baculum, -
, n., staff
balineum, -, n., bath
barbarus, -a, -um, foreign, barbarian, uncivilized
basis, -is,f., pedestal, base
* be
tus, -a, -um, happy, fortunate, prosperous; blessed; adv. bet
Blides, -um,f. pl., the Danaïdes, grand-daughters of Belus, condemned in Tartarus to draw water eternally
bellicus, -a, -um, of war, belonging to war
* bellum, -, n., war
blua, -ae,f., beast
* bene,adv., well, rightly; quite, thoroughly; compar. melius;superl. optim
bene-dc
, -ere, -dx, -dictum, speak well of, praise; bless (EL)
benedictus, -a, -um, blessed (EL)
beneficentia, -ae,f., beneficence, charity
beneficium, -, n., kindness, favor
* bene-(beni)volentia, -ae,f., good will, kindness, favor
benign, adv., kindly, in a friendly fashion
benignits, -ttis,f., kindness, friendliness, courtesy
benignus, -a, -um, kind, beneficent
benivolentia:seebenevolentia
Berecyntius, -a, -um, Phrygian (Berecyntus, a mountain in Phrygia)
bestia, -ae,f., beast, animal
* bib, -ere, bib, drink
bduum, -, n., a period of two days
bn, -ae, -a,distrib. numeral, two each, two (nouns normally pl.)
bis,adv., twice
blanditia, -ae,f., blandishment
bonits, -ttis,f., goodness
* bonus, -a, -um, good; worthy, loyal; bona, -rum, n. pl., good things, goods, property; compar. melior, -ius, better; superl. optimus, -a, -um, best, very good, excellent
Bots, -aeor- (acc. -n), m., constellation of the Plowman
bs, bovis (pl. gen. boum; dat. and abl. bbus), m. lf., ox, cow
bracchium, -, n., arm, strictly the forearm
* brevis, -e, short, brief; shallow; brev, as adv. (sc. tempore), in a short time
brevits, -ttis,f., shortness; brevity, conciseness
Britannia, -ae,f., Britain
Brundisnus, -a, -um, of Brundisium, a port on the heel of Italy
Brutus, -, m., a famous cognomen: L. Junius Brutus, who freed Rome from Tarquinius Superbus and was elected to the first Roman consulship; M. Junius Brutus, assassin of Julius Caesar; D. Junius Brutus, a conspirator against Caesar
bulla, -ae,f., boss, stud; amulet
bustum, -, n., often pl., tomb
buxum, -, n., wood of the box tree
byssus, -, f., cotton, cotton or linen material (EL)