiēs
plānitieī (f) - ground level, plain
plēbs (or plēbēs)
plēbis (f) - common people, lower classes
poena
poenae (f) - punishment
poēta
poētae (m) - poet
polus
polī (m) - pole, North Pole, sky
pondus
ponderis (n) - weight, mass, burden
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