Year 4C Latin vocabulary (Grade 8)
Year 4C, grade 8, aims at Intermediate. Intermediate Reading and the Advanced exams are an optional track after this year. These are this course's own headwords, in the order the lessons teach them.
What this year practices
- Conjugate any regular verb in all six tenses, active and passive
- Decline all five noun declensions
- Use comparatives and superlatives (bigger, biggest)
- Recognize participles and basic subjunctive clauses
- Read an unaltered short passage from Caesar, the Vulgate, or an inscription
- Count to 1000 in Roman numerals
- Write your own 4–6 sentence Latin paragraph
Practice Year 4C in the app · Flashcards. On the flashcard page, choose Year 4C.
Lesson words
124 words from the main Year 4C lessons.
| Latin | English |
|---|---|
| aurora | dawn |
| bellum | war |
| clerus | clergy |
| decor | beauty |
| exemplum | example |
| flora | plants |
| gloria | glory |
| honor | honor |
| ingenium | talent |
| iudicium | judgment |
| lex | law |
| magnitudo | size |
| natura | nature |
| opus | work |
| punctum | point |
| quaestio | question |
| res | thing |
| sententia | opinion |
| tempus | time |
| unda | wave |
| virtus | virtue |
| voluptas | pleasure |
| zephyrus | west wind |
| aestus | tide |
| cultura | culture |
| doctrina | teaching |
| epistula | letter |
| fabrica | workshop |
| gradus | step |
| honestas | honesty |
| idea | idea |
| iudex | judge |
| multitudo | crowd |
| nobilis | noble |
| ordo | order |
| potentia | power |
| ratio | reason |
| sapiens | wise person |
| tempestas | storm |
| civis | citizen |
| consul | consul |
| dux | leader |
| exercitus | army |
| fides | faith |
| gaudium | joy |
| hostis | enemy |
| iustitia | justice |
| legatus | envoy |
| miles | soldier |
| nuntius | messenger |
| oppidum | town |
| pactum | agreement |
| quaestor | treasurer |
| rex | king |
| regina | queen |
| senatus | senate |
| templum | temple |
| urbs | city |
| victor | victor |
| vulnus | wound |
| aqua | water |
| fortuna | fortune |
| gratia | thanks |
| insula | island |
| iugum | yoke |
| lacrima | tear |
| munus | gift |
| occidens | west |
| pectus | chest |
| quaerens | seeker |
| sapiens | wise one |
| tempestas | weather |
| veritas | truth |
| amo | love |
| video | see |
| scribo | write |
| lego | read |
| audio | hear |
| curro | run |
| ambulo | walk |
| porto | carry |
| navigo | sail |
| dormio | sleep |
| laudo | praise |
| facio | make |
| spero | hope |
| rego | rule |
| dico | say |
| pono | place |
| traho | pull |
| venio | come |
| ludo | play |
| habeo | have |
| teneo | hold |
| maneo | remain |
| doceo | teach |
| moveo | move |
| respondeo | answer |
| timeo | fear |
| gaudeo | rejoice |
| iubeo | order |
| sedeo | sit |
| moneo | warn |
| studeo | study |
| ostendo | show |
| sileo | be silent |
| soleo | am accustomed |
| capio | take / capture |
| duco | lead |
| fugio | flee |
| invenio | find / discover |
| iacio | throw / hurl |
| iungo | join / connect |
| sentio | feel / perceive |
| veho | carry / convey |
| vinco | conquer |
| Aeschinus | Aeschinus, a character in Roman comedy |
| Catilina | Catiline, Roman conspirator opposed by Cicero |
| coniuratio | plot / conspiracy |
| Ctesipho | Ctesipho, a character in Roman comedy |
| Demea | Demea, a character in Roman comedy |
| Felicio | Felicio, a servant's name in Roman literature |
| Lucilius | Lucilius, friend and correspondent of Seneca |
| Pythia | Pythian priestess at Delphi |
Core words
High-frequency Latin added after the main lessons. The English meanings were written for Latin Launchpad.
| Latin | English |
|---|---|
| possum | be able |
| fero | carry / bear |
| nihil | nothing |
| eo | go |
| sequor | follow |
| fio | become / be made |
| patior | suffer / allow |
| vultus | face / expression |
| morior | die |
| adsum | be present |
| redeo | go back |
| loquor | speak |
| utor | use |
| casus | fall / chance |
| pervenio | arrive |
| impetus | attack / impulse |
| transeo | go across |
| usus | use |
| nolo | be unwilling |
| currus | chariot |
Everyday words
Little words and household words that show up often in the stories.
| Latin | English |
|---|---|
| ut | so that / as |
| ne | so that not / lest |
| quidam | a certain |
| iste | that (of yours) |
| oportet | it is right / one ought |
| utinam | if only / would that |
| proficiscor | set out |
| amplector | embrace |
| numen | divine power |
| moenia | city walls |
| puppis | stern of a ship |
| superus | upper / the gods above |
| divus | divine |
| avus | grandfather |
| coniunx | spouse |
| proles | offspring |
| quisquis | whoever |
| quicumque | whoever / whatever |