“N”

nactus, etc.: vid. nanciscor.

nam (conj.): for (= “that is to say”).

namque (conj.): for in fact.

nanciscor, nanciscī, nactus sum: to come upon, acquire, obtain, find, get; meet with.

nāris, -is, f.: nostril.

nārrō, nārrāre, nārrāvī, nārrātum: to tell, relate.

nāscor, nāscī, nātus sum: to be born, come to be.

nāsus, -ī, m.: nose.

nātālis, -e: of one’s birth, natal, birth-....

natō, natāre, natāvī, natātum: swim.

nātūra, -ae, f.: nature, aspect, character.

nātus, -ī, m.: son; nāta, -ae, f.: daughter.

nātus, -ūs, m.: birth.

naufrāgia, -ae, f.: a shipwreck.

naufrāgus, -a, -um: shipwrecked.

nauta, -ae, m.: sailor.

nāvigō, nāvigāre, nāvigāvī, nāvigātum: to sail.

nāvis, -is, f.: ship.

nē (neg. particle, with imperat. & subjv.): not, that not; lest.

-ne (interrog. particle): Used for asking neutral questions of fact.

nebula, -ae, f.: mist, fog, cloud.

nec (also neque): and not; nor; nec ... nec ... = “neither ... nor ...”; forms of quis, quid after nec = aliquis, etc.

necdum (adv.): not yet, and not yet.

necessārius, -a, -um: essential, necessary.

necesse est (indeclinable, + dat. pers. & inf.): it is necessary.

necessitās, -tātis, f.: necessity, need.

necō, necāre, necāvī, necātum: to kill, slaughter.

nectar, nectāris, n.: nectar (the drink of the gods).

nefandus, -a, -um: unspeakable, abominable, accursed.

nefārius, -a, -um: heinous, nefarious, criminal.

nefās (indeclinable): crime, wickedness, sin; nefās est (+ inf.) = “it is wrong to ...”.

neglegō, neglegere, neglexī, neglectum: to overlook, ignore; neglectus, -a, -um: neglected, overlooked, abandoned.

neglenter (adv.): carelessly.

negō, negāre, negāvī, negātum: to deny, say ... not.

nēmō, nūllīus, nēminī, nēminem, nūllō: no one.

nemus, -oris, n.: grove.

nepōs, -pōtis, m.: grandson.

Neptūnus, -ī, m.: Neptune (= Greek Poseidon).

nequam (indeclinable adj.): worthless, bad.

nequeō, nequis, nequit, ... nequeunt (irreg. verb): to be unable.

ne ... quidem: see quidem.

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

Nērēis, Nērēidis, f.: Nereid, a sea-nymph; daughter of Nereus.

nervus, -ī, m.: sinew.

nesciō, nescīre, nescīvī, nescītum: not to know, to be ignorant, be unaware; nesciō quis = “I know not who” > “any person; (adj.) any old ...”.

neu: see nēve.

nēve or neu (conj.): or not, and not; nēve ... nēve ... = “neither ... nor ...”.

nex, necis, f.: murder, killing, slaughter.

nexus, -ūs, m.: bond, tie; a twining, an entwining, entwinement; tangle.

nī: vid. nisi.

nīdus, -ī, m.: nest.

niger, nigra, -um: black, dark (a glistening black, as opposed to ater, flat black).

nihil (indecl.), n.; also nīl: nothing; nihilī facere: to think little of.

nihilōminus (adv.): none the less.

nimius, -a, -um: excessive, too much, too great.

nimis (adv.): too much, excessively.

nisi or nī (conj.): except, unless, but for.

niteō, nitēre, nituī, – : to gleam, glisten.

nitidus, -a, -um: bright, shining, resplendent.

nītor, nītī, nīsus sum (+ abl.): to rest on; rely on; lean on; strive, struggle (+ inf.).

niveus, -a, -um: snowy.

nix, nivis, f.: snow.

nōbilis, -e: noble; of noble birth.

nōbilitās, -tātis, f.: nobility; nobleness, excellence.

nōbīscum: see cum

noceō, nocēre, nocuī, nocitum: do harm to (+ dat.).

noctivāga, -ae (adj.): night-wandering.

nocturnus, -a, -um: of the night, nocturnal.

nōlō, nōlle, nōluī, – : not to want; nōlī or nōlīte + inf. = “Don’t ...”.

nōmen, nōminis, n.: name; nōmine = “by name”.

nōminō, nōmināre, nōmināvī, nōminātum: to name, mention my name; appoint.

nōn (adv.): not.

nōndum (adv.): not yet.

nonem (indecl.): nine.

nōnne (interrog. partic. anticipating a “yes” answer): is it not ...?

nōnnūllus, -a, -um: not a few.

nōnnumquam (adv.): not infrequently (lit. “not never”).

nōnus, -a, -um: ninth.

norma, -ae, f.: a standard.

nōs, nostrûm / nostrī, nōbīs, nōs, nōbīs: we, etc.

nōscō, nōscere, nōvī, nōtum: to get to know, learn of; (pf.) to know.

noster, nostra, -um: our.

nothus, -ī, m.: a bastard, an illegitimate son.

nōtō, nōtāre, nōtāvī, nōtātum: to mark; note, observe.

nōtus, -a, -um: known, familiar.

novācula, -ae, f.: razor.

novālis, -is, f.: a fallow field, virgin soil.

novem (indecl.): nine.

noverca, -ae, f.: step-mother.

novus, -a, -um: new, strange; rēs novae: revolution.

nox, noctis, f.: night; noctū (adv.) by night.

nūbilis, -e: marriageable.

nūbō, nūbere, nūpsī, nūptum (said of the woman): to veil; marry (+ dat.).

nūbēs, -is, f.: cloud.

nūbigenus, -a, -um: cloud-born.

nūdō, nūdāre, nūdāvī, nūdātum: to strip naked, make naked.

nūdus, -a, -um: bare, nude, naked.

nūgae, -ārum, f.: worthless triffles, nonsense; jokes, foolishness.

nūllus, -a, -um: no, not any, none.

num (interrog. particle anticipating a negative answer): surely not ... ?

numerus, -ī, m.: number.

nūmen, -minis, n.: deity, god, divine presence; consent, divine will; nod of the head.

numquam (adv.): never.

nunc (adv.): now.

nūntiō, nūntiāre, nūntiāvī, nūntiātum: to announce, report.

nūntius, -a, -um: announcing; (subst.) a messenger; avis nūntia, a harbinger bird.

nūper (adv.): newly, recently.

nuptiae, -ārum, f.: wedding.

nuptus, -a, -um: married (said of the woman).

nupta, -ae, f.: married woman.

nusquam (adv.): nowhere.

nūtō, nūtāre, nūtāvī, nūtātum: to nod; totter.

nūtrix, -īcis, f.: nurse, wetnurse.

nātus, -ūs, m: birth; maior nātū = “older”.

nympha, -ae, f.: nymph; bride.