Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Geographical Vocabulary II compiled by Leo Latinus.

Haec vocabula geographica II
excerpsit et in Latinum convertit
Dr. Nicolaus Groß
LEO LATINUS
http://wwwleolatinuscom/



ex Orbe Picto pentaglotto excerpta et Latīnē reddita; CORBEIL, Jean-Claude/ ARCHAMBAULT, Ariane: PONS Bildwörterbuch Deutsch-Englisch-Französisch-Spanisch-Italienisch Stuttgart etc (Ernst Klett Sprachen) 2003.

cartography                            chartographia,-ae 1f
Earth coordinate system          systēma coordinātārum terrestrium 3n
North Pole                              polus boreālis 2m
Arctic Circle                           Circulus Polāris Arcticus 2m
Tropic of Cancer                    Tropicus Cancrī 2m
equator                                  circulus aequātor 2m; circulus aequinoctiālis 2m
Tropic of Capricorn                Tropicus Capricornī 2m
Antarctic Circle                      Circulus Polāris Antarcticus 2m
South Pole                              Polus Austrālis 2m
Southern hemisphere               hēmisphaerium austrāle 2n
Northern hemisphere               hēmisphaerium septentriōnāle 2n
Western hemisphere                hēmisphaerium occidentāle 2n
Eastern hemisphere                  hēmisphaerium orientāle 2n
hemispheres                            hēmisphaer•ia,-iōrum 2npl
grid system                              systēma rēticulātum 3n
lines of latitude                         līneae lātitūdinis 1fpl
Arctic Circle                            Circulus Polāris Arcticus 2m
lines of longitude                       līneae longitūdinis 1fpl
Eastern meridian                       (circulus) merīdiānus orientālis 2m
prime meridian                          (circulus) merīdiānus prīncipālis 2m
Western meridian                      (circulus) merīdiānus occidentālis 2m
parallel                                     circulus parallēlus 2m
Antarctic Circle                       Circulus Polāris Antarcticus 2m
Tropic of Capricorn                 Tropicus Capricornī 2m
equator                                    circulus aequātor; circulus aequinoctiālis 2m
Tropic of Cancer                      Tropicus Cancrī 2m
map projections                        prōiectiōnēs chartographicae 3fpl
plane projection                        prōiectiō plāna 3f
conic projection                        prōiectiō cōnica 3f
cylindrical projection                 prōiectiō cylindrica 3f
interrupted projection                prōiectiō interrupta 3f

compass card                            rosa ventōrum 1f
North                                        boreās, -ae 1m; septentriō, -ōnis 3m
North-Northeast                       boreo-boreo-oriēns, -ntis 3m
Northeast                                 boreo-oriēns, -ntis 3m
East-Northeast                         orienti-boreo-oriēns, -is 3m
East                                         oriēns, -ntis 3m
East-Southeast                         orienti-austri-oriēns, -ntis 3m
Southeast                                 austri-oriēns, -ntis 3m
South-Southeast                       austri-austri-oriēns, -ntis 3m
South                                       merīdiēs, -ēī 5m; auster, -trī 2m
South-Southwest                      austri-austri-occidēns, -ntis 3m
Southwest                                austri-occidēns, -ntis 3m
West-Southwest                      occidenti-austri-occidēns, -ntis 3m
West                                       occidēns, -ntis 3m
West-Northwest                     occidenti-boreo-occidēns, -ntis 3m
Northwest                               boreo-occidēns, -ntis 3m
North-Northwest                     boreo-boreo-occidēns, -ntis 3m


political map                             tabula polītica 1f
province                                   prōvincia, -ae 1f
city                                           urbs, urbis 1f
capital                                      caput, capitis 3n; urbs prīncipālis 3f
state                                        cīvitās foederālis 3f
country                                    terra, -ae 1f
frontier                                    līmes internātiōnālis 3m
internal boundary                     līmes internus 3m


physical map                           tabula physica 1f
mountain range                        tractus montium 4m
bay                                         sinus (maritimus) 4m
sea                                         mare, -is 3n
strait                                    fretum, -i 2n
island                                   īnsula, -ae 1f
estuary                                 aestuārium, -ī 2n
lake                                     lacus, -ūs 4m
archipelago                          archipelagus, -ī 2m
peninsula                              paenīnsula, -ae 1f
isthmus                                 isthmus, -ī 2m
river                                     flūmen, -inis 3n; fluvius, -ī 2m; amnis, -is 3m
plain                                     plānitiēs, -ēī 5f
cape                                     prōmunturium, -ī 2n
gulf                                      sinus maris 4m; culfum, -ī 2n
plateau                                 paramus, -ī 2m; oropedium, -ī 2n
river                                     flūmen, -inis 3n; fluvius, -ī 2m; amnis, -is 3m
massif                                  massa montium 1f
ocean                                  ōceanus, -ī 2m


urban map                           tabula urbāna 1f
railway                                ferrivia, -ae 1f
railway station                     statiō ferriviāria 3f
bridge                                 pōns, pontis 3m
park                                   viridārium, -ī 2n
cemetery                            coemetērium, -ī 2n
monument                          monumentum, -ī 2n
motorway                          strāta autocīnētica 1f
district                               tribus, -ūs 4f
boulevard                          calodromus, -ī 2m
public building                   aedificium pūblicum 2n
avenue                              ambulācrum, -ī 2n
street                                via, -ae 1f
roundabout                       circuitus viālis 4m
traffic circle                       circuitus viālis 4m
ring road                           via circumvectōria 1f
beltway                             via circumvectōria 1f 
woods                              silva, -ae 1f
river                                 flūmen, -inis 3n; fluvius, -ī 2m; amnis, -is 3m
suburbs                            suburbium, -ī 2n



road map                         tabula viāria 1f
motorway number            numerus strātae autocīnēticae 2m
road                                via, -ae 1f; strāta, -ae 1f
road number                    numerus viae 2m
airport                             aeriportus, -ūs 4m
national park                   viridārium nātiōnāle 2n
scenic route                     via graphica 1f
point of interest               rēs vīsenda 5f
secondary road              via secundāria 1f
ring motorway                strāta autocīnētica circumvectōria 1f
service area                    ārea administrātīva 1f
rest area                         ārea quiētālis 1f
motorway                       strāta autocīnētica 1f

remote sensing                tēledētēctiō,-ōnis 3f
radar                              radar, -āris 3n (=dētēctrum radio- ēlectricum)
airborne radar                radar āerium 3n
transmitted pulse            impulsus ēlectromagnēticus 4m
echo                               ēchō, -ūs 4f; ēchō, -ōn, 2f; ēchō, -ō 4f
target                              scopus, -ī 2m
Radarsat satellite             satelles  "Radarsat" 3c
solar array                       generātrum sōlāre 2n
radar antenna                  antemna radārica 1f
X-band antenna               antemna taeniae 1f
payload module               modulus sarcinae ūtilis 2m
bus module                      modulus energeticus 2m
thruster                            prōpulsāmentum, -ī 2n
Earth sensor                     dētēctrum terrestre 2n
Sun sensor                       dētēctrum sōlāre 2n
remote command            antenna (antemna) tēlēmoderābile 1f
support structure             sustentāculum, -ī 2n
radar beam                    fascis radāricus 3m
sensor swath                  striga radārica 1f
sona                               sonar, sonāris 3n
ship                                nāvis,-is 3f; nāvigium, -ī 2n
echo                                      ēchō, -ūs 4f; ēchō, -ōn, 2f; ēchō, -ō 4f
target                                     scopus, -ī 2m
ultrasound waves emission      ēmissiō undārum ultrāsonicārum 3f
satellite remote sensing            tēledētēctiō satellitica 3f
energy source                             fōns energīae 3m
passive sensor                           dētēctrum passīvum 2n
data recording                           registrātiō datōrum 3f
active sensor                             dētēctrum āctīvum 2n
data processing                         pertractātiō datōrum 3f
data reception                          receptiō datōrum 3f
data transmission                     trānsmissiō datōrum 3f
target                                      scopus, -ī 2m
artificial radiation                     radiātiō artificiālis 3f
reflection                                reflexiō, -ōnis 3f
natural radiation                      radiātiō nātūrālis 3f
Section of the Earth’s crust     sectiō crustae terrestris 3f
deep-sea floor                        fundus abyssī 2m
sea level                                 aequor maris 3n
mountain range                       tractus montium 4m
intrusive rocks                        saxa intrūsīva 2npl
volcano                                  mōns ignivomus 3m
igneous rocks                         saxa ēruptīva 2npl
granitic layer                           strātum granīticum 2n
metamorphic rocks                 saxa metamorphica 2npl
sedimentary rocks                  saxa sedimentāria 2npl
basaltic layer                         strātum basanīticum 2n

structure of the Earth                 strūctūra terrae 1f
Earth’s crust                             crusta terrestris 1f
oceanic crust                            crusta ōceanica 1f
continental crust                        crusta continentālis 1f
lithosphere                                lithosphaera, -ae 1f
asthenosphere                           asthenosphaera, -ae 1f
Mohorovicic discontinuity          discontinuitās Mohoroviciciāna 3f
Gutenberg discontinuity             discontinuitās Gutenbergiāna 3f
upper mantle                             indūmentum superius 2n
lower mantle                             indūmentum īnferius 2n
outer core                                 nucleus externus 2m
inner core                                 nucleus internus 2m

tectonic plates                            lāminae tectonicae 1fpl
North American Plate                lāmina boreo-americāna 1f
Cocos Plate                              lāmina Īnsulārum Cocoīnārum 1f
Caribbean Plate                        lāmina Caribica 1f
Pacific Plate                              lāmina Ōceanī Pācificī 1f
Nazca Plate                              lāmina Nazcaniāna 1f
Scotia Plate                              lāmina Scōtiae 1f
South American Plate                lāmina austro-americāna 1f
African Plate                             lāmina āfricāna 1f
Antarctic Plate                          lāmina antarctica 1f
Australian-Indian Plate              lāmina indoaustrāliāna 1f
Philippine Plate                          lāmina philippīniāna 1f
Eurasian Plate                            lāmina eurasiatica 1f


subduction                                    zōna subductiōnis 1f
transform plate boundaries             trānsfōrmātio lāminārum 3f
convergent plate boundaries           convergentia lāminārum 3f
divergent plate boundaries              dīvergentia lāminārum 1f
earthquake                                     terraemōtus, -ūs 4m
epicenter                                        epicentrum, -ī 2n
depth of focus                                 prōfunditās hypocentrī 3f
fault                                                disiectūra, -ae 1f (geologica)
focus                                              hypocentrum, -ī 2n
seismic wave                                  unda sīsmica 1f
Earth’s crust                                   crusta terrestris 1f
isoseismal line                                 līnea īsosīsmica 1f
seismograph                                  sīsmographum, -ī 2n
horizontal seismograph                  sīsmographum horizontāle 2n
vertical seismograph                     sīsmographum verticāle 2n
pen                                             graphium, -ī 2n
mass                                          massa, -ae 1f
rotating drum                             cylindrus versātilis 2m
horizontal ground movement     mōtiō solī horizontālis 3f
seismogram                             sīsmogramma, -atis 3n
vertical ground movement        mōtiō solī verticālis 3f
bedrock                                  saxum basāle 2n
stand                                      statūmen, -inis 3n
pillar                                      pīla pendulāris 1f
spring                                    elatēr, -ēris 3m; elastrum, -ī 2n

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Geographical Vocabulary I compiled by Leo Latinus.

 Haec vocabula geographica
excerpsit et in Latīnum convertit
Dr. Nicolaus Groß
LEO LATINUS

VOCABULA GEOGRAPHICA I


ex Orbe Picto pentaglotto excerpta et Latīnē reddita
CORBEIL, Jean-Claude/ ARCHAMBAULT, Ariane: PONS Bildwörterbuch Deutsch-Englisch-Französisch-Spanisch-Italienisch. Stuttgart etc. (Ernst Klett Sprachen) 2003.


English                                                              Latīnē
Earth                                                                Terra, -ae 1f
configuration of the continents                           situs continentium (terrārum) 4m
planisphere                                                       planosphaera, -ae 1f
North Sea                                                        Mare Germānicum 3n
Mediterranean Sea                                           Mare Internum 3n; Mare Medium 3n
Bering Sea                                                        Mare Beringiānum 3n
Greenland Sea                                                  Mare Grōlandiānum 3n
Black Sea                                                         Pontus Euxīnus 2n
South China Sea                                               Mare Chīnae Merīdiōnālis 3n
Arctic                                                               Terra Arctica 1f
Caspian Sea                                                     Mare Caspiānum 3n
Arctic Ocean                                                    Ōceanus Arcticus 2m
Atlantic Ocean                                                  Ōceanus Atlanticus 2m
Pacific Ocean                                                   Ōceanus Pācificus 2m
Central America                                               America Centrālis 1f
Indian Ocean                                                    Ōceanus Indicus 2m
Caribbean Sea                                                  Mare Caribicum 3n
Red Sea                                                           Mare Rubrum 3n; Mare Erythraeum 3n

Australia                                                           Austrālia, -ae 1f
Antarctica                                                         Terra Antarctica 1f
North America                                                 America Septentriōnālis 1f
South America                                                  America Merīdiōnālis 1f
Oceania                                                            Ōceania, -ae 1f
Europe                                                             Eurōpa, -ae 1f
Asia                                                                 Asia, -ae 1f
Africa                                                               Āfrica, -ae 1f
Eurasia                                                             Eurasia, -ae 1f


Antarctic Circle                                                Circulus Polāris Antarcticus 2m
Atlantic Ocean                                                  Ōceanus Atlanticus 2m
South Pole                                                        Polus Austrālis 2m
Drake Passage                                                 Fretum Drakeānum 2n
Weddell Sea                                                     Mare Weddelliānum 3n
Queen Maud Land                                           Terra Rēgīnae Mathildae 1f
Antarctic Peninsula                                           Paenīnsula Antarctica 1f
Filchner Ice Shelf                                              Pulvīnus Glaciālis Filchneriānus 2m
Marie Byrd Land                                              Terra Marīae Byrd 1f
Pacific Ocean                                                   Ōceanus Pācificus 2m
Ross Ice Shelf                                                  Pulvīnus Glaciālis Rossiānus 2m
Transantarctic Mountains                                  Montēs Trānsantarcticī 3mpl
Indian Ocean                                                    Ōceanus Indicus 2m
Wilkes Land                                                     Terra Wilkesiāna 1f
Amery Ice Shelf                                                Pulvīnus Glaciālis Ameryānus 2m

Papua New Guinea                                           Papua-Neoginēa, -ae 1f
Melanesia                                                         Melanēsia, -ae 1f
Polynesia                                                          Polynēsia, -ae 1f
Micronesia                                                       Micronēsia, -ae 1f
Oceania                                                            Ōceānia, -ae 1f
Gulf of Carpentaria                                           Sinus Carpentāriae 4m
Torres Strait                                                     Fretum Torresiānum 2n
Pacific Ocean                                                   Ōceanus Pācificus 2m
Indian Ocean                                                    Ōceanus Indicus 2m
Great Barrier Reef                                            Grande Coralliētum Saeptifōrme 2n
New Caledonia                                                Neo-Caledōnia, -ae 1f
Great Sandy Desert                                          Grande Dēsertum Harēnōsum 2n
Coral Sea                                                         Mare Coralliōrum 3n
Lake Eyre North                                              Lacus Eyreānus 4m
Fiji Islands                                                        Īnsulae Fiziānī 1fpl
Great Victoria Desert                                        Grande Dēsertum Victōriānum 2n
Great Australian Bight                                       Grandis Sinus Austrāliānus 4m
Great Dividing Range                                        Grandis Catēna Divisōria 1f
Bass Strait                                                        Fretum Bassiānum 2n
Tasman Sea                                                      Mare Tasmaniānum 3n
Tasmania                                                          Tasmania, -ae 1f
New Zealand                                                    Nova Zēlandia, -ae 1f
Cook Strait                                                      Fretum Cookiānum 2n

North America                                                 America Septentriōnālis 1f
Bering Strait                                                     Fretum Beringiānum 2n
Beaufort Sea                                                    Mare Beaufortiānum 3n
Mackenzie River                                               Flūmen Mackenziānum 3n
Hudson Bay                                                     Sinus Hudsoniānus 4m
Baffin Island                                                     Īnsula Baffiniāna 1f
Greenland                                                         Grōlandia, -ae 1f
Great Lakes                                                     Lacūs Grandēs 4mpl
Newfoundland Island                                        Īnsula Terranovāna 1f
Saint Lawrence River                                        Flūmen Sānctī Laurentiī 3n
Appalachian Mountains                                     Montēs Appalachiānī 3mpl
Mississippi River                                               Flūmen Mississippium 3n
West Indies                                                      Indiae Occidentālēs 1fpl
Caribbean Sea                                                  Mare Caribeānum 3n
Isthmus of Panama                                            Isthmus Panamānus 2m
Central America                                               America Centrālis 1f
Yucatan Peninsula                                             Paenīnsula Yucatāna 1f
Gulf of Mexico                                                 Sinus Mexicānus 4m
Gulf of California                                              Sinus Californiānus 4m
Grand Canyon                                                  Māgna Vallis Faucifōrmis 3f
Rocky Mountains                                             Montēs Saxōsī 3mpl
Gulf of Alaska                                                  Sinus Alascānus 4m
Aleutian Islands                                                Īnsulae Alėūtiānae 1fpl

South America                                                  America Merīdiōnālis 1f
Aleutian Islands                                                Īnsulae Alėūtiānae 1fpl
Gulf of Panama                                                 Sinus Panamānus 4m
Orinoco River                                                   Orinōcō, -ōnis 3m
Amazon River                                                   Flūmen Amāzonum 3n
equator                                                             circulus aequātor 2m; circulus aequinoctiālis 2m
Paraná River                                                     Flūmen Paranae 3n
Patagonia                                                         Patagonia, -ae 1f
Falkland Islands                                                Īnsulae Falklandiānae 1fpl
Drake Passage                                                 Fretum Drakeānum 2n
Cape Horn                                                       Prōmunturium Hoorniānum 2n
Tierra del Fuego                                               Terra Ignīta 1f
Atacama Desert                                                Dēsertum Atacāmānum 2n
Lake Titicaca                                                    Lacus Titicacānus 4m
Andes Cordillera                                              Andēs, -ium 3fpl; Montēs Andium 3mpl

Europe                                                             Eurōpa, -ae 1f
Barents Sea                                                      Mare Barentsiānum 3n
Ural Mountains                                                 Montēs Urālēs 3mpl
Lake Ladoga                                                    Lacus Ladogānus 4m
Kola Peninsula                                                  Paenīnsula Kolāna 1f
Volga River                                                      Volga, -ae 1m; Flūmen Volgae 3n
Gulf of Bothnia                                                 Sinus Bothniānus 4m
Norwegian Sea                                                 Mare Norvēgiānum 3n
Dnieper River                                                   Borysthenēs, -is 3m
Iceland                                                             Islandia, -ae 1f
North Sea                                                        Mare Germānicum 3n
Scandinavian Peninsula                                     Paenīnsula Scandināvica 1f
Baltic Sea                                                         Mare Balticum 3n
Irish Sea                                                           Mare Hibernicum 3n
Atlantic Ocean                                                  Ōceanus Atlanticus 2m
English Channel                                                Fretum Gallicum 2n
Vistula River                                                     Vistula, -ae 1m
Alps                                                                 Alpēs, -ium 3fpl
Iberian Peninsula                                               Paenīnsula Hibērica 1f
Strait of Gibraltar                                              Fretum Gaditānum 2n; Fretum Herculeum 2n
Pyrenees                                                          (Montēs) Pȳrēnaeī 3mpl
Mediterranean Sea                                           Mare Internum 3n; Mare Medium 3n
Danube River                                                   Dānuvius, -ī 2m
Adriatic Sea                                                     Mare Hadriāticum 3n; Mare Hadriacum 3n Hadria, -ae 1f
Balkan Peninsula                                               Paenīnsula Balcānica 1f
Aegean Sea                                                      Mare Aegaeum 3n
Carpathian Mountains                                       Carpathēs,-ium 3mpl; Montēs Sarmaticī 3mpl
Black Sea                                                         Pontus Euxīnus 2m; Mare Euxīnum 3n

Asia                                                                 Asia, -ae 1f
Aral Sea                                                           Lacus Araliānus 4m
Lake Baikal                                                      Lacus Baicaliānus 4m
Gobi Desert                                                      Dēsertum Gōbiānum 2n
Caspian Sea                                                     Mare Caspiānum 3n
Kamchatka Peninsula                                        Paenīnsula Camsatica 1f
Sea of Japan                                                     Mare Iāpōnicum 3n
Japan                                                               Iāpōnia, -ae 1f
Korean Peninsula                                              Corēa, -ae 1f; Paenīnsula Corēāna 1f
East China Sea                                                 Mare Chīnae Orientālis 3n
Philippines                                                        Īnsulae Philippīnae 1fpl
South China Sea                                               Mare Chīnae Merīdiōnālis 3n
Indonesia                                                          Indonēsia, -ae 1f
Bay of Bengal                                                   Sinus Bengalicus 4m
Himalayas                                                         Imaus,-ī 2m; Imavus mōns 3m
Gulf of Oman                                                    Sinus Omāniēnsis 4m
Arabian Sea                                                     Mare Arabicum 3n
Indian Ocean                                                    Mare Indicum 3n
Persian Gulf                                                      Sinus Persicus 4m
Arabian Peninsula                                             Paenīnsula Arabica 1f
Gulf of Aden                                                     Sinus Eudaemonicus 4m
Red Sea                                                           Mare Rubrum 3n; Mare Erythraeum 3n

Africa                                                               Āfrica, -ae 1f
Tropic of Cancer                                              Tropicus Cancrī 2m
Atlas Mountains                                                Montēs Atlantis 3mpl
Sahara Desert                                                   Dēsertum Saharae 2n; Sahara, -ae 1f
Lake Chad                                                       Lacus Tsādicus 4m
Nile                                                                  Nīlus, -ī 2m
Red Sea                                                           Mare Rubrum 3n; Mare Erythraeum 3n
Gulf of Aden                                                     Sinus Eudaemonicus 4m
Lake Victoria                                                   Lacus Victōriānus 4m
Lake Tanganyika                                              Lacus Tanganicus 4m
Lake Malawi                                                    Lacus Malāviānus 4m
Indian Ocean                                                    Ōceanus Indicus 2m
Madagascar                                                     Madagascāria,-ae 1f
Mozambique Channel                                       Fretum Mozambiciānum 2n
Cape of Good Hope                                         Prōmunturium Bonae Speī 2n
Kalahari Desert                                                Dēsertum Kalahāriānum 2n
Namib Desert or Namibian Desert                    Dēsertum Namibiānum 2n
Tropic of Capricorn                                          Tropicus Capricornī 2m
Congo River                                                     Congō, Congōnis 3m
Gulf of Guinea                                                  Sinus Gineānus 4m
Niger, River Niger                                            Nigrī 2m; Flūmen Nigrī 3n
Senegal River                                                   Senegālus,-ī 2m; Flūmen Senegālī 3n