Terracotta anatomical votive statuette of human body, Etruscan, 300-200 BCE (Getty Museum)

Vocabulary module:

Anatomy in Latin

Read below for a list of Latin vocabulary related to parts of the body!

Latin Vocabulary:

Words in bold on DCC Latin Core Vocabulary List, from which this list is primarily drawn.

Nouns:

auris, auris, f. - ear

caput, capitis, n. - head

coma, comae, f. - hair, tresses

cor, cordis, n. - heart

corpus, corporis, n. - body

frōns, frontis, f. - forehead, brow; front

latus, lateris, n. - side, flank

lingua, linguae, f. - tongue; language

manus, manūs, f. - hand; band of men

membrum, membrī, n. - limb, member of the body

mēns, mentis, f. - mind

morbus, morbī, m. - sickness, disease

oculus, oculī, m. - eye

ōs, ōris, n. - mouth, face

os, ossis, n. - bone

pectus, pectoris, n. - chest, breast

pēs, pedis, m. - foot

sanguis, sanguinis, m. - blood

tergum, tergī, n. - back, rear

vultus, vultūs, m. - look, expression, face

Adjectives: 

aeger, aegra, aegrum - sick

nūdus, nuda, nudum - naked, bare

sānus, sāna, sānum - sound, healthy, sane

Try using these words in your Latin exercises this week!