Common Latin Words Starting with N
- Nam Namque
- (conj) for
- Namucense
- Namur
- Narro
- to make known, say, speak, narrate
- Nascor Nasci Natus
- to be born, spring forth
- Natalis Natalis
- birthday
- Natio
- nation, people
- Natura
- nature
- Nauta
- sailor
- Navigatio
- voyage, navigation
- Navigo
- to sail, navigate
- Navis Navis
- ship, vessel, boat
- Ne
- (conj) that not, in order that not, in order not to
- Ne Quidem
- not even
- Necdum (neque Dum)
- and not yet
- Necessarius
- necessary, needed, essential
- Necesse
- (adj) necessary, unavoidable, indispensable
- Necne
- or not
- Neco
- to kill, slay, put to death
- Nefas
- wrong, sin
- Nego
- to deny
- Negotium
- employment, business, task, occupation, pains
- Nemo
- no one, nobody
- Neo
- to spin, interweave (to spin thread and yarn)
- Nepos Nepotis
- grandson
- Nequam
- worthless, good for nothing, bad
- Nequaquam
- by no means, not at all
- Neque Neque
- neither nor
- Neque Nec
- and not, nor
- Nequeo
- not to be able, to be impossible
- Nequitia Nequities
- worthlessness, badness, wickedness
- Nescio
- to be ignorant, be unaware, not know, be unknowing
- Nichilominus
- nevertheless
- Nidor
- vapor, smell, reek, odor
- Niger
- black
- Nihil
- (undeclinable) nothing
- Nihilum
- nothing
- Nimirum
- of course, undoubtedly, certainly (sometimes ironical)
- Nimis
- (adv) too much, overmuch, excessively
- Nimium
- (adv) too much, overmuch, excessively
- Nisi
- if not, unless, except
- Niteo
- to shine, glitter, be bright, glow, be sleek, flourish
- Nitesco
- to begin to shine, grow sleek
- Nitor
- to strive, exert oneself, make an effort, persevere
- Nitor
- to rest, lean, support oneself / trust in, depend upon
- Nitor
- brilliance, brightness, glow, elegance, splendor
- Nivellensem
- Nivelles, city and monastery
- Niveus
- white, snowy
- No (nare Navi)
- to swim, float, fly, sail
- Nobis
- (dat) us / the world belongs to US
- Nocens
- bad, wicked, injurious, culpable, evil
- Noceo
- (+ dat) to do harm to, inflict injury, hurt
- Nolo Nolle Nolui
- to be unwilling, wish not to, refuse
- Nomen Name / Nomen Romanorum
- Roman power
- Nominatim
- by name, expressly
- Nomine Tenus
- nominally, in name
- Nomine Tenus Nominetenus
- as far as the meaning of the word extends
- Non
- not
- Nondum
- not yet
- Nonnisi
- not? not unless?
- Nonnullus
- some / pl several
- Nonnumquam
- sometimes
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- Nonus
- ninth
- Nos
- we / WE live and die by that creed
- Nosco
- to become acquainted with, get to know
- Noster Nostra Nostrum
- our, ours
- Noster Nostri
- our ours / OUR hearts beat as one
- Noster Nostri
- our ours / that old dream of OURS
- Nota
- mark, token, note, sign
- Notarius
- stenographer (class), notary, legal scribe
- Novem
- nine
- Novitas
- newness, novelty, strangeness
- Novo
- to make anew, refresh, revive, change, alter, invent
- Novus
- novel, unusual, extraordinary / news, novelty, a new thing
- Novus
- new, fresh, young, inexperienced, revived, refreshed
- Nox Noctis
- night
- Nullus
- not any, no, none
- Numerus
- total, category, class, number
- Numquam
- adv at no time, never
- Nunc
- now, at the present time
- Nunc Quidem
- at one time then
- Nunquam
- never
- Nuntio
- to announce, report, relate
- Nuntius
- messenger, message
- Nuper
- newly, recently, not long ago
- Nusquam
- nowhere, in no place, nothing, for nothing, never
- Nusquam Esse
- not to exist
- Nutrimens
- food, nourishment
- Nutrimentus
- nourishment
- Nutrio
- to suckle, nourish, bring up, rear
- Nutus
- a nodding, nod, command, will
- Nutus
- a nod, command, will / gravitation, movement down
