| NOUNS | 2nd Declension neuter: -UM, -I | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| ARMA | WEAPONS | arms, armour | the army needs arma |
| DONUM | GIFT, PRESENT | donation | deriv.'s; or use 'do'... or donuts again! |
| NOUNS | 3rd Declension: various stems and genders | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| CIVIS, civis (m) | CITIZEN | civilization | civil war is war between the citizens of the same homeland |
| CLAMOR, clamoris (m) | SHOUT, NOISE | clamour, exclaim | deriv.'s; connect also of course with 'clamo' |
| CORPUS, corporis (n) | BODY | corpse, corporal | corporal punishment is being beaten about the body |
| DUX, ducis (c) | LEADER | duke, conductor | connect with 'duco'; 'duke' usually works - or think of those ducks again! |
| FRATER, fratris (m) | BROTHER | fraternal, fraternity | sign a letter to your brother 'Yours fraternally'; connect with the other 'family' words below; Fr. 'frère' |
| HOMO, hominis (c) | MAN, HUMAN | human, hominid | as in 'Homo Sapiens'; deriv.'s |
| HOSTES, hostium (m pl) | ENEMY | hostile | a whole host of the enemy launched an attack; some find **hostage** helpful |
| IUVENIS, iuvenis (m) | YOUNG MAN | juvenile | as in 'juvenile delinquent'! |
| MARE, maris (n) | SEA | maritime, submarine | deriv.'s; also Fr. 'mer' |
| MATER, matris (f) | MOTHER | maternal | deriv.'s; connect with other |
| MILES, militis (m) | SOLDIER | military | (deriv.) |
| MONS, montis (m) | MOUNTAIN | mount | e.g. Mont St Michel, Mont Blanc |
| NAVIS, navis, (f) | SHIP | navy | deriv.; also connect with 'navigo' |
| NOMEN, nominis (n) | NAME | nominate | the Nominative case gives the name of the word |
| PARENS, parentis (c) | PARENT | parental | (deriv.) |
| PATER, patris (m) | FATHER | paternal | connect with the other 'family' words 'frater' & 'mater' |
| REX, regis (m) | KING | regal, regent | T. Rex - king of the Dinosaurs (also connect with 'rego') |
| SENEX, senis (m) | OLD MAN | senior, senile | reductions for Senior Citizens... |
| URBS, urbis (f) | CITY | urban, suburbs | (deriv.'s) |
| ADJECTIVES | 1st/2nd Declension: -US -A -UM | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
GRAECUS | GREEK | Graeco-... | can also be used as a noun: a Greek person; Graeci (pl): the Greeks |
| LONGUS | LONG | long | er.... |
| MORTUUS | DEAD | mortuary | connects also with mortal/immortal |
| SOLUS | ALONE | solitary, sole | also 'solo' |
| VIVUS | ALIVE | vivid | Viva Las Vegas! |
| ADJECTIVES | 3rd Declension | ||
| DIFFICILIS -is -e | DIFFICULT | difficult | umm...that's a hard one! |
| FELIX (stem: felic-) | LUCKY | felicitations | can associate with 'Felix the Cat' (really confused with Latin 'feles') |
| FORTIS -is -e | BRAVE | fortitude, fortify | deriv.'s; also connect with 'fortiter' |
| NOBILIS -is -e | NOBLE | nobility | deriv.'s; and just what it looks like! |
| PREPOSITIONS | with cases as shown | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| ANTE (+ acc) | BEFORE | ante-room, antique | deriv.'s; also use 'ante meridiem' (a.m.) |
| CIRCUM (+ acc) | AROUND | circumference, circular | deriv.'s; also connect with the Circus Maximus |
| POST (+ acc) | AFTER, BEHIND | postpone | as with 'ante' use 'p.m.'; the post comes after breakfast |
| SUB (+ abl) | UNDER | submarine, subway | (deriv.'s) |
| ADVERBS | all indeclinable | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| CELERITER | QUICKLY | accelerate | deriv.'s; **celery** grows quickly |
| HODIE | TODAY | ? | howdy pardner! How are you today? (contraction of 'hoc die' - on this day) |
| NONNE? | SURELY? | ? | non + -ne: is it not the case that... |
| NUM? | SURELY...NOT? | ? | surely you're not numb? |
| NUNC | NOW | ? | it's 'nunc aut numquam'! |
| CONJUNCTIONS | all indeclinable | ||
LATIN | ENGLISH | DERIVATIVE | VDB PROMPT |
| ANTEQUAM | BEFORE | as 'ante' | same prompts help as with the preposition 'ante', especially 'a.m.' |
POSTQUAM | AFTER, WHEN | as 'post' | once again, use the prompts for the preposition 'post': 'p.m.' |