The dictionary for Cerberus Canis Monstruosus contains all the Latin words used in the novella. If you would like a preview of the novella, you can read the first chapter of the story here. You can review more detailed information about the novella here.
Unlike the Index Verborum, which is a list of all the word forms in the novella, the dictionary for Cerberus Canis Monstruosus provides the full dictionary entry for the word. In addition to providing the dictionary entry and definition, the frequency in which the word generally appears in Latin literature is provided. The Dickinson Core Vocabulary and Essential Latin Vocabulary were used in creating the frequency rating.
When a number appears, the Dickinson Core Vocabulary, which is a list of 1000 words, was used. The abbreviation ELV indicates when a word did not appear in the Dickinson list but appears on the list in Essential Latin Vocabulary. Essential Latin Vocabulary’s list is 1,425 words, so presumably the word appears in approximately the last 425 words. A blank indicates that the word infrequently occurs in Latin literature.
Words in bold are glossed vocabulary words. I consider the words in italics to be cognates.
Dictionary for Cerberus Canis Monstruosus
Latin | English | DCC/ELV |
Ā, ab | Away from, away, by | 21 |
Abeō, abīre, abīvī, abītus | Go away | 553 |
Ad | To, toward, at | 14 |
Admīror, admīrārī, admīrātus sum | Admire | |
Agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | Do | 69 |
Aliquis, aliquid | Someone, something | 77 |
Ambulō, ambulāre, ambulāvī, ambulātus | Walk | |
Amīca, amīcae, f. | Friend (female) | 198 |
Amīcus, amīcī, m. | Friend (male) | 198 |
Amō, amāre, amāvī, amātus | Love | 219 |
Animal, animālis, n. | Animal | 547 |
Animus, animī, m. | Soul, spirit | 40 |
Argos, Argou, m. | Argos, Odysseus’ dog recognized him after 20 years | |
Ariēs, ariētis, m. | Ram | |
Arma, armōrum, n. | Weapons | 98 |
Audiō, audīre, audīvī, audītus | Hear | 165 |
Bonus, bona, bonum | Good | 68 |
Caelum, caelī, n. | Sky; with tōtō errāre, to make a big mistake | 117 |
Caleō, calēre, caluī | Burning hot | |
Canis, canis, m./f. | Dog | 687 |
Capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | Take, catch, grab | 131 |
Caput, capitis, n. | Head | 124 |
Cattus, cattī, m. | Cat | |
Cauda, caudae, f. | Tail | |
Cerberus, Cerberī, m. | Cerberus, our three-headed protagonist | |
Circulāris, circulāre | Circular | |
Clāmō, clāmāre, clāmāvī, clāmātus | Shout | ELV |
Cōnfūsus, cōnfūsa, cōnfūsum | Confused | |
Coniūnx, coniugis, m./f. | Spouse | 218 |
Cum | With | 10 |
Cūr | Why | 404 |
Dea, deae, f. | Goddess | 42 |
Dēfendō, dēfendere, dēfendī, dēfensus | Defend | 653 |
Delphīnus, delphīnī, m. | Dolphin | |
Dēmōnstrō, dēmōnstrāre, dēmōnstrāvī, dēmōnstrātus | Demonstrate | |
Demulceō, demulcēre, demulsī, demulctus | Pet | |
Deus, deī, m. | God | 42 |
Dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dīctus | Say, tell | 33 |
Diēs, diēī, m. | Day | 54 |
Differēns, differentis | Different | |
Diffulctās, difficultātis, f. | Problem, difficulty | |
Doleō, dolēre, doluī, dolitus | Be sorry, hurt | 785 |
Domus, domī, f. | Home | 73 |
Dormiō, dormīre, dormīvī, dormītus | Sleep | 975 |
Edō, edere, ēdī, ēsus | Eat | ELV |
Ego | I | 11 |
Em | Umm | |
Eō, īre, īvī, ītus | Go | 97 |
Errō, errāre, errāvī, errātus | Wander, make a mistake; with tōtō caelō, to make a big mistake, be really wrong | 402 |
Et | And | 1 |
Faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | Make | 32 |
Familia, familiae, f. | Family | 943 |
Fēmina, fēminae, f. | Woman | 501 |
Fortasse | Maybe, perhaps | 833 |
Fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitus | To flee | 177 |
Fulmen, fulminis, n. | Lightning bolt | ELV |
Fūr, fūris, m. | Thief | |
Galanthis, Galanthidis, f. | Galanthis, a mortal woman turned into a cat by Juno | |
Gaudeō, gaudēre, gavīsus sum | Rejoice | 407 |
Habeō, habēre, habuī, habitus | Have | 39 |
Habitō, habitāre, habitāvī, habitātus | Live | ELV |
Hahahae | Hahaha | |
Hecatē, Hecatēs, f. | Hecate, a goddess associated with witchcraft | |
Hic, haec, hoc | This, these | 7 |
Homō, hominis, m. | Person | 88 |
Horribilis, horribile | Horrible | |
Hȳdra, Hȳdrae, f. | Hydra; Cerberus’s sister | |
Iaciō, iacere, iēcī, iāctus | Throw | 899 |
Iam | Now; with nōn, no longer | 34 |
Ignōrō, ignōrāre, ignōrāvī, ignōrātus | Ignore | |
Immortālis, immortāle | Immortal | ELV |
In | In, on, at | 5 |
Īnsānus, īnsāna, īnsānum | Insane | |
Intellegēns, intellegentis | Intelligent | |
Interficiō, interficere, interfēcī, interfēctus | Kill | 699 |
Inveniō, invenīre, invēnī, inventus | Find | 316 |
Īrātus, īrāta, īrātum | Angry | 809 |
Itaque | And so; therefore | 208 |
Iterum | Again | 758 |
Iūnō, Iūnōnis, f. | Juno, queen of the gods | |
Iuppiter, Iovis, m. | Jupiter, king of the gods | |
Iuvō, iuvāre, iūvī, iūtus | Help | 390 |
Lacus, lacūs, m. | Lake | ELV |
Maga, magae, f. | Witch | |
Male | Badly | 603 |
Malus, mala, malum | Bad | 227 |
Mare, maris, n. | Sea, ocean | 125 |
Maximus, maxima, maximum | Greatest, largest, from magnus | 25 |
Mercurius, Mercuriī, m. | Mercury, the messenger god and the god of thieves | |
Meus, mea, meum | My, mine | 41 |
Mollis, molle | Gentle, soft | 356 |
Mōnstrum, mōnstrī, n. | Monster | |
Mōnstruōsus, mōnstruōsa, mōnstruōsum | Monstrous | |
Morior, morī, mortuus sum | Die | 253 |
Mortālis, mortāle | Mortals | 950 |
Mortuus, mortua, mortuum | Dead | 253 |
Multus, multa, multum | Many, much | 43 |
-ne | Indicates a question is asked | 238 |
Nēmō, nēminis | No one | 179 |
Nōlō, nōlle, nōluī | Not want | 458 |
Nōn | Not; with iam, no longer | 6 |
Nōnne | A question word that expects a yes answer | ELV |
Nōs | We | 51 |
Numquam | Never | 251 |
Occupātus, occupāta, occupātum | Busy, occupied | 472 |
Omnis, omne | All, every | 18 |
Optimus, optima, optimum | Best, see bonus | 68 |
Pāvō, pāvōnis, m. | Peacock | |
Perdō, perdere, perdidī, perditus | Destroyed | 488 |
Pila, pilae, f. | Ball | |
Pluō, pluere, pluī | Rain | |
Plūtō, Plūtōnis, m. | Pluto, the god of the underworld | |
Pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus | Put, place | 102 |
Possum, posse, potuī | Able to, can | 23 |
Prope | Near | 189 |
Proserpina, Proserpinae, f. | Persephone, the queen of the underworld | |
Pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum | Beautiful, handsome | 569 |
Quam | How | 29 |
Quī, quae, quod | Who, which | 3 |
Quia | Because | 132 |
Quis, quid | Who, what | 212 |
Quō | Where | 305 |
Quōmodo | How | 831 |
Quoque | Also | 76 |
Respondeō, respondere, respondī, respōnsus | Respond | 535 |
Reveniō, revenīre, revēnī, reventus | Return | |
Rīdeō, rīdere, rīsī, rīsus | Smile, laugh | 874 |
Rōbotum, rōbotī, n. | Robot | |
Rogō, rogāre, rogāvī, rogātus | Ask | 551 |
Saliō, salīre, saluī, saltus | Jump | |
Sed | But | 20 |
Semper | Always | 149 |
Sequor, sequī, secūtus sum | Follow, chase | 108 |
Serpens, serpentis, m./f. | Snake | |
Sīcut | Just like | 791 |
Silva, silvae, f. | Forest, woods | 234 |
Spectō, spectāre, spectāvī, spectātus | Look at, watch | 473 |
Subitō | Suddenly | 848 |
Sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | Be | 2 |
Suspiciōsus, suspiciōsa, suspciciōsum | Suspicious | |
Taedeō, taedēre, taeduī, taeduitus | Be boring, tedious | |
Tartarus, Tartarī, m. | Tartarus, the underworld | |
Terra, terrae, f. | Land | 70 |
Timeō, timēre, timuī | Fear | 153 |
Tōtus, tōta, tōtum | With caelō errāre, to make a big misake | 78 |
Trēs, tria | Three | 533 |
Tū | You | 9 |
Turpis, turpe | Ugly | 377 |
Tuus, tua, tuum | Your | 44 |
Ubi | Where | 92 |
Ulixēs, Ulixis, m. | Odysseus, who left his dog Argos behind when he went to Troy | |
Ūnus, ūna, ūnum | One | 53 |
Vah | Ugh | |
Veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | Come | 63 |
Venus, Veneris, f. | Venus, the goddess of love and beauty | |
Videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | See | 31 |
Vir, virī, m. | Man | 85 |
Volō, velle, voluī | Want | 66 |
Vulcānus, Vulcānī, m. | Vulcan, the god of metalworking |
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