Look Up Latin Words
Type in a Latin phrase or word. Press the button (or Enter). Cross your fingers.If the results make no sense, try one of the alternativesbelow.
For a program with a larger vocabulary, try William Whitaker'sWords.
Look Up Latin Word
Type in the form of the word that you would expect to find in a dictionary or a truncated form of the word (e.g., stem only). If you want help with the ending of a word, type the ending in the spaceprovided. (If you prefer, you may leave this space blank). Ifyour browser cannot handle forms, we have an alternative way ofsearching. You can also translate English to Latin.Latin Wordlist
This is not an exhaustive list, and it isonly a list, not a dictionary. The gender and declension ofnouns is not provided nor is the conjugation of verbs.For another interactive search form based on this wordlist,try the Latin - English Dictionary. This wordlist, originally designed tohelp readers of Medieval Latin, contains fewer than 6000 words.If you have a DOS or Windows computer, you can downloadWords, by William Whitaker, a program with a larger vocabulary.Latin Grammar Aid
This grammar reference list presently contains two sections: examples oftranslations for the various uses of several noun cases, and the endings forregular nouns, adjectives, active verbs, and present participles. Latereditions will increase this coverage.Search using the form "*ending". n=noun, a=adjective, v=verb, p=present participle. If you find that the ending isthat of a form of the noun or adjective that is unfamiliar to you, turn tothe first section for the different uses of the cases.
ablative | accusative | dative | genitive* | *a |*ae |*am |*amus | *ant | *arum | *as | *at | *ate | *atis
*bam | *bamus | *bant | *bas | *bat | *batis | *bimus | *bis | *bit | *bitis | *bo | *bunt
*e | *ebus | *ei | *em | *emus | *ens | *ent | *ente | *entem | *enti | *entia | *entibus | *entis | *entium | *er | *erim | *erimus | *erint | *eris | *erit | *eritis | *erum | *es | *et | *ete | *etis
*i | *ia | *ibus | *imus | *ior | *iora | *iore | *iorem | *iores | *iori | *ioribus | *ioris | *iroum | *is | *issem | *issemus | *issent | *isses | *isset | *issetis | *it | *ite | *itis | *ius
*m
*o | *ora | *ori | *oribus | *oris | *orum | *os
*re | *rem | *remus | *rent | *res | *ret | *retis | *ri | *ria | *ribus | *ris | *rium
*u | *ua | *ueram | *ueramus | *uerant | *ueras | *uerat | *ueratis | *uerimus | *uerint | *ueris | *uerit | *ueritis | *uero | *uerunt | *ui | *uimus | *uisti | *uistis | *uit | *um | *unt | *us | *uum
Need more help?
Users of this page frequently write to me with questions about how totranslate English to Latin or Latin to English. I have done my best tohelp with such translations, but have found that the email addresssupplied by the person asking the question often doesn't work.If you want somebody to help you with Latin translation, perhaps a morefruitful approach would be for you to join the electronic discussion group dedicated to Latin and to ask yourquestion of the experts who participate in it. You can signoff once theyhave answered your question.
If you have a DOS or Windows computer, you can download Words, a Latindictionary program by William Whitaker. This program has a muchlarger vocabulary that our Latin Wordlist, and it, too, offers helpwith word endings. Similarly, the Latin Parser and Translator by Adam McLean, a Windows program developed inVisual Basic, provides help with Latin vocabulary and grammar.
If you care to learn more about Latin grammar, you willfind the online version of Allenand Greenough's New Latin Grammar useful. For a freeWindows program to drill yourself and improve your knowledge ofgrammar, try LinguaLatina. For other interesting links,see Ludus SanaeMentis. There you will find links to a good many Latin texts, ifyou're tired of reading Genesis allthe time.
Lynn H. Nelson's original version of Latin Grammar Aid and Latin Wordlist are available via anonymous ftp from the University of Kansas at ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu in the subdirectory called /pub/history/Europe/Medieval/aids
Kevin Cawley
University of Notre Dame Archives
