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Latin: B

bellicosus

adjective

warlike Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.11… quia Romuli fuerit pater, sed quod gens Latina bellicosa. Aprilem autem non ab Aphrodite, sed ab …warlike

bellum

noun

war Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.35… populi Romani redacta sit, finisque hoc mense bellis ciuilibus inpositus sit, atque ob has causas …to the wars

bene

adverb

well Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 15 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 1.1… niteant, id animum advertito: in bona regione bene nitere oportebit. et uti eo introeas et …well
  • 1.4… vendiderint, eos pigeat vendidisse. uti bene aedificatum siet. caveto alienam disciplinam …well
  • 1.4… de domino bono colono bonoque aedificatore melius emetur. ad villam cum venies, videto, vasa …better
  • 5.2… male ne sit, ne algeat, ne esuriat: opere bene exerceat, facilius malo et alieno prohibebit. …well
  • 75Libum hoc modo facito. casei P. II bene disterat in mortario. ubi bene distriverit, …well
  • 75… casei P. II bene disterat in mortario. ubi bene distriverit, farinae siligineae libram aut, si …well

beneficiatus

adjective

holding a benefice Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 7Plures etiam Clerici beneficiati, numero Parochianorum per pestem adeò diminuto, …holding benefices

beneficium

noun

kindness, favor, benefit; church benefice Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 5 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 5.2… passus erit, dominus inpune ne sinat esse. pro beneficio gratiam referat, ut aliis recte facere libeat. …a kindness, good service

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 15.5… et ingrati sumus, fratres dilectissimi, ad beneficia diuina nec quid nobis conferatur agnoscimus.gifts

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.32… uiscera, salua conseruet: et quia cordis beneficio, cuius dissimulatione brutus habebatur, idoneus …by the help

The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 7… de reliquis oblationibus vivere non possent, beneficia sua deserverunt. Hos Episcopus mandavit …benefices
  • 7… suas repetere; & Rectoribus seu Vicariis Beneficiorum exilium, quorum proventus annui ad verum …of benefices

beneficus

adjective

kind, generous Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.9… secundus Veneri dicaretur, quae uim eius quasi benefica leniret.kindly

Bergae

name

Bergen Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 4… insperato solvens è portu, secundo vento quasi Bergas Nordwegiæ tendebat. Post aliquot dies Boreâ …Bergen

bibo

verb

drink Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.1.2… conditi loco, et ad momentum quantum sit bibendum, tantum aut mellis proferas aut vini misceas. …to be drunk
  • 1.3.1… et rosam eximis, et vinum colas, et, cum ad bibendum voles uti, addito melle rosatum conficies. sane …drinking

biceps

adjective

two-headed Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 13.3… primumque anni esse uoluit, tamquam bicipitis dei mensem respicientem ac prospicientem …two-headed

bini

adjective, number

two each, two at a time; a pair Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 79… in ahenum caldum unguen indito. singulos aut binos coquito versatoque crebro duabus rudibus, …two at a time

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.9… ut Ianuario et Sextili et Decembri bini accederent, ceteris singuli; eosque dies …two each

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 14.7… in Ianuarium et Sextilem et Decembrem binos dies inseruit, in Aprilem autem Iunium …two each

bis

adverb

twice Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 76.4… et otiose percoquas. aperito, dum inspicias, bis aut ter. ubi cocta erit, eximito et melle …twice

biscoctus

adjective

twice-baked Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 14… aut qui navibus frequenter Indias adeunt, pane biscocto, allio, piscibus duratis, et cibis …twice-baked

bissextum

noun

leap day, the doubled sixth day Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.10… post terminalia intercalaretur, quod nunc bissextum vocatur.bissextum (twice-sixth day)

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 14.6… quinque ultimos Februarii mensis dies, idque bissextum censuit nominandum.the bissextum, twice-sixth day

bivium

noun

crossroads, fork in the road Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 13… mater seorsim à me se recipiens in proximum bivium, et pauculis verbis, clamore sublato, …crossroads

blaesus

adjective

lisping Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 13… erat) involveramus; cum ecce screatus exoritur blæsæ et obtusæ vocis; et statim in hunc modum, sed …lisping

Bohemicus

adjective

Bohemian Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 1… vulgo ad exempla referrent, ex historia Bohemica petita; ego publica vulgi curiositate excitus, …Bohemian
  • 1… ego publica vulgi curiositate excitus, ad Bohemica legenda animum appuli. Cumque incidissem in …Bohemian things

bombardicus

adjective

of guns, of cannon Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 15… Nec enim aliter torquetur ac si pulvere Bombardico excussus, montes et maria tranaret. Proptereà …gun

bonum

noun

good thing, blessing; goods, property Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.4… iniuria malorum praesentium fiducia futurorum bonorum.in good things

The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 1… post mortem ipsius pro mercede suâ omnia ejus bona confiscantur, possessiones & praedia …goods
  • 15… panem suum sunt coacti. Prior tamen omnibus bonis abundabat.good things

bonus

adjective

good Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 22 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • pr.2et virum bonum quom laudabant, ita laudabant, bonum agricolam …good
  • pr.2et virum bonum quom laudabant, ita laudabant, bonum agricolam bonumque colonum. amplissime laudari …good
  • pr.2… quom laudabant, ita laudabant, bonum agricolam bonumque colonum. amplissime laudari existimabatur qui …and good
  • 1.1… quotiens ibis, totiens magis placebit quod bonum erit. vicini quo pacto niteant, id animum …good
  • 1.1… quo pacto niteant, id animum advertito: in bona regione bene nitere oportebit. et uti eo …good
  • 1.1… et circumspicias, uti inde exire possis. uti bonum caelum habeat, ne calamitosum siet, solo bono, …good

Boreas

name

Boreas, the north wind Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 4… Bergas Nordwegiæ tendebat. Post aliquot dies Boreâ surgente, inter Nordwegiam et Angliam delatus, …the north wind

bōs

noun

ox, cow Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.7… habeat, vinum, frumentum quod supersit vendat: boves vetulos, armenta delicula, oves deliculas, …oxen

Relatives of English cow

The old g-and-w sound became b in Latin and Greek, but k in English cow.

Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion

Bradewardyn

name

Bradwardine, an English surname Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 10Per idem tempus Capitulum Cant. M. Thomam Bradewardyn de Condennâ Roffensis Dioceseos oriundum, quem …Bradwardine

Brahe

name

Brahe, a Danish surname Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 4… literas Episcopi Islandici, tradendas Tychoni Brahe Dano; qui in Insula Wena habitabat, ego verò …Brahe

Braheus

name

of Brahe Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 5Literis traditis Braheus valdè exhilaratus, cepit ex me multa quærere; …Brahe
  • 5… crebrò loquerentur, factumque liberalitate Brahei, et paucarum septimanarum exercitio, ut …of Brahe
  • 7… Astronomica exercitia; quippè Studiosi et Braheus, mirabilibus machinis totis noctibus …Brahe

brevis

adjective

short, brief Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.5… hos inter se dispares, alias longiores, alias breviores. at civitatium menses vel magis numero dierum …shorter

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 24… nisi quòd Privolvis regulariter omnis dies est brevior suâ nocte; Subvolvis longior. Quid autem per …shorter

bruma

noun

winter solstice, midwinter; winter Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 21.13idcirco aliis a novo sole, id est a bruma, aliis ab aestivo solstitio, plerisque ab …midwinter

brutus

adjective

dull, stupid; heavy Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.32… et quia cordis beneficio, cuius dissimulatione brutus habebatur, idoneus emendationi publici status …dull

Brutus

name

Brutus, a Roman surname Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.31non nulli putauerunt Iunium mensem a Iunio Bruto, qui primus Romae consul factus est, nominatum, …Brutus

buccella

noun

small mouthful, morsel Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 7.13.3Aliter dulcia: siligineos rasos frangis, et buccellas maiores facies. in lacte infundis, frigis, ex …morsels

bullio

verb

bubble, boil Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 7.13.8… subtilem adicies olei modicum, facies ut bulliat, et adicies impensam quam parasti. una parte …it bubbles

būtȳrum

butter Drafted; not yet checked.

On the way to English butter

  1. Ancient Greek · about 400 BCEβούτυρον boútȳron · butter
  2. Latin · 77 CEbūtȳrum · butter
  3. Old English · about 1000butere · butter
  4. English todaybutter

Drafted; not yet checked against the dictionaries. Play Word Passport