abate |
abbot |
abitaz.e |
residence |
abitazione |
residence |
accademia |
academy |
acqua |
water, aqueduct |
Acqua Juturna |
Fountain of Juturna |
acquavitari |
sellers of spirits |
acquedotto |
aqueduct |
aggiunta |
addition |
aggregata |
joined |
agnello |
lamb |
agonizanti |
agonizing |
Agostiniane |
Augustinian (nuns) |
Agostiniani |
Augustinian (priests) |
albergo |
hotel |
Alessandrina |
street named after Alessandro Bonelli |
ancora |
yet, again |
anessa |
adjoining |
anfiteatro |
amphitheater |
angeli |
angels |
angelico |
angelic |
anima |
soul |
annessi |
adjoining (pl.) |
annesso |
adjoining |
Annunziata |
of the Annunciation |
antica |
ancient, old |
antiche |
ancient, old (pl.) |
antico |
ancient, old |
apost. |
apostle |
apostoli |
apostles |
apostolico |
apostolic |
aquila |
eagle |
Aragonesi |
Aragonese |
arcaccio |
arch (pejorative) |
Arcadi |
Arcadians |
archetto |
small arch |
Arcione |
p.n. |
arco |
arch |
Argentina |
p.n. |
argine |
bank, slope |
Armeni |
Armenians |
Assunta |
of the Assumption |
Augusto |
Augustus |
avanzi |
remains |
Avignonesi |
from Avignon |
Baccina |
p.n. |
bagni |
baths |
balestrari |
spring makers |
banchi |
stalls |
Barberi |
wild horses |
| barchetta |
cable ferry |
Barnabiti |
Barnabites |
Basiliani |
followers of St. Basil |
bastione |
bastion |
beato |
blessed |
Benedettine |
Benedictines (f.) |
Benedittini |
Benedictines (m.) |
Benfratelli (Spagnuoli) |
do-well-brothers (Spanish) |
Bergamaschi |
from Bergamo |
bianca |
white |
bocca della Verità |
mouth of truth |
Bolognesi |
from Bologna |
bottanico |
botanical |
botteghe (oscure) |
shops (dark) |
braccio |
arm |
Britanni |
Bretons |
buco |
hole |
Caccarella |
p.n. |
caccia |
hunt |
cacco |
monkey |
Calabria |
region in Southern Italy |
calzettari |
hosiery makers |
calzolai |
shoe makers |
calzolari |
shoe makers |
Camaldolesi |
order of Camaldoli |
Camana |
p.n. |
Camerinesi |
from Camerino |
campanile |
bell tower |
| Campo Vaccino |
cow fields (Roman Forum) |
canale |
canal |
cancellaria |
chancellery |
canestrari |
basket makers |
cannelle |
spouts |
canonici |
canons |
Cantuariense |
p.n. |
cap. |
head |
capitolo |
chapter |
capo |
head |
Capo di Ferro |
head of iron, p.n. |
cappellari |
hat makers |
cappelletta |
small chapel |
Capponi |
p.n. |
Cappuccini |
Capuchin (monks) |
caprettari |
goat herders |
Capuccine |
Capuchin (nuns) |
Caracalla |
p.n., Roman Emperor |
carbonari |
coal workers |
carceri |
prisons |
Cardinalizia |
of a Cardinal |
carità |
charity, mercy |
Carmelit. |
Carmelites (m.) |
Carmelitane |
Carmelites (f.) |
Carmelitani |
Carmelites (m.) |
Carmelitani (Riformati) |
Reformed Carmelites |
Carmelitani (Scalzi) |
Barefoot Carmelites |
carozze |
carriages |
carrette |
carts |
casa |
house |
Casciani |
from Cascia |
Cassinensi |
from Cassino |
Castigliana |
from Castile |
Castigliani |
from Castile (pl.) |
Castro (Pretorio) |
Pretorian camp |
catecumeni |
catecumens |
catena |
chain |
Caudatari |
name of confraternity |
cava |
quarry, excavation |
cavalieri |
knights |
cavalligieri |
light horse (cavalry) |
Celestini |
Celestines |
cerchi |
stadiums |
Certosini |
monks of the Certosa |
cestari |
basket makers |
Cestio (Ponte Cestio) |
p.n. |
ch. |
church |
chiavari |
key makers |
chiavi |
keys |
Chiavica |
drain, sewer |
chierici regolari |
regular clergy |
chiesa |
church |
chiese |
churches |
ciambella |
doughnut |
cimatori |
wool carders |
cimiterio |
cemetery |
cinque |
five |
cipresso |
cypress |
circo |
stadium |
Circo Massimo |
Circus Maximus |
Cisterc. |
Cistercian |
Cisterci |
Cistercian |
Cistercien. |
Cistercian |
Cisterciensi |
Cistercians |
Claudio |
Claudius |
Clem.e |
Clement |
Clementino |
of Clement |
cloaca |
drain, sewer |
coeli |
of heaven |
colleg. |
college |
collegio |
college |
colon.e |
columns |
colonelle |
small columns, bollards |
colonna |
column |
Colonnesi |
Colonna family |
commendator |
director |
comp. |
company |
con |
with |
Concez.e |
Conception |
Concezione |
Conception |
condotti |
conduits, ducts |
confortaria pei condan.ti |
conforting station for the condemned |
confr. |
confraternity |
congr. |
congregation |
congregazione |
congregation |
conser. |
conservators (city council) |
conservatori |
conservators (city council) |
conservatorio |
conservatory |
conserve |
cistern |
consolazione |
consolation |
Constaninopoli |
Constantinople |
contestabile |
constable |
conti |
counts |
conv. |
convent or monastery |
convalescenti |
convalescents |
convento |
convent |
conventuali |
conventual |
converitite |
converted ones (f.) |
convit. |
school |
convitto |
school |
coppelle |
cups, vases |
corallo |
coral |
cornacchie |
crows |
Cornari |
p.n. |
corona |
crown |
corridore |
corridor |
corso |
street |
corte |
court |
cortile |
courtyard |
credenzieri |
servants |
credute |
believed to be |
Crescentino |
p.n. |
Cristo |
Christ |
croce |
cross |
crocetta |
small cross |
crociata |
crusade |
crocif. |
crucifiction |
crocifissione |
crucifiction |
cuccagna |
abundance, good fortune |
cuochi |
cooks |
cuore |
heart |
Curia Ostilla |
Curia of Hostilius |
custodi |
custodians |
D.C. |
Cardinal Deacon's church |
d.o |
said, above mentioned |
decollato |
beheaded |
degli |
of |
dentro |
in, within |
detta |
said, above mentioned |
dette |
said, above mentioned |
detto |
said, above mentioned |
Diaconia Cardinalizia |
Cardinal Deacon's church |
Diocleziane |
Diocletian |
dismesso |
abandoned, out of use |
divina |
divine |
dogana |
customs house |
dolori |
sorrows |
Domenicane |
Dominican (nuns) |
Domenicani |
Dominican (monks) |
donne |
women |
Dottrina Cristiana |
Christian Doctrine |
dove |
where |
due |
two |
ecclesiastico |
ecclesiastic |
Egiziaca |
Egyptian |
elefante |
elephant |
Enrico IV |
Henry IV |
eredità |
inheritance |
eremiti |
hermits |
eretto |
built |
fabbrica |
building |
facchino |
porter |
falegnami |
carpenters |
famig. |
family |
famiglia |
family |
fanciulli |
youths |
farina |
flour |
fenile |
hay shed |
fenili |
hay sheds |
feriti |
wounded |
ferrari |
iron workers |
ferro |
iron |
Fiamminghi |
Flemish |
fico |
fig |
fiore |
flower |
Fiorentini |
from Florence |
Firenze |
Florence |
fontana |
fountain |
fontane |
fountains |
fontanella |
small fountain |
fontanile |
horse trough |
fonte |
fountain |
formis |
aqueduct |
fornaci |
kilns (brick) |
fornari |
bakers |
foro |
forum |
fossa |
ditch |
Franc. |
Francis or Franciscan |
Franc.o |
Francis |
Francesi |
French |
Francia |
France |
frati |
monks, brothers |
fratte |
branches |
frusta |
whip |
Fuccioli |
p.n. |
funari |
rope makers |
fuori |
outside |
fuori le mura |
outside the walls (Aurelian) |
Gallieno |
Gallienus |
gallo |
rooster |
Galloppi |
p.n. |
gambero |
shrimp |
gatta |
cat (f.) |
Genova |
Genoa |
Gensole |
[a flower] |
Germanico-Urgarico |
German-Hungarian |
Gesù |
Jesus |
Gesuiti |
Jesuits |
Ghetto degli Ebrei |
Jewish Ghetto |
già |
formerly |
giacente |
prone, lying |
giardino |
garden |
gigli d' oro |
golden lilies |
Ginnasi |
p.n. |
Gio. |
John |
Giudea |
of the Jews |
giustiziati |
executed ones |
gonfalone |
banner |
governatore |
Governor |
governo |
government |
granari |
granaries |
grancio |
crab |
grande |
large, great |
graziosa |
charming |
Greca |
Greek |
Greci |
Greeks |
grillo |
grasshopper |
grotte |
grottoes |
grottino |
small grotto |
guardia |
guard |
guglia |
obelisk |
Ibernesi |
Spaniards |
Imp. |
Emperor |
impenitenti |
impenitent |
Imperatrice |
Empress |
incoronati |
crowned |
infermi |
infirm, ill |
inferno |
hell |
Inglese |
English |
insigne |
famous |
interiori |
interiors. |
invalide |
invalids (f.) |
invalidi |
invalids (m.) |
invocazione |
invocation |
Irlandesi |
Irish |
Iside |
Isis (Egyptian Godess) |
isola |
island |
Italiani |
Italians |
Itinerario |
Itinerary |
| Later. |
Lateran |
Lateranensi |
of the Lateran |
lauro |
laurel tree |
lavoranti |
workers |
Leonina |
Leonine |
leutari |
violin makers |
librari |
book sellers |
Liegesi |
from Liege |
Lombarda |
Lombard (f.) |
Lombardi |
Lombards |
Lorenesi |
from Lorraine |
Lucchesi |
from Lucca |
lune |
moons |
luogo |
place, location |
lupa |
wolf |
macellari |
butchers |
maggiore (S.M. Maggiore) |
major (Saint Mary Major) |
magno |
great |
Marco Aurelio |
Marcus Aurelius |
Marforio |
p.n. |
marmorata |
marble works |
mart. |
martyr |
maschera |
mask |
Mascherino |
p.n. |
mascherone |
large mask |
| matrice |
engraved copper plate |
mattonato |
brick paved |
maus. |
mausoleum |
mausol. |
mausoleum |
Mecenate |
p.n. |
medesima |
the same (f.) |
medesimi |
the same |
Melchiti |
p.n. |
melone |
melon |
memoria |
memory |
mendicanti |
beggars |
mercanti |
merchants |
Meta Sudante |
sweating stone, p.n. |
Milanesi |
from Milan |
Min. |
Minims (monks of St. Francis) |
Min. Osser. Riformati |
reformed, strict rule Minims |
Minerva Medica |
Minerva |
Minimi (Conventuali) |
conventual Minims |
Minimi (Minimi di Calabria) |
conventual Minims from Calabria |
ministri |
ministers |
minori |
minor (pl.) |
miracoli |
miracles |
misericordia |
mercy |
missionarj |
missionaries |
Modesto |
p.n. |
mole |
mills |
molti |
many |
monache |
nuns |
monaci |
monks |
Monaci Copti di S. Antonio Abate |
Coptic monks of St. Anthony abbot |
monast. |
monastery |
monasterio |
monastery |
monte |
hill |
monti |
hills |
Moro |
Moor |
morte |
death |
muratori |
masons |
Muratte |
p.n. |
muri antichi |
ancient walls |
muro (torto) |
bent wall |
museo |
museum |
N. S. |
Our Lord |
N. S. G. C. |
Our Lord Jesus Christ |
natività |
Nativity |
nazi. |
nation |
nazionali |
national |
nazione |
nation |
negozianti |
shop keepers |
neofiti |
neophytes |
Nero |
p.n. |
Nerva |
p.n. |
neve |
snow |
nome |
name |
Nona |
p.n. |
noviziato |
novitiate, seminary |
Nunziata |
of the Annunciation |
nuove |
new (pl.) |
obelisco |
obelisk |
oca |
goose |
oleo |
oil |
onda |
wave |
operaj or operai |
workers |
orat. |
oratory |
orazione |
prayer |
ord. |
order |
ordine |
order |
ore |
hours, |
orefici |
goldsmiths |
oro |
gold |
orso |
bear |
ortaccio |
garden (pejorative) |
orto |
vegetable garden |
oscure |
dark (pl.) |
osp. |
hospital |
ospitalieri |
hospitalers |
ospizio |
hospice |
osservanti |
observing |
Otto (Cantoni) |
eight (corners), p.n. |
P. |
piazza |
pace |
peace |
padella |
pan |
palaz. |
palace |
palazzino |
small palace |
pallacorda |
ball game |
palma |
palm; Roman unit of measurement |
palombella |
dove (f.) |
palombello |
dove (m.) |
pane |
bread |
panieri |
baskets |
Pantaleone |
p.n. |
Paolina |
of Paul |
papa |
pope |
paradiso |
paradise |
parafrenieri |
horse grooms |
paroc. |
parish |
partorienti |
giving birth |
patriarc. |
patriarchal |
pazzi |
insane (pl.) |
Pedacchia |
p.n. |
pellegrini |
pilgrims |
pellegrino |
pilgirm |
pelliccia |
fur |
penitenzieri |
givers of penance |
penna |
feather, pen |
pergola |
pergola |
pernicone |
[a bird] |
Persiani |
Persians |
pescaria |
fish market |
pescatori |
fishermen |
pescivendoli |
fish sellers |
pettinari |
wool combers |
pianellari |
slipper makers |
Piceno |
region of Italy |
pie |
pious (f.) |
piedestallo |
pedestal |
Piemontesi |
from Piedmont |
pietra |
stone |
Pigna |
pine cone (one of the 14 Rioni) |
pij (operaj) |
pious (workers) |
Pilato |
Pilate |
piombo |
lead (metal) |
pittori |
painters |
Polacchi |
Poles |
polveriera |
powder magazine |
pont. |
pontifical |
pontificio |
pontifical |
popolo |
people |
porta |
gate (city), door |
portico |
portico |
porto |
port (river port) |
Portoghesi |
Portuguese |
posterula |
back, minor gate |
pozzi |
wells |
pozzo |
well |
Pozzolo |
p.n. |
PP. |
fathers (relig.) |
prefetti |
prefects |
prelatura |
prelature |
presso |
next to, near |
preti |
priests |
priorato |
priory |
Professa |
Casa Professa (headquarters of the Jesuits) |
profeta |
prophet |
Proganda Fide |
propagation of the faith |
projetti |
foundlings |
Protestanti |
Protestants |
providenza |
providence |
provin. |
province |
pubbliche |
public (f.) |
pubblici |
public (m.) |
purificazione (S. M. dell Purificazione) |
purification |
purità |
purity |
Quarantotto |
Forty Eight (p.n.) |
quartiere |
neighborhood |
quattro |
four |
Quattro Capi |
Four Heads (p.n.) |
quercia |
oak |
Quirico |
p.n. |
| rametti |
small copper plates |
reale |
royal |
reconciliazione |
reconciliation |
Reg. |
regular |
regina |
queen |
Regola |
one of 14 Rioni |
regolari |
regular |
religione |
religion |
residenza |
residence |
riform. |
reformed |
riformati |
reformed |
rimesse |
coach house, shed |
rinovato |
renewed |
ritiro |
retreat |
rocca |
castle |
Romana |
Roman |
romiti |
hermits |
Romolo |
Romulus |
rota |
wheel |
rotto (Ponte Rotto) |
broken (bridge) |
ruine |
ruins |
S. |
Saint |
Sacchetti |
p.n. |
sacerdoti |
priests |
Sagr. |
Sacrament |
Sagram. |
Sacrament |
Sagramento |
Sacrament |
salara |
salt works |
sale |
salt |
saline |
salt flats |
salita |
rise, sloping street |
Salvat. |
Saviour |
Salvatore |
Saviour |
Sancta Sanctorum |
Holy of Holies |
Sanguigna |
p.n. |
Santa Croce |
Holy Cross |
Santo |
Saint |
Sapienza |
knowledge, the university |
saponari |
soap makers |
sartori |
tailors |
satiri |
satyrs |
sbocco |
outlet |
Scaccia |
p.n. |
scala |
stair |
scalette |
small stairs |
scalone |
large stair |
scalzi |
barefoot (pl.) |
scanellate |
fluted (columns) |
scarpellini |
stone carvers |
Scarpetta |
p.n. |
scelerato |
villain |
Schiavonia |
Jugoslavia |
scimia |
monkey |
Scolastica |
p.n. |
scrofa |
sow |
scultori |
sculptors |
scuole |
schools |
scuole pie |
pious schools |
secca |
dry |
secolari |
secular (pl.) |
sediari |
chair makers |
seminario |
seminary |
senatore |
senator |
sepolcro |
sepulchre |
sepoltura |
tomb |
seppelliscono |
bury |
Serapide |
Serapis |
serpe |
snake |
serpenti |
serpent |
servi |
servants |
serviti |
served |
Settimio Severo |
Septimius Severus |
Settizonio |
Septizodium |
Siciliani |
Sicilians |
sig.ri |
lords |
Sisto |
Sixtus |
Sma. |
Most holy (f.) |
Smo. Salvatore |
Most holy (m.) Saviour |
soldati |
soldiers |
sole |
the Sun |
Somaschi |
order of priests |
sopra |
over, above |
sotterranea |
underground |
sotto |
below |
spada |
sword |
Spagna |
Spain |
Spagnuoli |
Spaniards |
specchi |
mirrors |
sped. |
hospital |
Spedale |
hospital |
| spiaggia |
sandy river bank |
SS. |
Saints |
Ssmo. |
most Holy Saint |
stella |
star |
stimmate |
stigmata |
strada |
street |
Suburra |
a specific neighborhood |
suda |
above mentioned |
sudario |
shroud |
sudetta |
above mentioned |
suffragio |
suffrage |
Svizzera |
Switzerland |
Svizzeri |
Swiss |
T.C. |
Cardinal's church |
tabaccari |
tobacco sellers |
tabacco |
tobacco |
Taccari |
heel makers (for shoes) |
Tarquinio |
Tarquinius |
Teatini |
Theatines |
teatro |
theater |
Tedesca |
German (f.) |
Tedesche |
Germans (f.) |
Tedeschi |
Germans |
tempio |
temple, church |
Teresiane |
Theresans |
terme |
baths |
termine |
edge, limit |
Terra (di Calvi) |
land (country) of Calvi |
tessitori |
weavers |
testa |
head |
Testa (Testa Spaccata) |
broken head |
Teutonica |
Teutonic (f.) |
Teutonico |
Teutonic (m.) |
Tito |
Titus |
Titolo Cardinalizio |
Cardinal's church |
Tolent. |
Tolentino (town) |
tonan.te |
thundering (Jove) |
tor.e |
tower |
torre |
tower |
torretta |
small tower |
torrione |
turret |
torto |
bent |
Toscani |
Tuscans |
Trajan Decio Imp. |
Emperor Trajan Decius |
Trajana |
of Trajan |
Transalpini |
across the Alps |
Trasfigurazione |
Transfiguration |
tre |
three |
triclinio |
triclinium |
Trinitarj |
Trinitarians |
Trinitarj Scalzi |
barefoot Trinitarians |
trivio |
trivium, street intersection |
umilità |
humility |
unita |
joined to |
unite |
joined to (pl.) |
univ. |
university or guild |
università |
university or guild |
uomini |
men |
Vallombrosani (de' Minori Vallombrosani) |
from Vallombrosa |
vantaggio |
advantage |
vascellari |
vase makers |
vecchi |
old (pl.) |
vecchia |
old (f.) |
vedove |
widows |
| veduta |
city view |
| vedutismo |
genre of depicting city views |
| vedutista |
an artist who depicts city views |
Venere |
Venus |
Veneti |
Venetians |
venti |
winds |
Vergine |
Virgin |
vergini |
virgins |
vescovi |
bishops |
Vestigie |
vestiges, remains |
via |
street |
vicegerente |
vice-regent |
vicolo |
small street, alley |
Vienna |
Vienna |
vigna |
vineyard, orchard |
villa |
villa |
vincolo |
bond (chains) |
Visitazione |
Visitation |
volpe |
fox |
zecca |
mint (for coining money) |
zingari |
gypsies |
zitelle |
spinsters |
zoccolette |
prostitutes |
