“V”

vacca, -ae, f.: a cow.

vacillō, vacillāre, vacillāvī, vacillātum: to falter, stagger, sway, waver.

vacō, vacāre, vacāvī, vacātum: to be empty.

vacuus, -a, -um: empty; void of, free of (+ abl.).

vae (+ dat.): alas! woe!

vādō, vādere, vāsī, vāsum: to go, make one’s way, advance.

vāgiō, vāgīre, vāgīvī, vāgītum: to wail, bawl.

vāgītus, -ūs, m.: wailing, a cry, a wail.

vagor, vagārī, vagātus sum: to wander, rove, roam.

valdē (adv.): very much, quite.

valeō, valēre, valuī, valitūrus: to have force, be strong; be well, thrive, prosper; mean, be worth; nihil valet = “it has no meaning” or “is completely powerless”; valē!, valēte! = “goodbye”.

validus, -a, -um: strong, powerful, potent.

vallis, -is, f.: valley.

valvae, -ārum, f.: double doors.

vanescō, vanescere, vanuī: to vanish, disappear.

vānus, -a, -um: vain, empty; untrustworthy, false.

vapor, -ōris, m.: steam, mist.

varius, -a, -um: various, of different kinds.

vastō, vastāre, vastāvī, vastātum: to lay waste, devastate.

vastus, -a, -um: desolate, empty, barren; enormous, vast.

vāticinātiō, -ōnis, f.: prophecy, prophesying.

vāticinor, vāticinārī, vāticinātus sum: to prophesy; to rave.

vāticinus, -a, -um: prophetic, vatic.

vātēs, -is, m.: seer, prophet.

-ve (enclitic conj.): or.

vēcors, vēcordis: heartless, without feeling; mad, insane.

vectis, -is, f.: a crowbar.

vehementer (adv.): forcefully, strongly, vigorously.

vehō, vehere, vexī, vectum: to transport, convey, carry; (pass.) be driven, ride.

vel (conj.): or.

vēlāmen, -minis, n.: a covering, veil, a drape.

vēlātus, -a, -um: covered, draped.

vellus, velleris, n.: fleece.

vēlō, vēlāre, vēlāvī, vēlātum: to cover, veil, shroud.

velōx, -ōcis: swift.

vēlum, -ī, n.: sail; vela dare = “set sail”.

velut (conj.): just as, as; as if.

vēna, -ae, f.: vein.

vēnābulum, -ī, n.: a hunting spear.

vēnāticus, -a, -um: hunting; for hunting.

vēnātiō, -ōnis, f.: the hunt.

vēnātor, -ōris, m.: hunter.

vēnātus, -ūs, m.: the hunt.

venēnātus, -a, -um: poisoned.

venēnum, -ī, n. poison.

veneror, venerārī, venerātus sum: to revere, respect, worship, be in awe of.

venia, -ae, f. : kindness, mercy, pardon.

veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventum: to come.

vēnor, vēnārī, vēnātus sum: to hunt.

venter, ventris, m.: stomach, belly.

ventus, -ī, m.: wind.

Venus, Veneris, f.: Venus (= Greek Aphrodite).

venustās, -tātis, f.: appeal, attractiveness.

venustus, -a, -um: attractive, appealing, sexy.

vēr, vēris, n.: spring.

verber, -beris, n.: flogging, scourging, beating; (pl.) lashes.

verbum, -ī, n.: word.

verecundē (adv.): modestly.

verendus, -a, um: worthy of awe; worshipped, honored.

vereor, verērī, veritus sum: to stand in awe of, fear.

vērisimilis, -e: plausible, likely, probable, realistic.

vēritās, -tātis, f.: truth.

verendus, -a, um:

vērō (conj.): but.

versor, versārī, versātus sum: to move about, come and go; abide, dwell.

vertō,vertere, vertī, versum: to turn; sē vertere = “to turn o.s.; turn”.

vertex, -ticis, m.: the crown (of the head); the top part, a summit.

vērus, -a, -um: true, real, genuine; vērum, -ī, n. = “the truth”; vērē = “truthfully”.

vēsānus, -a, -um: witless, out of one’s mind, insane.

vescor, vescī (+ abl.): to feed on.

vesica, -ae, f.: bladder.

vesper, -ī or -eris, m.: evening; vespere: in the evening.

vester, vestra, -um: your (plural).

vestibulum, -ī, n.: entrance, forecourt.

vestigium, -ī, n.: footprint, footstep; trace.

vestīmentum, -ī, n.: clothing; (pl.) clothes.

vestiō, vestīre, vestīvī, vestītum: to dress.

vestis, -is, f.: gown, garment.

vestītus, -a, -um: dressed in (+ abl.).

vestītus, -ūs, m.: dress, costume, outfit.

vetō, vetāre, vetuī, vetitum: to forbid.

vetulus, -a, -um: little old, poor old.

vexō, vexāre, vexāvī, vexātum: to annoy, bother, harass; vexātus, -a, -um: abused, mistreated.

via, -ae, f.: road, way, street.

viātor, -ōris, m., f.: traveler.

vīcīnus, -a, -um: neighboring; (subst.) neighbor.

vicissim (adv.): in return; in turn.

vicis, -is, f.: a turn; in vicem = “in turn; by turns; mutually”; vice versā = vice versa.

vīcit, etc.: v. vincō.

victima, -ae, m., f.: victim (the person or animal to be sacrficed).

victōria, -ae, f.: victory.

victus, -a, -um: defeated, conquered, beaten.

victus, -ūs, m.: nourishment, food.

vīcus, -ī, m.: village.

videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsum: to see; (pass.) to seem; be seen.

vidēlicet (connective particle): clearly, obviously; of course.

viduus, -a, -um (+ abl.): bereft, shorn; destitute.

vigil, -is, m.: watchman, lookout.

vigilō, vigilāre, vigilāvī, vigilātum: to watch out, be on the lookout.

vīgintī (indeclinable): twenty.

vīlis, -e: poor, cheap, worthless, base.

vīlla, -ae, f.: house.

vinciō, vincīre, vinxī, vinctum: to bind, tie, restrain.

vincō, vincere, vīcī, victum: to conquer, overcome.

victoria, -ae, f.: victory.

vincula, -ōrum, n.: chains.

vindīcō, vindīcāre, vindīcāvī, vindīcātum: to avenge, take revenge for.

vindicta, -ae, f.: revenge, vengeance.

vīnārius, -a, -um: of wine, wine-.

vīnōsus, -a, -um: full of wine; besotted.

vīnum, -ī, n.: wine.

violō, violāre, viōlāvī, violātum: to do violence to, to violate, outrage.

violentia, -ae, f.: violence.

violentus, -a, -um: violent; stormy.

viper, -ae, f.: a viper.

vir, virī, m.: man (male).

virga, -ae, f.: shoot, twig; rod.

virgineus, -a, -um: virginal, of a virgin, of a maiden, maidenly.

virga, -ae, f.: twig, sprout.

virgō, -ginis, f.: maiden, virgin.

virginitās, -tātis, f.: virginity.

virgultum, -ī, n.: thicket, shrub; (pl.) brushwood.

viridis, -e: green.

virīlis, -e: of a man.

virtūs, -tūtis, f.: virtue, courage.

vīs, vīs, f.: force, violence; power; (pl.) vīrēs, -ium = “forces, troops; strength”; vī = “by force”.

viscus, visceris, n. (us. plur.): internal organ; (pl.) the internal organs, innards.

vīsitō, vīsitāre, vīsitāvī, vīsitātum: to visit.

vīso, vīsere, vīsī (interative of videō): to look at, view; visit.

vīsus, -ūs, m.: a viewing, seeing; mīrābile vīsū = “a wonder to behold”.

vīta, -ae, f.: life.

vītiō, vītiāre, vītiāvī, vītiātum: to defile; spoil, corrupt; falsify.

vītis, -is, f.: vine.

vitta, -ae, f.: a chaplet, head-band or ribbon worn by priests officiating at sacrifices; also worn by brides as a mark of purity.

vitulus, -ī, m., or vitula, -ae, f.: a calf.

vitium, -ī, n.: vice. fault.

vītō, vītāre, vītāvī, vītātum: to avoid, shun.

vitreus, -a, -um: of glass, glass-like.

vituperō, vituperāre, vituperāvī, vituperātum: curse, tell off.

vīvāx, vīvācis (adj.): vivacious, lively; long-lived.

vīvidus, -a, -um: vivid, lively, spirited, energetic.

vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctum: to live.

vīvus, -a, -um: living, alive; aqua vīva is running water.

vix (adv.): hardly, with difficulty.

vōbīscum: see cum

vōcem, vōce, etc.: see vōx.

vocō, vocāre, vocāvī, vocātum: to call; summon.

volitō, volitāre, volitāvī, volitātum: to fly about.

volō, volāre, volāvī, volātum: to fly.

volō, velle, voluī, – : to want.

volucer, volucris, volucre: flying, winged.

volucris, -is, f.: a winged creature, a bird.

volūmen, -minis, n.: roll, rolled mass, fold; wreath.

voluntās, -tātis, f.: will, intention, volition, inclination, choice.

voluptās, -tātis, f.: pleasure.

volvō, volvere, volvī, volūtum: to turn (something); (pass. as mid.) to turn (intrans.).

vomer, -eris, m.: a ploughshare.

vorāx, -ācis: ravenous, voracious.

vorō, vorāre, vorāvī, vorātum: to devour, eat up.

vōs, vestrûm / vestrī, vōbīs, vōs, vōbīs: you (plural).

vōtum, -ī, n.: a vow; wish.

voveō, vovēre, vōvī, votum: to vow.

vōx, vōcis, f.: voice.

Vulcānus, -ī: Vulcan (= Greek Hephaestus).

vulgāris, -e: common, ordinary.

vulgus, -ī, n.: the crowd, commoners, the rabble, the public.

vulnerō, vulnerāre, vulnerāvī, vulnerātum: to wound.

vulnus, -eris, n.: wound.

vultus, -ūs, m.: face, visage; (pl.) appearance.