Latin Words That Start With c
Most popular Latin Words starting with c
- Constituo
- Consumo
- Consilium
- Cogito
- Contineo
- Constituo
- Concedo
- Consulo
- Coerceo
- Contineo
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- Cado
- to fall, drop, plummet, topple
- Caecus
- blind, sightless
- Caelestis
- heavenly, celestial / noun, a god, dweller in heaven
- Caelum
- sky, heaven
- Calamitas
- calamity, misfortune, disaster
- Calamus
- anything made or reed -- pen, arrow, pipe, etc
- Calcar
- spur
- Calco
- to tread, trample upon
- Calculus
- pebble, stone
- Callide
- skillfully, cleverly / cunningly, slyly, subtly
- Callidus
- clever, dextrous, experienced, skilful / cunning, sly
- Cameracum
- Cambrai
- Campana
- bell
- Candidus
- bright, shining, white
- Canis
- dog
- Canonicus
- canonical, according to the canons, legal, lawful, right
- Canonus
- canon, member of a cathedral chapter or canonry, Augustinian
- Canto
- to sing
- Capillus
- hair
- Capio
- to seize, take, choose / attack, injure / comprehend
- Capitulus
- chapter, chapter meeting, chapter house
- Capto
- to grab, try to get, grab at
- Caput Capitis
- head / top, summit / chief
- Carbo Carbonis
- carbon, coal, charcoal
- Carcer
- prison, cell, jail, dungeon
- Careo
- (+ abl of sep) be without, be deprived of, lack, want
- Caries
- rottenness, corruption, decay
- Cariosus
- rotten, decayed
- Caritas
- dearness, affection / charity
- Carmen
- song, poem
- Carnotense
- Chartres
- Carnutum Carnotum
- Chartres
- Carpo
- to pluck, seize, grab, lay hold of, hold on to
- Carus
- dear, beloved / costly, high-priced, expensive
- Casso
- to bring to naught, destroy, annul, make void
- Caste
- purely, spotlessly, purely, uprightly, chastely
- Castellandum
- Chateaudun
- Casus
- accident, chance, fortune
- Catena
- chain, fetters
- Caterva
- crowd, troop, flock
- Catervatim
- in troops, in masses
- Cathalaunenses
- Chalons
- Cattus
- cat
- Cauda
- the tail of an animal
- Causa
- (in the abl) on account of, for the sake of
- Causa
- cause / reason, motive, pretext / interest
- Causa
- case at law, case, law-suit / situation, condition
- Caute Cautim
- cautiously, with security
- Cautela
- caution, precaution, security
- Caveo Cavi Cautum
- beware, avoid, look out for
- Cavus
- hole, pit
- Cedo
- to go, proceed / turn out, happen / go away, withdraw
- Cedo
- (+ dat) give ground to, submit to, be inferior to
- Cedo Cessi Cessum
- to grant, yield
- Celebrer
- famous, renowned
- Celebrus
- abounding in, rich in, much frequented, respected
- Celer
- quick, swift, rapid, speedy, fast
- Celeritas
- speed, swiftness, rapidity, quickness
- Celeriter
- rapidly, quickly, swiftly, speedily
- Celo
- to hide, conceal, keep secret
- Cena
- dinner, meal
- Cenaculum
- garret, attic
- Ceno
- to dine
- Censura
- judgement
- Centum
- (indecl) one hundred, 100
- Cerno
- to separate, sift, distinguish / decide, resolve, determine
- Cernuus
- falling headlong
- Certe Certo
- (adv) certainly, assuredly
- Certo
- to contend, settle, dispute, to settle by combat
- Certus
- undoubted, certain, sure
- Certus
- settled, resolved, decided / definite, certain, sure
- Cervus
- stag, deer
- Cetera
- for the rest, otherwise
- Ceteri
- the remaining, the rest, the others
- Ceterum
- (adv) otherwise, moreover, but
- Ceterus
- the other, the rest
- Charisma Carisma
- gift, present
- Cibo
- food for animals
- Cibus
- food for men and animals
- Cicuta
- hemlock
- Cimentarius
- mason?
- Ciminatio
- accusation, calumny, charge
- Ciminosus
- reproachful, slanderous
- Cinis Cineris
- ashes, embers
- Circumvenio
- to come around, surround, cheat, defraud
- Circumvenio
- to beset, assail
- Cito
- quickly, rapidly, speedily
- Civilis
- civil, civic
- Civis
- citizen, townsman, bourgeois, burgess
- Civitas
- state, citizenship, city-state
- Clam
- secretly, in secret
- Clamo
- to call, shout, cry aloud, proclaim, declare
- Clamor
- loud shouting, cry
- Claro
- to make bright or clear, make clear in the mind
- Clarus
- clear, bright / renowned, famous, illustrious
- Claudeo
- to limp, halt, be lame, to hobble
- Claudo (clausus)
- to confine, shut up, close, blockade, besiege
- Claudus
- lame
- Claustrum
- bolt, bar, prison, den, pen, enclosure / cloister
- Clementia
- indulgence, forbearance, humanity, mercy, gentleness, etc
- Clibanus
- oven, furnace / tray for bread making
- Coadunatio
- a gathering together, a summing up, a uniting
- Coaegresco
- to become sick at the same time
- Coepi (pres. Incipio )
- began, started, undertook, initiated
- Coerceo
- surround, enclose, restrain, confine
- Cogito
- to think, ruminate, ponder, consider, plan
- Cognatus
- (adj) related by blood (noun) a relative, kinsman
- Cognomen
- surname, family name, nick-name
- Cognosco
- to examine, inquire, learn
- Cogo, Coegi, Coactum
- to compel, restrict, confine
- Cogo, Coegi, Coactum
- to bring together, drive, draw
- Cohaero Cohero Cohesi Cohesum
- to adhere, stick together
- Cohibeo
- confine, restrain, hold back, repress
- Cohors
- a yard, enclosure / troop, 1 / 10 of a legion
- Cohortor
- to encourage, incite, exhort
- Colligo
- to gather together, collect, assemble
- Colloco
- to place, put, arrange
- Collum
- neck
- Colo Colui Cultum
- cultivate, cherish
- Color
- color
- Coloratus
- colored / dark-complexioned
- Coloro
- to color
- Coma
- hair of the head, leaves, rays of light
- Combibo
- to drink up, suck in
- Comburo
- to burn up, to ruin, consume
- Comedo Comedi Comesum
- to eat up, consume / waste, squander
- Comes Comitis
- companion, friend, comrade / count
- Cometes
- comet
- Cometissa Comitissa
- countess
- Comis
- courteous, kind, friendly
- Comitatus
- train, retinue, following / war band
- Comiter
- courteously, in a kindly, friendly manner
- Comitto
- to entrust, commit
- Commemoro
- to remind, relate, mention
- Commeo
- To go up and down, back and forth, in and out
- Commessatio, Onis
- eating together
- Comminor
- to threaten
- Comminuo
- to scatter, weaken, damage
- Comminus
- hand to hand, in close combat
- Commisceo
- to intermingle, join, mix
- Commissum
- undertaking, that which is entrusted
- Commodo
- (+ acc) to furnish, lend, give
- Commodo
- to make fit, adapt, please, oblige, serve
- Commodum
- suitable time, opportunity, convenience, use
- Commodum
- convenience, advantage, opportunity, comfort
- Commoneo
- to remind someone forcibly of something
- Commoneo
- to remember, recollect
- Commoneo
- to impress upon one to remind
- Commoveo
- to move violently, disturb, shake / excite, upset
- Communis
- common, general, run of the mill
- Comparo
- to compare
- Compatior
- to suffer with one, feel pity, have compassion
- Compello
- to drive together, collect, force, compel
- Comperio
- to disclose wholly, lay open / learn, find out
- Comperio
- to disclose fully, find out with certainty
- Comperte
- on good authority
- Compes
- fetters, shackles, chains
- Compes, Compedis
- fetters, shackles, chained
- Competo
- to be appropriate, suitable, fit
- Complectus
- embrace, grasp
- Compleo
- to finish
- Compleo
- to fill up, man, bring up to strength, fulfill
- Compono
- to put together, compose
- Compositio
- composition, agreement, pact / arrangement
- Compositus
- orderly, matching, made up of pieces
- Comprehendo
- to seize, arrest, take prisoner, catch red-handed
- Comprehendo
- to grasp, take together, unite / comprehend
- Comprehendo
- to embrace, take firmly, include, seize
- Comprobo
- to approve fully / to confirm, prove, establish
- Comprovincialis
- born in the same province
- Comptus
- a head-dress, a hairband
- Conatus
- exertion, effort / undertaking / impulse, inclination
- Concedo
- to concede, yield, allow, grant, withdraw, give up
- Concepta
- measures, capacity
- Concero
- connect join, twine, join in conflict
- Concido
- to fall down, sink, perish / (wind) subside
- Concido
- to be ruined, fail / cut up, cut down, destroy
- Concilium
- council
- Concipio
- to take or lay hold of, receive, take in
- Concisus
- cut up, broken, brief, concise
- Concito
- to move violently, stir up, excite
- Conculco
- to tread under foot, despise, oppress, suppress
- Concupiscentia
- avarice, covetousness
- Concupisco
- to covet, aim at, desire eagerly
- Concutio
- to shake, disturb, agitate
- Concutio
- to shake together, agitate, alarm, disturb, shatter
- Condico
- to agree, fix, settle, make arrangements
- Conduco
- hire, employ for wages, among many other meanings
- Confero
- to bring together, put together, collect /
- Confero
- discuss, debate, confer / betake oneself, devote
- Confestim
- immediately, without delay
- Confido
- have confidence in, be confident of, rely upon
- Confiteor Confessus
- to confess, own up, admit, acknowledge
- Conforto
- to strengthen much
- Confugo
- to flee, have recourse to, take refuge
- Congregatio
- assembly, society, union
- Congrego
- to gather together, assemble, convene
- Congruus
- agreeing, fit, suitable
- Conicio
- to hurl, throw / put together, conjecture
- Coniecto
- to throw together, infer, guess, conclude
- Conitor
- to press upon, to struggle to reach
- Coniuratio
- conspiracy, plot
- Coniuratus
- conspirator, plotter
- Coniuro
- to take an oath together, plot, conspire
- Conor
- to undertake, try, venture, presume, attempt
- Conqueror
- to complain loudly
- Conscendo
- to ascend, mount, go up
- Conscientia
- conscience, consciousness, knowledge
- Conscindo
- to tear in pieces
- Conscius
- conscious of, aware of
- Conservo
- to preserve, conserve, maintain, keep, hold to
- Considero
- to look at, regard carefully,
- Consido
- to set down, settle
- Consilio
- intentionally, on purpose, designedly
- Consilium
- deliberation, consultation, assembly, council
- Consilium
- advice, suggestion, wisdom, plan, purpose, judgment
- Consisto
- (+ in) to depend on, rely on
- Consisto
- (+ abl etc) to be formed of, consist / stop, stay
- Consitor
- sower, planter
- Conspergo
- to sprinkle, bestrew
- Conspicio
- to catch sight of, perceive, behold, understand
- Constans
- steady, firm, unchanging, constant, unwavering
- Constanter
- steadily, firmly
- Constituo
- to set up, place, establish, post, station
- Constituo
- to arrange, decide, appoint, settle, found, set up
- Consto
- to be established, stand firm, stop, endure
- Constringo Constrixi Constrictum
- to bind, confine, restrain
- Construo Construxi Constructum
- to construct, build, arrange
- Constupator
- ravisher, debaucher
- Constupro
- to ravish, corrupt
- Consuasor
- advisor, counselor
- Consuefacio
- to accustom, acclimate, become used to
- Consuesco
- to accustom, inure, habituate
- Consueta
- customary, usual
- Consuetudo
- custom, usage, habit / intimacy, familiar acquaintance
- Consulatio
- deliberation, inquiry, full consideration
- Consulo
- to reflect, consider, ponder, reflect
- Consulo
- (+ dat) look to the interests of / consult, ask advice
- Consulo
- to look to the interests of, come to a conclusion
- Consulto
- to ask the advice of, consult
- Consulto
- to consider carefully, weigh, ponder
- Consultum
- decree
- Consummatio
- completion, summing up, adding up
- Consummo
- to add together, sum up, make perfect, complete
- Consumo
- to spend, employ, use up, finish, waste away, destroy
- Consuo Consui Consutum
- to sew together, stitch
- Consurgo
- to stand up, rise up / to arise, break out
- Contabesco
- to waste slowly away, decline in health
- Contactus
- touching, contact / contagion
- Contages
- a touch, contact
- Contagio Contagium
- contagion, infection / touching, contact
- Contamino
- to pollute, infect
- Contego
- to cover, shield, protect, defend
- Contemno
- to think meanly of, despise, condemn, hate
- Contemplatio
- survey, contemplation
- Contemplor
- to mark out, regard, consider carefully, survey
- Contemptim
- contemptuously
- Contemptio
- scorn, disdain, contempt
- Contemptus
- despised, despicable, contemptible
- Contendo
- to compare, contrast / compete
- Contendo
- to contend, strive, struggle, hasten
- Contendo
- to assert, maintain / shoot (a missile), cast
- Contente
- eagerly, earnestly
- Contentus
- contented, satisfied
- Contentus
- strained, stretched / eager, zealous
- Contigo
- (with dat), to happen, befall
- Contineo
- to touch, reach, grasp, affect, infect
- Contineo
- to keep in, surround, contain, confine, include
- Contineo
- hold together, keep together, connect, join
- Contineo
- to hold back, restrain
- Contineo Contigi, Contectum
- border on / befall (good luck)
- Contingo
- (contactum) to touch closely, happen to, befall
- Continuo
- (adv) immediately, at once
- Continuus
- connected together, continuous, uninterrupted
- Contra
- (+ acc) against
- Contradictio
- a speaking against, contradiction
- Contrado
- to deliver together, or wholly
- Contraho
- to draw together, collect, assemble, carry out
- Contristo
- to make sad or gloomy
- Contristo
- to sadden, afflict, damage (of crops)
- Conturbo
- to confuse, scatter, throw into confusion, distress
- Conventus
- coming together, assembly, union, congress
- Conversatio
- way, manner of life / monastic life
- Converto
- to turn around, cause to turn / to adopt the monastic life
- Convoco
- to call together, convene
- Copia
- abundance, supply
- Copiae Copie
- supplies, troops, forces
- Copiose
- fully, at length, copiously
- Corbeiam
- Corbie
- Cornu
- horn
- Corona
- crown, diadem
- Corpus Corporis
- body, corpse
- Correptius
- more shortly
- Corrigo (correctum)
- to make correct, make right
- Corripio
- to seize, snatch up, steal, (of a disease) attack
- Corroboro
- to strengthen
- Corrumpo
- to break up, destroy, annihilate / spoil, weaken
- Corrumpo
- (documents) to falsify / (character) to corrupt
- Corruo
- to fall to the ground, sink down / be ruined, destroyed
- Corturiacum
- Courtrai
- Coruscus
- (a) flashing, twinkling, shaking, trembling
- Cotidie
- daily, every day
- Courtacum
- Courtrai
- Crapula
- wine-drinking, intoxication, drunkenness
- Cras
- (adv) tomorrow, on the morrow
- Crastinus
- of the morrow, the morrow
- Creator
- creator, founder
- Creatura
- creature, servant
- Creber
- thick, frequent, numerous
- Crebro
- repeatedly, often, one after the other, time after time
- Credo
- to believe / trust, commit / trust in, rely on / think
- Creo
- to create, make
- Creptio
- taking by force, seizure
- Crepusculum
- dusk, twilight
- Cresco (cretum)
- to grow, increase, expand
- Cribro
- to sift
- Cribrum
- sieve
- Crinis
- hair
- Crinitus
- long haired
- Cruciamentum
- torture, torment
- Crucio
- to torture, torment
- Crudelis
- cruel
- Cruentus
- to make bloody, stain with blood
- Cruentus
- bloody, bloodthirsty, blood-red
- Crur, Cruris
- leg, shank, shin, also foot
- Crustulum
- pastry, cookie
- Crux Crucis
- cross
- Cubicularis
- pertaining to a bedroom
- Cubicularius
- bed-chamber servant, chamberlain
- Cubiculum
- bedroom, sleeping chamber
- Cubitum
- the elbow / a cubit
- Cubitum Ire
- to go to bed, retire
- Cubo
- to lie down, recline
- Cui
- (masc sing dat) TO WHOM did you give it?
- Cui
- (fem sing dat) IN WHICH (province) did you live?
- Cui
- (neut sing dat) (the monster), TO WHOM the cattle belonged
- Cuius
- (neut sing gen) (the building) the size OF WHICH was great
- Cuius
- (masc sing gen) (the saint) WHOSE virtues were many
- Cuius
- (fem sing gen) (the queen), the vices OF WHOM were many
- Cuiusmodi
- of what kind
- Culpa
- fault, blame, (esp against chastity)
- Culpo
- to blame, censure, accuse
- Cultellus
- a little knife
- Cultura
- cultivation
- Cum
- (prep + abl) with
- Cum
- (with indicative) when
- Cum
- (with subjunctive) when, as, while, since, although
- Cunabula
- cradle
- Cunae
- nest for young birds
- Cunctatio
- delay
- Cunctator
- delayer, procrastinator,
- Cunctor
- to delay, impede, hold up
- Cunctus
- all, all collectively, the whole
- Cupiditas
- ambition, avarice, party spirit, eager desire
- Cupido
- passion, desire, wanting, yearning, longing
- Cupio
- to desire, wish, long for, desire
- Cuppedia
- delicacies, candies, sweetmeats
- Cupressus
- cypress, cypress wood, a cypress-wood casket
- Cur
- why, wherefore
- Cura
- management, administration, care, concern, charge
- Curatio
- attention / medical attention, healing, curing
- Curator
- guardian, overseer
- Curia
- court
- Curiositas
- curiosity, inquisitiveness, nosiness
- Curiosus
- careful, attentive / curious, inquisitive / worn out by cares
- Curis Quris
- a spear
- Curo
- to care for, trouble about, pay attention to
- Curo
- manage, administer / provide money
- Curo
- (+gerundive) to see to a thing being done / cure, rest
- Curriculum
- a running, race, lap around the track, course
- Currus
- cart / a plow with wheels
- Cursim
- hastily, quickly, rapidly
- Cursito
- to run up and down
- Curso
- to run back and forth
- Cursor
- runner, carrier, messenger
- Cursus
- a race, a running, race course, race track, course
- Curto
- to shorten, abbreviate
- Curtracus
- Courtrai
- Curtus
- shortened / mutilated, defective / gelded
- Curvo
- to bend, arch, curve / influence
- Curvus
- arched, bent, bowed, curved, crooked, wrong (morally crooked)
- Custodia
- protection, custody
- Custodiae Custodie
- guards, wardens
- Custos (custodis)
- guardian, keeper, watchman, attendant, guard / spy
