NOMINA LATINA OMNIBUS COGNOSCENDA
LATIN TERMS ALL STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW

CHARACTER
mos
* mos moris - m. <the will, inclination>; 'morem homini gerere', <to humor a person>; <custom, usage, wont, rule>; in plur. <ways, conduct, character, morals>.
 mos maiorum <the custom of our ancestors>.

virtus
* virtus -utis - f. <manliness; excellence, goodness, worth, virtue; bravery, courage>.

virtutes:  sapientia, prudentia; iustitia; fortitudo, magnitudo animi; temperantia, decorum
            wisdom, good sense; justice; courage, greatness of spirit; restraint, seemliness

iustitia; iustum
* iustitia -ae - f. <justice, fairness, equity>.
* iustus -a -um - <just, equitable, fair; lawful, justified, proper; regular, perfect, complete, suitable>. N. as subst., sing. iustum -i, <justice, what is right>; plur. iusta -orum, <due forms and observances, esp. funeral rites>. Adv. iuste, <justly, rightly>.

liberalitas
* liberalis -e - <of freedom; worthy of a free man, gentlemanlike, courteous, generous>; adv. liberaliter.

dignitas; dignum
* dignitas -atis - f. <worth, worthiness, merit>. Transf., <dignified appearance or style; dignified position, esteem, honor>; esp. <official rank>; plur. dignitates, <persons of rank>.
* dignus -a -um - (1) <worthy, deserving>; esp. of persons, usually with abl. or genit. (2) of things, <worth having, deserved, suitable, fitting>; 'dignum est', foll. by infin. <it is proper>. Adv. digne.

auctoritas
* auctoritas -atis - f. (1) <support, backing, lead, warrant>; polit., <sanction> (esp. of the senate). (2) <power conferred, rights, command>; legal, <title>. (3) in gen., <influence, authority, prestige>; meton., <an influential person>.

gravitas
* gravitas -atis - f. (1) <weight>; fig., <consequence, importance>; of character, <dignity, authority, seriousness>.(2) <heaviness; pregnancy, dullness, faintness>. (3) <pressure>; fig., <unpleasantness>.
Opp. levitas.

furor
* furor (2) -oris - m. <madness, raving, insanity; furious anger, martial rage; passionate love; inspiration, poetic or prophetic frenzy>; meton., <an object of passion>.

audacia
* audacia -ae - f. <courage, daring>; in bad sense, <audacity, impudence, temerity>; in plur., <audacious deeds>.

bonum
* bonitas -atis - f. <goodness, excellence>; esp. <moral goodness, kindness, integrity>.

integrum
* integer -gra -grum - (1) <complete, whole, entire, intact; fresh, sound, unexhausted>; 'in integrum restituere', <to restore to its former condition>. (2) in quality, <unspoilt, pure, fresh>; morally, <innocent, uncorrupted, pure>; in thought or feeling, <balanced, unbiased, impartial>; of matters for discussion or action, <unprejudiced, undecided>; 'integrum est mihi', <I am at liberty>. (3) <renewed, begun afresh>. Hence adv. integre, <wholly; honestly, uprightly, impartially>; of style, <purely, correctly>

POLITICS

res publica
*res publica / respublica - f. <the republic, state, commonwealth>; e republica <in the public interest>

honos
* honos and honor -oris - m. <honor, a mark of honor or respect, distinction>; 'honoris causa', <with due respect, or to honor, or for the sake of>; personif., <Honor>; frequently, <an office of dignity, a public office>; also <an offering to the gods, sacrifice>; poet., <beauty, grace>.

consul
* consul -sulis - m. <a consul>; plur., consules, <the consuls, the two chief magistrates at Rome under the Republic>; 'consul designatus', <consul elect>; 'pro consule', <an officer in the place of a consul, a proconsul, e.g. a governor of a province>.
* consularis -e - (1) <relating to a consul, consular>. (2) <having been a consul>; m. as subst., <an ex-consul, or provincial governor of consular rank>. Adv. consulariter, <in a manner worthy of a consul>.
* consulatus -us - m. <the office of consul, consulship>.
* proconsul -sulis - m. (also pro consule), <a proconsul, one who serves as a consul, in command of any army, or as governor of a province>.
* proconsularis -e - <proconsular>.
* proconsulatus -us - m. <the office of proconsul>.

praetor
* praetor -oris - m. <leader, chief; a magistrate>, esp. one who helped the consuls by administering justice, commanding armies, etc.
* praetorianus -a -um - <belonging to the imperial bodyguard, praetorian>.
* praetorius -a -um - (1) <relating to the praetor, praetorian>. (2) <relating to any general or commander>; 'praetoria navis', <flagship>; 'cohors', <the general's bodyguard>. As subst.: m. praetorius -i, <an ex-praetor or man of praetorian rank>; n. praetorium -i, <the official residence of the praetor or propraetor; a palace; also, the headquarters in a Roman camp>.
* praetura -ae - f. <the office of praetor>.
* propraetor -oris - m. (and pro praetore), <a praetor's deputy; an ex-praetor>, sent as a governor to a province or given a military command.

magistratus
* magistratus -us - m. <a magistracy, official dignity, office>. Transf., <a magistrate, state official>.

aedilis
* aedilis -is - m. <an aedile, a public officer at Rome, in charge of streets, markets and public games>.

princeps
* princeps -cipis - adj. <first, foremost>. As subst. <leader>; polit., often as a title of the Roman emperor; milit., plur., principes, <the second line in a Roman army, between the triarii and hastati>.
* principalis -e - (1) <first>, in time or rank. (2) <of a prince>. (3) <of the principia in a Roman camp>.
* principatus -us - m. (1) <first place, preeminence; rule, dominion>. (2) <beginning, origin>.

dominatus
* dominatus -us - m. <mastery, absolute power>.
* dominatio -onis - f. <mastery, control; irresponsible power, despotism>.

civis, civitas
provincia
municipium
domi militiaeque
ordines:  ordo senatorius, ordo equester
senator
eques
plebs, vulgus, turba, populus
amicitia, societas, foedus
imperium
consilium, concilium
contio
ius, lex, decretum, consultum, rogatio, quaestio
iudicium, iudex
petitio, ambitus, repulsa
res repetundae
vis
collega

MILITARY
res militaris
militiae
res gestae
signum, insigne
miles, centurio, pedes, eques
castrum, castra
dux, imperator, imperium
manus
legatus, legio
hostis
socius

SOCIETY
libertas, libertus/a
civis, civitas, societas, populus, plebs, vulgus, turba
dominus/a
servus/a
oratio, sermo
boni, optimates
otium, negotium
amicitia, societas
gens, genus, familia, domus, sanguen
gloria, fama, nomen, laus
scelus, facinus, probrum, crimen, poena, invidia
res adversae, prosperae

URBS
urbs
oppidum
vicus
municipium
moenia, murus
forum
rostra
basilica
curia
domus
atrium
vestibulum
cubiculum
tabularium
balneum
lar, lares
penates
aedes
templum
delubrum