The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Latin language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Latin (latīna) |
| I | ego |
| you (singular) | tū |
| he | ille (m.), illa (f.), illud (n.) |
| we | nōs |
| you (plural) | vōs |
| they | illī (m.), illae (f.), illa (n.) |
| this | hic (m.), haec (f.), hoc (n.) |
| that | ille (m.), illa (f.), illud (n.) |
| here | hīc |
| there | illic, ibi |
| who | quis (m.), quae (f.) |
| what | quid |
| where | ubi |
| when | cum |
| how | quōmodō |
| not | nōn, nē |
| all | omnēs (mf.), omnia (n.) |
| many | multī (m.), multae (f.), multa (n.) |
| some | aliquī (m.), aliqua (f.), aliquod (n.) |
| few | paucī (m.), paucae (f.), pauca (n.) |
| other | alter, alius |
| one | ūnus |
| two | duō |
| three | trēs |
| four | quattuor |
| five | quīnque |
| big | magnus |
| long | longus |
| wide | lātus |
| thick | crassus |
| heavy | gravis |
| small | parvus |
| short | brevis |
| narrow | angustus |
| thin | gracilis |
| woman | fēmina |
| man (adult male) | vir |
| man (human being) | homō |
| child | puer |
| wife | uxor, mulier |
| husband | maritus |
| mother | māter |
| father | pāter |
| animal | animal |
| fish | piscis |
| bird | avis |
| dog | cānis |
| louse | pediculus |
| snake | serpens |
| worm | vermis |
| tree | arbor |
| forest | silva |
| stick | hasta, palus |
| fruit | fructus |
| seed | semen |
| leaf | folium |
| root | rādix |
| bark (of a tree) | cortex |
| flower | flōs |
| grass | herba |
| rope | chorda |
| skin | cutis |
| meat | carnis |
| blood | sanguis |
| bone | os |
| fat (noun) | pinguāmen |
| egg | ovum |
| horn | cornu |
| tail | cauda |
| feather | penna |
| hair | pilus |
| head | caput |
| ear | auris |
| eye | oculus |
| nose | nasus, naris |
| mouth | ōs |
| tooth | dens |
| tongue (organ) | lingua |
| fingernail | unguis |
| foot | pes |
| leg | crus |
| knee | genu |
| hand | mānus |
| wing | ala |
| belly | venter, abdomen |
| guts | viscera |
| neck | cervix |
| back | dorsum |
| breast | mamma |
| heart | cor |
| liver | iecur |
| to drink | bībere |
| to eat | edere |
| to bite | mordēre |
| to suck | sūgere |
| to spit | spuere |
| to vomit | vomere |
| to blow | īnflāre |
| to breathe | respīrāre |
| to laugh | ridēre |
| to see | vidēre |
| to hear | audīre |
| to know | scīre |
| to think | cogitāre, putāre, existimāre |
| to smell | olfacere |
| to fear | timēre |
| to sleep | dormīre |
| to live | vīvere |
| to die | morīri |
| to kill | necāre |
| to fight | luctāre |
| to hunt | venāri |
| to hit | pellere |
| to cut | secāre |
| to split | dīvidere |
| to stab | pungere |
| to scratch | scabere |
| to dig | fodīre |
| to swim | nāre, natāre |
| to fly | volāre |
| to walk | ambulāre |
| to come | venīre |
| to lie (as in a bed) | cubāre |
| to sit | sedēre |
| to stand | stāre |
| to turn (intransitive) | vertīre |
| to fall | cadere |
| to give | dāre |
| to hold | tenēre |
| to squeeze | exprimere |
| to rub | fricāre |
| to wash | lavāre |
| to wipe | tergēre |
| to pull | trahere |
| to push | pellere |
| to throw | iacere |
| to tie | ligāre |
| to sew | sēmināre |
| to count | computāre, numerāre |
| to say | dīcere |
| to sing | canere |
| to play | ludere |
| to float | fluctuāre |
| to flow | fluere |
| to freeze | gelāre |
| to swell | augēre |
| sun | sol |
| moon | luna |
| star | stella |
| water | aqua |
| rain | pluvia |
| river | flumen, fluvius, amnis |
| lake | lacus |
| sea | mare |
| salt | sal |
| stone | saxum, lapis, petra |
| sand | harena |
| dust | pulvis |
| earth | humus, terra, ager |
| cloud | nubes, nebula |
| fog | cālīgō, nebula, tenebrae |
| sky | caelum |
| wind | ventus |
| snow | nix |
| ice | gelu |
| smoke | fumus |
| fire | ignis |
| ash | cinis |
| to burn | urere, flammāre |
| road | via |
| mountain | mons |
| red | ruber, rufus |
| green | viridis |
| yellow | croceus |
| white | albus, candidus |
| black | ater, niger |
| night | nox |
| day | dies |
| year | annus |
| warm | calidus |
| cold | frigidus |
| full | plenus |
| new | novus |
| old | vetus |
| good | bonus |
| bad | malus |
| rotten | putridus |
| dirty | immundus |
| straight | rectus |
| round | rotundus |
| sharp (as a knife) | acutus |
| smooth | suavis |
| wet | humidus, aqueus |
| dry | siccus |
| correct | rectus |
| near | propinquus, proximus |
| far | longus |
| right | dexter |