“T”

tabānus, -ī, m.: horsefly.

tabella, -ae, f.: a writing tablet.

taberna, -ae, f.: a shop.

tabeō, tabēre: to waste away.

taceō, tacēre, tacuī, tacitum: to be quiet, be silent.

tabescō, tabescere: to begin to melt.

tabūla, -ae, f.: a plank, board.

tabulātum, -ī, n.: flooring; deck (of a ship).

tacitus, -a, -um: without speaking, silent.

tactus, -a, -um (pf. partic. of tangō): touched.

taeda, -ae, f.: a torch (used for lighting)

taedet, taedēre, taeduit (impers. vb., + acc. pers., gen. of the thing): one tires, gets bored of (lit., ‘it tires one of …’).

Taenarum, -ī, n.: the Taenaron promontory, at the southern tip of the Peloponnese.

taeter, taetra, -um: loathsome, revolting, hideous.

tālis, -e: such, of this sort.

Talthybius, -ī. Talthybius, Agamemnon’s herald.

talon, -ōnis, m.: claw.

tam (adv.): so.

tamen (conj.): yet, still, none the less, all the same.

tamquam (adv.): just as, as.

tandem (adv.): finally, at last.

tangō, tangere, tetigī, tactum: to touch.

tantus, -a, -um: so great, such great; tantum (adv.): “only”; tantī (gen.): “of such great value”.

tardō, tardāre, tardāvī, tardātum: to slow; go slow, hold back.

tardus, -a, -um: slow, lingering, tardy, lumbering; crippled, retarted.

Tartarī, -ōrum, m.: Tartarus, the abyss of the Underworld.

taurus, -ī, m.: bull.

tē: see ego.

tēcum: see cum

tectum, -ī, n.: roof, ceiling; shelter; tectum muliebre: women’s quarters.

tectus, -a, -um: covered.

tegō, tegere, texī, tectum: to cover, shelter, hide, protect; bury.

tegumentum, -ī, n.: a covering.

Telamōn, -ōnis. Telamon (Argonaut & father of Ajax).

tellūs, -ūris, f.: earth; the ground.

tēlum, -ī, n.: weapon, dart, missile; javelin.

temerē (adv.): rashly, thoughtlessly, recklessly.

templum, -ī, n.: temple, sanctuary, sacred area.

tempestās, -tātis, f.: a storm.

temptō, temptāre, temptāvī, temptātum (also tentō): to test, make a trial of, attempt, try.

tempus, -oris, n.: time; (anat., pl.) the temples; tempus est + inf. = “it is time to ...”.

tendō, tendere, tetendī, tentum or tēnsum: to stretch out, extend; direct oneself, aim for, head for, travel (toward).

tenebrae, -ārum, f.: shadows, shade, gloom.

tenebrōsus, -a, -um: shady, shadowy, gloomy.

teneō, tenēre, tenuī, tentum: to hold, grasp.

tener, tenera, -um: tender, delicate, soft.

tentōrium, -ī, n.: tent.

tenuis, -e: slender, thin.

tepidus, -a, -um: warm, lukewarm, tepid.

ter (adv.): three times, thrice.

tergum, -ī, n.: the back (of the body).

terō, terere, trīvī, trītum: to rub, grind, wear down, wear away; bruise.

terminus, -ī, m.: a boundary stone; a limit.

terra, -ae, f.: earth; land.

terrēnus, -a, -um: of the earth, of soil; eathern.

terreō, terrēre, terruī, territum: to terrify, frighten.

terribilis, -e: frightful, daunting, capable of causing terror.

terrificus, -a, -um: frightening, terrifying.

terrigena, -ae (adj.): earthborn.

territō, territāre, territāvī, territātum: to startle, make afraid.

terror, -ōris, m.: terror.

tertius, -a, -um: third.

testimōnium, -ī, n.: proof, evidence.

testis, -is, m: witness; testicle.

testūdō, -dūnis, f.: tortoise.

Tethys, Tethyos. Tethys, mother of the Nereids

tetigit: see tangō.

texit: see tegō.

texō, texere, texuī, textum: to weave, plait.

textus, -a, -um: woven, braided, plaited.

thalamus, -ī, m.: a bridal chamber; (pl.) marriage.

theātrum, -ī, n.: theater.

Thēbae, -ārum, f.: Thebes; Thēbānus, -a, -um = “Theban”.

thermae, -ārum, f. (public) baths, a bath house.

Themis, -idis, f.: Themis (goddess of order).

Thetis, Thetidis. Thetis (sea nymph, mother of Achilles).

thyrsus, -ī, m.: a thyrsus (a Bacchic wand of fennel stalk, topped with a pinecone).

tibi: see ego.

tibia, -ae, f.: shin bone; flute.

tibicēn, -cinis, m.: flutist, flute-player.

tigris, tigris, m., f.: tiger.

tilia, -ae, f.: the linden tree.

timeō, timēre, timuī, – : to be afraid.

timidus, -a, -um: shy, skittish, bashful.

timor, -ōris, m.: fear.

tingō, tingere, tinxī, tinctum: to wet, moisten; taint, stain, dye; imbue.

tintinnō, tintinnāre, tintinnāvī, tintinnātum: to ring, sound.

Tīresiās, -ae. Tiresias, a blind Theban seer.

tīrō, -ōnis, m.: a new recruit; a tyro, novice.

Tīryns, -ynthis. Tiryns, a bronze-age citadel near Argos.

Titānus, -ī, m.: Titan (one of the older, pre-Olympian generation of gods); Titānus, -a, -um: Titan, of the Titans.

Tithōnus, -ī. Tithonus (a paramour of Dawn).

titubō, titubāre, titubāvī, titubātum: to stagger, totter, falter.

titulus, -ī, m.: inscription, label, notice.

toga, -ae., f.: toga.

tolerō, tolerāre, tolerāvī, tolerātum: to support, endure, tolerate.

tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātum: to raise; lift; remove, take off; destroy.

tōnsor, -ōris, m.: a barber.

tormentum, -ī, n.: a torture rack; torture.

torpeō, torpēre, torpuī, –: to be numb.

torqueō, torquēre, torsī, tortus: to twist, turn; torment.

tortus, -a, -um: twisted, coiled.

tortus, -ūs, m.: coil.

torus, -ī, m.: couch, dinning couch, bed; (pl.) muscles; torus geniālis: the conjugal bed.

tōstus, -a, -um: roasted, scorched, baked.

totiēns (adv.): as many times, so often.

tōtus, -a, -um: entire, total.

trabs, trabis, f.: beam, rafter.

tractō, tractāre, tractāvī, tractātum: to handle, treat.

tractus, -a, -um: drawn.

tractus, -ūs, m.: tract, an extent, an expanse.

trādō, trādere, trādidī, trāditum: to hand over, surrender, give over; pass on (s.th. to s.o.).

trahō, trahere, traxī, tractum: to draw, drag.

trāiectus, -ūs, m.: passage, crossing (over a river).

tranquillō, tranquillāre, tranquillāvī, tranquillātum: to calm, put to rest, soothe, pacify.

tranquillus, -a, -um: calm, still, quiet.

trāns (prep. + acc.): across, over.

trānseō, trānsīre, trānsīvī, trānsītum: to cross, go over, go across.

trānsferō, trānsferre, trānstulī, trānslātum: to carry across, transfer, transport.

trānsfīgō, trānsfīgere, trānsfīxī, trānsfīxum: to pierce through, pierce.

trānsfuga, -ae, m., f.: a run-away, deserter.

trānstulit see trānsferō.

trānsversus, -a, -um: crossed, lying crosswise.

traxit, etc.: see trahō.

trēcentī (indecl.): three hundred.

tremō, tremere, tremuī, – : to tremble.

trepidō, trepidāre, trepidāvī, trepidātum: to tremble, be agitated, waver in confusion.

trepidus, -a, -um: quivering, trembling, agitated.

trēs, tria: three.

tribuō, tribuere, tribuī, tribūtum: to allot, bestow, confer; trībūtus, -a, -um: conferred, bestowed.

trībūtum, -ī, n.: tribute, tax.

trīclīnium, -ī, n.: dining room.

tridēns, -dentis, m.: trident (a spear with three barbs).

trīfolium, -ī, n.: clover.

triformis, -e: three-form, having three aspects

tristis, -e: sad; adv. = triste.

Trītōnia, -ae: Tritonian (a title of Minerva).

trītus, -a, -um (prtc. of terō): well worn; trite.

triumphō, triumphāre, triumphāvī, triumphātum: to triumph; celebrate a triumph (“triumph over” = dē + abl.).

triviae, -ārum, f.: a crossroads; Trivia, -ae: a title of Hecate or Diana.

Troezēn, acc., Troezēna, f.: Troezen (town on the east coast of the Argolid, facing the island of Aegina); Troezēnius, -a, -um: Troezenian.

Troās, -ādis, f.: the Troad, the district around Troy.

Trōia, -ae. Troy.

Trōiānus, -a, -um: Trojan.

trucīdō, trucīdāre, trucīdāvī, trucīdātum: to cut down, slay.

truncus, -a, -um: lopped, maimed, mutilated.

truncus, -ī, m.: trunk (of a tree).

tū, gen. tuī, dat. tibi, acc. & abl. tē (personal pronoun of the second person): you; thou.

tueor, tuērī, tūitus sum: to gaze upon; watch over.

tugurium, -ī, n.: a hut, hovel, cottage.

tulit, tulisse, etc. – see ferō.

tum (adv.): then.

tumeō, tumēre, tumuī: to swell.

tumultus, -ūs, m.: uproar, commotion; storm.

tumulus, -ī, m.: mound, tomb.

tunc (adv.): at that time; at that moment; on that occasion.

tunica, -ae, f.: tunic.

turba, -ae, f.: crowd.

turbātus, -a, -um: troubled, upset, aggitated.

turbō, -binis, m.: whirlpool, eddy, whirlwind; coil, spinning, whirl.

turgeō, turgēre: to swell.

turgescō, turgescere: begins to swell.

turpis, -e: ugly; vile; base; craven, cowardly.

turpō, turpāre, turpāvī, turpātum: to defile, pollute, soil, disfigure.

turpitūdō, -dinis, f.: debauchery, ugliness, depravity.

turris, -is, f. (abl. sing. turrī): tower.

tūtēla, -ae, f: protection.

tūtor, tūtārī, tūtātus sum: to protect, shelter, keep safe.

tūtus, -a, -um: safe.

tuus, -a, -um: your.

tympanum, -ī, n.: a hand drum (rather like a tambourine).

tyrannus, -ī, m.: tyrant.

Tyrrhēnius, -a, -um: Tyrrhenian.