NCEE Nouns Flashcards
(243 cards)
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aedēs
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(temple/house): edifice, edify, edification
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aestās
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(summer): estivate, estival
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ager
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(field): agrarian, agriculture, agricultural, agriculturalist, peregrinate, pilgrim, pilgrimage
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agricola
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(farmer): ager (field) + colo (till/dwell) -q.v. ager: agrarian, agriculture, agricultural, agriculturalist, peregrinate, pilgrim, pilgrimage
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amīcus
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(friend): q.v. amo: amateur, amatory, amiable, amicable, amity, amorous, amour, enamor,
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animal
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(animal): q.v. animus: animadversion, animadvert, animal, animalism, animalistic, animate, anime, animism, animosity, animus, equinimity, inanimate, magnanimity, magnanimous, pusillanimous, reanimate, unanimity, unanimous
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animus
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(mind/soul/spirit): animadversion, animadvert, animal, animalism, animalistic, animate, anime, animism, animosity, animus, equinimity, inanimate, magnanimity, magnanimous, pusillanimous, reanimate, unanimity, unanimous
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annus
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(year): annal, annalist, annalistic, anniversary, annual, annually, annuity,
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aqua
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(water): aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, aqueous, subaqueous, ewer, sewer,
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arbor
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(tree): arboreal, arboretum, arboriculture
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arcus
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(bow/arch): arc, arcade, arch, archer, archery, archway, overarch(ing)
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arēna
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(sand): arena, arenicolous
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argentum
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(silver): Ag., Argentina, argentine
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arma
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(arms/weapons): alarm, alarum, arm (verb), armada, armadillo, armor, disarm,
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ars
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(art/skill): art, artful, artifice, artificer, artificial, artillery, artisan, artist, artistic,
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auris
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(ear): auricle, auricular
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aurum
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(gold): aureole, oriole
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autumnus
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(autumn/fall): autumn, autumnal
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auxilium
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(help): q.v. augeo: auction, auctioneer, augment, augmentation, august, author, authority,
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avis
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(bird): auspice, auspicious, aviary, aviation, aviator, inauspicious
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bellum
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(war): belligerent, duel, duelist, rebel, rebellion, revel, revelry, reveler, bellicose
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beneficium
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(kindness): bene (well) + facio (do)
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bōs
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(cow): bovine, beef, bugle
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caelum
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(sky/heaven): ceiling, celestial, cerulean, Celeste
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campus
(field): camp, campaign, camper, champagne, champion, encamp, encampment,
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canis
(dog): canary, canine, kennel
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capillus
(hair): capillary, disheveled
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captīvus
(prisoner): q.v. capio: accept, acceptable, acceptance, anticipate, anticipation, cable,
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caput
(head): achieve, achievement, biceps, triceps, quadriceps, cabbage, cad, cadet,
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carmen
(song/poem): q.v. cano: accent, accentuate, cantata, canticle, canto, chanson, chant, chanticleer,
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casa
(house): casino
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castra
(camp): castle, chateau, castellan, Castile, Chester, -chester (as in Manchester,
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causa
(cause/reason): accusation, accusative, accuse, accuser, because, cause, excuse,
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celeritās
(speed): q.v. celer: accelerate, acceleration, accelerator, celerity
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cēna
(dinner): cenacle
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cēra
(wax): cerament
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cibus
(food): precibal, postcibal
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cīvis
(citizen): citadel, citizen, citizenship, city, civic, civil, civilian, civilization,
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clāmor
(shout): q.v. clamo: acclaim, acclamation, claim, claimant, clamorous, declaim, declamation,
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collum
(neck): collar, accolade
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copia
(supply): cum (with) + ops (strength): copy, copious
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coquus
(cook): q.v. coquo: apricot, biscuit, concoct, concoction, cook, cookbook, cookery, cooker,
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corōna
(crown): coronation, crown, corollary, coronet, uncrowned
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cornū
(horn): cornea, corner, cornet, cornucopia, unicorn
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corpus
(body): corporal, corporate, corporation, corporeal, corps, corpse, corpulent,
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cubiculum
(bedroom): cubicle
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culīna
(kitchen): culinary, kiln
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cupiditās
(desire): q.v. cupio: concupiscence, covet, covetous, covetousness, cupidity
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cūra
(care): accuracy, accurate, assurance, assure, assured(ly), curate, cure, curio,
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currus
(chariot): q.v. curro: concourse, concur, concurrence, concurrent, corridor, corsair, courier,
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custōs
(guard): q.v. custodio: custodian, custodial, custody
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cutis
(skin): cuticle, subcutaneous
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dea
(goddess): q.v. deus: deify, deist, deity, divine, divination, divinity, adieu
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deus
(god): deify, deist, deity, divine, divination, divinity, adieu
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dēns
(tooth): dentist, dental, dent, indent, denture, trident, bident, dandelion
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diēs
(day): dial, diary, dismal, journal, journalism, adjourn, journey, meridian, sojourn,
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digitus
(finger): digit, digital, digitize, bit, byte
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discipulus
(student): q.v. disco: disciple, discipline, undisciplined
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diligentia
(care): q.v. lego: coil, collect, collection, collective, collector, cull, diligence,
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domina
(mistress): q.v. domus: dame, damsel, beldam, belladonna, danger, dangerous, domain, dome,
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dominus
(master): q.v. domus: dame, damsel, beldam, belladonna, danger, dangerous, domain, dome,
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domus
(house): dame, damsel, beldam, belladonna, danger, dangerous, domain, dome,
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dōnum
(gift): q.v. do: add, addition, additional, antedate, betray, betrayal, betrayer, date, dative, dice,
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dux
(leader): q.v. duco: abduct, abduction, adduce, aqueduct, archduke, conduce, conducive,
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epistula
(letter): epistle, epistolary
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equus
(horse): equine, equestrian
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exemplum
(example): q.v. emo: example, exemplary, exemplification, exemplify, exempt, exemption,
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exercitus
(army): q.v. arceo: coerce, coercion, coercive, exercise
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fābula
(story): q.v. for: affable, confabulate, defame, enfant, fable, fabulous, fairy, fame, famous,
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fama
(fame/reputation): q.v. for: affable, confabulate, defame, enfant, fable, fabulous, fairy, fame, famous,
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familia
(family): familial, familiar, familiarize, unfamiliar
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fēmina
(woman): female, feminine, feminism, effaminate
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fēlēs
(cat): feline
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ferrum
(iron/sword): farrier
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fīlia
(daughter): q.v. filius: filial, affiliate, affiliation, hidalgo
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fīlius
(son): filial, affiliate, affiliation, hidalgo
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fīnis
(end): affinity, confine, confinement, define, definite, definition, final, finale,
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flamma
(flame): aflame, flamboyant, flame, inflame, flammable, inflammable,
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flōs
(flower): cauliflower, cornflower, flora, floral, florid, florin, florist, flour, flourish,
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fortūna
(fortune): fortunate, fortune, misfortune, misfortunate, unfortunate
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forum
(marketplace): forensic, forensics
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frāter
(brother): friar, fraternity, fraternal, fraternize
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frōns
(forehead): affront, confront, effrontery, forefront, front, frontal, frontier,
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fuga
(flight): q.v. fugio: centrifugal, fugitive, fugue, refuge, refugee, subterfuge
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fūmus
(smoke): fume, fumigate, perfume
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fūr
(thief): furtive, ferret
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gaudium
(joy): q.v. gaudeo: enjoy, enjoyable, gaudy, gaudiness, joy, joyfully, rejoice
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gēns
(family/nation/clan): q.v. genus: benign, benignant, congenial, congenital, degenerate,
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genū
(knee): genuflect
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genus
(race/kind/class): benign, benignant, congenial, congenital, degenerate,
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gladius
(sword): gladiator, gladiolus, gladiola
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glōria
(glory): glorification, glorify, glory, glorious, inglorious, vainglorious
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grātia
(thanks/favor): q.v. gratus: agree, agreeable, agreement, congratulate, congratulation, disagree,
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herba
(grass): arbor, herb, herbal, herbage, herbivore, herbicide
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hiems
(winter): hibernate, hibernation
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homō
(man): homage, homicide, human, humane, humanist, humanity, humanitarian,
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honor
(honor): dishonest, dishonesty, dishonor, dishonorable, honest, honesty,
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hōra
(hour): horoscope, hour
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hortus
(garden): horticulture, horticultural
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hospēs
(guest): hospice, hospital, hospitality, hospitable, host, hostage, hostel, hostlery,
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hostis
(enemy): host (enemy army), hostile, hostility
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iānua
(door): January, janitor, janitorial
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ignis
(fire): ignite, ignition, igneous, reignite
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imperium
(power): q.v. paro: dissever, emperor, empire, empress, imperative, imperial, imperialism,
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incendium
(fire): incense, incendiary
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īnfāns
(infant): q.v. for: affable, confabulate, defame, enfant, fable, fabulous, fairy, fame, famous,
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initium
(beginning): q.v. eo: ambient, ambition, ambitious, circuit, circuitous, commence, commencement,
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iniūria
(injury): q.v. ius: abjure, adjure, adjuration, adjust, adjustable, adjuster, conjure, conjurer,
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īnsula
(island): insular, insulate, insulation, insulator, isle, islet, isolate, isolation,
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īra
(anger): irate, ire, ireful, irascible, iracund, iracundity
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iter
(journey): itinerary, itinerant, q.v. eō: ambient, ambition, ambitious, circuit, circuitous, commence, commencement,
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iūdex
(judge): q.v. iudico: adjudicate, judicial, judiciary, judge, judgment,
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iūs
(law/right): abjure, adjure, adjuration, adjust, adjustable, adjuster, conjure, conjurer,
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iuvenis
(youth): juvenile, rejuvenate
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lacrima
(tear): q.v. lacrimo: lacrimate, lachrymal
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labor
(work/effort): q.v. laboro: labor, belabor, collaborate, collaboration, collaborator, elaborate,
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leō
(lion): leonine, lion, leopard, Leon, dandelion, chameleon
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lēx
(law): allegation, colleague, college, collegiate, delegate, delegation, disloyal, illegal,
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liber
(book): libel, librarian, library, libretto
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lībertās
(liberty): q.v. libero: deliver, deliverance, delivery, illiberal, liberal, liberalism, liberality,
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lingua
(tongue/language): language, lingual, bilingual, trilingual, linguistics,
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littera
(letter): alliteration, illiterate, illiteracy, letter, literate, literacy, literal, literary,
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locus
(place): collocation, couch, dislocate, lieu, lieutenant, local, locality, localize,
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lūdus
(game/school): q.v. ludo: allude, allusion, collude, collusion, delude, delusion, delusional, disillusion,
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lupus
(wolf): lupine
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lūmen
(light): illume, illuminate, illumination, limn, luminary, luminous
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lūna
(moon): lunar, lunular, lunatic, lunacy, interlunar
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lūx
(light): elucidate, lucid, lucent, Lucifer, Lucius, lucubrate, lucubration, translucent,
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magister
(teacher): q.v. magnus: magistracy, magistrate, magnanimous, magnanimity,
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manus
(hand): amanuensis, emancipate, emancipation, maintain, maintenance, manacle,
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mare
(sea): cormorant, marinate, marine, mariner, maritime, rosemary, submarine
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marītus
(husband): intermarriage, intermarry, marital, marriage, married, marry,
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māter
(mother): maternal, maternity, matron, matrimonial, matrimony, matrix
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medicus
(doctor): medical, medicine, medicinal, medicate, pre-med
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memoria
(memory): q.v. memor: commemorate, commemoration, immemorial, memoir, memorable,
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mēns
(mind): mental, mentality, demented
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mēnsa
(table): mesa, Mesa Verde
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mēnsis
(month): semester, bimester, trimester
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merīdiēs
(noon/mid-day): q.v. dies: dial, diary, dismal, journal, journalism, adjourn, journey, meridian, sojourn,
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mīles
(soldier): militant, militarism, militarist, military, demilitarize, militia, paramilitary
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modus
(method/measure/manner): accommodate, accommodation, commode,
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mōns
(mountain): amount, dismount, insurmountable, mount, mountain, mountaineer,
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mors
(death): immortal, immortality, immortalize, mortal, mortality, mortgage, mortify
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mōs
(custom): amoral, amorality, demoralize, immoral, immorality, moral, morale,
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multitūdō
(crowd): q.v. multus: multiform, multiple, multiplication, multiply, multitude,
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mūrus
(wall): mural, immure, intramural
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mūs
(mouse): muscle, muscular, mussel
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nāsus
(nose): nasal
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nātūra
(nature): q.v. nascor: cognate, innate, international, naive, natal, pre-natal, nation, national,
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nauta
(sailor): nautical, astronaut, cosmonaut, Argonaut
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nāvis
(ship): circumnavigate, naval, nave, navigable, navigate, navigation, navigator,
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negōtium
(business/trade): q.v. otium: negotiate, negotiation
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nihil
(nothing): annihilate, annihilation, nihilism, nihilist
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nōmen
(name): denominate, denomination, denominator, denominational, nondenominational,
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nox
(night): nocturnal, equinox, equinoctial
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numerus
(number): enumerate, enumeration, innumerable, number, numeral, numerical,
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nūntius
(messenger/message): announce, announcement, announcer, annunciation,
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oculus
(eye): antler, binocular, eyelet, inoculate, inoculation, inveigle, monocle, ocular,
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odium
(hate): q.v. odi: annoy, annoyance, ennui, noisome, odious
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ōrātiō
(speech): q.v. oro:
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ōrātor
(speaker): q.v. oro:
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ordō
(order/rank): coordinate, coordination, disorder, extraordinary, inordinate,
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ōs
(mouth/face): oral, orifice, usher
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os
(bone): osprey, ossify
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ōtium
(leisure): negotiate, negotiation
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pānis
(bread): accompaniment, accompany, appanage, companion, companionship,
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parēns
(parent): q.v. pario: parent, parentage, parental, grandparent, repertoire,
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pars
(part): apart, apartment, compartment, counterpart, depart, departed, department,
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pater
(father): padre, paternal, paternity, patrician, patrimony, patrimonial, patron,
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pātria
(country): q.v. pater: padre, paternal, paternity, patrician, patrimony, patrimonial, patron,
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patrōnus
(patron): q.v. pater: padre, paternal, paternity, patrician, patrimony, patrimonial, patron,
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pāx
(peace): appease, pacific, pacifism, pacifist, pacify, peace, pay, payable, payment,
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pecūnia
(money): pecuniary, impecunious
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perīculum
(danger): imperil, peril, perilous
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persōna
(person): impersonal, impersonate, person, personage, persona, personal,
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pēs
(foot): centipede, expedient, expediency, expedite, expedition, expeditious, impeach,
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pictūra
(picture): q.v. pingo: depict, paint, painter, pictorial, picture, picturesque, pigment, pigmentary,
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piscis
(fish): Pisces, piscatory, piscine, porpoise
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poena
(punishment): penal, penalty, penalize, pain, subpoena - q.v. pūniō: impunity, pain, painful, penal, penalize, punish, repine, punitive,
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poēta
(poet): poet, poetics, poetical
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pompa
(parade): pompous, pomp
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pontifex
(priest): pōns (bridge) + faciō (make): pontifex, pontificate
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populus
(people): depopulate, depopulation, dispeople, people, populace, popular,
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porta
(door/gate): porch, portal, portcullis, porter, porthole, portico
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portus
(harbor): airport, importunate, importune, inopportune, opportune, opportunity,
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pretium
(price): appraisal, appraise, appreciable, appreciate, depreciate, depreciation,
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prōvincia
(province): province, provincial, Provencal, provincialism
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prūdentia
(wisdom): q.v. video: advice, advisable, advise, advisor, advisory, enviable, envious, envy,
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puer
(boy): puerile
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pullus
(chicken): pony, poultry, pullet
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pulmō
(lung): pulmonary
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rēs
(thing): real, realism, realist, realistic, reality, realization, realize, really, realty,
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rēx
(king): q.v. rego: address, adriot, alert, correct, direct, directory, dirge, dirigible, dress, erect,
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salūs
(welfare/safety/health): salubrious, salutary, salutation, salute
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sanguis
(blood): consanguinity, sanguinary, sanguine
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sapienta
(wisdom): q.v. sapio: insipid, sage, sapience, sapient, savant, savor, unsavory
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sacrificium
(sacrifice): sacer (holy) + faciō (make)
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saxum
(rock): saxicolous
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scientia
(knowledge): q.v. scio: conscience, conscientious, conscious, consciousness, nice, nicety,
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schola
(school): school, schoolhouse, scholastic, scholar, scholarship, preschool
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senātus
(senate): q.v. senex: monsieur, seigneur, senate, senatorial, senile, senility, senor,
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senex
(old/old man): monsieur, seigneur, senate, senatorial, senile, senility, senor,
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sententia
(thought/opinion): q.v. sentio: assent, consent, dissension, dissent, dissenter, insensate, insensible,
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sepulcrum
(tomb): sepulcher, sepulchral, sepulture
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servus
(slave): concierge, deserve, dessert, serf, serfdom, sergeant, servant, serve, server,
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signum
(sign): assign, assignment, consign, consignment, countersign, design, designate,
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silva
(forest/woods): savage, sylvan, Pennsylvania
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socius
(ally/friend): associate, association, dissociate, sociability, sociable, social,
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sōl
(sun): parasol, solar, solstice
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somnium
(dream): q.v. somnus: insomnia, insomniac, somnambulate, somnambulist, somniferous
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somnus
(sleep): insomnia, insomniac, somnambulate, somnambulist, somniferous
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sonus
(sound): consonance, consonant, dissonance, dissonant, resonance, resonant,
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soror
(sister): cousin, sorority
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spēs
(hope): q.v. spero: despair, desperado, desperate, desperation
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supercilium
(eyebrow): supercilious
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taberna
(tavern/shop): tabernacle, tavern
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tabula
(tablet): table, tableau, tablecloth, tablespoon, tablet, tabular, tabulate, tabulation
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tempus
(time): contemporaneous, contemporary, extemporaneous, tempest,
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tergum
(back): tergiversate
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terra
(land): disinter, inter, interment, Mediterranean, subterranean, terrace, terrestrial,
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timor
(fear): q.v. timeo: intimidate, intimidation, timid, timidity, timorous
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truncus
(trunk of the body): entrench, entrenchment, intrench, intrenchment, retrentch,
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tumultus
(riot/uproar): tumult, tumultuary, tumultuous
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turba
(crowd): disturb, disturbance, imperturbable, perturb, perturbation, trouble,
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umbra
(shadow/shade): somber, umbrage, umbrella
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unda
(wave): abound, abundance, abundant, inundate, inundation, redound, redundancy,
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urbs
(city): interurban, suburb, urban, urbane, urbanity
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vacca
(cow): vaccine, vaccination, vaccinate
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uxor
(wife): uxorious
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ventus
(wind): vent, ventilate, ventilation, ventilator
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vēr
(spring): vernal
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verbum
(word): adverb, adverbial, proverb, proverbial, verb, verbal, verbiage, verbose,
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vestis
(clothing): divest, invest, investiture, investment, investor, travesty, vest, vested,
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via
(road/way/street): convey, conveyance, conveyer, convoy, deviate, deviation,
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victor
(victor): q.v. vinco: convict, conviction, convince, evince, invincible, vanquish,
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victoria
(victory): q.v. vinco: convict, conviction, convince, evince, invincible, vanquish,
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vīlla
(country house/villa): village, villager, villain, villainous, villainy
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vīnum
(wine): vine, vinegar, vineyard, vinous, vintage, wine
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vir
(man): triumvirate, virile, virtual, virtually, virtue, virtuoso, virtuous
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virtūs
(virtue/courage): q.v. vir: triumvirate, virile, virtual, virtually, virtue, virtuoso, virtuous
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virgō
(maiden): virgin, virginal, virginity
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vōx
(voice): advocacy, advocate, avouch, avowal, convocation, convoke, disavow,
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vulnus
(wound): invulnerable, vulnerable
