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- Abbas Abbatis
- father / abbot
- Abbatia
- abbey, monastery
- Abduco
- to lead, or take away / detach, withdraw
- Abeo
- to go away, retire / depart from life, die
- Abeo
- to digress / change / vanish, disappear
- Abscido
- to cut off, to separate, take away
- Absconditus
- hidden, concealed
- Absens, Absentis
- (adj) absent, missing, away, gone
- Absorbeo
- to swallow, gulp down, carry away, engross
- Absque
- (+ abl) without
- Abstergo
- to wipe off, clean away
- Absum
- to be absent, be away, be missing
- Abundans
- abundant, overflowing, abounding in
- Abundantia
- abundance, bounty, plenty
- Abutor
- to make full use of, to abuse
- Abutor
- to use abusive language / use a word incorrectly
- Ac (atque)
- and
- Accedo
- to approach, come near / (things) to be added
- Accendo
- to kindle, illuminate, inflame
- Acceptus
- welcome, pleasant, agreeable
- Accipio
- to consider oneself indebted, receive, learn, take
- Accommodo
- to adjust, adapt, accommodate oneself
- Accusator
- accusor, plaintiff
- Accuso
- to accuse, blame, find fault with
- Acer
- sharp, keen, eager, severe, fierce
- Acerbitas
- harshness, bitterness
- Acerbus
- bitter, gloomy, dark
- Acervus
- a heap, mass
- Acidus
- sharp, sour
- Acies
- keenness, edge, sharpness, battle-line, battlefield
- Acquiro
- to acquire, gain, get, obtain
- Acsi
- as if
- Adamo
- to fall in love with, find pleasure in
- Adaugeo
- to make greater, add, increase
- Addo
- to give, bring, place, / inspire, cause, / add, join
- Adduco
- to lead, induce, persuade
- Ademptio
- a taking away
- Adeo
- to such a point, such an extent, so far, so long
- Adeo
- to approach, visit, come to, undertake
- Adeptio
- attainment, obtaining
- Adepto
- to obtain, get, acquire
- Adfectus Affectus (fr. Adficio)
- influenced, worked upon
- Adfero Affero
- to cause, bring about, contribute
- Adfero Affero
- to bring news, report / apply, bring to bear
- Adficio
- to affect, afflict, weaken, sap, exhaust, drain
- Adflicto Affligo
- to injure, weaken, discourage, damage, break
- Adhaero
- to hang to, stick to, adhere
- Adhuc
- till then, till now, still, even now, besides, also, yet
- Adicio
- to direct, address, apply / to throw to
- Adimpleo
- to fulfill, perform
- Adipiscor
- to come up to, overtake, obtain
- Adiuvo
- to help, aid, assist
- Administratio
- giving of help, administration, government
- Admiratio
- wonder, astonishment, surprise, admiration
- Admiror
- to wonder at, admire, marvel at
- Admitto
- to admit, receive
- Admoneo
- admonish, advise
- Admonitio
- warning, reminder
- Admoveo
- to move to, bring up, apply
- Adnuo
- to nod assent
- Adopto
- to wish for oneself, adopt, select, pick out
- Adsidue Assidue
- continuously, without remission
- Adstringo
- (persons) bind, oblige, (+ refl) commit oneself to
- Adstringo
- to tight, compress, compact /
- Adstringo
- to draw together, tighten, bind
- Adsuesco Assuesco
- to grow accustomed to, used to, make familiar
- Adsum
- to assist, be present, be near, be in attendance,
- Adsumo (assumo)
- to take to oneself, claim, appropriate, call
- Adulatio
- fawning, flattery, sycophancy, buttering up
- Adulescens
- young man, youth, lad
- Adulescentia
- youth
- Adultus
- (adj) grown up, mature, adult, of age
- Aduro (adustum)
- to set fire to, burn, singe, kindle, light
- Advenio
- to come, arrive, reach
- Adversus
- (prep + acc) toward, against, facing
- Adversus
- (adj) facing, opposite, opposing
- Advoco
- to summon, call / call in an advisor
- Aedificium Edificium
- building, structure
- Aeger Eger
- sick, ill
- Aegre Egre
- (adv) hardly, scarcely, with difficulty, laboriously
- Aegresco
- to become ill, grow worse, be ill
- Aegresco Egresco
- to fall ill, become troubled, grow worse
- Aegretudo Egretudo
- sickness, mental illness
- Aegrotatio Egrotatio
- sickness, illness
- Aegrus
- ill, diseased, unwell
- Aeneus Eneus
- made of copper or bronze, brazen
- Aequitas Equitas
- justice, fairness, equity
- Aequus, Equus
- level, even, calm, equal, favorable, just
- Aer, Aeris
- air, atmosphere, ether, weather
- Aestas Estas
- summer
- Aestivus Estivus
- pertaining to summer
- Aestus Estus
- heat, tide
- Aetas
- an age, stage, period of life, time, era
- Aeternus Eternus
- eternal, everlasting, without end
- Affligeniensis, Haffligeniensis
- Afflighem
- Ager (agri)
- farm, field, acre
- Aggero
- to make a mound, heap up, increase
- Aggredior
- to go to, approach, address, attack
- Agnitio
- recognition, knowledge
- Agnosco
- to know again, recognize, report, understand, admit
- Agnosco
- acknowledge
- Agnosco
- to recognize, understand, perceive
- Ago (egi Actum )
- to spend time, live / manage, drive, lead
- Ait
- he says
- Aiunt
- they say
- Aldenard
- Audenarde
- Alii ... Alii
- some others
- Alioqui
- (adv) otherwise
- Alioquin
- (adv) otherwise, in some respects / in general
- Aliqua
- some
- Aliquando
- at any time, sometimes, occasionally, at last
- Aliquanta
- (adj) moderate, or some size
- Aliquanto
- somewhat, considerably
- Aliquantum
- (noun) a good deal
- Aliquantus
- (adj) of some size, moderate
- Aliqui
- some
- Aliquid
- someone, somebody, something
- Aliquis
- someone, anyone, anything, (adv) in any respect
- Aliquo
- (adv) in some direction
- Aliquot
- some, several
- Aliquotiens
- some times
- Alius Alia Aliud
- other, another, someone else, something else
- Allatus (adfero)
- having been brought
- Alo (alui Altum)
- nourish, cherish, support, sustain, maintain, keep
- Alos
- alquod: some
- Alter
- (adv) otherwise
- Alter Altera Alterum
- the second, the other one
- Alter ... Alter
- the one the other
- Altus
- high, deep
- Alveus
- hollow, basket, bed (of a river)
- Amaritudo
- bitterness
- Ambianis
- Amiens
- Ambitus
- border, edge, extent / going around, circuit
- Ambulo
- to walk
- Amicitia
- friendship
- Amiculum
- cloak, cape
- Amicus
- friend, comrade
- Amissio / Amissus
- loss
- Amitto
- to dismiss, send away, lose, let slip away
- Amitto
- to send away, let go, let slip, lose
- Amo
- to love, like, be fond of, cherish
- Amor
- love, affection, infatuation, passion
- Amoveo
- to move away, remove, take out, shift
- Amplexus
- amplio : to enlarge, increase, improve
- Amplitudo
- size, breadth, dignity, grandeur, greatness
- Amplus
- large, spacious, ample / great important, honorable
- An
- (adv) or "Are you going OR are you staying?"
- Ancilla
- maidservant, also used by nuns to describe themselves
- Andegavense
- Anjou
- Angelus
- angel
- Angulus
- corner, niche
- Angustus
- narrow, limited, strait, tight, constricted
- Animadverto
- to turn the mind to, take notice of, see, perceive
- Animi
- at heart
- Animus
- courage, vivacity, bravery, will, spirit, soul
- Animus
- character, intellect, memory, consciousness, often mind
- Annus
- year
- Anser
- goose
- Ante
- (prep + acc) before / in front of / (adv) before, previously
- Antea
- (adv) before, previously, formerly
- Antepono
- (+ dat) put before, prefer, favor, promote
- Antiquus
- ancient, old, hoary,
- Aperio
- to uncover, lay bare, reveal, make clear
- Aperte
- openly, frankly
- Apostolus
- (legal) notice sent to a higher tribunal / ecc Apostle
- Apparatus
- equipment, gear, machinery / splendor, magnificence
- Appareo
- to become visible, appear, manifest
- Appello
- to call, name, summon
- Appono
- to appoint a person, to add something
- Appono
- to place near, put to, serve, put on the table
- Appositus
- placed near, approaching, appropriate, appositively
- Approbo
- to approve
- Appropinquo
- (+ dat) to near, drawn near, come close, approach
- Apto
- to fit, adapt, adjust, make ready, or fit
- Aptus
- fitted, connected, fastened / prepared, fitted out
- Aptus
- suitable, appropriate, fitting
- Apud
- (prep + acc) among, in the presence of, at, at the house of
- Aqua
- water
- Ara
- altar
- Arbitro Arbitror
- to witness, bear witness / judge, arbitrate
- Arbor
- tree
- Arbustum
- a vineyard planted with trees
- Arbustus
- planted with trees
- Arca Archa
- chest, box, money box, coffin, cell
- Arceo
- to shut up, enclose
- Arcesso, Accerso
- to bring, fetch, summon, call for
- Arcus
- bow (BOW and arrows), arch, bend, arc
- Argentum
- silver, money
- Argumentum
- proof, evidence
- Arguo
- to show, make clear, attempt to show
- Arma
- arms, weapons
- Armarium
- cupboard, chest, safe (for food, clothing, money)
- Armo
- to provide arms, arm, equip, fit out
- Aro
- to plow
- Ars, Artis
- skill method, technique, conduct, character
- Articulus
- (of time) a moment, crisis
- Artificiose
- skillfully
- Artificiosus
- skillful, accomplished, skillfuly made
- Arto
- to press together, reduce, abridged
- Arx , Arcis
- citadel, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon
- Ascisco
- to receive, admit / adopt / take up, approve
- Asper
- rough, harsh, severe
- Asperitas
- roughness, severity / harshness, fierceness
- Aspicio
- to look at, behold, gaze at, see
- Asporto
- to carry off, take away
- Assentator
- flatterer, sycophant, yes-man
- Astrum
- star, constellation
- Asvesniis
- of Avesnes
- At
- (conj) but (more emphatic and emotional than sed)
- Atavus
- great-great-great grandfather, ancestor
- Ater Atra Atrum
- dark
- Atqui
- (conj) and yet, still
- Atrebatum
- Arras
- Atrocitas
- hashness, cruelty, frightfulness, barbarity, horror
- Atrox
- terrible, cruel, horror
- Attero
- destroy, waste, weaken, impair
- Attero
- to weaken, ruin, rub against, rub away, erode
- Attollo
- to raise, lift up, elevate / excite, exalt
- Attonbitus
- frantic, inspired, thunder-struck, stunned
- Auctor
- author, originator
- Auctoritas
- authority
- Auctus
- growth, enlargement, increase
- Audacia
- boldness, dash, daring, audacity
- Audacter, Audaciter
- boldly, proudly, fearlessly
- Audax
- bold
- Audentia
- boldness, courage
- Audeo (part. Ausus )
- to dare
- Audio
- to hear, hearken, listen to
- Auditor
- hearer, listener
- Aufero
- to carry away, remove / steal, carry off, make away with
- Aureus
- golden
- Auris
- ear
- Aurissiodorenses
- Auxerre, dept Yonne, between Paris and Dijon
- Aurum
- gold
- Aut ... Aut
- either or
- Autem
- moreover, however, but, also
- Autus
- increase, enlargement, growth
- Auxatia
- Alsace
- Auxilium
- aid, help, assistance, support
- Avaritia
- avarice, greed
- Avarus
- greedy, avaricious
- Aveho
- to carry away, remove (avexi avectum )
- Averto
- to turn away, avert, avoid turn back
- Avesniis
- Avesnes
- Avoco
- to call away, divert