| Term | Definition |
| nauta -ae (m) | sailor |
| ora -ae | coast, border |
| altum -i | the open sea |
| locus -i | place |
| velum -i | sail |
| ventus -i | wind |
| fulgur fulguris (n) | flash of lightning |
| gubernator gubernatoris (m) | steersman |
| merx mercis (f) | merchant |
| navis navis (f) | ship |
| occidens occidentis (m) | west |
| oriens orientis (m) | east |
| puppis puppis (f) | stern, poop deck |
| septentriones septentrionum (m pl.) | north |
| tempestas tempestatis (f) | storm |
| fluctus -us (m) | wave |
| portus -us (m) | harbor |
| tonitrus -us (m) | thunder |
| appelare | to call |
| conari | to attempt |
| consolari | to comfort, console |
| flare | to blow |
| gubernare | to steer, govern |
| iactare | to throw, toss about |
| invocare | to invoke |
| laetari | to rejoice |
| navigare | to sail |
| servare | to preserve, save |
| turbare | to stir up, agitate |
| implere | to fill, complete |
| intueri | to look at, watch |
| vereri | to fear |
| cernere | to discern |
| conscendere | to mount, board |
| influere | to flow into |
| occidere | to fall, sink, set |
| complecti | embrace |
| egredi | to go out |
| labi | to slip, drop, fall |
| loqui | to speak, talk |
| proficisci | to set out, depart |
| sequi | to follow |
| haurire | to draw water, bail |
| opperiri | to wait for |
| interesse | to be between |
| fieri | to be done, become, happen |
| ater -tra -trum | black |
| contrarius -a -um | opposite, contrary |
| inferus -a -um | lower |
| maritimus -a -um | seaside, coastal |
| serenus -a -um | clear, cloudless |
| situs -a -um | situated |
| superus -a -um | upper |
| tranquillus -a -um | calm, still |
| turbidus -a -um | agitated, stormy |
| deponens | deponent |
| sive | or, or if |
| propter (prp + acc) | because of |
| iterum | again, a second time |
| paulum | a little, little |
| praeterea | besides |
| semper | always |
| simul | at the same time |
| vix | hardly |
| vero | really, however, but |