The dictionary for the Mostellaria contains all the Latin words used in the novella. If you would like a preview of the play, you can read the first scene of Act I here. You can review more detailed information about the play here.
Unlike the Index Verborum, which is a list of all the word forms in the novella, the dictionary for the Mostellaria 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 the Mostellaria
| Dictionary Entry | English | DCC/ELV |
| Ā, ab | Away from, from, by | 21 |
| Ad | To, toward, act | 14 |
| Aedificō, aedificāre, aedificāvī, aedificātus | Build | ELV |
| Aegyptus, Aegyptī, m. | Egypt | |
| Āfer, Āfrī, m. | Afer | |
| Agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | Do, act; with gratiās, give thanks | 69 |
| Āh | Ah | |
| Ambulō, ambulāre, ambulāvī, ambulātus | Walk | ELV |
| Amīca, amīcae, f. | A girlfriend, here, romantic | |
| Amīcus, amīcī, m. | A friend, male | 198 |
| Amō, amāre, amāvī, amātus | Love | 219 |
| Annus, annī, m. | Year | 167 |
| Ante | In front of | 112 |
| Aqua, aquae, f. | Water | 272 |
| Āra, ārae, f. | Altar | 374 |
| Ārdeō, ārdēre, ārsī, ārsus | Burn | 618 |
| Audiō, audīre, audīvī, audītus | Hear | 165 |
| Āversus, āversa, āversum | Aside, turned away | |
| Balneae, balneārum, f. | Baths | |
| Bene | Well | 235 |
| Bibō, bibere, bibī, bibitus | Drink | ELV |
| Bonus, bona, bonum | Good | 68 |
| Buccō, Buccōnis, m. | Bucco | |
| Caepa, caepae, f. | Onion | |
| Caepiō, Caepiōnis, m./f. | Caepio | |
| Calidus, Calidī, m. | Calidus | |
| Canis, canis, m./f. | Dog | 687 |
| Canō, canere, cecinī, cantus | Sing | 389 |
| Capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | Take, grab, seize | 131 |
| Causa, causae, f. | Cause, reason; with quā dē, for which reason | 107 |
| Cēna, cēnae, f. | Dinner | ELV |
| Clāmō, clāmāre, clāmāvī, clāmātus | Shout | ELV |
| Clāvis, clāvis, f. | Key | |
| Columna, columnae, f. | Column | |
| Cōnfūsus, cōnfūsa, cōnfūsum | Confused | |
| Coquō, coquere, coxī, coctus | Cook | |
| Crās | Tomorrow | ELV |
| Crīnis, crīnis, m. | Hair | ELV |
| Culīna, culīnae, f. | Kitchen | |
| Cum | With | 10 |
| Cūr | Why | 404 |
| Cūrō, cūrāre, cūrāvī, cūrātus | Care for, take care of | 743 |
| Dē | About, from | 46 |
| Dēfendō, dēfendere, dēfendī, dēfensus | Defend | 653 |
| Dēmōnstrō, dēmōnstrāre, dēmōnstrāvī, dēmōnstrātus | Demonstrate | |
| Deus, deī, m. | God | 42 |
| Dexter, dextra, dextrum | Right | 260 |
| Dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dīctus | Say, tell | 33 |
| Dō, dare, dedī, datus | Give | 28 |
| Dolus, dolī, m. | Trick | 701 |
| Dominus, dominī, m. | Master, enslaver | 241 |
| Domus, domī, f. | Home | 73 |
| Dormiō, dormīre, dormīvī, dormītus | Sleep | ELV |
| Dorsuō, Dorsuōnis, m./f. | Dorsuo | |
| Duō, duae, duō | Two | 221 |
| Ē, ex | Out of, from | 26 |
| Ēcastor | By Castor, an oath | |
| Ecce | Look, behold | 643 |
| Edō, edere, edī, ēsus | Eat | ELV |
| Ēducō, ēducāre, ēducāvī, ēducātus | Raise, train, educate | |
| Ego | I | 11 |
| Em | Um, Hmm | |
| Emō, emere, ēmī, ēmptus | Buy | ELV |
| Eō, īre, īvī, ītus | Go | 97 |
| Error, errōris, m. | Error, mistake | 832 |
| Et | And | 1 |
| Exemplum, exemplī, n. | Example | 519 |
| Exeō, exīre, exīvī, exītus | Go out, leave | 597 |
| Faber, fabrī, m. | Carpenter, artisan | |
| Fābula, fābulae, f. | Play | 966 |
| Faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | Make, do | 32 |
| Familia, familiae, f. | Family | 943 |
| Fēmina, fēminae, f. | Woman | 501 |
| Ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | Bring | 45 |
| Fīlius, fīliī, m. | Son | 909 |
| Flōra, Flōrae, f. | Flora | |
| Flōs, flōris, m. | Flower | 818 |
| Fortasse | Maybe | 833 |
| Forum, forī, n. | Forum | 811 |
| Frutex, fruticix, m. | Blockhead | |
| Fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitus | Flee | 177 |
| Futūrum, futūrī, n. | Future | |
| Graecia, Graeciae, f. | Greece | |
| Grātia, grātiae, f. | Thanks; with agere, give thanks | 380 |
| Habeō, habēre, habuī, habitus | Have | 39 |
| Habitō, habitāre, habitāvī, habitātus | Live | ELV |
| Hahahae | Haha | |
| Hercle | By Hercules, an oath | |
| Hic, haec, hoc | This, these | 7 |
| Histriō, histriōnis, m. | Actor | |
| Homō, hominis, m. | Person | 88 |
| Horribilis, horribile | Horrible | |
| Iaciō, iacere, iēcī, iāctus | Throw | 899 |
| Iam | Now, already; with nōn, no longer | 34 |
| In | In, on; into, onto | 5 |
| Intellegēns, intellegentis | Intelligent | |
| Intellegō, intellegere, intellēxī, intellēctus | Understand | 512 |
| Inter | Between | 64 |
| Interficiō, interficere, interfēcī, interfectus | Kill | 699 |
| Intrō, intrāre, intrāvī, intrātus | Enter, go in | 766 |
| Īrātus, īrāta, īrātum | Angry | 809 |
| Is, ea, id | He, she, it | 13 |
| Iuppiter, Iovis, m. | Jupiter | |
| Iuvenis, iuvenis, m. | Young man, youth | 277 |
| Lectus, lectī, m. | Couch | |
| Līber, lībera, līberum | Free | 229 |
| Lurcō, Lurcōnis, m./f. | Lurco | |
| Macula, Maculae, f. | Macula | |
| Magnus, magna, magnum | Great, big | 25 |
| Male | Badly | 603 |
| Malus, mala, malum | Bad | 227 |
| Manus, manūs, f. | Hand | 48 |
| Mastīgia, mastīgiae, m. | Scoundrel | |
| Maximus, maxima, maximum | Greatest, biggest | ELV |
| Mel, mellis, n. | Honey | |
| Mēnsa, mēnsae, f. | Table | 747 |
| Meus, mea, meum | My, mine | 41 |
| Mina, minae, f. | Mina, a type of measurement in money | |
| Minimus, minima, minimum | Least, smallest | ELV |
| Molestus, molesta, molestum | Annoying, pest | |
| Morior, morī, mortuus sum | Die | 253 |
| Mortuus, mortua, mortuum | Dead | ELV |
| Mox | Soon | 469 |
| Multus, multa, multum | Many, much | 43 |
| -ne | An enclitic indicating a question is asked | 238 |
| Nē | Don’t | 47 |
| Necesse | Necessary | 773 |
| Neptūnus, Neptūnī, m. | Neptune | |
| Nesciō, nescīre, nescīvī, nescītus | Not know | 525 |
| Nōbilis, nōbile | Noble | 455 |
| Nōlō, nōlle, nōluī | Not want, not wish | 458 |
| Nōn | Not; with iam, no longer | 6 |
| Nōnne | A question word expecting a yes answer | ELV |
| Nōs | We, us | 51 |
| Noster, nostra, nostrum | Our | 52 |
| Ō | Oh | ELV |
| Ocellus, ocellī, m. | A dear little eye | |
| Octōgintā | Eighty | |
| Oleō, olēre, oluī | Smell, smell like, give off a smell | |
| Ōlim | Once, one day | 574 |
| Omnis, omne | All, every | 18 |
| Optimus, optima, optimum | Best | ELV |
| Parasītus, parasītī, m. | Parasite | |
| Pater, patris, m. | Father | 71 |
| Pecūnia, pecūniae, f. | Money | 530 |
| Pellō, pellere, pepulī, pulsus | Strike, hit | 563 |
| Pereō, perīre, periī, perītus | Die, be ruined | 268 |
| Pessimus, pessima, pessimum | Worst | |
| Pingō, pingere, pinxī, pictus | Paint | ELV |
| Plaudō, plaudere, plausī, plausus | Applaud, clap | ELV |
| Pol | By Pollux, an oath | |
| Pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus | Put; with pecūniam, lend money | 102 |
| Porta, portae, f. | Door, gate | 759 |
| Porticus, porticūs, f. | Portico | |
| Portus, portūs, m. | Port, harbor | ELV |
| Possum, posse, potuī | Can, be able | 23 |
| Prīmus, prīma, prīmum | First | 91 |
| Prīscus, prīsca, prīscum | Old, very ancient | ELV |
| Prīscus, Prīscī, m. | Priscus | |
| Pūblicus, pūblica, pūblicum | Public | 517 |
| Pudeō, pudēre, puduī, puditus | Be ashamed | ELV |
| Pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum | Beautiful | 569 |
| Putō, putāre, putāvī, putātus | Think | 166 |
| Quadrāgintā | Forty | |
| Quaesō | Please | |
| Quālis, quāle | What sort, what kind of | 263 |
| Quam | How | 29 |
| Quandō | When | 621 |
| Quantus, quanta, quantum | How much | 311 |
| Quī, quae, quod | Who, which | 3 |
| Quia | Because | 132 |
| Quidem | Indeed, certainly | 136 |
| Quis, quid | Who, what | 212 |
| Quō | To where, where | 305 |
| Quōmodo | How | 831 |
| Quoque | Also, too | 76 |
| Quotiēns | How many times | 970 |
| Reclīnō, reclīnāre, reclīnāvī, reclīnātus | Recline | |
| Rēctus, rēcta, rēctum | Right, correct | 823 |
| Removeō, removēre, removī, remōtus | Remove | |
| Respondeō, respondēre, respondī, respōnsus | Respond | 535 |
| Reveniō, revenīre, revēnī, reventus | Return | |
| Rogō, rogāre, rogāvī, rogātus | Ask | 551 |
| Rūs, rūris, n. | Country | 879 |
| Rutilus, Rutilī, m. | Rutilus | |
| Salvē, salvēte | Hello | |
| Scaena, scaenae, f. | Scene, stage | |
| Scapha, Scaphae, f. | Scapha | |
| Sciō, scīre, scīvī, scītus | Know | 172 |
| Sē | He, she, they | 17 |
| Secundus, secunda, secundum | Second | 836 |
| Sed | But | 20 |
| Semper | Always | 149 |
| Serva, servae, f. | A female slave; enslaved woman | |
| Servus, servī, m. | A male slave; enslaved man | 496 |
| Sī | If | 16 |
| Sīcut | Just like | 791 |
| Similis, simile | Similar to | 414 |
| Simō, Simōnis, m. | Simo | |
| Sinister, sinistra, sinstrum | Left | ELV |
| Somnium, somniī, n. | Dream | ELV |
| Spectātor, spectātōris, m | Spectator | |
| Spectō, spectāre, spectāvī, spectātus | Look at, watch | 473 |
| Sphaeriō, Sphaeriōnis, m. | Sphaerio | |
| Ssst | Shh | |
| Stola, stolae, f. | Stola | |
| Stultus, stulta, stultum | Foolish, fool | ELV |
| Subitō | Suddenly | 848 |
| Sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | Be | 2 |
| Tangō, tangere, tetigī, tāctus | Touch | 534 |
| Terra, terrae, f. | Land, ground | 70 |
| Timeō, timēre, timuī | Fear | 153 |
| Trēs, tria | Three | 533 |
| Trīgintā | Thirty | |
| Tū | You | 9 |
| Tuus, tua, tuum | Your | 44 |
| Ubī | Where | 92 |
| Ulixēs, Ulixis, m. | Odysseus | |
| Umbra, umbrae, f. | Ghost | 257 |
| Unde | From where | 300 |
| Ut | As, so that, that | 15 |
| Uxor, uxōris, f. | Wife | 552 |
| Vae | Woe | |
| Vah | Ugh | |
| Valēte | Goodbye | 539 |
| Venia, veniae, f. | With dare, give pardon, forgive | |
| Veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | Come | 63 |
| Verber, verberis, n. | A whip | |
| Vērus, vēra, vērum | True | 410 |
| Via, viae, f. | Road | 196 |
| Videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | See | 31 |
| Vīlla, vīllae, f. | House, villa | ELV |
| Vīnum, vīnī, n. | Wine | 640 |
| Vir, virī, m. | Man | 85 |
| Volō, velle, voluī | Want, wish | 66 |
| Vōs | You, y’all (plural) | 130 |
| Vōx, vōcis, f. | Voice | 169 |
