Latin Dictionary Entries

noun · delivering set speech; declamation; school exercise speech; using rhetoric;

noun · short argument as oratorical exercise; subject for declamation(L+S); bawling;

noun · one who composes/delivers speeches as oratorical exercise; rhetorical declaimer;

adverb · in a rhetorical manner;

adjective · rhetorical, of declamation/exercise of speaking; of/belonging to a rhetorician;

verb · declaim (oratoric exercise) continually/habitually; practice rhetoric; bluster;

verb · declaim, make speeches (usu. as an oratorical exercise); bluster/bawl (L+S);

noun · revelation, disclosure, announcement; act of making known/clear/evident;

adverb · by way of explanation;

adjective · explanatory, serving for explanation;

noun · announcer; one who declares/makes known (L+S);

adjective · declaratory;

verb · declare/announce/make known; indicate, reveal, testify, show/prove; mean (word);

adjective · declinable, that can be (grammatically) inflected;

noun · declination/relative sky angle; latitude; compass point; inclination; bend/slope

noun · |turning aside, swerve; avoidance; divergence/variation/digression; inflection;

noun · inflection, manner of inflecting/declining/modifying words; inflected form;

adjective · moving/bending/drooping down; declining/ebbing; turning/bending; skewed/averted;

verb · deflect/divert/turnaside/swerve/change direction/deviate/dodge; digress/diverge;

verb · |avoid/stray; vary/be different; bend/sink down, subside/decline; lower/descend;

verb · decline/conjugate/inflect (in the same manner/like); change word form, modify;

noun · slope, declivity; surface sloping downwards; [per decline => downwards];

adjective · sloping, descending, sloping downwards; shelving; tending down; falling (stars);

noun · declivity, slope, descent; tendency to slope down; falling gradient;

adverb · in a sloping manner;

verb · unclose;

verb · boil/melt (down/away); stew; (hot bath); heat to boiling; smelt, fuse; consume;

verb · |ruin; (cause to) waste away; shrivel; squander; suffer loss, become bankrupt;

noun · drink made by raising water to boiling then plunging into snow to cool;

noun · decoction; boiling down; mixture;

noun · insolvent person, defaulting debtor; ruined spendthrift (L+S);

noun · decoction, potion made by boiling; (usu. medicine); medicinal drink (L+S);

adjective · over-ripe (fruit); luscious (literary/rhetoric style); mature/ripe (good sense);

noun · process of boiling (in); seething (L+S);

noun · beheading, decapitation, decollation;

verb · trickle/drain away/from/through; drain (of); come to naught, fail (L+S);

verb · behead, cause to be beheaded; remove from the neck (according to Nonius); rob;

verb · trickle/drain away/from/through; drain (of); come to naught, fail (L+S);

adjective · discolored; not normal color; (dark people); stained/faded; degenerate/depraved;

adverb · degenerately;

noun · discoloration; discoloring; change of color;

verb · discolor/stain/deface, alter normal color of; disgrace, bring shame on; corrupt;

adjective · formed/derived from a compound word;

verb · extricate from trouble; deprive of, take away (L+S);

verb · hesitate, delay (over), take one's time;

verb · stow away; hide deep down; secrete (by burying) (L+S);

verb · hesitate; be at a loss;

adverb · facing; from a position opposite;

verb · boil/melt (down/away); stew; (hot bath); heat to boiling; smelt, fuse; consume;

verb · |ruin; (cause to) waste away; shrivel; squander; suffer loss, become bankrupt;

adjective · beautiful; pleasing to the senses;

noun · beauty/good looks, decent appearance; ornament; grace/elegance/charm; propriety;

noun · adornment; ornament, decoration (L+S);

noun · decoration; adornment;

adjective · decorative;

adverb · beautifully, in a pleasing manner; properly/suitably, in correct/seemly manner;

verb · skin, peel; deprive of skin or outer coating;

adjective · beautiful; pleasing to the senses;

adverb · gracefully, in a pleasing manner;

verb · adorn/grace, embellish/add beauty to; glorify, honor/add honor to; do credit to;

noun · act/process of stripping off bark; peeling (L+S);

verb · strip away the bark/rind; peel; scrape off (outer skin);

noun · decorum, that which is suitable/seemly, propriety;

adjective · beautiful/good looking/handsome/comely; adorned; graceful/elegant (non-visual);

adjective · |honorable, noble; glorious, decorated; decorous, proper, decent, fitting;

noun · worn/threadbare toga;

noun · shrinkage; diminution; decrease;

verb · burn up; consume by fire;

adjective · worn out (with age), feeble, decrepit; infirm; very old (L+S); (noiseless);

noun · decrease; waning (L+S);

verb · decrease; abate; diminish, dwindle, shrink; (in number/amount); be subtracted;

verb · |lose vigor/intensity, decline/weaken/fade influence/reputation; grow shorter;

noun · decretals (pl.); (letter w/papal ruling/decision/response);

adjective · of decree; depending for validity on ruling of magistrate/judge's decision;

noun · decretalist, scholar of decretals (letter w/papal ruling/decision/response);

adjective · appointed by a resolution of the civic authority;

noun · decision, decree;

noun · decretist, scholar of legal tradition of Decretum of Gratian;

adjective · decisive, critical; leading/belonging to a decision/definitive sentence (L+S);

noun · dogma, principle, doctrine; idea held w/conviction; course of action, resolve;

noun · |decree, ordinance; legal decision, verdict, order (judge), sentence; vote;

verb · defame;

verb · peel/split off; disintegrate;

verb · get down; (from a bed); lie away from/out of (one's bed) (L+S);

verb · tread down, crush with the feet; trample upon (L+S);

adjective · faulty, blameworthy; censurable (L+S);

verb · hide deeply, conceal vigorously;

numeral · tenth; (~ unda/fluctus => 10th wave, of great size); [cum decumo => tenfold];

noun · tenth part/tithe; (offering/tax/largesse); tax/right to collect 10%; 10th hour;

noun · female/wife of tax-farmer/who buys right to tithe;

adjective · of the tenth (legion); huge/outsize; of tithe; [w/porta => rear gate of camp];

noun · man of tenth legion; tax-farmer/who buys right to tithe; line bounding 10 actus;

adjective · land divided into groups (pl.) of ten districts or the like; relating to tithes;

verb · to lie down, recline; take to bed; lie ill, die; fall (in a fight), fall down;

verb · choose by lot every tenth man (for punishment); make tithe offering (to a god);

noun · measure/weight of ten unciae (ten ounces); (ten-twelfths of a unit);

verb · hesitate, delay (over), take one's time;

noun · measure/weight of ten unciae (ten ounces); (ten-twelfths of a unit);

adjective · tenfold;

adjective · tenfold;