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labasco : to give way, totter.

labecula : a slight stain, minor disgrace.

labefacio labefeci labefactum : to shake, loesen / 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 : hardip, 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.

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.

lacto : to allure, entice, wheedle.

lactuca : lettuce.

lacuna : a hole, empty space / pond, pool / deficiency, loss.

lacuna : missing letters, words, or phrases in a manuscript.

lacunar : panelled ceiling.

lacus : a hollow / lake, pool, pond, troough, 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, galdden, delight.

laetificus letificus : gladdening, joyous, spreading happiness.

laetitia letitia leticia : fertility / richness, grace / joy, delight.

laetitia : joy, gladness, delight

laeto leto : to cheer, gladden, make joyful.

laetor letor : to rejoice, be joyful.

laeve leve : left-handedly, awkwardly.

laevus levus : the left hand, left side, left-handed.

laevus levus : foolish, silly / unlucky, unpropitious.

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.

laniatus : a tearing, ripping, mangling, mutilating

lanx : dish, platter, plate

lapsus : fall, fault, error, sliding, gradual movement.

laqueum : noose, halter, snare, trap.

laqueus : snare, trap, noose.

largior : lavish, bestow, grant, give abindantly.

lascivio : to run riot, play, be wanton.

lasesco : to become tired, grow weary

late : broadly, widely, extensively

latenter : secretly, in a concealed manner

latito : to lie hidden, be concealed

latrator : a barker (such as a dog)

latratus : barking

latro : (-are) to bark, bay / rant / runble, roar

latro : (-onis) hired servant / mercenary soldier / robber, bandit, brigand

latro : (-onis) hunter

latrocinium : mercenary service / highway robbery / villainy / a gang of robbers

latrocinor : (dep) serve as a mercenary / to rob, steal

latrunculus : highwayman, robber, brigand, bandit / mercenary soldier

latus : broad, wide, extensive

latus -eris : sides, flank / lungs /

laudabilis : praiseworthy, laudable

laudabiliter : (adv) in a laudable fashion

laudatio : praise, commendation

laudator : praiser.

laudo : to praise, extoll, commend / name, mention, cite, quote.

Laudunum : Laon.

laureatus : crowned with laurel, laureate

laureola : a laurel branch, crown of laurel / victory, triumph, success

laurifer : carrying laurel, crowned with laurel / tiumphant, victorious

laurus : the laurel, bay tree / triumph, victory, success

laus : praise, glory, fame

lautitia : splendor, elegance

lautumiae : lautomiae : (-arum) stone quarry

lautus : washed, bathed, cleaned / fine, elegant, refined

lauvabrum : a bath

lavatio : washing, bathing

lavo : lavi : lautus : (-ere) to wash, bathe/ moisten, get wet / wash away

laxamentum : a widening, expansion / rest, respite

laxe : widely, loosely / unrestrained

laxitas : wideness, expansiveness, roominess

laxo : sell formally, give up, loosen / widen, extend, enlarge / undo, relax

laxo : to relieve / release, set free, liberate / yield up

laxus : wide, spacious / later, postponed / lax, loose, relaxed

lea : leana : lioness

lebes : copper kettle, basin, cauldron.

lectica : litter, bier

lectio : selection, picking out / reading, perusal

lector : reader

lectulus : a small bed, cot

lectus : bed, couch

legatarius : legatee

legatio : office of legate / office of ambassador, embassy commander

legatus : deputy, ambassador, envoy / commander of a legion

legens : (-entis) a reader.

legio : a selection / chosen body / legion

legitiums : lawful, licit, right, proper, legitimate

lego : to gather, choose, collect, pass through, read / appoint, select

legumen : a bean, pea, legume

lemiscus : a ribbon.

lemma : theme, title, epigram.

lemures : (pl. only) ghosts, phantoms.

lenimentus : alleviation, impreovement, 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, sluggishness / apathy

lento : to bend.

lentulus : rather slow, a little slow.

lentus : lethargic, inactive / slow, lingering.

lentus : tough, resistant, tenacious / supple, pliant /

leo : lion

Leodie : Liege.

Leodium : Liege.

lepide : charminly, 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 : light, slight, trivial / beardless, bald / light-armed.

levis : rapid, swift / unimpotant / fickle, inconstant / unstable.

levitas : lightness, levity / fickleness, inconstancy / groundlesness.

leviter : lightly, softly, slightly.

levo : to raise, lift up / relieve, ease / diminish, weaken, impair.

levo : to smooth, polish.

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.

liberaliter : courteously, generously, honorably.

liberatio : release, liberation, aquittal, setting free.

libere : freely, openly, frankly.

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.

liceo : to be valued at, be for sale.

liceor : to offer a price, to offer to buy, bid, proffer, tender.

licens : unimpeded, free, unrestrained, unchecked.

licentia : license, leave, authorization / freedom, liberty / licentiousness.

licentio :to authorize, permit, dismiss.

licet : (as conj.) granted that, although.

licet : granted that, although / it is allowed, one may or can.

licet : imper v., it is right, just

licitus : permitted, allowed.

ligamen : string, thread.

ligatio : imprisonment, bondage, captivity, servitude.

lignarius : carpenter.

lignator : wood-cutter.

ligo : to bind, tie.

lima : file, polishing, revision.

limen limina : threshold.

lingua : language, tongue, speech.

lino : to smear, befoul, dirty.

linteum : linnen, 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. [monastery]

loginquitas : distance, remoteness, isolation.

longe : far.

longe lateque : far and wide.

longus : long

loquax : loquacis : talkative, loquacious, garrulous.

loquor : locutus : to say, speak, tell, declare.

lorica : hauberk [a coat of chain mail], a knight's service.

loricatus : wearing armor, armored.

lubricus : oily, slippery, slick.

lucerna : lamp.

lucidus : -a-um, shining, bright, clear.

lucinaria : 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 l: usum : 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.

lumen : light, lamp, lantern / light of day / the eye / clearness / understanding.

luminare : luminaris : window shutter.

luminarium : light, lamp.

luminosus : bright.

luna : moon.

lunatus : crescent-shaped.

lupus : wolf.

Lutosensis : Leuze.

lux lucis : light.

luxuria : luxury, extravagance, opulence.