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Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:06 am

Latin

yo to all the wonderful people of TLR!
i need some help with some LATIN...
so if you know latin, can you give me some translations?

english->Latin
Thunder
Ice
Hero
Scout
Warlord
Pirate
Sword
Horse
Mule

i may post some more....

jake

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i used to be a guy called jake_langley

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:25 am

What do you want to do with them?
There are several words for you words, so I've given you the general ones...

KEY
Meaning -> nominative, genitive ending, gender
Thunder -> fulmen -inis n.
Ice -> glacies -ei f.
Hero -> heros -ois m.
Scout -> explorator -oris m.
Warlord -> imperator -oris m. *
Pirate -> pirata -ae m.
Sword -> (short sword) gladius -i m. / ensis -is m. **
Horse -> equus -i m.
Mule -> (male) mulus -i m. / (female) mula -ae f.

Nota bene
* There is no word for warlord that I know, imperator means 'general'
** Romans liked killing, so they had lots of words for different types of sword

I assume you know how to properly form a Latin sentence so I won't bore you, unless you want me to.


I'm not evil, just morally challenged

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:18 am

evil - im trying to come up with names for ships, and they were just some english words that would sound cool.

go nuts... i cant be any more bored than i am now.

and yes... im well aware that that my name is latin. Viator i think is messenger.
am i right?

jake

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i used to be a guy called jake_langley

Edited by - Viator on 2/18/2004 3:19:15 AM

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:13 am

Warlord = duck's belly. I mean, dux belli .

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:56 am

dunno about that Ed. Dux means duke or military commander and was an actual Roman title, often used for emergencies or temporary expediencies, while Imperator although equated with Emperor and used for that purpose, really means to be invested with the imperatorial power and was only used technically when a definite tract of territory was permanently added to the Republic/Empire, although it became an automatic attribute for the Emperor regardless of whether he actually took part in a campaign or not.

hence the Dux Britannarium, Duke of the Britons, was military commander of inland and northern Britannia, while Marcus Licinius Crassus gained his title of Imperator for conquering a stream and a handful of villages.

but.. as I remember, foederates and socii kings, princes, etc. could also be granted the title of Dux, so yeh I think you're right, dux is a better translation of warlord. You clever guy!

<note to self: keep an eye on this Indy fellow>

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:01 am

Well,

I really didn't go through all that thinking. And at this point it is against interest for me to explain my thinking on it anyway.

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:24 am

Didn't ff or somebody do a Latin topic a while ago? Look, I still have my latin name:


BlazeME: Flameus Muchus n00bus

Help me on Outwar.com

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:43 am

Perhaps I shall change my name to "Imperator Bob"

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:07 pm

Latin's a cool language. I would've wanted to learn it, but it's dead.

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 1:59 pm

I wish that they had offered it at my place of primary/secondary education. Still, what can you do? You know what they say; Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur (Trans: "Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound" ) .

Edit: Apparently, "Mannus" is Latin for Mustang. Interesting...

Edited by - esquilax on 2/18/2004 2:07:01 PM

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:36 pm

Maybe this will be helpfull for all of ya..

I present you english-latin dictionary!!

Click here

Edited by - leonhart on 2/18/2004 2:53:34 PM

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:31 pm

*Doffs hat* Much obliged, old son . I imagine that it will come in handy, because some people around here are incapable of using search engines.

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:06 pm

yeah that was me

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:31 pm

Damn! ff saw through my cunning insult! No, he's getting paranoid. Check that, getting more paranoid .

And to remain on topic a Latin message to all of the virus and trojan writers out there;

Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! (Trans: Don't you dare erase my hard disk!) .

Edit; Taw, here's one for you Prehende uxorem meam, sis! (Trans: Take my wife, please!) .

Edited by - esquilax on 2/18/2004 4:33:11 PM

Post Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:47 pm

im not getting paranoid, its the people in the white van down the road who are paranoid

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