Common Latin Words Starting with R

Radicitus

by the roots, utterly

Rapio Rapui Ratum

to seize, snatch, carry away

Rarus

rare, uncommon

Ratio

system, manner, method, procedure, manner

Ratio

reckoning, account / reason, judgment, consideration

Re Vera

in truth

Recedo

to go back, retreat, retire, disappear

Recipio Recepi Receptum

to go back, retire, recede, retreat

Recito

to read aloud, recite

Recognosco

to recognize, recollect, recall

Recolo

to recall, reflect upon, rework, resume, rehabilitate

Recolo

to cultivate, work again, resume, rehabilitate

Recolo

reflect upon, consider, recall

Reconcilio

to restore, repair / (of persons) unite, reconcile

Recondo

lay up, store, hoard

Recordatio

recollection, memory, recall

Recordor

to remember, think of, recollect, ponder over

Recro

to recreate, restore, revive

Rectum

virtue, right

Rectus

right, correct, proper, upright, natural, plain

Recuperatio

recovery, recuperation

Recupero

to regain, recoup, recover

Recuso

to refuse

Redarguo

refute, disprove, contradict

Redarguo

disprove, refute With gen prove guilty, convict

Reddo

to repeat, recite, represent, imitate, pay up, deliver

Reddo

to give back, restore, return, answer, translate, render

Redemptio

ransoming, redemption, buying back, farming taxes

Redemptor

redeemer (Christ)

Redeo

to go back, come back, return / (revenue) to come in

Redeo

to fall back upon, be reduced to, be brought to

Redigo (redactum)

to bring or reduce to a condition, lessen

Redono

to give back, give up

Reduco

to lead back, bring back, return

Redundantia

overflowing, redundancy

Redundo

to overflow, stream over, overflow, excess, flood

Refectorium

refectory, monastic mess hall

Refero

to bring back a message, refer

Reformo

to form again, mould anew

Regina

queen

Regius

royal, regal

Regnum

rule, authority, kingdom, realm

Rego Rexi Rectum

to guide, direct, to rule

Regula

rule / monastic rule

Relaxo

to loosen, enlarge, relax, ease, lighten

Relego Relegi Relectum

to read again, re-read

Relevo

to lift again, lighten, alleviate, relieve

Relictus

(fr relinquo) having inherited, been bequeathed

Relinquo

to leave behind, bequeath / abandon, forsake

Reliquum

remainder, what is left, leavings

Relucesco

to become bright again

Reluctor

to struggle against, resist

Remando

to send back word

Remaneo

to stay behind, remain, continue

Remaneo

to remain behind, stay, continue

Rememdium

cure, remedy, nostrum, medicine

Removeo

to draw back, set aside, take away

Remuneror

to repay, reward

Renuntio

to declare, announce, report, give notice

Renuo

to deny, refuse, reject

Rependo

to ransom, pay back, requite

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Repens

sudden, unexpected, fresh, recent

Repente

suddenly, unexpectedly

Repere

to crawl

Reperio

to get again, find, ascertain, discover, invent

Repetitio

repetition

Repeto

to seek again, ask back

Repeto

to return to, begin again, deduce, recall, recollect

Repleo

to replenish, fill up, fill up again, fill, satisfy

Repletus

filled, full

Repo Repsi Reptum

to creep, crawl

Repono

to deposit, lay up, store / requite

Reprehendo

to blame, reprove, refute, hold back, check, catch

Repugno

to fight against, oppose, resist / be incompatible with

Requiesco Requievi Requietum

to rest

Requiro

to ask for, look for, demand, desire, miss

Res Publica

commonwealth, state, republic, public business

Res Rei

thing, matter, business, affair

Resisto

to resist, make a stand, oppose

Respicio

to look back, provide for, respect, have regard for

Respondeo Respondi Responsum

to answer, reply, respond

Restituo

restore, put back, replace, reinstate, repair

Resumo (resumpsi Resumptum)

to renew, repeat, resume

Retineo

to hold back, restrain, detain, keep, maintain

Retraho Retraxi Retractum

to draw back, pull back

Retribuo

to give again, give as due

Reus

defendant, accused, answerable, bound

Revenio

to come back, return

Reverto

to go back, return, revert

Revertor Reverti Reversus

to return, come back

Revoco

to call back, recover, refer, revoke

Revolvo

to unroll a book, go over again, repeat

Rex Rgis

king

Rhetor

rhetorician, teacher of rhetoric

Rhetoricus

rhetorical

Rideo Risi Risum

to laugh at, laugh

Rigor

stiffness, hardness, sternness

Ritus

usage, ceremony, rite

Rogo

to ask, ask for

Rogo Eum Ut +subjunctive

to ask someone to do something

Rostrum

bill of a bird, beak

Rota

wheel

Rotomagense

Rouen

Rotundus

wheel-shaped, round

Rubor

redness, blush, modesty, shame, disgrace

Rudimentum

trial, attempt, essay

Rumor

rumor, gossip

Ruo Rui Rutum

to rush, fall, be ruined

Rursus

on the other hand, in return, back, again

Rus Ruris

the country, countryside, rural area

Rusticus

rustic, rural / peasant