The one hundred most frequently occuring words in the vulgate.
I am a geek, and at times I do geek things. Anyway, I wrote a quick program to analize the vulgate text and came up with this list.
Words may have more than one meaning, and the list includes different instances of the same word in different forms, for example :- deus, dei, deo which are different declensions of the same word (deus).
I've left these in the list as it is an aid to reading the vulgate, and so as far as possible, I've given each an appropriate translation. Learning high frequency words is a rewarding strategy when reading the Vulgare, which wasn't *supposed* to be particularly difficult to read and uses (generally) a simple style of Latin.
As you can see, this is a work in progress, which I will add to as the evenings draw in ...
| Number | Latin | English | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | et | and | 52159 |
| 2 | in | in | 23141 |
| 3 | est | is | 8983 |
| 4 | ad | to,towards | 7835 |
| 5 | non | not | 7464 |
| 6 | qui | who | 6901 |
| 7 | eius | his, of his | 5439 |
| 8 | autem | but,however | 5334 |
| 9 | de | down from, from | 4972 |
| 10 | ut | how, in what manner | 4710 |
| 11 | cum | with | 4226 |
| 12 | dominus | lord | 3640 |
| 13 | sunt | they are | 3438 |
| 14 | super | above, over | 3272 |
| 15 | eum | him | 3118 |
| 16 | quÊ | english | 3096 |
| 17 | quod | english | 2913 |
| 18 | me | me (acc and abl) | 2899 |
| 19 | quia | because | 2622 |
| 20 | israÎl | israel | 2608 |
| 21 | enim | indeed | 2516 |
| 22 | eos | english | 2159 |
| 23 | domini | of the lord | 2125 |
| 24 | deus | god | 2124 |
| 25 | si | english | 2020 |
| 26 | per | through | 1954 |
| 27 | eorum | english | 1947 |
| 28 | ego | I | 1764 |
| 29 | ei | english | 1740 |
| 30 | filii | english | 1735 |
| 31 | sed | but | 1695 |
| 32 | ex | out of, from | 1654 |
| 33 | haec | english | 1615 |
| 34 | sicut | just as | 1611 |
| 35 | omnes | english | 1573 |
| 36 | dei | of god | 1514 |
| 37 | eis | english | 1504 |
| 38 | vos | you (plural) | 1490 |
| 39 | dixit | he/she said | 1432 |
| 40 | eo | english | 1419 |
| 41 | tibi | to you | 1405 |
| 42 | vobis | to you (plural) | 1385 |
| 43 | ergo | therefore | 1337 |
| 44 | mihi | to me | 1327 |
| 45 | erat | english | 1287 |
| 46 | terra | earth | 1270 |
| 47 | ait | he/she said | 1265 |
| 48 | ab | english | 1247 |
| 49 | domino | english | 1228 |
| 50 | usque | english | 1201 |
| 51 | pro | english | 1181 |
| 52 | rex | king | 1173 |
| 53 | quam | english | 1164 |
| 54 | terram | english | 1162 |
| 55 | quoniam | since | 1145 |
| 56 | filius | english | 1092 |
| 57 | eam | english | 1080 |
| 58 | ecce | behold | 1078 |
| 59 | ne | english | 1071 |
| 60 | tua | english | 1064 |
| 61 | die | english | 1054 |
| 62 | erit | english | 1019 |
| 63 | dicit | english | 1007 |
| 64 | quasi | as if | 1007 |
| 65 | omnia | english | 1003 |
| 66 | hoc | english | 996 |
| 67 | nec | english | 981 |
| 68 | nos | english | 976 |
| 69 | suum | english | 963 |
| 70 | mea | english | 957 |
| 71 | suis | english | 944 |
| 72 | tu | you | 943 |
| 73 | tuum | english | 928 |
| 74 | dicens | english | 926 |
| 75 | contra | opposite, fact to face | 911 |
| 76 | sum | I am | 860 |
| 77 | quid | english | 855 |
| 78 | suam | english | 847 |
| 79 | meum | english | 845 |
| 80 | jerusalem | jerusalem | 840 |
| 81 | ipse | english | 833 |
| 82 | suo | english | 829 |
| 83 | erant | english | 820 |
| 84 | tui | of you | 817 |
| 85 | quoque | also, too | 808 |
| 86 | se | english | 803 |
| 87 | sua | english | 796 |
| 88 | domine | O Lord | 794 |
| 89 | omnis | english | 793 |
| 90 | neque | english | 778 |
| 91 | dominum | english | 775 |
| 92 | illi | to him | 767 |
| 93 | coram | in the presence of | 730 |
| 94 | illis | them, to them | 729 |
| 95 | quis | english | 719 |
| 96 | fecit | english | 711 |
| 97 | deo | to or from god | 701 |
| 98 | domum | english | 699 |
| 99 | propter | on account of | 695 |
| 100 | quem | english | 695 |
Dixitque Dominus ad eum
Masculum et feminam creavit eos
Et dixit ad eos
Atque ita divisit eos Dominus ex illo loco in universas terras, et cessaverunt Êdificare civitatem
Nec poterat eos capere terra
eduxitque eum foras et ait illi suspice caelum et numera stellas si potes et dixit ei sic erit semen tuum
fecit ergo Noe omnia quae praeceperat illi Deus
benedixitque illis Deus et ait crescite et multiplicamini
gigantes autem erant super terram in diebus illis postquam enim ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum illaeque genuerunt isti sunt potentes a saeculo viri famosi
nostras illis dabimus
Again, these are a work in progress, and a digital aide memoire to remind me to finish adding examples for each word.
inspiravit in faciem eius spiraculum vitae. 'He breathed into the face of him (his face) the breath of life'.
rursusque peperit fratrem eius Abel. 'Again she gave birth to the brother of him (his brother) Abel'.