Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Latin Words: Parte I

1. Anima mundi -- the soul of the world.
2. ars amandi -- the art of loving.
3. ars moriendi -- the art of dying.
4. artes perditae -- lost arts.
5. auctor -- author.
6. auctor ignotus -- an unknown author; an author whose works has not gained the recognition it merits.
7. Brittunculi -- the little Brits; Roman nickname for the Britons.
8. Cingulum Veneris -- the girdle of Venus.
9. contra mundum -- against the world.
10. Cronius Mons -- the hill of Saturn; the hill of Cronus.
11. delenda -- things to be deleted.
12. desiderata -- things desired or needed; things the want of which is widely felt.
13. dictu mirabile -- wonderful to say.
14. disco -- I learn.
15. domina -- mistress; lady or mistress of the house.
16. furor -- madness.
17. furor hispanicus -- Hispanic fury.
18. furor loquendi -- a rage for speaking.
19. furor poeticus -- poetic frenzy.
20. furor scribendi -- a rage for writing.
21. Gaditana -- a woman of Gades; of Gades.
22. Gaditanus -- a man of Gades; of Gades.
23. grallator -- one that walks on stilts.
24. Hispani -- the Spaniards.
25. Hispania -- Spain.
26. Hispania Victrix -- Victorious Spain.
27. horrible dictu -- horrible to relate.
28. in puris naturalibus -- stark naked.
29. incognitum -- unknown thing.
30. lacuna -- gap; hole; missing part.
31. lector -- reader.
32. legenda -- things to be read.
33. Liber Monstrorum -- Book of Monsters.
34. libido dominandi -- the lust for power.
35. libido sciendi -- the lust to know; the desire for knowledge.
36. libido sentiendi -- the lust of the flesh.

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