Latin Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

This list contains Latin words with their English translations. The words included here are those that you are likely to find in genealogical sources. If the word (or some form of it) that you are looking for is not on this list, please consult a Latin-English dictionary. (See the "Additional Resources" section below.)  

Some words have both a male (-us) and female (-a) form, such as ''patrinus'' (godfather) and ''patrina'' (godmother). This word list usually gives only the male form even though a female form may occur in Latin records. Thus, given the word ''famulus'' (servant), you can conclude that ''famula'' is a female servant.  

==== Plurals  ====

==== Grammar  ====

If you do not find a Latin word in this list with the same ending as the word in your Latin document, find a similar ending in the examples below to see how the word in your document is used:  

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| ''filius''  

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:*'''''-as''''' may change to '''''-atis'''''  

Words that show action (verbs) also vary depending on who is doing the action and whether the action is past, present, or future. For example, the Latin word ''baptizare'' (to baptize) will appear with various endings:  

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| '''Present'''  

| ''baptizatus est''

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==== Spelling  ====

For example, in the first column you will find the English word marriage. In the second column you will find Latin words with meanings such as ''marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,'' and other words used in Latin records to indicate marriage.  

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| '''English'''  

=== Genealogical Abbreviations  ===

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| '''Abbreviation'''  

| at  

| ætatis  

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| c  

:''quartus'' = the fourth <br>''quarto'' = on the fourth

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| align="right" | &nbsp; <br>1 <br>2 <br>3 <br>4 <br>5 <br>6 <br>7 <br>8 <br>9 <br>10 <br>11 <br>12 <br>13 <br>14 <br>15 <br>16 <br>17 <br>18 <br>19 <br>20 <br>21 <br>22 <br>23 <br>24 <br>25 <br>26 <br>27 <br>28 <br>29 <br>30 <br>40 <br>50 <br>60 <br>70 <br>80 <br>90 <br>100 <br>101 <br>150 <br>200 <br>300 <br>400 <br>500 <br>600 <br>700 <br>800 <br>900 <br>1000  

'''Months'''  

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| '''English <br>'''January <br>February <br>March <br>April <br>May <br>June <br>July <br>August <br>September <br>October <br>November <br>December  

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| '''English '''<br>Sunday <br>Monday <br>Tuesday <br>Wednesday <br>Thursday <br>Friday <br>Saturday  

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| '''Latin''' <br>anno domini <br>anno incarnationis <br>annus bissextus <br>ante meridiem <br>altera die <br>biduum <br>cras <br>die sequenti <br>die vero <br>ejusdem die <br>eodem anno <br>eodem die <br>eodem mense <br>eo tempore <br>hodie <br>longo tempore <br>mane <br>meridie <br>nocte <br>nudius tertius <br>nunc dies tertius <br>nunc temporis <br>perendie <br>pomerid <br>post meridiem <br>postridie <br>pridie <br>pro tempore <br>triduum <br>tunc temporis <br>vespere  

| '''English''' <br>in the year of the Lord <br>in the year (since/of) the incarnation of the Lord <br>leap year <br>before noon (a.m.) <br>on the next day <br>space of two days, two-day period <br>tomorrow <br>on the following day <br>this very day <br>of the same day <br>in the same year <br>on the same day <br>in the same month <br>at this time <br>today <br>for a long time <br>in the morning <br>noon <br>at night <br>three days earlier <br>three days earlier <br>of the present time <br>day after tomorrow <br>after noon (p.m.) <br>after noon (p.m.) <br>on the day after, a day later <br>the day before <br>for (at) the time <br>space of three days, three-day period <br>of former time <br>in the evening

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=== General Word List  ===

In this list, some grammatical variations of Latin words are given in parentheses. Some Latin phrases and their translations are listed [in brackets] under the most significant Latin word, not the first word, of the phrase. Words in parentheses in the English column clarify the definition.  

==== A  ====