Dictionary for Virgo Ardens

The dictionary for Virgo Ardens contains all the Latin words used in the novella. If you would like a preview of the novella, you can read the preface of the story here. You can review more detailed information about the novella here. In addition, I also created a sortable index of words so that readers or teachers could see which new words were introduced in which chapters. You can download a copy here.

Unlike the Index Verborum, which is a list of all the word forms in the novella, the dictionary for Virgo Ardens 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 that I used infrequently in the novella.

Dictionary for Virgo Ardens

Latin	English	DCC/ELV
Ā, ab	Away from, by	21
Abdōmen, abdōminis, n.	Abdomen
Accipiō, accipere, accēpī, acceptus	Receive, accept	110
Ad	To, towards, at	14
Adhūc	Still	379
Adoptō, adoptāre, adoptāvī, adoptātus	Adopt
Adōrābilis, adōrābile	Adorable
Adsum, adesse, adfuī, adfutūrus	Present, be here	279
Aeger, aegra, aegrum	Sick	810
Afficiō, afficere, affēcī, affectus	Affect	958
Ager, agrī, m.	Field	324
Agnus, agnī, m.	Lamb
Agō, agere, ēgī, āctus	Do	69
Agricultūra, agricultūrae, f.	Agriculture
Aiō	Really	406
Āla, ālae, f.	Wing
Aliquis, aliquid	Someone, somebody	77
Alius, alia, aliud	Other, another	37
Ambulō, ambulāre, ambulāvī, ambulātus	Walk	ELV
Amīca, amīcae, f.	Friend (female)	198
Amīcus, amīcī, m.	Friend (male)	198
Amō, amāre, amāvī, amātus	Love	219
Amor, amōris, m.	Love	116
Amplector, amplectī, amplexus sum	Hug, embrace
An	Or, whether	94
Annus, annī, m.	Year	167
Anteā	Sooner	ELV
Antequam	Before	787
Ānxietās, ānxietātis, f.	Anxiety
Apiārium, apiāriī, n.	Beehive
Apis, apis, f.	Bee
Apud	At, among	205
Aqua, aquae, f.	Water	272
Arbor, arboris, f.	Tree	468
Arca, arcae, f.	Box
Ardeō, ardēre, arsī, arsus	Burn	618
Ariēs, ariētis, m.	Ram
Aristō, Aristōnis, m.	Aristo, Iphis’ teacher
Āter, ātra, ātrum	Black	ELV
Attonitus, attonita, attonitum	Astonished
Audiō, audīre, audīvī, audītus	Hear	165
Aut	Or	24
Autem	Moreover, however	123
Barba, barbae, f.	Beard
Bāsiō, bāsiāre, bāsiāvī, bāsiātus	Kiss
Bene	Well	235
Bibō, bibere, bibī, bibitus	Drink	ELV
Bonus, bona, bonum	Good	68
Bracchium, brachiī, n.	Arm
Cadō, cadere, cecidī, cāsus	Fall	210
Caelum, caelī, n.	Sky, heaven	117
Candidus, candida, candidum	White, bright, shining	692
Canō, canere, cecinī, cantus	Sing	389
Capiō, capere, cēpī, captus	Take, seize	131
Captīvus, captīvī, m.	Captive	ELV
Carmen, carminis, n.	Song, verse	254
Carō, carnis, f.	Meat
Cārus, cāra, cārum	Dear, expensive	462
Cāseus, cāseī, m.	Cheese
Casula, casulae, f.	House, particularly a small house
Causa, causae, f.	Reason, cause	107
Cēlābrō, cēlābrāre, cēlābrāvī, cēlābrātus	Celebrate	ELV
Celeriter	Quickly	967
Cēlō, cēlāre, cēlāvī, cēlātus	Hide	ELV
Cēna, cēnae, f.	Dinner	ELV
Certē	Certainly	601
Cibus, cibī, m.	Food	863
Circulus, circulī, m.	Circle
Clāmō, clāmāre, clāmāvī, clāmātus	Shout	ELV
Clārus, clāra, clārum	Famous, bright, clear	395
Cōgitō, cōgitāre, cōgitāvī, cōgitātus	Think	515
Color, colōris, m.	Color	725
Columella, Columellae, m.	Columella, an author on agriculture
Coma, comae, f.	Hair	405
Conclāve, conclāvis, n.	Room
Cōnfūsus, cōnfūsa, cōnfūsum	Confused
Cōnor, cōnārī, cōnātus sum	Try	905
Contrā	Against	271
Cor, cordis, n.	Heart	795
Cornū, cornūs, n.	Horn	591
Corōna, corōnae, f.	Crown	ELV
Corpus, corporis, n.	Body	75
Cotīdiē	Every day
Crās	Tomorrow	ELV
Crēta, Crētae, f.	Crete, the island where Iphis lives
Cubiculum, cubiculī, n.	Bedroom
Cum	With, when, since, although	10
Cūr	Why	404
Cūra, cūrae, f.	Care, attention, concern	186
Cūriōsus, cūriōsa, cūriōsum	Curious
Cūrō, cūrāre, cūrāvī, cūrātus	Care, with aliud, don’t worry	743
Currō, currere, cucurrī, cursus	Run	562
Daedalus, Daedalī, m.	Daedalus, the inventor of the Labyrinth
Damnum, damnī, n.	Damnation, damage	926
Dē	About, from, down from	46
Dea, deae, f.	Goddess	42
Dēbeō, dēbere, dēbuī, dēbitus	Should, ought to	155
Dēfendō, dēfendere, dēfendī, dēfensus	Defend	653
Deinde	Then	150
Dēlectō, dēlectāre, dēlectāvī, dēlectātus	Delight
Dēmōnstrō, dēmōnstrāre, dēmōnstrāvī, dēmōnstrātus	Demonstrate
Dēscendō, dēscendere, dēscendī, dēscensus	Descend	802
Dēspērātus, dēspērāta, dēspērātum	Desparate
Deus, deī, m.	God	42
Diāna, Diānae, f.	Diana, a goddess of the hunt and the moon
Dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dīctus	Say, tell	33
Diēs, diēī, m/f.	Day	54
Difficilis, difficile	Difficult	861
Difficultās, difficultātis, f.	Difficulty, problem
Dignus, digna, dignum	Worthy	291
Discō, discere, didicī	Learn	465
Diū	A long time	361
Dō, dare, dedī, datus	Give	28
Doceō, docēre, docuī, doctus	Teach	393
Domus, domī, f.	Home	73
Dormiō, dormīre, dormīvī, dormītus	Sleep	975
Dōs, dōtis, f.	Dowry
Dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductus	Lead, with uxorem, marry	133
Duo, duae, duo	Two	221
Ē, ex	Out of, from	26
Ecce	Look	643
Edō, edere, ēdī, ēsus	Eat	ELV
Ēdūcō, ēdūcere, ēdūxī, ēductus	Raise, educate	935
Ego, meī, mihi, mē, mē	I	11
Ēlegāns, ēlegantis	Elegant
Eō, īre, īvī, ītus	Go	97
Epistula, epistulae, f.	Letter	951
Ērubēscō, ērubēscere, ērubuī	Blush
Et	And	1
Etiamsī	Even if, although	ELV
Exclāmō, exclāmare, exclāmāvī, exclāmātus	Exclaim
Expellō, expellere, expulī, expulsus	Expel, with tusses, cough
Extrā	Outside
Fābula, fābulae, f.	Story	966
Faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	Make	32
Falsus, falsa, falsum	False	633
Familia, familiae, f.	Family	943
Fēmina, fēminae, f.	Woman	501
Ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus	Bring, bear	45
Festīvus, festīva, festivum	Festival
Fīlia, fīliae, f.	Daughter	909
Fīlius, fīliī, m.	Son	909
Fingō, fingere, fīnxi, fictus	Pretend, with mente, imagine	721
Fīō, fierī, factus sum	Become, be made	146
Flamma, flammae, f.	Flame	298
Fleō, flēre, flēvī, flētus	Weep	457
Flōs, flōris, m.	Flower	818
Fortasse	Maybe, perhaps	833
Fortis, forte	Strong, brave	286
Fortūna, fortūnae, f.	Fortune	138
Forum, forī, n.	Forum	811
Frīgidus, frīgida, frīgidum	Frigid, cold	ELV
Frūmentum, frūmentī, n.	Grain	936
Fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fūgitus	Flee	177
Fulgeō, fulgēre, fulsī, fulsus	Shine, flash	ELV
Fundus, fundī, m.	Farm
Futūrum, futūrī, n.	Future
Gaia, Gaiae, f.	Gaia, commonly recited name as part of a wedding
Gaudeō, gaudēre, gāvīsus sum	Rejoice	407
Gaudium, gaudiī, n.	Joy	727
Gemō, gemere, gemuī, gemitus	Groan
Gerō, gerere, gessī, gestus	Wear	237
Grātia, grātiae, f.	Thanks	380
Habeō, habēre, habuī, habitus	Have	39
Habitō, habitāre, habitāvī, habitātus	Live	ELV
Hebdomas, hebdomadis, f.	Week
Herba, herbae, f.	Herb, plant	ELV
Hic, haec, hoc	This, these	7
Hodiē	Today	981
Homō, hominis, m.	Person	88
Horreum, horreī, n.	Barn
Horribilis, horribile	Horrible
Iam	Now; with nōn, no longer	34
Ianthē, Ianthēs, f.	Ianthe, a young woman and writer
Īcārus, Īcārī, m.	Icarus, Daedalus’ son
Īda, Īdae, f.	Mount Ida, a mountain on Crete
Ignōrō, ignōrāre, ignōrāvī, ignōrātus	Ignore
Ille, illa, illud	That, that	8
Immortālis, immortāle	Immortal
Impōnō, impōnere, imposuī, impositus	Put in	437
In	In, on; into, onto	5
Incipiō, incipere, incēpī, inceptus	Begin	411
Infāns, infantis, m./f.	Infant
Innātūrālis, innātūrāle	Unnatural
Īnsānus, īnsāna, īnsānum	Insane
Īnspīrātus, īnspīrāta, īnspīrātum	Inspired
Īnsula, īnsulae, f.	Island	908
Intellegēns, intellegentis	Intelligent
Intellegentia, intellegentiae, f.	Intelligence
Intellegō, intellegere, intellēxī, intellectus	Understand	512
Inter	Between	64
Interiōr, interiōris	Interior
Inveniō, invenīre, invēnī, inventus	Find	316
Invertō, invertere, invertī, inversus	With stylum, to erase
Īphis, Īphidis, f.	Iphis, the protagonist
Ipse, ipsa, ipsum	Himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves	22
Īrātus, īrāta, īrātum	Angry	809
Is, ea, id	He, she, it	13
Īsis, Īsidis, f.	Isis, an Egyptian goddess
Itaque	And so, therefore	208
Iterum	Again	758
Iuppiter, Iovis, m.	Jupiter, king of the gods
Iuvenis, iuvenis, m.	Youth, young man	277
Kleōn, Kleōnis, m.	Kleon, Ianthe’s previous teacher
Labyrinthus, Labyrinthī, m.	Labyrinth, where the Minotaur lives
Lac, lactis, n.	Milk
Lana, lanae, f.	Wool; with facere, to spin wool
Legō, legere, legī, lectus	Read	419
Liber, librī, m.	Book	901
Liceō, licēre, licuī	Allow	175
Ligdus, Ligdī, m.	Ligdus, Iphis’ father
Līnea, līneae, f.	Line, strand
Locus, locī, m.	Place	62
Longus, longa, longum	Long	142
Loquor, loquī, locūtus sum	Speak	310
Lūna, lūnae, f.	Moon	902
Lūx, lūcis, f.	Light	299
Lȳsimachus (Lȳsimache, Lȳsimachum)	Lysimachus, a youth at school; his name is Egyptian
Maevius, Maevīi, m.	Maevius, a youth at school; his name is the same as a Roman poet who was mocked for his terrible poetry
Magister, magistrī, m.	Teacher	933
Magnus, magna, magnum	Big, great	25
Maior, maiōris	Bigger, greater
Male	Badly	603
Malus, mala, malum	Bad	227
Manus, manūs, f.	Hand	48
Mare, maris, n.	Sea	125
Margarīta, margarītae, f.	Pearl
Marītus, marītī, m.	Husband	654
Māter, mātris, f.	Mother	127
Maximus, maxima, maximum	Greatest, biggest
Medicus, medicī, m.	Doctor
Mel, mellis, n.	Honey
Melior, melioris	Better
Melius	Better
Memoria, memoriae, f.	With tenēre, to remember	627
Mēns, mentis, f.	Mind; with fingere, to imagine	173
Mēnsa, mēnsae, f.	Table	747
Meus, mea, meum	My, mine	41
Moenia, moenium, n.	Walls	593
Mollis, molle	Soft, gentle	356
Mōmentum, mōmentī, n.	Importance, moment
Mōns, montis, m.	Mountain	242
Morior, morī, moritūrus sum	Die	253
Moveō, movēre, mōvī, mōtus	Move	192
Mox	Soon	469
Multus, multa, multum	Much, many	43
Mūsa, mūsae, f.	Muse	ELV
Mūtātiō, mūtātiōnis, f.	Change, transformation
Mūtō, mūtāre, mūtāvī, mūtātus	Changes	315
Nārrō, nārrāre, nārrāvī, nārrātus	Narrate, tell	910
Nātūra, nātūrae, f.	Nature	180
Nātūrālis, nātūrāle	Natural
-ne	An enclitic that indicates a question is asked	238
Nē	Lest, that	47
Necesse	Necessary	773
Nectar, nectaris, n.	Nectar
Nēmō, nēminis	No one	179
Neptūnus, Nēptūnī, m.	Neptune, the god of the sea
Nesciō, nescīre, nescīvī, nescītus	Not know	525
Nihil	Nothing	55
Nisi	If not, unless, except	100
Nocturnus, nocturna, nocturnum	Nocturnal	ELV
Nōlō, nōlle, nōluī	Not want	458
Nōn	Not; with iam, no longer	6
Nonne	A question word that anticipates a yes answer	ELV
Nōs, nostrī, nōbīs, nōs, nōbis	We, us	51
Nōscō, nōscere, nōvī, nōtus	Know, be acquainted with	347
Noster, nostra, nostrum	Our	52
Nox, noctis, f.	Night	119
Nūllus, nūlla, nūllum	None, no	49
Numquam	Never	251
Occupō, occupāre, occupāvī, occupātus	To be busy, occuped	472
Oculus, oculī, m.	Eye	206
Offendō, offendere, offendī, offensus	Offend
Oleō, olēre, oluī	Smell
Ōlim	Once, once upon a time	574
Olīva, olīvae, f.	Olive
Ōmen, ōminis, n.	Omen
Omnis, omne	All, every	18
Optimus, optima, optimum	Best
Ōrāculum, ōrāculī, n.	Oracle
Ōrnāmentum, ōrnāmentī, n.	Ornament
Ōs, ōris, n.	Face, mouth	147
Ovis, ovis, f.	Sheep
Paene	Almost	944
Pānis, pānis, f.	Bread
Papȳrus, papȳrī, m.	Papyrus
Parēns, parentis, m./f.	Parent	190
Parō, parāre, parāvī, parātus	Prepare	160
Pars, partis, f.	Part	65
Parvus, parva, parvum	Small	143
Pasiphae, Pasiphaes, f.	Pasiphae, the mother of the Minotaur
Pāstor, pāstōris, m.	Shepherd
Pater, patris, m.	Father	71
Paterfamiliās, paterfamiliae, m.	Paterfamilias, the head of the family
Pecūnia, pecūniae, f.	Money	530
Peior	Worse
Per	Through	30
Permittō, permittere, permīsī, permissus	Permit	702
Pessimus, pessima, pessimum	Worst
Plēnus, plēna, plēnum	Full	459
Plūs, plūris	More
Poēta, poētae, m.	Poet	913
Pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus	Put in	102
Possum, posse, potuī	To be able to, can	23
Postrīdiē	The next day	ELV
Prīmus, prīma, prīmum	First	91
Prōmittō, prōmittere, prōmīsī, prōmissus	Promise	720
Prope	Near	189
Prōpōnō, prōpōnere, prōposuī, prōpositus	Propose, put forward	930
Pudeō, pudēre, puduī	Shame	ELV
Pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum	Beautiful	569
Pulsō, pulsāre, pulsāvī, pulsātus	Beat
Putō, putāre, putāvī, putātus	Think	166
Quaesō	Please
Quālis, quāle	What kind of	263
Quam	How, than, with tam, as … as	29
Quandō	When	621
Quandōcumque	Whenever
Quattuor	Four	867
Quī, quae, quod	Who, which	3
Quia	Because	132
Quis, quid	What	212
Quō	So that	305
Quōmodo	How	831
Quoque	Also, too	76
Recenter	Recently
Reclīnō, reclīnāre, reclīnāvī, reclīnātus	Recline
Rēctus, rēcta, rēctum	Correct, right	823
Rēgīna, rēgīnae, f.	Queen	ELV
Relinquō, relinquere, relīquī, relictus	Leave	144
Remōveō, remōvēre, remōvī, remōtus	Remove
Respondeō, respondēre, respondī, responsus	Respond	ELV
Reveniō, revenīre, revēnī, reventus	Return
Rēx, rēgis, m.	King	60
Rhēa, Rhēae, f.	Rhea, Jupiter’s mother
Rīdeō, rīdēre, rīsī, rīsus	Smile, laugh	874
Rigidus, rigida, rigidum	Rigid
Rogō, rogāre, rogāvī, rogātus	Ask	551
Saccus, saccī, m.	Bag, sack
Sacerdōs, sacerdōtis, f.	Priestess	939
Sacrificō, sacrificāre, sacrificāvī, sacrificātus	Sacrifice
Saepe	Often	145
Salvē, salvēte	Hello
Sanguis, sanguinis, m.	Blood	214
Satis	Enough	341
Sāturnus, Sāturnī, m.	Saturn, Jupiter’s father and eater of children
Schola, scholae, f.	School
Sciō, scīre, scīvī, scītus	Know	172
Scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus	Write	568
Sē	Herself, himself, itself, themselves	17
Sēcrētē	Secretly
Sēcrētum, sēcrētī, n.	Secret
Secundus, secunda, secundum	Second	836
Sed	But	20
Sedeō, sedēre, sedī, sessus	Sit	506
Semper	Always	149
Sequor, sequī, secūtus sum	Follow	108
Serēnus, serēna, serēnum	Serene	ELV
Serva, servae, f.	Slave, enslaved woman
Sī	If	16
Sīdus, sīderis, n.	Star	359
Significō, significāre, significāvī, significātus	Signify
Silentium, silentiī, n.	Silence
Sōl, sōlis, m.	Sun	320
Sōlus, sōla, sōlum	Alone, lonely	176
Somnium, somniī, n.	Dream	ELV
Spectō, spectāre, spectāvī, spectātus	Watch, look at	473
Spērō, spērāre, spērāvī, spērātus	Hope	648
Spēs, speī, f.	Hope	232
Statim	Immedately	798
Statua, statuae, f.	Statue
Stola, stolae, f.	Stola, dress
Strix, strigis, f.	Screech owl, a bird of ill omen
Stultus, stulta, stultum	Foolish	ELV
Stylum, stylī, n.	Stylus, a pencil
Sub	Under	118
Subitō	Suddenly	848
Sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	Be	454
Surgō, surgere, surrēxī, surrēctus	Rise	570
Suspīciōsus, suspīciōsa, suspīciōsum	Suspicious
Suspīrō, suspīrāre, suspīrāvī, suspīrātus	Sigh
Suus, sua, suum	Her, his, its, their own	27
Tabella, tabellae, f.	Wax tablet, notebook
Tam	So; with quam as…as	96
Tamen	Nevertheless, yet	58
Tamquam	Just as, just as if	363
Tandem	Finally	427
Tangō, tangere, tetigī, tāctus	Touch	534
Taurus, taurī, m.	Bull	ELV
Telethūsa, Telethūsae, f.	Telethusa, Iphis’ mother
Templum, templī, n.	Temple	485
Teneō, tenēre, tenuī, tentus	Hold, with memoria, remember	106
Terra, terrae, f.	Land, earth	70
Terror, terrōris, f.	Terror	ELV
Timeō, timēre, timuī	Fear	153
Tōtus, tōta, tōtum	Whole, entire	78
Tristis, triste	Sad	275
Triumphāns, triumphantis	Triumphing
Tū, tuī, tibi, tē, tē	You	9
Tunica, tunicae, f.	Tunic
Tussis, tussis, f.	Cough
Tūtus, tūta, tūtum	Safe	365
Tuus, tua, tuum	Your	44
Ubī	Where, when	92
Ubīque	Everywhere
Ultimus, ultima, ultimum	Final	432
Ūnus, ūna, ūnum	One	53
Urbs, urbis, f.	City	82
Ut	So that, that; as	15
Uxor, uxōris, f.	Wife	552
Valē, valēte	Goodbye	539
Vēlāmen, vēlāminis, n.	Veil
Veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	Come	63
Ventus, ventī, m.	Wind	269
Venus, Veneris, f.	Venus, the goddess of love
Vergilius, Vergiliī, m.	Vergil, a Roman poet
Versus, versūs, m.	Verses
Vertō, vertere, vertī, versus	Turn	288
Vexō, vexāre, vexāvī, vexātus	Vex
Via, viae, f.	Road, way	196
Victor, victōris, m.	Victor	340
Vigor, vigōris, m.	Vigor
Vīnum, vīnī, n.	Wine	640
Vir, virī, m.	Man	85
Virgō, virginis, f.	Young woman, maiden	418
Vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, victus	Live	156
Volō, velle, voluī	Want	66
Volō, volāre, volāvī, volātus	Fly	ELV
Volūmen, volūminis, n.	Scroll, for a book
Vomitō, vomitāre, vomitāvī, vomitātus	Vomit
Vōs, vestrī, vōbīs, vōs, vōbis	You (plural)	130
Vōx, vōcis, f.	Voice	169