Common Latin Words Starting with L
- 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
- 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
- tears / exudations from some plants
- Lacrima Heliandum
- amber
- 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
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- 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 Libera Liberum
- free, independent, unrestricted
- Liber Libri
- book
- 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
- far
- Longe Lateque
- far and wide
- 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
