Congratulations! You've made it to Level 3 of the CE paper! SO ... take a deep breath and get ready for....

  • The DIVINE FORTY-NINE! (Er...technically with the changes outlined below it's actually FIFTY-THREE... you can think of a name yourself!)

  • This page has now been updated for the NEW SYLLABUS current from 2022.

 In fact, there aren't that many extra words to learn for Level 3 - and some of them are so easy you're bound to know them already....!

There are once again a few more numbers required for this level: you need to know the multiples of ten (30-90) plus 100 and 1000 - and also the ordinal numbers 1st-10th.

Changes to Level 3 Vocab with the New Syllabus from 2022:

Certain words which were previously required for Level 2 are now in Level 3, namely

HIC HAEC HOC - THIS, THESE
ILLE ILLA ILLUD - THAT, THOSE
EO IRE II or IVI ITUM (irreg) - I GO
and several of Eo's compounds: EXEO, INEO, PEREO, REDEO and TRANSEO.

Also, as the subjunctive using UT/NE for Purpose or Indirect Command has been moved into the Scholarship syllabus, these two conjunctions are no longer required, along with the verbs IMPERO and PERSUADEO.

No further new words have been introduced.

QUICK JUMP LINKS 
 

NOUNS 1st decl: click #nouns1stdecl

NOUNS 2nd decl masc: click #nouns2ndmasc

NOUNS 2nd neuter: click #nouns2ndneut

NOUNS 3rd decl: click #nouns3rddecl

NOUNS 5th decl: click #nouns5thdecl

ADJECTIVES: click #adjectives

PRONOUNS: click #pronouns

ADVERBS: click #adverbs

CONJUNCTIONS: click #conjunctions

VERBS 1st conj: click #verbs1stconj

VERBS 2nd conj: click #verbs2ndconj

VERBS 3rd conj: click #verbs3rdconj

VERBS mixed conj: click #verbsmixedconj

VERBS 4th conj: click #verbs4thconj

VERBS irregular: click #verbsirreg

 

 

 

NOUNS

1st Declension -A, -AE (mostly feminine)

LATIN

ENGLISH

DERIVATIVE

VDB PROMPT

HORAHOURhour

(deriv.)

NOUNS

2nd Declension -US, -I (all masculine)

ANNUSYEARannual, anniversary.....told you there were some easy ones! The reason this only comes in now is because Time Expressions are not used until Level 3.
SOMNUSSLEEPinsomnia, somnambulist(deriv.'s)
NOUNS

2nd Declension neuter -UM, -I

PRAEMIUMREWARDpremiuma winning Premium Bond will bring you a reward
TELUMSPEAR, WEAPON?quick! tel'um there's a spear heading straight for them!
NOUNS3rd Declension, various stems and genders
ANIMAL, animalis (n)ANIMALanimalumm......
CUSTOS, custodis (m) GUARDcustody, custodianderiv.'s; also some find **customs** officers a help; or, 'guard your custard...'!
GENS, gentis (f)RACE, PEOPLE, TRIBEgenocide, Gentilesthe Gentiles were all the other races that weren't Jewish
LABOR, laboris (m)HARD WORK, TROUBLElabourderiv.'s; especially the Labours of Heracles 
NOX, noctis (f)NIGHTnocturnalderiv.'s; another likely 'Time Expression' noun
OPUS, operis (n)JOB of WORK, TASKoperate, operationderiv.'s; also Opus Dei
PRINCEPS, principis (c)CHIEF, LEADERprince, principalderiv.'s; N.B. 'princeps' is also the normal Latin word for 'Emperor'
TEMPESTAS, tempestatis (f)STORM, WEATHERtempestderiv.'s; when used for 'weather' it usually means 'bad weather'!
NOUNS

5th Declension -ES, -EI (mostly feminine)

DIES (m)DAYdiary'die another day'; again a very likely 'Time Expression' word
FIDESFAITH, PROMISEfidelity, confidenceFido, your faithful friend; 'hi-fi' gives highly faithful sound reproduction; fid. def. on coins; the carol 'adeste fideles' (o come all ye faithful)
RESTHING, BUSINESS, MATTER, AFFAIR....real, reallyit has so many meanings it is an easy matter/thing/business to learn it
SPESHOPEdesperate, despairif you're de-sperate all your hope has gone down from you

 

 

 

 

 

ADJECTIVES

        1st/2nd Declension: -US -A -UM                 

LATIN

ENGLISH

DERIVATIVE

VDB PROMPT

ALIUS

(AN)OTHER

alien

also connected to 'alias'; learn too ALII...ALII...: some...others...

SUPERBUSPROUD, ARROGANTsuperbTarquinius Superbus: Tarquin the Proud (word is always used in a bad sense); he was proud of his super bus
TOTUSWHOLEtotal(deriv.)
ADJECTIVES 3rd Declension
  CELER celeris celereQUICKacceleratederiv.'s; see prompts for 'celeriter', espec. **celery** grows quickly

 

 

 

 

 

PRONOUNS

       various  

LATIN

ENGLISH

DERIVATIVE

VDB PROMPT

IDEM eadem idem

THE SAME

identical

the 'definitive' pronoun (!) It's the same as is ea id with '-dem' on the end

IPSE ipsa ipsum-SELF?the 'intensive' pronoun...'ipsy daisy! He's hurt himself!'
QUI quae quodWHO, WHICHFr. quithe 'relative' pronoun (a very important one!). Fr. deriv. should help most 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVERBS

 all indeclinable  

LATIN

ENGLISH

DERIVATIVE

VDB PROMPT

INTEREA

MEANWHILE

?

literally: 'amongst those things' (inter ea); some people remember it visually by the -ea- similarity; otherwise, it is a mean one - and while you're thinking it's mean, that's what it means - mean-while!

LENTESLOWLYFr. lentementif you've given up something nice for Lent, it really goes slowly!
PAENEALMOST, NEARLYpeninsula, penultimatederiv.'s; then there's the old pupil who liked making pesto sauce: 'got the basil, the oil, the cheese - oops, almost forgot the pine-nuts...!'

 

 

 

 

 

CONJUNCTIONS

       all indeclinable  

LATIN

ENGLISH

DERIVATIVE

VDB PROMPT

AUTOR?'nunc aut numquam' (yet again!) Also learn aut...aut...: either...or...: 'either you get 'aut' or I'll kick you 'aut'!
DUMWHILE?if you're a bit 'dum', it takes you a while to remember things...
NEC, NEQUE

AND...NOT...

?

use the -que on the 'ne': and something negative

NEC...NEC... or NEQUE...NEQUE...

NEITHER...NOR?worth an entry on its own! If two runners are 'neck and neck', neither one is winning, and nor is the other
UT/NE - no longer required for CE: Scholarship only(IN ORDER) TO, (IN ORDER) NOT TO?needs a whole topic on its own to explain the difference between Purpose Clauses and Indirect Commands. See future pages of this website! P.S. if you're wondering why there are only apparently 48 boxes in the Divine 49, it's because UT and NE are, of course, two different words!

 

 

 

 

 

VERBS

       1st Conjugation: -O -ARE -AVI -ATUM  

LATIN

ENGLISH

DERIVATIVE

VDB PROMPT

IMPERO - no longer required for CE.

ORDER, COMMAND

imperative

deriv.'s. This verb puts its object in the Dative case

IUVO -are iuvi iutum

HELPADJUTANTcan be made to associate with the two top Gods men & women would call upon for help: Jove (Iuppiter, Iovis) and Juno (Iuno).
VERBS2nd Conjugation: principal parts as shown
PERSUADEO -ere persuasi persuasum - no longer required for CEPERSUADEpersuasiveanother verb putting its object in the Dative.
VERBS3rd Conjugation: various principal parts
COGO -ere coegi coactumFORCEcogentthe ideas of to **coax** or **coach** (he forces you to train!) may be useful
CONTENDO -ere contendi contentumHURRY, MARCHcontendercontenders in a race are hurrying to win the prize; 'march' sense used with soldiers/armies
CREDO -ere credidi creditumBELIEVE, TRUST(in)credible, credit, creedThe Creed: 'I Believe in one God...'; another verb with its object in the Dative
PELLO -ere pepuli pulsumPUSH, DRIVErepel, propeller, repulsivederiv.'s; easiest one is probably 'your pulse pushes the blood around your body'
PETO petere petivi petitumLOOK FOR, ATTACK(com)petitionto remember all the Principal Parts as well as the meaning: I look for my small (petit-um) pet Peter(e) behind the  -Tivi
RELINQUO -ere reliqui relictumLEAVE BEHINDrelic, relinquish, derelict(deriv.'s)
VERBSMixed Conjugation: various principal parts
INTERFICIO -ere interfeci interfectumKILL, PUT TO DEATH?compound of 'facio', with 'inter' as a prefix: 'facio' can mean 'I do': so it's 'I do in...(ter)!' 
VERBS4th Conjugation: -IO -IRE -IVI -ITUM
CONVENIO -ire conveni conventumMEET, COME TOGETHERconvent, convention, convenienthow convenient! It's all come together nicely
CUSTODIOGUARDcustody, custodianderiv.'s; also see prompts for 'custos
VERBSirregular conjugation
ADEO adire adii aditumGO TO, APPROACHsee other compounds of 'eo'this repeats the ideas of the previous compounds of 'eo': this time it's 'eo' + 'ad'.
FERO ferre tuli latumBRING, CARRY, BEARtransfer, ferry, translatederiv.'s: some would say that fero's principal parts are so weird, they are 'truly Latin'!
NOLO nolle noluiDON'T WANT, REFUSEsee 'volo' belowthe negative version of 'volo'! You've already met its imperatives: noli(te) - meaning 'don't'; really they mean 'don't want to do that!' 
VOLO velle voluiWISH, WANT, BE WILLINGvoluntary, volunteerderiv.'s should give you the meaning. Beware: this verb probably has the strangest Present Tense of all (after 'sum')!