“F”

faber, fabrī, m.: craftsman, carpenter.

fabricō, fabricāre, fabricāvī, fabricātum: to construct, build.

fābula, -ae, f.: story; play.

faciēs, -ēī, f.: face; appearance.

facilis, -e: easy, doable; facile (adv.): easily.

facinus, -oris, n.: deed, feat; crime, criminal act.

faciō, facere, fēcī, factum: to make, do; perform.

factum, -ī, n.: a deed.

facultās, -tātis, f.: capability, power, means.

faenum, -ī, n.: straw.

flagellō, flagellāre, flagellāvī, flagellātum: to lash, whip.

falcātus, -a, -um: curved, scythe-shaped, sickle-shaped.

fallācia, -ae, f.: falsehood, deception.

fallāx, -ācis: deceptive, false.

fallō, fallere, fefellī, falsum: to mislead, make slip, deceive; escape the notice of; (pass.) be deceptive.

falsus, -a, -um (vid. fallō): false, lying; falsō (adv.) = “falsely”.

fāma, -ae, f.: report, story; fame, reputation; fāma est = “the story is ...”.

famēs, -is, f.: hunger.

familia, -ae, f.: family, household.

familiāris, -e: of one’s family; (subst.) household slaves; personal attendants; a close friend.

famulus, -ī, m.: a servant, attendant, slave.

fānum, -ī, n. shrine, sanctuary.

fastidium, –i, n.: disgust, revulsion.

fastīgium, -ī, n.: a roof, gable; height, apex, peak.

fātālis, -e: fated; natural.

fateor, fatērī, fassus sum: to confess, admit.

fātum, -ī, n.: a pronouncement; what is fated, one’s destiny; fātum est + inf. phrase: “it is fated ...”; fātum dīvīnum: an oracle.

fatuus, -a, -um: foolish, silly.

faunus, -ī, m.: a faun, a minor woodland diety, with goat legs but a human torso.

faustus, -a, -um: successful, prosperous, blessed, favorable.

fautor, -ōris, m., f.: supporter; favoring.

faveō, favēre, fāvī, fautum: to favor, show favor to (+ dat.); linguā favēre: watch one’s tongue, (‘be favoring with it’ = ‘keep silent’).

favilla, -ae, f.: ember.

favor, -ōris, m.: favor, support.

faux, faucis, f.: narrow passage; (plur.): throat; gorge; entrance hall.

fax, facis, f.: a firebrand, torch.

fēcundus, -a, -um: rich, fertile, productive, fruitful.

felēs, -is, m., f.: cat.

fēlīcitās, -tātis, f.: happiness.

fēlīx, -īcis: blessed, prosperous, successful.

fēmina, -ae, f.: woman.

fēminīnus, -a, -um: feminine, female.

femur, -oris, n.: thigh.

ferē (adv.): almost.

feretrum, -ī, n.: a bier (for carrying dead bodies).

feriō, ferīre: to strike, hit, shoot.

ferō, ferre, tulī or tetulī, lātum: to bring, bear, carry; bear, endure; tell; aegrē ferre: bear ill, resent.

ferōx, ferōcis: fierce, ferocious.

ferreus, -a, -um: of iron.

ferrūgō, -ginis, f.: rust; rust-color.

ferrum, -ī, n.: iron; (meton.) a sword.

fertilis, -e: fertile.

fēmur, fēmoris, n.: the thigh, thighbone.

ferus, -a, -um: wild, untamed.

fervefaciō, fervefacere, fervefēcī, fervefactum: to make boil, cause to boil.

ferveō, fervēre: to boil up, steam.

fervidus, -a, -um: seething; hot, fiery, impetuous, hot-blooded.

fessus, -a, -um: tired, exhausted.

festīnō, festīnāre, festīnāvī, festīnātum: hasten, hurry.

festum, -ī, n.: festival.

fībula, -ae, f.: clasp, latch.

fidus, -a, -um: loyal, trusted.

fīgō, fīgere, fīxī, fīxum: fix, affix, attach.

fidēlis, -e: loyal, faithful, trustworthy.

fidūcia, -ae, f.: trust, confidence; reliability.

fidēs, -ēī, f.: trust; faith.

fīlius, -ī, m. (voc. s. = fīlī): son; fīlia, -ae, f. (dat., abl. pl. = fīliābus): daughter.

filix, filicis, f.: fern.

fīlum, -ī, n.: string, thread.

fingō, fingere, finxī, fictum: to shape, mould; fashion, invent, make up, fake.

fīnis, -is, m.: end, limit, boundary; (plur.) territory.

fīniō, fīnīre, fīnīvī, fīnītum: to end, finish.

fiō, fierī, factus sum: to become; be made (serves as passive of faciō).

firmō, firmāre, firmāvī firmātum: to strengthen, firm up, support, fortify, encourage.

firmus, -a, -um: firm, solid.

flagitium, -ī, n.: disgraceful action; crime; shame, disgrace.

flagitō, flagitāre, flagitāvī, flagitātum: to demand call for.

flagrō, flagrāre, flagrāvī, flagrātum: to blaze, flare up; in flagrantī: in the act.

flāmen, -minis, n.: a gust, blast.

flamma, -ae, f.: flame.

flammifer, -fera, -um: flame-bearing, fiery.

flāvus, -a, -um: yellow, blond.

flectō, flecere, flexī, flectum: to bend.

fleō, flēre, flēvī, flētum: to weep.

flētus, -ūs, m.: weeping.

flexus, -a, -um: curving, bent.

floccus, -ī, m.: a tuft of wool; floccī facere = “to think little of'”.

flōreō, flōrēre, flōruī: to blossom, flower; thrive, prosper.

flōs, flōris, m.: flower.

fluctuō, fluctuāre, fluctuāvī, fluctuātum: to fluctuate, undulate, ebb and blow; waver, teeter.

fluctus, -ūs, m.: billows, swells, waves.

fluitō, fluitāre, fluitāvī, fluitātum: to float.

fluō, fluere, fluxī, fluxum: to flow.

flūmen, -minis, n.: river.

flūminēus, -a, -um: river-, of a river.

flūviālis, -e: of the rivers/streams; river-.

flūvius, -ī, m.: a stream; running water.

focus, -ī, m.: hearth, fireplace.

foederātus, -a, -um: allied, confederated.

foedus, foederis, n.: alliance, union.

foetidus, -a, -um: foul, fetid, stinking.

folium, -ī, n.: leaf.

fōns, fontis, m.: fountain, spring.

forāmen, -minis, n.: hole.

forās (adv.; movement implied): outside, out of doors.

fore = futūrus, -a, -um esse; see sum.

forēs, -ium, f.: doors (double doors).

forfex, -ficis, m.: a pair of shears or scissors.

foris (adv.): outside; abroad.

forma, -ae, f.: shape, form; beauty.

formōsus, -a, -um: handsome, shapely, comely.

fors, fortis, f.: chance, luck; forte = “perchance, perhaps”; sī forte = “if perhaps”.

forsan (particle + indic.): perhaps.

forsitan (particle + potential subjunctive): perhaps.

fortasse (adv.): perhaps.

fortis, -e: strong; brave.

fortūna, -ae, f.: luck, fortune, chance.

fossa, -ae, f.: a pit, trench.

fovea, -ae, f.: a pit.

foveō, fovēre, fōvī, fōtum: to warm, keep warm; to caress, cherish, pamper.

fragmentum, -ī, n.: a fragment, a shred, a piece.

frangō, frangere, frēgī, fractum: to break up, shatter, smash.

frāter, frātris, m.: brother.

frāternus, -a, -um: of a brother, a brother’s; brotherly, fraternal.

frātricīda, -ae, m., f.: a brother’s killer, a fratricide.

fraudō, fraudāre, fraudāvī, fraudātum: to cheat (s.o. of s.th. = acc. + abl.).

fraus, fraudis, f.: fraud, deception, trickery.

fremitus, -ūs, m.: shout, roar.

frēnī or frēna, -ōrum, m. or n.: bridle, rein; restraint.

frequenter (adv.): in great numbers; often, frequently.

frequentia, -ae, f.: gathering, crowd.

frequentō, frequentāre, frequentāvī, frequentātum: to crowd, populate, assemble, crowd around, frequent; celebrate, observe.

fretum, -ī, n.: strait; a narrow passage; a current.

fricō, fricāre, fricuī, frictum: to rub, rub down.

frīgidus, -a, -um: cold, chilly, cool.

frīgus, frīgoris, n.: cold, chill.

frondōsus, -a, -um: leafy, full of leaves.

frōns, frondis, f.: leafy bough, brancy, frond.

frōns, frontis, f.: brow, forehead.

frūgifer, -a, -um: fruitbearing, bounteous, fecund, fertile.

frūmentum, -ī, n.: grain; wheat.

fruor, fruī, fructus sum: to enjoy; make use of, exercise (with ablative complement).

frustātim (adv.): into pieces; piecemeal.

frustillātim (adv.): in little pieces, piece by piece.

frustrā (adv.): in vain, to no purpose.

frustrō, frustrāre, frustrāvī, frustrātum: to confound, trick, disappoint.

frustum, -ī, n.: a crumb, scrap.

frutex, -icis, m.: a shrub, bush.

fūdit: v. fundō.

fuga, -ae, f.: escape; flight.

fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitum: to flee.

fuisse, fuit, etc: perfect of sum; see sum.

fulgeō, fulgēre, fulsī, – : to flash, gleam.

fulgur, -uris, m.: lightning strike.

fulmen, -minis, n.: thunderbolt.

fulvus, -a, -um: tawny, yellowish.

fūmō, fūmāre, fūmāvī, fūmātum: to smoke, give off smoke; fūmāns, -antis: smoking, fuming.

fūmus, -ī, m.: smoke.

funestus, -a, -um: funereal, in mourning; lamentable; polluted, defiled.

funditus (adv.): from the bottom; utterly, completely.

fundō, fundere, fūsī, fūsum: to pour out, shed; let fall; fūsus, -a, -um = “spread out”.

fundus, -ī, m.: a farm.

fūnēbris, -e: funereal, of a funeral; iūsta funebria: funeral rites.

fūnereus, -a, -um: funereal, of a funeral.

fungor, fungī, functus sum (+ abl.): to exercise, make use of, wield; execute, discharge.

fūnis, -is, m.: cord, rope.

fūnus, fūneris, n.: a funeral, burial.

fūr, -is, m., f..: thief.

furcifer, -ī, m.: scoundrel, rascal.

furibundus, -a, -um: mad, demented, frenzied; inspired.

furiōsus, -a, -um: full of madness, crazy; furiōsē = “furiously”.

furō, furere, furuī: to rave, rage, be out of one’s mind.

furor, -ōris, m.: madness, raging; rage, passion.

fūrtim (adv.): stealthily, secretly.

fūrtīvus, -a, -um: stolen, furtive.

fulvus, -a, -um: tawn, brown.

fuscō, fuscāre, fuscāvī, fuscātum: to darken, make darker.

fuscus, -a, -um: dark.

fūstis, -is, m.: club.