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The Fourteen Hundred

Did you know that being familiar with approximately 1400 Latin
words enables you to read almost any Latin text without having to
use the dictionary more than a couple of times per page? Those
1400 words make up what is called the basic Latin vocabulary. At
least 80 per cent of any Latin text is made of words belonging to
the basic vocabulary.

The following word list is based mainly on E. Habenstein-E.
Hermes-H. Zimmermann, Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Latein,
Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Schulbuchverlag 1990. (The book itself is
very intelligent and quite handy: a great relief for the
beginner.) You may wish to keep this list for future reference,
so that you can either (1) read it and mark the entries you do
not recognise, then build up your vocabulary by learning those
first, or (2) use it while you work on a Latin text to decide
whether a word you are looking up in the dictionary deserves
special attention.

a /ab /abs

abesse

abire

absens

abstinere

accedere ::

accidere ::

accipere ::

accusare ::

acer ::

acerbus ::

acies ::

ad ::

addere ::

adducere ::

adeo (adv.) ::

adesse ::

adhibere ::

adhuc ::

adimere ::

adipisci ::

adire ::

aditus ::

adjungere ::

adjuvare ::

administrare ::

admirari ::

admittere ::

admodum ::

admonere ::

adoriri ::

adulescens ::

adulescentia ::

adventus ::

adversus (adj.) ::

adversus (prep.) ::

aedes ::

aedes (~ium) ::

aedificare ::

aegre ::

aeque ::

aequus ::

aer ::

aes ::

aestas ::

aestimare ::

aetas ::

afferre ::

afficere ::

affirmare ::

ager ::

agere ::

aggredi ::

agitare ::

agmen ::

ajo ::

alere ::

alibi ::

alienus ::

aliquando ::

aliquanto ::

aliquantus ::

aliqui ::

aliquid ::

aliquis ::

aliquot ::

aliter ::

alius ::

alter ::

altitudo ::

altus ::

amare ::

ambitio ::

amicitia ::

amicus ::

amittere ::

amnis ::

amor ::

amplius ::

amplus ::

an ::

anceps ::

angustus ::

anima ::

animadvertere ::

animus ::

annus ::

ante ::

antea ::

antequam ::

antiquus ::

aperire ::

apparere ::

appellare ::

appetere ::

aptus ::

apud ::

aqua ::

arbitrari ::

arbor ::

arcere ::

arcessere ::

argentum ::

arguere ::

arma (~orum) ::

ars ::

artificium ::

arx ::

ascendere ::

asper ::

aspicere ::

assequi ::

at ::

atque / ac ::

attingere ::

auctor ::

auctoritas ::

audacia ::

audax ::

audere ::

audire ::

auferre ::

augere ::

auris ::

aurum ::

aut ::

autem ::

auxilia (~orum) ::

auxilium ::

avaritia ::

avertere ::

avia ::

avus ::

beatus ::

bellum ::

bene ::

beneficium ::

bibere ::

bis ::

bonus ::

brevis ::

cadere ::

caedere ::

caedes ::

caelum ::

calamitas ::

calidus ::

campus ::

capere ::

caput ::

carere ::

carmen ::

carus ::

castra ::

casus ::

causa ::

cavere ::

cedere ::

celebrare ::

celer ::

censere ::

centum ::

cernere ::

certamen ::

certare ::

certe ::

certiorem facere ::

certo ::

certus ::

ceteri ::

cingere ::

circa ::

circiter ::

circum ::

civilis ::

civis ::

civitas ::

clam ::

clamare ::

clamor ::

clarus ::

classis ::

claudere ::

cliens ::

coercere ::

cogere ::

cogitare ::

cognoscere ::

cohors ::

colere ::

collega ::

colligere ::

collis ::

collocare ::

colloqui ::

comes ::

commemorare ::

commendare ::

committere ::

commodus ::

commovere ::

communis ::

comparare ::

comperire ::

complere ::

complures ::

componere ::

comprehendere ::

conari ::

concedere ::

concidere (i ::

short) ::

concilium ::

concordia ::

concurrere ::

concursus ::

condere ::

condicio ::

conducere ::

conferre ::

conficere ::

confidere ::

confirmare ::

confligere ::

conjicere ::

conjungere ::

conjuratio ::

conjux / conjunx ::

conquirere ::

consequi ::

conservare ::

considere ::

consilium ::

consistere ::

conspectus ::

conspicere ::

constans ::

constare ::

constituere ::

consuescere ::

consuetudo ::

consul ::

consularis ::

consulatus ::

consulere ::

consumere ::

contemnere ::

contendere ::

contentio ::

continere ::

contingere ::

continuus ::

contio ::

contra ::

convenire ::

conventus ::

convocare ::

copia ::

copiae (~arum) ::

cor ::

coram ::

cornu ::

corpus ::

corrumpere ::

cottidianus ::

cottidie ::

cras ::

creber ::

crebro ::

credere ::

crescere ::

crimen ::

crudelis ::

cujusmodi ::

culpa ::

cum (conj.) ::

cum (prep.) ::

cunctus ::

cupere ::

cupiditas ::

cupidus ::

cur.cura ::

curare ::

curia ::

currere ::

cursus ::

custos ::

damnare ::

dare ::

de ::

dea ::

debere ::

decedere ::

decem ::

decernere ::

decimus ::

declarare ::

dedere ::

deducere ::

deesse ::

defendere ::

deferre ::

deficere ::

deinde ::

delectare ::

delectari ::

delere ::

deligere ::

demonstrare ::

denique ::

deponere ::

deportare ::

descendere ::

deserere ::

desiderare ::

desinere ::

desperare ::

deus ::

dexter ::

dicere ::

dies ::

differre ::

difficilis ::

dignitas ::

dignus ::

diligens ::

diligentia ::

diligere ::

dimittere ::

discedere ::

discere ::

disciplina ::

disputare ::

dissimilis ::

dissimulare ::

dissuadere ::

diu ::

diversus ::

dives ::

dividere ::

divinus ::

divitiae (~arum) ::

divus ::

docere ::

dolere ::

dolor ::

domina ::

dominus ::

domus ::

donare ::

donum ::

dormire ::

dubitare ::

dubius ::

ducenti ::

ducere ::

dulcis ::

dum ::

dummodo ::

duo ::

duodecim ::

durus ::

dux ::

e / ex ::

edere (initial e ::

long) ::

edere (initial e ::

short) ::

educere ::

efferre ::

efficere ::

effugere ::

egere ::

ego ::

egredi ::

egregius ::

ejusmodi ::

emere ::

enim ::

eo (adv.) ::

epistula ::

eques ::

equitatus ::

equus ::

erga ::

ergo ::

erigere ::

eripere ::

errare ::

esse ::

et ::

etenim ::

etiam ::

etiamsi ::

etsi ::

evenire ::

eventus ::

excedere ::

excipere ::