The Alternative Latin Dictionary

Latin slang - a part of The Alternative Dictionaries collection.

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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

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