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labefacio labefeci labefactum :
to shake, loosen / impair.
labefacto :
to weaken, disturb / shake violently.
labellum :
a little lip / a small washing vessel.
labes labis :
stain, blemish, disgrace, infamy / misfortune.
labia labium :lip (labiae :
lips).
labiosus :
having large lips.
labo :
to totter, sink, begin to fall.
labor :
hardship, fatigue, distress.
labor laboris :
labor, work, toil
labor lapsus :
to slip, glide, slide.
labores solis :
eclipse of the sun.
laboriose :
laboriously, with great effort
laboriosus :
toilsome, laborious / (persons) industrious, toiling.
laboro :
(intrans.) to work, toil, suffer, be afflicted, be troubled.
laboro :
(trans.) work out, prepare, arrange, form, elaborate.
labrum :
lip, edge, rim / bathing tub.
labrusca :
wild grape vine.
labruscum :
the wild grape.
lac lactis :
milk.
lacer :
torn, mangled, cut to pieces.
laceratio :
a tearing, mangling.
lacero :
to tear to pieces, mangle / squander money / slander someone.
lacerta :
lizard.
lacertosus :
muscular, powerful.
lacertus :
the upper arm / strength.
lacesso :
to harass, attack.
lacrima Heliandum :
amber.
lacrima :
tears / exudations from some plants.
lacrimabilis :
lamentable, deplorable, woeful.
lacrimo :
to weep, shed tears / exude, drip.
lacrimosus :
tearful, mournful, shedding tears,
lactans :
giving milk.
lactatio :
enticement, come-on.
lacteus :
milky, of milk, milk-white.
lacteus :
of milk, milky, milk-white.
lacto :
to allure, entice, wheedle.
lactuca :
lettuce.
lacuna :
missing letters, words, or phrases in a manuscript.
lacuna :
a hole, empty space / pond, pool / deficiency, loss.
lacunar :
panelled ceiling.
lacus :
a hollow / lake, pool, pond, trough, tank, tub.
laedo ledo :
strike, hit, hurt, damage, offend, annoy, violate.
laesio lesio :
rhetorical attack / wounding.
laetabilis letabilis :
joyous, glad.
laetans :
rejoicing, joyous.
laetatio letatio :
rejoicing, joy.
laetifico letifico :
to fertilize / cheer, gladden, delight.
laetificus letificus :
gladdening, joyous, spreading happiness.
laetitia letitia :
fertility / richness, grace / joy, delight.
laeto leto :
to cheer, gladden, make joyful.
laetor letor :
to rejoice, be joyful.
laeve leve :
left-handedly, awkwardly.
laevus levus :
foolish, silly / unlucky, unpropitious.
laevus levus :
the left hand, left side, left-handed.
laganum :
a cake.
lama :
bog, slough.
lambo :
to lick / (of rivers) to wash.
lamenta (neut. pl) :
weeping, wailing.
lamentabilis :
lamentable, mournful.
lamentatio :
weeping, wailing, lamenting.
lamentor :
to weep, wail, lament / (trans.) to bewail.
lamia :
witch, vampire.
lamnia lammina lamna :
sheet of metal, coin, knife blade, nutshell.
lapsus :
fall, fault, error, sliding, graduate movement.
laqueum :
noose, halter, snare, trap.
laqueus :
snare, trap, noose.
largior :
lavish, bestow, grant, give abundantly.
lascivio :
to run riot, play, be wanton.
lasesco :
to become tired, grow weary.
latus -eris :
sides, flank / lungs /
laudator :
praiser.
laudo :
to praise, extoll, commend / name, mention, cite, quote.
Laudunum :
Laon.
laus :
praise, glory, fame.
lebes :
copper kettle, basin, cauldron.
lectica :
litter, bier.
lector :
reader.
lectus :
bed.
legatarius :
legatee.
legatus :
deputy, ambassador, envoy,
legens legentis :
a reader.
legio :
legion
lego :
to gather, choose, collect, pass through, read,
lemiscus :
a ribbon.
lemma :
theme, title, epigram.
lemures :
(pl. only) ghosts, phantoms.
lenimentus :
alleviation, improvement, mitigation.
lenio :
to mitigate, relieve, make better.
lenis :
smooth / gentle, kind, mild.
lenitas lenitudo :
smoothness, gentleness, mildness.
leno :
procurer, go-between.
lenocinium :
enticement, allurement.
lenocinor :
to pander, flatter, make up to / to promote, advance.
lens lentis :
lentil.
lente :
slowly, calmly, cooly, deliberately.
lentesco :
to become soft, flexible, sticky / to weaken, slacken.
lentitudo :
slowness, apathy, sluggishness.
lento :
to bend.
lentulus :
rather slow, a little slow.
lentus :
lethargic, inactive / slow, lingering.
lentus :
tough, resistant, tenacious / supple, pliant /
Leo :
lion.
Leodie :
Liege.
lepide :
charmingly, wittily, elegantly, pleasantly.
lepidus :
charming, witty, pleasant, elegant.
lepor lepos :
charm, wit, elegance.
lepus :
hare, rabbit.
Lesciense, monastery of :
Liessies.
letalis :
mortal, deadly, fatal.
letaliter :
mortally, fatally.
letanie :
litany
lethargus :
drowsiness, apathy, sleepiness, coma.
letifer :
deadly, mortal.
leto :
to kill, slay.
letum :
death, ruin, annihilation.
levamen :
alleviation, mitigation, solace, refreshment.
levamentum :
comfort, easing, alleviation, consolation.
levatio :
alleviation, mitigation, solace.
leviculus :
empty-headed, vain, silly.
levidensis :
thin, slight, poor.
levis :
rapid, swift / unimportant / fickle, inconstant / unstable.
levis :
light, slight, trivial / beardless, bald / light-armed.
levitas :
lightness, levity / fickleness, inconstancy / groundlessness.
leviter :
lightly, softly, slightly.
levo :
to smooth, polish.
levo :
to raise, lift up / relieve, ease / diminish, weaken, impair.
lex legis :
law, statute / covenant, agreement
libatio :
libation.
libellus :
little book.
libenter :
willingly, with pleasure.
liber :
child, offspring.
liber libri :
book.
liber libera, liberum :
free, independent, unrestricted.
liberalis :
courteous, generous, gentlemanly.
liberalitas :
courtesy, kindness, generousity / a grant.
liberaliter :
courteously, generously, honorably.
liberatio :
release, liberation, acquittal, setting free.
libere :
freely, openly, frankly.
libero :
to liberate, set free.
libero :
to lift (an obstacle), raise.
libero :
to set free, deliver, liberate, release / exempt
libertas :
freedom, liberty, independence / frankness, candor.
libido :
whim, caprice, violent desire, passionate longing.
licet :
granted that, although / it is allowed, one may or can.
licet :
(as conj.) granted that, although.
ligo :
to bind, tie.
lima :
file, polishing, revision.
limen, limina :
threshold.
lingua :
language, tongue, speech.
lino :
to smear, befoul, dirty.
linteum :
linen, napkin.
liquidus :
fluid, flowing, liquid / clear, evident, certain.
litigo :
to quarrel, dispute.
littera :
letter (of the alphabet).
litterae :
(pl.) letter, epistle, missive, note / literature.
loci :
(pl.) passages in literary works.
loco :
to place, put, position.
locupleto :
to enrich, make wealthy.
locus :
place, location, situation, spot.
loginquitas :
distance, remoteness, isolation.
longe lateque :
far and wide.
longe :
far.
longus :
long
loquax loquacis :
talkative, loquacious, garrulous.
loquor locutus :
to say, speak, tell.
loricatus :
wearing armor, armored.
lubricus :
oily, slippery, slick.
lucerna :
lamp.
lucror :
to gain, profit, win.
lucrosus :
profitable, gainful.
lucrum :
gain, profit.
luctisonus :
sad-sounding, mournful, baleful.
luctus :
lamentation, mourning, grief.
ludio ludius :
actor, player
ludo lusi lusum :
to play, sport / imitate, banter / delude, deceive.
ludus :
game, sport, school.
lues :
plague, pestilence, calamity.
lugeo :
to mourn, be in mourning, grieve / (tans,) to lament, bewail.
luna :
moon.
lupus :
wolf.
Lutosensis :
Leuze.
lux lucis :
light.
luxuria :
luxury, extravagance, opulence.
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