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cado : to fall, drop, plummet, topple.

caecus : blind, sightless.

caedo : to fall, kill

caelestis : heavenly, celestial / noun, a god, dweller in heaven.

caelum : sky, heaven.

caetera : the rest, that remaining

calamitas : calamity, misfortune, disaster.

calamus : anything made or reed -- pen, arrow, pipe, etc.

calcar, -is : spur.

calco : to tread, trample upon.

calculus : pebble, stone.

caligo : to make dizzy

calix : a vessel for drinking.

callide : skilfully, cleverly / cunningly, slyly, subtly.

callidus : clever, dextrous, experienced, skilful / cunning, sly.

caltha : marigold

calumnior : to accuse falsely.

calvus : bald.

calx : the heel / stone, pebble / lime / goal, aim.

camera : vault, vaulted room / small boat.

caminus : a forge, large hearth.

campana : bell.

campus : level place, field, plain.

camur : curved, bent, hooked.

canalis : channel, canal / pipe.

cancer : crab / the direction south / heat of summer / disease of cancer.

candela : taper, candle.

candeo : to shine, glow, grow brilliant, sparkle.

candidus : bright, shining, white.

candide : openly, clearly, candidly.

canis : dog.

canities : grey hair / old age.

canonicus : canonical, according to the canons, legal, lawful, right.

canonus : canon, member of a cathedral chapter or canonry, Augustinian.

canto : to sing.

capillus : hair.

capio : to seize, take, choose/ attack, injure/ comprehend.

capio : to rent, hire / seize, arrest

capistro : to halter, put a halter on a horse.

capistrum : halter, harness, mazzle.

capitagium : poll tax.

capitulus : chapter, chapter meeting, chapter house.

capitale : cattle, possessions, chattels.

captivas : captivity.

capto : to grab, try to get, grab at.

capulatio : decapitation.

caput : capitis : head / top, summit / chief.

caput ieiunius : Ash Wednesday.

carbo : carbonis : carbon, coal, charcoal.

carcer : prison, cell, jail, dungeon.

careo : (+ abl. of sep.) be without, be deprived of, lack, want.

caries : rottennes, corruption, decay.

cariosus : rotten, decayed.

caritas : dearness, affection / charity.

carmen : song, poem.

carpo : to pluck, seize, grab, lay hold of, hold on to.

carus : dear, beloved / costly, high-priced, expensive.

casso : to bring to naught, destroy, annul, make void.

caste : purely, spotlessly, purely, uprightly, chastely.

casus : accident, chance, fortune.

casus : downfall

casus : a falling / occasion, opportunity / event, accident, violent death

catena : chain, fetters.

caterva : crowd, troop, flock.

catervatim : in troops, in masses.

cattus : cat.

cauda : the tail of an animal.

causa : (in the abl.) on account of, for the sake of.

causa : case at law, case, law-suit / situation, condition.

causa : cause / reason, motive, pretext / interest.

caute : cautim : cautiously, with security.

cautela : caution, precaution, security.

cautus : [persons] careful, cautious /[things] secure, made safe, protected.

caveo : [cavi cautum] beware, avoid, look out for / give security. mortgage.

caveo : +acc.= be on guard against /+ut+subj.=take care that.

caveo : +dat. of a person= take care of, provide for.

cavus : hole, pit.

cedo : to go, proceed / turn out, happen/ go away, withdraw.

cedo : (+ dat.) give ground to, submit to, be inferior to.

cedo cessi cessum : to grant, yield.

celebratio : large crowd, audience, assembly.

celebrer : adj, renowned, well known, popular, famous.

celebritas : crowd, multitude / celebration / fame, renown

celebrus : abounding in, rich in, much frequented, respected.

celer : quick, swift, rapid, speedy, fast.

celeritas : speed, swiftness, rapidity, quickness.

celeriter : rapidly, quickly, swiftly, speedily.

celo : to hide, conceal, keep secret.

cella : room, store-room, garret

celox : -ocis fast, rapid, swift, fleet.

celsus : elevated, lofty / arrogant, proud, haughty.

cellarius : adj. relating to a store-room / n. cellarer

cena : dinner, meal.

cenaculum : garret, attic.

ceno : to dine.

censeo : censui, censum/ estimate, assess, evaluate / argue, suggest, advise

censura : judgement.

census : -us/ wealth, property / census

centum : one hundred, 100 (undeclinable).

cerno : to separate, sift, distinguish / decide, resolve, determine.

cernuus : falling headlong.

certamen : contest, contention, rivalry of any kind

certe : certo : (adv) certainly, assuredly.

certo : to contend, settle, dispute, to settle by combat.

certus : undoubted, certain, sure, settled, resolved, decided / definite

cervus : stag. deer

cesso : to leave off, cease / linger, delay

cetera : for the rest, otherwise

ceteri : the remaining, the rest, the others

ceterum : (adv.) otherwise, moreover, but.

ceterus : the other, the rest.

charisma : carisma : gift, present.

chirographum : autograph, person's own handwriting / written charter.

cibo : food for animals

cibus : food for men and animals.

cicuta : hemlock.

ciminatio : accusation, calumny, charge.

ciminosus : reproachful, slanderous.

cinis cineris : ashes, embers.

circumvenio : to beset, assail.

circumvenio : to come around, surround, cheat, defraud.

citatio : summons, call

cito : quickly, rapidly, speedily.

citara : a harp.

citatus : quick, speedy.

citatus : summons, citation.

cito : to be moved, aroused.

citivolus : swiftly flying.

civilis : civil, civic.

civis : citizen, townsman, bourgeois, burgess.

civitas : state, citzenship, city-state.

clam : secretly, in secret.

clamo : to call, shout, cry aloud, proclaim, declare.

clamor : loud shouting, cry.

claro : to make bright or clear, make clear in the mind.

clarus : clear, bright / renowned, famous, illustrious

claudeo : to limp, halt, be lame, to hobble.

claudo (clausus) : to confine, shut up, close, blockade, besiege.

claudus : lame.

claustrum : bolt, bar, prison, den, pen, enclosure/ cloister.

clementia : indulgence, forbearance, humanity, mercy, gentleness, etc.

clibanus : oven, furnace/ tray for bread making.

coacto : to force, compel, coerce.

coactu : by force, under compulsion.

coactum : force, compulsion, coercement.

coadunatio : a gathering together, a summing up, a uniting.

coaegresco : to become sick at the same time.

coepi : began, started, undertook, initiated (pres. incipio ).

coepto : to begin, undertake,

coerceo : surround, enclose, restrain, confine.

cogito : to think, ruminate, ponder, consider, plan.

cognatus : (adj.) related by blood (noun) a relative, kinsman.

cognomen : surname, family name, nick-name.

cognosco : to examine, inquire, learn.

cogo : coegi : coactum : to compel, restrict, confine / force, compel

cogo : coegi, coactum : to bring together, drive, draw.

cohaereo : to cling to, correspond to

cohaero cohero cohesi cohesum : to adhere, stick together

cohibeo : confine, restrain, hold back, repress.

cohors : a yard, enclosure / troop, 1/ 10 of a legion.

cohortor : to encourage, incite, exhort.

colligo : legi, lectum, to collect, gather together, assemble

colloco : to place, put, arrange.

collum : neck.

colo colui cultum : cultivate, cherish

color : color.

coloratus : colored / dark-complexioned.

coloro : to color.

coma : hair of the head, leaves, rays of light.

combibo : to drink up, suck in.

comburo : to burn up, to ruin, consume.

comedo comedi comesum : to eat up, consume / waste, squander.

comes comitis : companion, friend, comrade / count.

cometes : comet

cometissa comitissa : countess.

comis : courteous, kind, friendly.

comitatus : train, retinue, following / war band.

comiter : courteously, in a kindly, friendly manner.

comito : to accompany

comitatus : accompanied.

comitto : to entrust, commit.

commemoro : to remind, relate, mention/ to keep in mind.

commeo : To go up and down, back and forth, in and out.

commessatio, onis : eating together.

comminor : to threaten.

comminuo : to scatter, weaken, damage.

comminus : hand to hand, in close combat.

commisceo : to intermingle, join, mix.

commissum : undertaking, that which is entrusted.

commodo : (+ acc.) to furnish, lend, give.

commodo : to make fit, adapt, please, oblige, serve.

commodum : convenience, advantage, opportunity, comfort.

commodum : suitable time, opportunity, convenience, use.

commodus : proper, fit, commodius

commoneo : to impress upon one. to remind.

commoneo : to remember, recollect.

commoneo : to remind someone forcibly of somthing.

commoror : remain, stay, abide, linger.

commoveo : to move violently, disturb, shake / excite, upset.

communis : common, general, run of the mill.

comparo : to compare.

compater : the godfather of a man's child.

compatior : to suffer with one, feel pity, have compassion.

compello : to drive together, collect, force, compel.

comperio : to learn, find out.

comperio : to disclose fully, find out with certainty, lay open.

comperte : on good authority.

compescor : to fasten together, hold in check, restrain, curb

compescor : to suppress, repress, check, restrain.

competo : to be appropriate, suitable, fit.

complectus : embrace, grasp.

compleo : to finish.

compleo : to fill up, man, bring up to strength, fulfil.

complexo : encompass, embrace

complico : to fold together

compono : to put together, compose.

compositio : composition, agreement, pact/ arrangement.

compositus : orderly, matching, made up of pieces.

comprehendo : to embrace, take firmly, include, seize.

comprehendo : to grasp, take together, unite / comprehend.

comprehendo : to seize, arrest, take prisoner, catch red-handed.

comprobo : to approve fully/ to confirm, prove, establish.

compromitto : to agree to refer to arbitration, or an arbitrator.

comprovincialis : born in the same province.

comptus : a head-dress, a hairband.

conatus : exertion, effort / undertaking / impulse, inclination.

concavo : to hollow out

concedo : to concede, yield, allow, grant, withdraw, give up.

concepta : measures, capacity.

concero : connect join, twine, join in conflict.

concido : to be ruined, fail / cut up, cut down, destroy.

concido : to fall down, sink, perish / (wind) subside.

concilio : to assemble, bring together / win over, reconcile, unite / cause

concilium : council

concipio : to take or lay hold of, receive, take in.

concisus : cut up, broken, brief, concise.

concito : to move violently, stir up, excite, arouse.

conculco : to tread under foot, despise, oppress, suppress.

concupiscentia : avarice, covetousness.

concupisco : to covet, aim at, desire eagerly.

concurro : to concur.

concutio : to shake together, agitate, alarm, disturb, shatter.

condico : to agree, fix, settle, make arrangements.

condo : erect, establish, build

conduco : hire, employ for wages, among many other meanings.

confero : discuss, debate, confer/ betake oneself, devote.

confero : to bring together, put together, collect/

confestim : speedily, rapidly, immediately, without delay.

confido : have confidence in, be confident of, rely upon.

confingo : 3, to fabricate, make up

confirmo : to confirm

confiteor confessus : to confess, own up, admit, acknowledge.

conforto : to strengthen much.

confundo : to pour together, mix, blend / confound, confuse, trouble.

confusim : in a confused way, fumbling.

confusio : mingling, mixture / confounding, confusion, disorder

confusus : confused, disorderly / embarassed, troubled, confounded.

confuto : to confute / restrain, check, repress.

confuto : supress, keep silent / convict.

confugo : to flee, have recourse to, take refuge.

confuto : to check, repress, stop, halt, turn back / silence

congelo : to congeal, harden, freeze.

congregatio : assembly, society, union.

congrego : to gather together, assemble, convene.

congressus : a meeting, association.

congrue : adv, suitably

congruo : coinside, agree, conform

congruus : agreeing, fit, suitable.

conicio : to hurl, throw / put together, conjecture.

coniecto : to throw together, infer, guess, conclude.

conitor : to press upon, to struggle to reach

coniuratio : conspiracy, plot.

coniuratus : conspirator, plotter.

coniuro : to take an oath together, plot, conspire.

conor : to undertake, try, venture, presume, attempt, presume.

conqueror : to complain loudly.

conscendo : to ascend, mount, go up.

conscientia : conscience, consciouness, knowledge

conscindo : to tear in pieces.

conscius : conscious of, aware of.

conseco : to dismember, cut into pieces, chop up.

consecro : to dedicate, consecrate, sanctify/ to curse/ deify

consectatio : striving, pursuit

consenesco : to grow old, weak, feeble, infirm

consensio : agreement, harmony, cooperation / plot, conspiracy

consentio : to agree, consent / plot, conspire

consequentia : f, consequential, relating

conservo : to preserve, conserve, maintain, keep, hold to.

considero : to look at, regard carefully,

consido : to set down, settle.

consilio : intentionally, on purpose, designedly.

consilium : deliberation, consultation, assembly, council.

consilium : advice, suggestion, wisdom, plan, purpose, judgment.

consimilis : adj, similar

consisto : (+ abl. etc.) to be formed of, consist/ stop, stay.

consisto : to take one's stand, stand still, stop, be posted.

consisto : (+ in) to depend on, rely on.

consitor : sower, planter.

consolatio : encouragement, amelioration, consolation

consonum : adj, n, harmonious

conspergo : to sprinkle, bestrew.

conspicio : to catch sight of, perceive, behold, understand.

constans : steady, firm, unchanging, constant, unwavering.

constanter : steadily, firmly.

constituo : to arrange, decide, appoint, settle, found, set up.

constituo : to set up, place, establish, post, station.

constituo : to fix, station, place, cause to stand, set

consto : to be established, stand firm, stop, endure.

constrictio : to bind together, draw together

constringo constrixi constrictum : to bind, confine, restrain.

construo construxi constructum : to construct, build, arrange.

constupator : ravisher, debaucher.

constupro : to ravish, corrupt.

consuasor : advisor, counselor.

consuefacio : to accustom, acclimate, become used to.

consuesco : to accustom, inure, habituate

consueta : customary, usual.

consuetudo : custom, usage, habit / intimacy, familiar acquaintance.

consulatio : deliberation, inquiry, full consideration.

consulo : (+ dat.) look to the interests of/ consult, ask advice.

consulo : to reflect, consider, ponder, reflect.

consulo : to look to the interests of, come to a conclusion.

consulto : to consider carefully, weigh, ponder.

consulto : to ask the advice of, consult.

consultum : decree.

consummatio : completion, summing up, adding up.

consummo : to add together, sum up, make perfect, complete.

consumo : to spend, employ, use up, finish, waste away, destroy.

consuo consui consutum : to sew together, stitch.

consurgo : to stand up, rise up / to arise, break out.

contabesco : to waste slowly away, decline in health.

contactus : touching, contact / contagion.

contages : a touch, contact.

contagio contagium : contagion, infection / touching, contact.

contamino : to pollute, infect.

contego : to cover, shield, protect, defend.

contemno : to think meanly of, despise, condemn, hate.

contemplatio : survey, contemplation.

contemplor : to mark out, regard, consider carefully, survey.

contemptim : contemptuously.

contemptio : scorn, disdain, contempt.

contemptus : despised, despicable, contemptible.

contendo : to contend, strive, struggle, hasten.

contendo : to assert, maintain / shoot (a missile), cast.

contendo : to compare, contrast / compete.

contente : eagerly, earnestly.

contentus : strained, stretched / eager, zealous.

contentus : contented, satisfied

contigo : (with dat.), to happen, befall.

contineo : hold together, keep together, connect, join.

contineo : to touch, reach, grasp, affect, infect.

contineo : to hold, to keep togethere, to contian

contineo contigi, contectum : border on / befall (good luck).

contineo : to keep in, surround, contain, confine, include.

contineo: to hold back, restrain.

contingo : (contactum) to touch closely, happen to, befall.

contingo : to touch /(intransitive) to happen, befall, occur

continuo : to join (together), to be after

continuo : (adv.) immediately, at once.

continuus : connected together, continuous, uninterrupted.

contra : (+ acc.) against.

contradictio : a speaking against, contradiction.

contradico : to speak against, oppose verbally, gainsay

contradictio : contradiction, opposition.

contrado : to deliver together, or wholly.

contraho : to gather together, assemble, draw up, unite

contraho : to conclude (an agreement)/ to reduce, contract, constrict

contrarius : contrary, opposed

contrecto : to touch, handle, feel

contremisco : to tremble, shake, quake / be afraid of

contremo : to tremble, shake

contristo : to make sad or gloomy

contristo : to sadden, afflict, damage (of crops).

conturbo : to confuse, scatter, throw into confusion, distress.

conventus : coming tohether, assembly, union, congress.

conversatio : way, manner of life / monastic life.

converto : to turn around, cause to turn / to adopt the monastic life.

converto : to convert

convinco : to overcome, to demonstrate

convoco : to call together, convene.

copia : abundamce, supply.

copiae copie : supplies, troops, forces.

copiose : fully, at length, copiously.

copiosus : wealthy, rich, abundantly provided, well-equipped.

Corbeiam : Corbie.

cornu : horn.

corona : crown, diadem.

corpus corporis : body, corpse.

correptius : more shortly.

corrigo : (correctum) to make correct, make right.

corripio : to seize, snatch up, steal, (of a disease) attack

corroboro : to strengthen.

corrumpo : (documents) to falsify / (character) to corrupt.

corrumpo : to break up, destroy, annihilate / spoil, weaken.

corruo : to fall to the ground, sink down / be ruined, destroyed.

Corturiacum : Courtrai.

coruscus : (a) flashing, twinkling, shaking, trembling.

cotidie : daily, every day.

Courtacum : Courtrai.

crapula : wine : intoxication, drunkenness.

crapula : wine-drinking, intoxication, drunkenness.

cras : (adv.) tomorrow, on the morrow.

crastinus : of the morrow, the morrow.

creator : creator, founder.

creatura : creature, servant.

creber : thick, frequent, numerous.

crebro : repeatedly, often, one after the other, time after time.

credo : to believe / trust, commit / trust in, rely on/ think.

creo : to create, make

crepido : (-inis) foundation, base / pedestal / pier, quay / dam

crepitaculum : a rattle

crepito : (-are) to rattle, creak, rustle

creptio : taking by force, seizure.

crepundia : a toy, rattle, plaything

crepusculum : dusk, twilight.

cresco : (cretum) to grow, increase, expand / spring forth, arise

creta : chalk, fuller's earth

cretatus : chalked, in white

cretosus : abounding in chalk

cribro : to sift.

cribrum : sieve.

crimen : an accusation, charge / fault, guilt, crime / cause of a crime

criminatio : accusation, charge, calumny

criminator : accuser

criminor : to accuse / complain of

criminose : reproachfully

criminosus : slanderous, reproachful

crinis : hair.

crinitus : long haired

crispans : wavy, curly

crispo : (-are) to curl / move rapidly / brandish, wave

crispus : curly-haired, curly / trembling, quivering, shaking

crista : crest, plume / rooster's comb

cristatus : crested, plumed

croceus : yellow, golden, saffron-colored, of saffron

crocinus : yellow, saffron-colored / saffron oil

crocodilus : crocodile

crocotula : saffron-colored robe

crocus : crocus, saffron / yellow, saffron-colored

crotalia : ear-rings

cruciamentum : torture, torment

cruciatus : torture, torment

crucio : to torture, torment

crudelis : cruel

crudelitas : cruelty, inhumanity

crudeliter : cruely

crudesco : to become violent, become hard

cruditas : an overly full stomach

crudus : green, fresh, immature, untimely / undigested / harsh

crudus : bleeding / raw, uncooked / unripe / unprepared food

cruento : to make bloody, stain with blood.

cruentus : bloody, bloodthirsty, blood-red

crumens : bag, purse / funds, store of cash

cruor : cruoris : bloodshed, murder, slaughter, gore

crur, cruris : leg, shank, shin, also foot

crusta : rind, peel, bark, shell / inlay, embossing

crustulum : pastery, cookie

crustum : bread, cake

crux crucis : cross

crypta : vault, grotto, covered gallery

crystallinus : of crystal

crystalus : crystallus : a crystal, crystal drinking cup

cubans : sloping

cubicularis : pertaining to a bedroom

cubicularius : bed-chamber servant, chamberlain.

cubiculum : bedroom, sleeping chamber.

cubile : bed, (marriage bed) / lair, den, nest / hive of bees / seat

cubitalis : a cubit long

cubito : to lie down often

cubitum : the elbow / a cubit

cubitum ire : to go to bed, retire

cubitus : cubitus : a lying down, rest

cubo : to lie down, recline / be ill in bed

cui : (fem. sing. dat.) IN WHICH (province) did you live?

cui : (masc. sing. dat.) TO WHOM did you give it?

cui : (neut. sing. dat.) (the monster), TO WHOM the cattle belonged.

cuius : (fem. sing. gen.) (the queen), the vices OF WHOM were many.

cuius : (masc. sing. gen.) (the saint) WHOSE virtues were many.

cuius : (neut. sing. gen) (the building) the size OF WHICH was great.

cuiusmodi : of what kind.

culpa : fault, blame, (esp. aginst chastity).

culpo : to blam, censure, accuse.

cultellus : a little knife.

cultor : cultivator, planter / with gen.= resident, inhabitant.

cultura : cultivation

cum : (prep + abl.) with.

cum : (with subjunctive) when, as, while, since, although.

cum : (with indicative) when.

cunabula : cradle.

cunae : nest for young birds.

cunctatio : delay.

cunctator : delayer, procrastinator,

cunctor : to delay, impede, hold up.

cunctus : all, all collectively, the whole.

cupiditas : ambition, avarice, party spirit, eager desire.

cupido : passion, desire, wantining, yearning, longing.

cupio : to desire, wish, long for, desire.

cuppedia : delicacies, candies, sweetmeats.

cupressus : cypress, cyrpess wood, a cypress-wood casket.

cur : why, wherefore.

cura : management, administration, care, concern, charge.

curatio : attention / medical attention, healing, curing.

curator : guardian, overseer

curia : court

curiositas : curiosity, inquisitiveness, nosiness.

curiosus : careful, attentive/ curious, inquisitive/ worn out by cares.

curis quris : a spear.

curo : (+gerundive) to see to a thing being done / cure, rest.

curo : to care for, trouble about, pay attention to.

curo : manage, administer / provide money.

curriculum : a running, race, lap around the track, course.

currus : cart / a plow with wheels.

cursim : hastily, quickly, rapidly.

cursito : to run up and down.

curso : to run back and forth.

cursor : runner, carrier, messenger.

cursus : a race, a running, race course, race track, course.

curto : to shorten, abbreviate.

Curtracus : Courtrai.

curtus : shortened / mutilated, defective / gelded.

curvo : to bend, arch, curve / influence.

curvus : arched, bent, bowed, curved, crooked, wrong (morally crooked).

cuspis : point, the pointed end / spear, javelin / cooking spit.

custodia : protection, custody.

custodiae custodie : guards, wardens.

custos : (custodis) guardian, keeper, watchman, attendant,, guard / spy.