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A simple
Latin translation dictionary to help Genealogists and Family Historians
to understand
Latin phrases in old documents, wills, deeds, contracts and manorial,
church & parish records.
| abavus |
2nd great grandfather |
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| affinitas |
relationship by marriage |
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| agnatus |
related by blood on the male side |
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| alius/a/ud |
other |
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| alter/era/erum |
the other of two |
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| ambo/ae/o |
both, together - also dias or edged platform
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| amita |
father's sister |
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| amita magna |
grandfather's sister, grandaunt |
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| anima |
soul, spirit |
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| ancilla |
female servant |
| andedictus |
aforesaid |
| annus |
year |
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| anno |
in the year |
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| anno Domini |
in the year of the Lord |
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| ante |
prior to, before |
| antiquus |
senior, elder, old |
| arma |
coat of arms |
| atavus |
3rd great grandfather |
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| avunculus |
mother's brother, uncle |
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| avus |
grandfather |
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| avi (pl.) |
grandparents |
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| bacallarius |
bachelor |
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| banni bannum |
marriage banns |
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| baptisma |
baptism |
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| baptisavit |
he baptized |
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| baptisatus/a |
baptized |
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| baptisatus est |
he(or she) was baptized |
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| bona |
possessions |
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| caelebs |
single, unmarried (man) |
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| capellanus |
chaplain |
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| cognatio |
blood relatoinship |
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| cognomen |
surname |
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| commater |
godmother |
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| comparere |
to appear |
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| comparuit pro me |
he/she appeared before me |
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| compater |
godfather |
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| conceptus/a/um |
conceived |
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| concepta est |
she was pregnant |
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| coniunx (coniux) |
husband or wife |
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| coniuges |
married couple |
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| consanguinitas |
blood relationship
(if too close, an impediment to marriage) |
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| consobrinus/a |
cousin on the mother's side |
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| contrahere |
to contract, to draw together |
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| matrimonium contraxerunt |
they contracted marriage |
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| copulatio |
marriage |
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| copulatus/a |
married man/woman |
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| copulatus/a est |
he/she was married |
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| coram |
in the presence of |
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| corpus |
body |
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| cum |
with |
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| decessit |
he/she died |
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| decessus |
death |
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| defunctus/a/um |
dead |
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| denunciatio |
publication of the marriage banns |
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| factis tribus denunciationibus |
after 3 publications of the banns, 3 banns
having been published |
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| desponsus/a |
betrothed |
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| Deus |
God |
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| didymus/a |
twin male/female |
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| dies |
day |
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| die |
day (a form used after certain prepositions) |
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| discessit |
he/she died |
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| dominus |
lord |
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| domus |
home |
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| dos |
dowry |
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| ecclesia |
church |
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| ego |
I |
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| eiusdem |
the same |
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| eodem die |
on the same day |
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| erat |
he/she/it was |
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| est |
he/she/it is |
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| et |
and |
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| etiam |
also |
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| e, ex |
from |
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| femina |
woman |
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| filia |
daughter |
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| filia fratris/sororis |
niece, daugher of brother/sister |
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| filius |
son |
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| filius fratris/sororis |
nephew, son of brother/sister |
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| frater |
brother |
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| frater germanus |
twin brother |
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| fuit |
he/she/it was |
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| fuerunt |
they were |
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| gemellus/a |
twin |
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| geminus/a |
twin |
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| gener |
son-in-law, cousin |
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| genitum |
begotten, born |
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| gens |
male line, clan |
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| genus |
type, kind, birth, descent, sex, origin, class,
race. |
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| generis |
of the type, sex, etc. |
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| germana |
sister |
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| germanus |
brother |
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| gravida |
pregnant |
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| habere |
to have, to hold |
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| habitare |
to reside |
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| habitans |
resident (adj.) |
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| habitantes |
residents |
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| hebdomada |
a week |
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| heri |
yesterday |
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| hic, haec, hoc |
this |
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| hoc die/mense/anno |
on this day/month/year |
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| huius |
of this |
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| humatio |
burial |
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| homo |
man, human being |
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| humatus/a |
he/she was buried |
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| ibidem |
in the same place |
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| idem, eadem, iden |
the same |
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| Iesus Hominum Salvator ( I.H.S. ) |
Jesus saviour of men |
| ignotus/a |
unknown |
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| ille, illa illud |
that |
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| ilius |
of that |
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| illegitimus |
illegitimate |
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| impedimentum |
impediment or hindrance (as to a marriage) |
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| impedimentum consanguinitas |
impediment of too close a blood relationship
- (2nd cousin or closer) |
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| - - nulloque detecto impedimento
matrimonio |
and no marital impediment having
been uncovered |
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| imponere |
to place upon, to impose |
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| impositus/a/um |
imposed, placed upon, given |
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| cui impositum est nomen |
to whom was given the name |
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| infans |
infant |
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| inuptus/a |
unmarried |
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| infra |
below, later |
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| infrascriptus |
written below |
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| intra |
within |
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| ipse/a/um |
himself / herself / itself |
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| ita |
thus, so |
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| item |
also, likewise |
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before a vowel, i often
written as j |
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| judicium |
judgement, court |
| juncti sunt |
they were joined (in marriage) |
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| iunior(or junior) |
younger |
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| iure (or jure) |
legally, lawfully |
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| iurare / juro |
to swear, take an oath / testify
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| ius, iures |
law, laws |
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| iuvenis |
young person |
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| lavare |
to wash, to baptize |
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| lautus/a est |
he/she was baptized |
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| levantes |
godparents |
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| liber, libri |
book, books |
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| liber baptizatorum |
baptismal register |
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| liber defunctorum |
death register |
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| liber matrimoniorm |
marriage register |
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| ligatus/a est |
he/she was joined or married |
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| locus |
lace |
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| majorennis |
of legal age |
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| majores |
ancestors |
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| mane |
in tne morning |
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| manu propria |
(signed) in one's own hand |
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| marita |
wife |
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| maritus |
husband |
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| mater |
mother |
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| mater meretrix |
mother of illegitimate child |
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| matertera |
maternal aunt |
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| matrimonium |
marriage |
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| mensis |
month |
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| mense |
in the month (of) |
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| meridies |
noon |
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| minimus/a natu |
youngest |
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| meus/a/um |
my, mine |
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| morbus |
disease |
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| post longum morbum |
after a long illness |
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| mors |
death |
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| mortis |
of death |
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| mortuus/a/um |
dead, deceased |
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| mortuus/a est |
he/she died |
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| mulier |
woman, wife |
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| sacramentis totiis |
fortified by all the last rites |
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| munitiis |
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| mutuo consensu |
by mutual consent |
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| nascit |
he/she is born |
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| natalis |
natal |
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| natus/a |
born (adj.), son/daughter (noun) |
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| natus/a est |
he/she was born |
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| nepos |
grandson, nephew |
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| neptis |
granddaughter |
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| nocte |
at night |
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| nomen |
name |
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| nullus/a/um |
no, none |
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| nuptus/a |
married |
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| obiit |
he/she died |
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| obstetrix |
midwife |
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| omnis |
all, every |
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| orbus/a |
orphan masc./fem |
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| origo |
birth |
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| originis |
of the birth |
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| ortus |
origin, birth |
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| parentes |
parents |
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| parochus |
parish priest |
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| partus |
childbirth |
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| pater |
father |
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| patres |
forefathers, ancestors |
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| patrinus/a/i |
godfather/godmother/godparents |
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| patruus |
paternal uncle |
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| patruerlis |
paternal nephew |
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| pie |
piously |
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| post |
after |
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| postridie |
on the day after |
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| pridie |
on the day before |
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| privignus/a |
stepson/stepdaughter of a father |
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| pro |
in behalf of, for |
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| proclamatio |
bann, decree |
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| proles |
issue, child |
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| proles spuria |
illegitimate child |
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| pudicus/a |
chaste |
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| puella |
girl |
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| priores |
ancestors |
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| proavus/a |
great grandfather/great grandmother |
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| provincia |
province |
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| puer |
boy |
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| puerperium |
childbirth |
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| purgatus/a |
cleansed, baptized |
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| quasi |
almost, as if |
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| qui, quae, quod |
who, which, what |
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| quidam, quaedam |
a certain person (masc./fem.) |
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| quoddam |
a certain thing |
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| quondam |
formerly, sometime |
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| relictus / a |
widower / widow |
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| renatus / a |
reborn, baptized |
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| requiescat in pace |
may he/she rest in peace |
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| ritus |
rite |
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| de ritu sanctae matris ecclesiae
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according to the rite of the holy
mother church |
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| sacerdos |
priest |
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| sacer, sacra, sacrum |
sacred |
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| sanctus/a/um |
holy, sacred |
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| scorta |
unmarried mother, whore |
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| scriptus/a/um |
written |
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| semper |
always. forever |
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| senior |
older |
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| sepelire |
to bury |
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| sepultus/a/um |
buried |
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| sequens |
following |
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| sic |
thus, so |
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| signum |
mark |
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| signum fecit |
he/she made a mark, signed |
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| sine |
without |
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| socer |
father-in-law |
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| socrus |
mother-in-law |
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| solemnicatio |
marriage |
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| solus / sola |
single |
| solutus/a/um |
unmarried (also free from debt) |
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| soror |
sister |
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| sororius |
brother-in-law (wife's brother) |
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| sponsalia |
marriage banns |
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| sponsalis |
betrothed (adj.) |
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| sponsus/a |
groom/bride. spouse, betrothed |
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| spurius/a |
illegitimate |
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| stemma (gentile) |
pedigree |
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| stuprata |
pregnant out of wedlock |
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| stuprator |
father of illegitimate child |
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| sub tutela |
under guardianship |
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| subscripsit |
he/she signed |
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| subsignavit |
he/she signed with a mark |
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| sum |
I am |
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| sunt |
they were |
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| supra |
above |
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| ut supra |
as above |
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| susceptores |
godparents |
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| suus/a/um |
his/her/its/their own |
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| tempus |
time |
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| testamentum |
will, testament |
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| testis |
witness |
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| triduum |
a period of three days |
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| trigemini |
triplets |
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| tutor |
guardian |
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| ubi |
where |
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| ultimus/a/um |
last |
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| unigena |
only begotten daughter |
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| unigentius |
only begotten son |
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| urbs (urbis) |
city |
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| ut |
as, so that, in order that |
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| ut infra |
as below |
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| ut supra |
as above |
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| uxor |
wife |
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| vel (vel...vel) |
or (either....or) |
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| velle |
testament, will |
| vespere |
in the evening |
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| vetus, veteris |
old |
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| viduus / vidua |
widower / widow |
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| videlicet (viz.) |
namely |
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| vir |
man, male |
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| virgo |
virgin, female, girl |
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| virtuosus/a/um |
honorable |
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| vita |
life |
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| vita (vitam) cessit |
he/she departed from life, died |
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| vitricus |
stepfather |
| vulgo |
commonly, generally |
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Translation of Latin Roman Numerals
Dates and Months for Genealogy & Family History
that are found in Old Wills, Legal Documents, Ancient
Manorial Court books & Registers.
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CARDINAL
(how many) |
ORDINAL
(in which order) |
. |
MONTHS |
I. |
ûnus (ûna, ûnam) |
prîmus (-a, -um) |
1 |
Januarius |
II. |
duo (duae, duo) |
secundus, alter |
2 |
Februarius |
III. |
três (três, tria) |
tertius |
3 |
Martius |
IV. |
quattuor |
quârtus |
4 |
Aprilis |
V. |
quînque |
quîntus |
5 |
Maius |
VI. |
sex |
sextus |
6 |
Iunius |
VII. |
septem |
septimus |
7 |
Iulius |
VIII. |
octô |
octâvus |
8 |
Augustus |
IX. |
novem |
nônus |
9 |
September
(VII-ber) |
X. |
decem |
decimus |
10 |
October
(VIII-ber) |
XI. |
ûndecim |
ûndecimus |
11 |
November
(IX-ber) |
XII. |
duodecim |
duodecimus |
12 |
December
(X-ber) |
XIII. |
trêdecim |
tertius decimus |
13 |
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XIV. |
quattuordecim |
quârtus decimus |
14 |
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XV. |
quîndecim |
quîntus decimus |
15 |
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XVI. |
sêdecim |
sextus decimus |
16 |
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XVII. |
septendecim |
septimus decimus |
17 |
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XVIII. |
duodêvîgintî |
duodêvîcê(n)simus
|
18 |
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XIX. |
ûndêvîgintî
|
ûndêvîcênsimus
|
19 |
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XX. |
vîgintî |
vîcênsimus |
20 |
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XXI. |
ûnus et vîgintî |
ûnus et vîcênsimus
|
21 |
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XXX. |
trîgintâ |
trîcênsimus |
30 |
|
XL. |
quadrâgintâ |
quadrâgênsimus |
40 |
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L. |
quînquâgintâ |
quînquâgênsimus |
50 |
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LX. |
sexâgintâ |
sexâgênsimus |
60 |
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LXX. |
septuâgintâ |
septuâgênsimus |
70 |
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LXXX. |
octôgintâ |
octôgênsimus |
80 |
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XC. |
nônâgintâ |
nônâgênsimus |
90 |
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C. |
centum |
centênsimus |
100 |
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CC. |
ducentî |
ducentênsimus |
200 |
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CCC. |
trecentî |
trecentênsimus |
300 |
|
CCCC. |
quadringentî |
quadringentênsimus |
400 |
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D. |
quîngentî |
quîngentênsimus |
500 |
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DC. |
sescentî |
sescentênsimus |
600 |
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DCC. |
septingentî |
septingentênsimus |
700 |
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DCCC. |
octingentî |
octingentênsimus |
800 |
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DCCCC. |
nôngentî |
nôngentênsimus |
900 |
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M. |
mîlle |
mîllênsimus |
1000 |
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MM. |
duo milia |
bis mîllênsimus |
2000 |
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