Acquire extensive vocabulary as quickly and as easily as possible.
Most of the following words are historically related to English ones, but remember that in Latin, they do not always mean exactly what their English counterparts might imply. The following list can be used as a source for first-declension exercises. It also assists rapid vocabulary-expansion as well as vocabulary-extension (through the Latin cognates) as a means of building up the students' knowlege of word-families (structûra - struô - construô - dêstruô - instructiô - instructor). Attending to differences of meanings, Latin cognates, and Latin synonyms promotes the deep-processing necessary for vocabulary acquisition. Some words have been included not necessarily because they are cognates (âlea - aleatory), but because they have some other relevance; e.g., they occur in famous statements ("Âlea iacta est.") or they can be easily deduced (breviloquentia from êloquentia) or they have important modern Romance cognates (bibliothêca).
1 absentia
2 abstinentia
3 abundantia
4 Acadêmia
5 âcrimônia
6 administra
7 adrogantia
8 adulescentia
9 Africa
10 agricola
11 âlea
12 amîcitia
13 amîca
14 analogia
15 ancilla
16 ancora
17 anima
18 antemna/antenna
19 aqua
20 aquila
21 arbitra
22 architectûra
23 ârea
24 artêria
25 astrologia
26 astûtia
27 athlêta
28 audâcia
29 audientia
30 aurôra
31 aula
32 avâritia
33 basilica
34 beneficentia
35 benevolentia
36 bêstia
37 bibliothêca
38 breviloquentia
39 Britannia
40 caerimônia
41 calumnia
42 candêla
43 capsa
44 capsula
45 casa
46 cathedra
47 causa
48 caverna
49 cella
50 censûra
51 charta
52 cinctûra
53 cisterna
54 clausula
55 clêmentia
56 clienta
57 cohaerentia
58 colôna
59 colônia
60 columna
61 cômoedia
62 concha
63 concordia
64 concubîna
65 condiscipula
66 confîdentia
67 congruentia
68 coniectûra
69 conscientia
70 consequentia
71 constantia
72 continentia
73 contrôversia
74 convenientia
75 côpia
76 coqua
77 corôna
78 cûra
79 dêmentia
80 differentia
81 diffîdentia
82 dîligentia
83 disciplîna
84 discipula
85 discordia
86 discrepantia
87 distantia
88 doctrîna
89 domina
90 ecclêsia
91 efficientia
92 effigia
93 êlegantia
94 êloquentia
95 êminentia
96 epistula
97 etymologia
98 Eurôpa
99 excellentia
100 experientia
101 fâbula
102 fâma
103 familia
104 fêmina
105 figûra
106 fîlia
107 flamma
108 forma
109 formula
110 fortûna
111 frâtricîda
112 fraudulentia
113 frequentia
114 fuga
115 geôgraphia
116 geômetria
117 Germânia
118 glôria
119 grâtia
120 haesitantia
121 harmonia
122 herba
123 hêrôîna
124 hôra
125 idiôta
126 ignôminia
127 ignôrantia
128 immodestia
129 impatientia
130 imprûdentia
131 impudentia
132 inclêmentia
133 incontinentia
134 India
135 indigena
136 indigentia
137 indîligentia
138 indolentia
139 indulgentia
140 industria
141 inertia
142 infâmia
143 infantia
144 infrequentia
145 inimîcitia
146 iniûria
147 iniustitia
148 innocentia
149 inobservantia
150 inreverentia
151 insânia
152 insolentia
153 insomnia
154 insula
155 intellegentia
156 intemperantia
157 intolerantia
158 invidia
159 îra
160 îrâcundia
161 îrônia
162 Italia
163 iustitia
164 lanterna
165 lîbra
166 lingua
167 littera
168 lûna
169 luxuria
170 lyra
171 mâchina
172 mâteria
173 mathêmatica
174 mâtrôna
175 Mêdêa
176 mêdica
177 membrâna
178 memoria
179 mîlitia
180 ministra
181 minûtia
182 miseria
183 mixtûra
184 modestia
185 molestia
186 mora
187 mûnificentia
188 Mûsa
189 nâtûra
190 nausea
191 nauta
192 neglegentia
193 norma
194 nota
195 nôtitia
196 nympha
197 oboedientia
198 observantia
199 oeconomia
200 offensa
201 offensiuncula
202 olîva
203 opera
204 opulentia
205 paeninsula
206 paenitentia
207 pâgina
208 parricîda
209 parsimônia
210 patientia
211 patria
212 patrôna
213 pausa
214 pecûnia
215 pênûria
216 perfidia
217 persevêrantia
218 persôna
219 perspicientia
220 pertinâcia
221 pestilentia
222 petulantia
223 philologia
224 philosophia
225 pictûra
226 pîrâta
227 poena
228 poêta
229 porca
230 porta
231 potentia
232 praesentia
233 prôvidentia
234 prôvincia
235 prûdentia
236 purpura
237 pyra
238 rapîna
239 redundantia
240 rêgîna
241 rêgula
242 repugnantia
243 repulsa
244 rêsîna
245 reticentia
246 retinentia
247 reverentia
248 rhêtorica
249 Rôma
250 rosa
251 rota
252 ruîna
253 salîva
254 sapientia
255 scaena
256 schêma
257 schola
258 scientia
259 scintilla
260 scrîba
261 scriptûra
262 sententia
263 sepultûra
264 serva
265 servula
266 silva
267 spêlunca
268 sphaera
269 spîna
270 statûra
271 stella
272 strictûra
273 structûra
274 stultitia
275 substantia
276 sûtûra
277 symphônia
278 taberna
279 tabula
280 temperantia
281 terra
282 textûra
283 tiâra
284 toga
285 tolerantia
286 tonsûra
287 tragoedia
288 tuba
289 umbra
290 urna
291 vêna
292 via
293 victima
294 victôria
295 vigilantia
296 vigilia
297 vînea
298 violentia
299 vîta
300 zôna
Latin Teaching Materials at Saint Louis University: © Claude Pavur 1997 - 2009. This material is being made freely available for non-commercial educational use.
