“G”
Ganymēdēs, -ae. Ganymede or Ganymedes.
garriō, garrīre: to gossip, chatter, prattle.
garrulus, -a, -um: talkative, gossiping, chattering.
gaudeō, gaudēre, gavīsus sum (+ abl.): to delight, rejoice (in ...).
gaudium, -ī, n,: joy.
gelidus, -a, -um: icy, frozen.
geminus, -a, -um: twin.
gemitus, -ūs, m.: sob, sigh, groan.
gemō, gemere, gemuī, – : to groan, creak, sigh.
gemma, -ae, f.: gem.
gena, -ae, f.: cheek.
gener, generī, m.: son-in-law.
geniālis lectus or torus: the marriage bed.
genitor, -ōris, m.: begetter, sire, father.
gēns, gentis, f.: clan, family, race.
genu, -ūs, n.: knee.
genuit, genitūrus: see gignō.
genus, generis, n.: race, family; kind; sort.
germānus, -a, -um: having the same parents; related; sibling- ; real, genuine.
germinō, germināre, germināvī, germinātum: to sprout, germinate; spring up, grow.
gerō, gerere, gessī, gestum: to carry about; to wear; to carry out, do; have, entertain (feelings); (pass.) to ride, be driven; sē gerere = “to behave”; bellum gerere = “to wage war”.
gessit: v. gerō.
gigās, gigantis, m.: giant.
gignō, gignere, genuī, genitum: to beget, sire.
glaber, glabra, -um: smooth.
gladius, -ī, m.: sword.
glaciēs, -ēī, f.: ice.
glaeba, -ae, f.: sod, clod of earth.
globulus, -ī, m.: a ball.
gloria, -ae, f.: glory, honor, distinction; boasting.
glorior, gloriārī, gloriātus sum: to vaunt, boast about, brag.
gloriōsus, -a, -um: bragging, boastful.
gnārus, -a, -um (+ gen.): expert in, knowing.
gracilis, -e: slender, slim.
gradātim (adv.): step by step, imperceptibly, gradually.
gradior, gradī, grassus sum: to step, walk.
gradus, -ūs, m.: step, gait.
Graeculus, ī, m. or Graecula, -ae, f.: a little Greek; Greekling (disparaging).
Graecus, -a, -um: Greek; (subst.) a Greek; Graecē (adv.) = “in Greek”; Graecia, -ae, f.: Greece.
grāmen, -minis, m.: grass.
grandis, -e: grand, large.
grātia, -ae, f.: favour, grace; charm; grātiā + gen. = “for the sake of”; gratiās agō + dat. = “to thank someone”.
Grātiae, -ārum: the Charites, the Grace (attendants of Venus).
grātus, -a, -um (+ dat.): pleasing, welcome; charming; grātum facere: to do a favor.
gravis, -e: heavy; grave, serious; graviter (adv.) seriously, gravely.
gravidus, -a, -um: weighty, heavy; gravida esse = “be pregnant”.
gravitās, -tātis, f.: heaviness, seriousness, gravity.
gremium, -ī, n.: lap.
grex, gregis, m.: flock.
gryllus, -ī, m.: cricket.
gubernō, gubernāre, gubernāvī, gubernātum: to steer (a ship); manage, direct, govern.
gulōsus, -a, -um: gluttonous.
gurges, gurgitis, f.: a whirlpool, eddy.
gutta, -ae, f.: a droplet.