Words | Latin
Nouns: plural forms:
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addendum (plural, addenda) agendum, bacterium, corrigendum, curriculum, datum (data now also a singular form), dictum, erratum, forum, maximum, memorandum, minimum, modicum, optimum, referendum, simulacrum, stadium, stratum, vinculum
alumna (plural, alumnae) amoeba, antenna, corona, fauna, formula, larva, nebula, papilla, pupa, umbra, vertebra
alumnus (plural, alumni) bacillus, fungus, locus, papyrus, radius, terminus, syllabus
analysis (plural, analyses) amanuensis, apothesis, axis, basis, catalysis, classis, crisis, diaeresis, diagnosis, emphasis, exegesis, genesis, hypothesis, neurosis, paralysis, parenthesis, pelvis, psychosis, synopsis, synthesis, thesis
appendix (plural, appendices) administratrix, anthrax, auspex, calx, cortex, crux, executrix, index, mediatrix, pontifex, radix, testatrix, vertex, vortex
Latin adverbs
Some of these are now other parts of speech in English: alibi, circa, ergo, interim, item, quasi, sic
Verbs
These are other parts of speech in English: affidavit, credo, fiat, ignoramus, mandamus, peccavi, placebo, posse, veto, via (English preposition from a Latin noun that expresses means)
Miscellaneous
actor, auditor, captor, creator, dictator, doctor, gladiator, liberator, orator, pastor, possessor, sculptor, senator, spectator, sponsor, victor, violator, ante-bellum, bonus, campus, census, circus, consensus, cornucopia, dexter, sinister, ego, emeritus, error, honor, horror, languor, pallor, stupor , excelsior, exterior, inferior, interior, superior, senior, finis, fortissimo, genus (plural, genera), hiatus, literati (a plural form), Lucifer, major, minor, minus, par, plus, post-bellum, post-mortem, postscript, quorum, recto, verso, verbatim, Victoria
Collected by Edith E. Smith, M.A.