The Alternative Latin Dictionary

Latin slang - a part of The Alternative Dictionaries collection.

 

c
cunnus (masc. noun)
+  cunt

e
es agricola (phrase)
 directly, you are a farmer: you're a hick  pronounced es-sa-gricolah

i
irrumator (masc. noun)
+  bastard  literally, one who submits to fellatio, very insulting; used by Catullus to describe his commander in Bythinia, whom he didn't like, Poem 11
irrumo (verb)
+  receive fellatio  Catullus 16 begins: pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. = I will fuck you in the ass and have you give me some good head.

l
leno (noun)
+  pimp  Impudens es leno! 'You brazen pimp!' About the same as the American 'You fucking bastard!'
levantibus
 godparents?  Found in some German Genealogical Records.Raising up from the waters?

m
mentula (fem. noun)
 penis  The commonest obscene word. NB!Penis was not obscene.
meretrix (fem. noun)
+  prostitute  used by Cicero to refer to Clodia in the 'Pro Caelio;' from 'merero,' to earn; English derivative 'meretricious'

o
Orcae Ita!
 Hells yeah!  Pretty straightforward... Popular saying for highschool students...

p
perite (interj.)
+  Fuck off! Go away  Literally: go through (to the netherworld)

s
salarium
+  payment in salt [NaCl]  salt [hallmarked] was a form of payment
spucatum tauri (n)
+  bull shit  literal translation; may not have been used by ancient Romans as much as by modern high school Latin students