LAT001: INTRODUCTION TO LATIN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FALL 2005

Vox latina — Partes corporis (parts of the body)

caput, capitis n., “head” oculus, -ī m., “eye” coma, -ae f., “hair”
frōns, frontis m., “forehead” palpebra, -ae f., “eyelid” crinis, -is m., “hair”

supercilium, -īi n., “eyebrow”

manus, -ūs m. “hand” auris, -īs f., “ear”
palma, -ae f., “palm” lanna, -ae f., “ear-lobe”
digitus, -ī m., “finger”
nāsus, -ī m., “nose”
pollex, pollicis m., “thumb”
nāris, -īs, f. “nostril”
ōs, ōris n., “mouth”
condylus, -ī m., “knuckle”
labium, -ī n., “lip”
cubitum, -ī n. “elbow”
umerus, -ī m., dēns, dentis m., “tooth”

“upper arm” lingua, -ae f., “tongue”

maxilla, -ae f., “jaw”

collum, -ī n., “neck”

braccium, -ī n. “forearm” mentum, -ī n., “chin”

ulna, -ae f., “forearm” lacertus, -ī m. “shoulder”

ala, -ae f., “armpit” venter, -tris m. “stomach, womb”

thōrāx, -ācis m. “chest” alvus, -ī m., “belly, bowel”
latus, lateris n. “side”
costa, -ae f., “rib” tergum, -ī n. “back”
pectus, pectoris n., “breast” (of man) spīna, -ae f., “spine”
mamma, -ae f., “breast” (of woman)
postīcum, -ī n. “backside”
coxa, -ae f., “hip”
cūlus, -ī m., “backside”
inguen, inguinis n., “groin”
crūs, crūris n., “leg”
ilia, -um n., “groin”
femur, femoris n., “thigh”
ile, ilis n., “groin, loins” genū, genūs n., “knee”
patella, -ae f., “kneecap”
About the statuE
The Augustus of Prima Porta dates from 15 tībia, -ae f., “shin”
CE. The statue is based on the Doryphorus, a
sūra, -ae f., “calf”
famous antique statue by Polykleitos por-
traying the ideal human proportions of an tālus, -ī m., “ankle”
Athenian athlete. The depiction of Augustus
portrays him as a victorious general making calx, calcis m./f., “heel”
a speech. Although the figure is identifiably
Augustus, his features are idealized and his
face depicted in the manner of Apollo was pēs, pedis m., “foot”
meant to associate Augustus’ abilities with
those of the powerful god. digitus, -ī m., “finger”
allus, -ī m. “big toe”