LATdict: The Free Online Latin Dictionary

English to Latin, Latin to English—fast and easy!

LATdict is a powerful online Latin dictionary tool to grammar aid those wishing to look up Latin words or their English equivalents. LATdict currently boasts 39,225 Latin word entries, and 229,345 searchable English words.

LATdict's online Latin dictionary provides more than just dry definitions. One of the biggest problems with most online dictionaries out there is that they provide little historical or etymological about their entries. With LATdict's online latin dictionary, you will find all sorts of additional information about words, including time periods under which the entries have been in use, as well as geographical use. So, whether you are looking for just a quick Latin translation, or you are wishing to delve deeper into the Latin dictionary's entries, you can find it here!

What's So Special about the LATdict Latin Dictionary?

Several Latin dictionaries currently exist on the web, but most of them provide raw, cryptic or otherwise unwanted results. I created LATdict because I was tired of dealing with irrelevant search results and digging through cryptic codes that described a word's function and history. When I finished making LATdict, the Latin dictionary exhibited the following features:

• LATdict's Latin Dictionary is free! For those of us (including me) who do not have the wealth to buy expensive leather-bound lexical tomes, this provides a great alternative.
• LATdict's Latin Dictionary uses an effective and efficient search algorithm, based on experience working with other websites that provide a query-based service.
• LATdict's Latin Dictionary also ranks entries based on how often they appear in Latin literature; Latin can have several different words for the same term, but some words are more popular than others. LATdict utilizes the information to provide more common words at the top of dictionary search results.
• LATdict's Latin Dictionary spells everything out in plain English (or Latin). One thing that constantly pains me about Latin dictionaries is that they often omit information about their entries, such as omitting declension, conjugation, and other auxiliary information. Other dictionaries might list this information, but provide it in a raw or otherwise cryptic format. LATdict goes out of its way to specify information about each entry. In fact, LATdict also provides other information as well, including the age of the entry, its area of use, its geographical influence, its frequency, and the source of the entry.
• LATdict's Latin Dictionary is based on WORDS -- William Whitaker (et al) originally compiled the entire list of entries seen here, and his dictionary WORDS is by far the most popular freely available Latin lexicon floating around on the internet.
• Aside from being just a Latin Dictionary, LATdict also plays host to a Latin grammar section, which is currently a work in progress.

Want to See Anything on LATdict?

Hey guys and gals, so I do a lot of stat tracking trying to figure out what sections of the site to build first. It seems as if the declensions section is the most popular right now—so I might build more on that. Currently, I have my priorities set as thus:

1. Creating a Verb Conjugations and Info Section (displaying a basic chart conjugating a verb from each of the four conjugation (and a fifth verb from the 3rd conjugation -io group), as well as irregular verbs)
2. Adding information for Adjective Declensions
3. Finishing the Pronoun Declensions section (various types still exist, such as relative pronouns, prenominal adjectives, and numbers)
4. Improving the English-to-Latin search algorith, to put a higher importance on common words and parts of speech (such as prepositions and conjunctions).
5. Creating a beginner's section (and eventually flesh it into a full online Latin course. This is a long-term goal).
6. Auto-declining/conjugating Latin words found in the search (i.e. a user will click on a "decline/conjugate this word" link and will be directed to a page that will attempt to display the word fully declined/conjugated).
7. Adding new words (especially from medieval Latin. Also sifting through definitions and improving on their wording.

As I continue to see what parts of the site are being accessed most, the priorities of the above list will change.

If you want to see something here, don't hesitate to e-mail me at info@latdict.com. Feel free to leave questions, comments, or even scathing remarks—anything taken seriously will be answered as quickly as possible (I check my mail there daily at the moment).

Thanks everyone!

Can't Figure Out How It's Spelled. Want an Oldschool Latin Dictionary?

So maybe you've come across a word in conversation and can't quite figure out the spelling. Maybe it's because it was mispronounced by some savvy college student looking to sound smart; nevertheless, you want to look it up but can't. Well, take a look at the new alphabetical wordlist section of the site. Rather than trying to search for it, try working via the process of elimination. Odds are if you can find the first letter of the word, you'll find it in the word list.

The wordlist can also serve those looking for variations or homophones of a Latin word, including compounds. Each item in the word list will have the part of speech after it to help demistify the function of similar words. And, of course, each item will link to the entry containing the English definition of the Latin word.

The Future of LATdict, the Latin Dictionary, and Grammar Repository

Aside from the Latin dictionary (the bread and butter of the site), I am currently working on providing a Latin resource section to the website, which will provide grammatical information about the Latin language, including declensions, conjugations, sentence construction, and other information to help one to fully utilize LATdict.