Latin motto clinic

by **District XIV** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 8:43 pm

Astrolinium wrote:
District XIV wrote:No ":".

I don't understand how you mean it, then.

It's an IC/RPing tradition in D14 to not include an "it's" before things like that. So: "[It's] Our pride to work, to live, to be." The "Our" refers to the people of D14.

by **Astrolinium** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 8:50 pm

District XIV wrote:
Astrolinium wrote:
I don't understand how you mean it, then.

It's an IC/RPing tradition in D14 to not include an "it's" before things like that. So: "[It's] Our pride to work, to live, to be." The "Our" refers to the people of D14.

Ah, okay.

Decus nostrum: laborare, vivere, esse.

by **District XIV** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 8:52 pm

Thank you

by **Deneclia** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:58 am

May you translate "God watch over (look after) our lands""

by **Astrolinium** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:13 am

Deneclia wrote:May you translate "God watch over (look after) our lands""

Dive patriam cures.

by **Deneclia** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:11 pm

Astrolinium wrote:
Deneclia wrote:May you translate "God watch over (look after) our lands""

Dive patriam cures.

Thanks !

by **Ghondra** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:57 am

Please translate: "Region first, Self second" to latin. Thanks in advance.

by **Naivetry** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:10 am

Ghondra wrote:Please translate: "Region first, Self second" to latin. Thanks in advance.

Hm. This depends on the meaning you want to convey. If it's something like "Put your region first and yourself after," I might say something like this:

Regionem antepone tibi.

That would be speaking to one person. To multiple people, it would be:

Regionem anteponete vobis.

"Regionem" has a stronger geographical sense (like "neighborhood") than a political sense, so if you wanted to emphasize a regional government or something like that, you might want to try "civitatem" instead.

by **Venatorium** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:10 am

"Chosen by God, guided by the fasces"

Thank you.

p.s. Expect me to come here often! You guys are great!

by **Naivetry** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:18 am

Venatorium wrote:"Chosen by God, guided by the fasces"

Electi a Deo, directi fascibus.

(For plural people, there.)

by **RiderSyl** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 8:11 am

My attempted translation of "Fuel the fire of hatred with love." into Latin came out as "Cibus ignis odii amor."

I'm fairly sure that's incorrect though. A little help with my case, please?

by **Astrolinium** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:16 am

Ridersyl wrote:My attempted translation of "Fuel the fire of hatred with love." into Latin came out as "Cibus ignis odii amor."

I'm fairly sure that's incorrect though. A little help with my case, please?

I would say ignem odii amore cibate.

by **Tracian Empire** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:27 am

Hey, can you tell me how do you say : Dignity, autonomy, resolve! in Latin?

by **Gigaverse** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:52 am

How should "Let None Survive" be translated?

by **Astrolinium** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:09 am

Tracian Empire wrote:Hey, how can you tell me how do you say : Dignity, autonomy, resolve! in Latin?

Dignitas, autonomatia, robur!

Gigaverse wrote:How should "Let None Survive" be translated?

Nemo supersit.

by **Tracian Empire** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:31 pm

Astrolinium wrote:
Tracian Empire wrote:Hey, how can you tell me how do you say : Dignity, autonomy, resolve! in Latin?

Dignitas, autonomatia, robur!

Gigaverse wrote:How should "Let None Survive" be translated?

Thanks, man
Nemo supersit.

by **Gigaverse** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:33 pm

Astrolinium wrote:
Gigaverse wrote:How should "Let None Survive" be translated?

Nemo supersit.

That... sounds more like "None Shall Survive", which is more fact-stating than the imperative/battle-cry-ish "Let None Survive". :/

by **Astrolinium** » Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:03 am

Gigaverse wrote:
Astrolinium wrote:
Nemo supersit.

That... sounds more like "None Shall Survive", which is more fact-stating than the imperative/battle-cry-ish "Let None Survive". :/

It's a jussive subjunctive. It literally translates out to "Let None Survive".

by **Gigaverse** » Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:22 am

Astrolinium wrote:
Gigaverse wrote:That... sounds more like "None Shall Survive", which is more fact-stating than the imperative/battle-cry-ish "Let None Survive". :/

It's a jussive subjunctive. It literally translates out to "Let None Survive".

Oh. OK. I'm in Vietnam, so my knowledge of Latin is mostly self-taught. Thanks.

by **Sierra Lyricalia** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:48 am

How long have I been around and had no idea this thread existed? Awesome!

Might as well submit mine for peer review, then. I had enough high school Latin to feel pretty comfortable crafting my own, but you never know.

"Pugnas non incipimus; definimus"

"We don't start fights; we finish [them]."

Any thoughts?

by **Themiclesia** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:59 am

Astrolinium wrote:
Gigaverse wrote:That... sounds more like "None Shall Survive", which is more fact-stating than the imperative/battle-cry-ish "Let None Survive". :/

It's a jussive subjunctive. It literally translates out to "Let None Survive".

I wonder if a third person imperative might be a better choice here.

by **West Infinity** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:43 am

Now this one's just me being cheeky:

Ubi nemo prior iit ir[proterve]e!

by **Astrolinium** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:49 am

Sierra Lyricalia wrote:How long have I been around and had no idea this thread existed? Awesome!

Might as well submit mine for peer review, then. I had enough high school Latin to feel pretty comfortable crafting my own, but you never know.

"Pugnas non incipimus; definimus"

"We don't start fights; we finish [them]."

Any thoughts?

It seems good to me; I might say either "eas definimus" or "sed definimus" for the second clause, though.

Themiclesia wrote:
Astrolinium wrote:
It's a jussive subjunctive. It literally translates out to "Let None Survive".

I wonder if a third person imperative might be a better choice here.

For all our sakes, the third person imperative is never a better choice.

Not since... the incident.

West Infinity wrote:Now this one's just me being cheeky:

Ubi nemo prior iit ir[proterve]e!

Ad audacter eundum quo nemo prius ivit.

I think that works (gotta love gerunds) but I'd wait for a confirmation from somebody else because I'm not sure one can use that construction without a main verb elsewhere.

by **Themiclesia** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:58 am

Astrolinium wrote:
Themiclesia wrote:I wonder if a third person imperative might be a better choice here.

For all our sakes, the third person imperative is never a better choice.

Not since... the incident.

Admittedly I am better at Greek than Latin :blink:

But the incident?

by **Astrolinium** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:24 am

Themiclesia wrote:
Astrolinium wrote:

For all our sakes, the third person imperative is never a better choice.

Not since... the incident.

Admittedly I am better at Greek than Latin

But the incident?

The incident?

The great noodle incident of 2767 auc?

Doesn't ring any bells?

Oh, you sweet summer child.

No, I'm kidding, but seriously, I've never even seen a third person imperative in the wild.

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