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labefacio labefeci labefactum : 
 to shake, loosen / impair.
labefacto : 
 to weaken, disturb / shake violently.
labellum : 
 a little lip / a small washing vessel.
labes labis : 
 stain, blemish, disgrace, infamy / misfortune.
labia labium :lip  (labiae : 
 lips).
labiosus : 
 having large lips.
labo : 
 to totter, sink, begin to fall.
labor : 
 hardship, fatigue, distress.
labor laboris : 
 labor, work, toil
labor lapsus : 
 to slip, glide, slide.
labores solis : 
 eclipse of the sun.
laboriose : 
 laboriously, with great effort
laboriosus : 
 toilsome, laborious / (persons) industrious, toiling.
laboro : 
 (intrans.) to work, toil, suffer, be afflicted, be troubled.
laboro : 
 (trans.) work out, prepare, arrange, form, elaborate.
labrum : 
 lip, edge, rim / bathing tub.
labrusca : 
 wild grape vine.
labruscum : 
 the wild grape. 
lac lactis : 
 milk.
lacer : 
 torn, mangled, cut to pieces.
laceratio : 
 a tearing, mangling.
lacero : 
 to tear to pieces, mangle / squander money / slander someone.
lacerta : 
 lizard.
lacertosus : 
 muscular, powerful.
lacertus : 
 the upper arm / strength.
lacesso : 
 to harass, attack.
lacrima Heliandum : 
 amber.
lacrima : 
 tears / exudations from some plants.
lacrimabilis : 
 lamentable, deplorable, woeful.
lacrimo : 
 to weep, shed tears / exude, drip.
lacrimosus : 
 tearful, mournful, shedding tears, 
lactans : 
 giving milk.
lactatio : 
 enticement, come-on.
lacteus : 
 milky, of milk, milk-white.
lacteus : 
 of milk, milky, milk-white.
lacto : 
 to allure, entice, wheedle.
lactuca : 
 lettuce.
lacuna : 
 missing letters, words, or phrases in a manuscript.
lacuna : 
 a hole, empty space / pond, pool / deficiency, loss.
lacunar : 
 panelled ceiling.
lacus : 
 a hollow / lake, pool, pond, trough, tank, tub.
laedo ledo : 
 strike, hit, hurt, damage, offend, annoy, violate.
laesio  lesio : 
 rhetorical attack / wounding.
laetabilis  letabilis : 
 joyous, glad.
laetans : 
 rejoicing, joyous.
laetatio  letatio : 
 rejoicing, joy.
laetifico  letifico : 
 to fertilize / cheer, gladden, delight.
laetificus letificus : 
 gladdening, joyous, spreading happiness.
laetitia letitia : 
 fertility / richness, grace / joy, delight.
laeto  leto : 
 to cheer, gladden, make joyful.
laetor  letor : 
 to rejoice, be joyful.
laeve  leve : 
 left-handedly, awkwardly.
laevus  levus : 
 foolish, silly / unlucky, unpropitious.
laevus  levus : 
 the left hand, left side, left-handed.
laganum : 
 a cake.
lama : 
 bog, slough.
lambo : 
 to lick / (of rivers) to wash.
lamenta  (neut. pl) : 
 weeping, wailing.
lamentabilis : 
 lamentable, mournful.
lamentatio : 
 weeping, wailing, lamenting.
lamentor : 
 to weep, wail, lament / (trans.) to bewail.
lamia : 
 witch, vampire.
lamnia lammina lamna : 
 sheet of metal, coin, knife blade, nutshell.
lapsus : 
 fall, fault, error, sliding, graduate movement.
laqueum : 
 noose, halter, snare, trap.
laqueus : 
 snare, trap, noose.
largior : 
 lavish, bestow, grant, give abundantly.
lascivio : 
 to run riot, play, be wanton.
lasesco : 
 to become tired, grow weary.
latus -eris : 
 sides, flank / lungs / 
laudator : 
 praiser.
laudo : 
 to praise, extoll, commend / name, mention, cite, quote.
Laudunum : 
 Laon.
laus : 
 praise, glory, fame.
lebes : 
 copper kettle, basin, cauldron.
lectica : 
 litter, bier.
lector : 
 reader.
lectus : 
 bed.
legatarius : 
 legatee.
legatus : 
 deputy, ambassador, envoy, 
legens legentis : 
 a reader.
legio : 
 legion
lego : 
 to gather, choose, collect, pass through, read, 
lemiscus : 
 a ribbon.
lemma : 
 theme, title, epigram.
lemures : 
 (pl. only) ghosts, phantoms.
lenimentus : 
 alleviation, improvement, mitigation.
lenio : 
 to mitigate, relieve, make better.
lenis : 
 smooth / gentle, kind, mild.
lenitas  lenitudo : 
 smoothness, gentleness, mildness.
leno : 
 procurer, go-between.
lenocinium : 
 enticement, allurement.
lenocinor : 
 to pander, flatter, make up to / to promote, advance.
lens lentis : 
 lentil.
lente : 
 slowly, calmly, cooly, deliberately.
lentesco : 
 to become soft, flexible, sticky / to weaken, slacken.
lentitudo : 
 slowness, apathy, sluggishness.
lento : 
 to bend.
lentulus : 
 rather slow, a little slow.
lentus  : 
 lethargic, inactive / slow, lingering.
lentus : 
 tough, resistant, tenacious / supple, pliant / 
Leo : 
 lion.
Leodie : 
 Liege.
lepide : 
 charmingly, wittily, elegantly, pleasantly.
lepidus : 
 charming, witty, pleasant, elegant.
lepor  lepos : 
 charm, wit, elegance.
lepus : 
 hare, rabbit.
Lesciense, monastery of : 
 Liessies.
letalis : 
 mortal, deadly, fatal.
letaliter : 
 mortally, fatally.
letanie : 
 litany
lethargus : 
 drowsiness, apathy, sleepiness, coma.
letifer : 
 deadly, mortal.
leto : 
 to kill, slay.
letum : 
 death, ruin, annihilation.
levamen : 
 alleviation, mitigation, solace, refreshment.
levamentum : 
 comfort, easing, alleviation, consolation.
levatio : 
 alleviation, mitigation, solace.
leviculus : 
 empty-headed, vain, silly.
levidensis : 
 thin, slight, poor.
levis : 
 rapid, swift / unimportant / fickle, inconstant / unstable.
levis : 
 light, slight, trivial / beardless, bald / light-armed.
levitas : 
 lightness, levity / fickleness, inconstancy / groundlessness.
leviter : 
 lightly, softly, slightly.
levo : 
 to smooth, polish.
levo : 
 to raise, lift up / relieve, ease / diminish, weaken, impair.
lex legis : 
 law, statute / covenant, agreement
libatio : 
 libation.
libellus : 
 little book.
libenter : 
 willingly, with pleasure.
liber : 
 child, offspring.
liber libri : 
 book.
liber libera, liberum : 
 free, independent, unrestricted.
liberalis : 
 courteous, generous, gentlemanly.
liberalitas : 
 courtesy, kindness, generousity / a grant.
liberaliter : 
 courteously, generously, honorably.
liberatio : 
 release, liberation, acquittal, setting free.
libere : 
 freely, openly, frankly.
libero : 
 to liberate, set free.
libero : 
 to lift (an obstacle), raise.
libero : 
 to set free, deliver, liberate, release / exempt
libertas : 
 freedom, liberty, independence / frankness, candor.
libido : 
 whim, caprice, violent desire, passionate longing.
licet : 
 granted that, although / it is allowed, one may or can.
licet : 
 (as conj.) granted that, although.
ligo : 
 to bind, tie.
lima : 
 file, polishing, revision.
limen, limina : 
 threshold.
lingua : 
 language, tongue, speech.
lino : 
 to smear, befoul, dirty.
linteum : 
 linen, napkin.
liquidus : 
 fluid, flowing, liquid / clear, evident, certain. 
litigo : 
 to quarrel, dispute.
littera : 
 letter (of the alphabet).
litterae : 
 (pl.) letter, epistle, missive, note / literature.
loci : 
 (pl.) passages in literary works.
loco : 
 to place, put, position.
locupleto : 
 to enrich, make wealthy.
locus : 
 place, location, situation, spot.
loginquitas : 
 distance, remoteness, isolation.
longe lateque : 
 far and wide.
longe : 
 far.
longus : 
 long
loquax loquacis : 
 talkative, loquacious, garrulous.
loquor locutus : 
 to say, speak, tell.
loricatus : 
 wearing armor, armored.
lubricus : 
 oily, slippery, slick.
lucerna : 
 lamp.
lucror : 
 to gain, profit, win.
lucrosus : 
 profitable, gainful.
lucrum : 
 gain, profit.
luctisonus : 
 sad-sounding, mournful, baleful.
luctus : 
 lamentation, mourning, grief.
ludio ludius : 
 actor,  player
ludo lusi lusum : 
 to play, sport / imitate, banter / delude, deceive.
ludus : 
 game, sport, school.
lues : 
 plague, pestilence, calamity.
lugeo : 
 to mourn, be in mourning, grieve / (tans,) to lament, bewail.
luna : 
 moon.
lupus : 
 wolf.
Lutosensis : 
 Leuze.
lux lucis : 
 light.
luxuria : 
 luxury, extravagance, opulence.
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