Vocabulary - Dining

These lists contain contemporary words in Latin for use in creative writing using the Latin language. The classroom segment contains words that may used to make signs to post on objects in the classroom or around the school. These may be useful for Open House or Foreign Language week activities. Students are encouraged to use Latin terms as much as possible when asking questions or referring to objects.

Sources:
Various issues of the no longer published Pompeiiana Newsletter
John Traupman's Conversational Latin (2nd Ed.) published by Bolchazy-Carducci
Eli Publications: Iuvenis and Adulescens,
Wonderful cooperative sharing of colleagues.
Terms created based on similar French terminology.

Revised August 2007

Dining - Food

Category	Latin	Principal Parts	English Meaning
Dining	prandium	prandii n.	lunch
	ientaculum	ientaculi n.	breakfast
	cena	cenae f.	dinner
	vegetarius	vegetarium	vegetarian
	purus	purum	kosher
	Sanitas! Bona! Bene tibi Sit!		Health, Good things, May it be well for you (sg.) AKA:Cheers!
	Edamus		Let's Eat!
	Laetitia omnibus		Happiness to all!
	pretium fer		bring the bill
Manners	si tibi placeat		please
	gratias tibi		thank you
	nihil est		not at all, 'tis nothing
	ignosce mihi		excuse me
Food	panis	panis m.	bread
	potio	potionis f.	beverage
	coffea Arabica	coffeae f.	coffee
	thea	theae f.	tea
	sucus	suci m.	juice
	aqua	aquae f.	water
	lac	lactis n.	milk
	cerevista	cerevistae f.	beer
	vinum	vini n.	wine
	sal	salis m.	salt
	piper	piperis n.	pepper
	caro	caronis m.	meat
	bubula	bubulae f.	beef
	porcina	porcinae f.	pork
	piscis	piscis m.	fish
	pullus	pulli m.	chicken
	holus	holeris n.	vegetable
	fructus	fructüs m.	fruit
	solanum tubersum	solani n.	potato
	acetaria	acetariae f.	salad
	secuna meusa	secunae meusae f.	dessert
	gelatum	gelati n.	ice cream
	gustatio	gustationis f.	hors d'oeuvre