Latin motto clinic

[Kanglia]

"For justice and peace"
I didn't trawl this thread, so sue me if someone has already said this

Pro pace et iustitia.

Thanks!

[West Esung]

English: Peace by action, unity through government

Latin: In pace agendi, unitatis per regimen

[Hipsters with Nuclear Missiles]

How about "Doing good, as good as we can?" As a nice morally ambiguous motto for my state police. Thank you!

Benefaciens, quam optime. Sadly the repetition of 'good' isn't preserved because of the idiomatic rendering of 'as good as we can.'

Thanks so much, Demetland!
And one more question, I've also been offered this alternate translation: Bonum facimus, quam optime. Would you be able to explain the difference between Benefaciens and Bonum facimus? Sorry again for the trouble, but much appreciated.

[Demetland]

Benefaciens, quam optime. Sadly the repetition of 'good' isn't preserved because of the idiomatic rendering of 'as good as we can.'

Thanks so much, Demetland!
And one more question, I've also been offered this alternate translation: Bonum facimus, quam optime. Would you be able to explain the difference between Benefaciens and Bonum facimus? Sorry again for the trouble, but much appreciated.

Well, benefaciens is a present participle (i.e. meaning 'doing good'), whereas the facimus in bonum facimus is just the form of the verb that means 'we do/are doing.'

To be honest, you could say benefaciens, or bonum faciens. Or benefacimus or bonum facimus. They both work for what you want so which one you choose depends on your preference. But I prefer benefaciens (or benefacimus because bene is the more obvious adverbial form of 'good.'

In the bonum facimus version, bonum is the neuter of bonus (adjective, = good). Neuter adjectives are frequently used as adverbs in Latin so it works just as well. Alternatively it could be interpreted as standing in for a noun (i.e. meaning 'a good thing').

[Bears Armed]

A further request for help with taxonomic Latin:
I know that 'Hippopotamus' (with both roots actually from Greek originally, rather than from Latin?) can be translated into English as 'River Horse'. My region has another family of aquatic herbivorous mammals, whose currently-extant genus I would like to give a name translating as something along the lines of 'Water Horse'. Any suggestions for the taxonomic Latin form? And what would the genitive version of this, which is needed for forming the 'family' name, be?

(My first thought was 'Hippocampus', because that name was used in Medieval folklore -- or, at least, in Heraldry -- to denote a being that's horse in front & fish behind, but that name turns out to be in use already for a RL genus of [fish] 'Seahorse'...)

[Gigaverse]

A further request for help with taxonomic Latin:
I know that 'Hippopotamus' (with both roots actually from Greek originally, rather than from Latin?) can be translated into English as 'River Horse'. My region has another family of aquatic herbivorous mammals, whose currently-extant genus I would like to give a name translating as something along the lines of 'Water Horse'. Any suggestions for the taxonomic Latin form? And what would the genitive version of this, which is needed for forming the 'family' name, be?

(My first thought was 'Hippocampus', because that name was used in Medieval folklore -- or, at least, in Heraldry -- to denote a being that's horse in front & fish behind, but that name turns out to be in use already for a RL genus of [fish] 'Seahorse'...)

If you want a name that particularly parallels Hippopotamus' "river horse", then I suggest Hippydor for "water horse".

[Bears Armed]

A further request for help with taxonomic Latin:
I know that 'Hippopotamus' (with both roots actually from Greek originally, rather than from Latin?) can be translated into English as 'River Horse'. My region has another family of aquatic herbivorous mammals, whose currently-extant genus I would like to give a name translating as something along the lines of 'Water Horse'. Any suggestions for the taxonomic Latin form? And what would the genitive version of this, which is needed for forming the 'family' name, be?

(My first thought was 'Hippocampus', because that name was used in Medieval folklore -- or, at least, in Heraldry -- to denote a being that's horse in front & fish behind, but that name turns out to be in use already for a RL genus of [fish] 'Seahorse'...)

If you want a name that particularly parallels Hippopotamus' "river horse", then I suggest Hippydor for "water horse".

That sounds lovely: Thank you!

Presumably the derived Family name (Genus name, genitive case, with the '-idae' suffix) would simply be Hippydoridae?

[Gigaverse]

If you want a name that particularly parallels Hippopotamus' "river horse", then I suggest Hippydor for "water horse".

That sounds lovely: Thank you!

Presumably the derived Family name (Genus name, genitive case, with the '-idae' suffix) would simply be Hippydoridae?

Do it without the o. Hippydridae.

[Bears Armed]

That sounds lovely: Thank you!

Presumably the derived Family name (Genus name, genitive case, with the '-idae' suffix) would simply be Hippydoridae?

Do it without the o. Hippydridae.

Thank you, again.

(Incidentally, in case anybody here is interested enough to wonder about the matter, the animals in question here are descendants of an extinct stock [that existed in RL too] called the Anthracobunidae, in a side-branch of the Order Perissodactyla or 'Odd-toed Ungulates' [the main branch of which includes such groups as the Horses, Tapirs, & Rhinoceroses], that have evolved to fill similar roles to RL's Manatee & Dugong...)

[The Islands of Versilia]

What would be ‘the United Blood Courts Of Versilia’ in Latin?

[Gigaverse]

What would be ‘the United Blood Courts Of Versilia’ in Latin?

which is united, the blood or the courts

[The Islands of Versilia]

What would be ‘the United Blood Courts Of Versilia’ in Latin?

which is united, the blood or the courts

Bloods courts are aristocratic councils of vampires. The United part is that they were all brought under one banner.

[Gigaverse]

which is united, the blood or the courts

Bloods courts are aristocratic councils of vampires. The United part is that they were all brought under one banner.

then Curiae Sanguinis Unitae Versiliae.

[The Islands of Versilia]

Bloods courts are aristocratic councils of vampires. The United part is that they were all brought under one banner.

then Curiae Sanguinis Unitae Versiliae.

Thanks!

[Bears Armed]

Does anybody here feel like helping me out with taxonomic Latin again?

This nation & some other parts of its home region have an endemic species of 'Marsh Deer'.
The genus name is Elaphurus, as for the RL Père David's Deer (= Elaphurus davidianus), which I think counts as masculine.
So, for the full Latin binomial for our resident species, should I use Elaphurus palustrianus? Elaphurus palustris? Elaphurus (something else)?

[Mount Seymour]

Does anybody here feel like helping me out with taxonomic Latin again?

This nation & some other parts of its home region have an endemic species of 'Marsh Deer'.
The genus name is Elaphurus, as for the RL Père David's Deer (= Elaphurus davidianus), which I think counts as masculine.
So, for the full Latin binomial for our resident species, should I use Elaphurus palustrianus? Elaphurus palustris? Elaphurus (something else)?

Not an expert in Latin, but palustris certainly seems to be the accepted term (regardless of its Latin accuracy):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palustris

[Erythrean Thebes]

Benefaciens, quam optime. Sadly the repetition of 'good' isn't preserved because of the idiomatic rendering of 'as good as we can.'

Thanks so much, Demetland!
And one more question, I've also been offered this alternate translation: Bonum facimus, quam optime. Would you be able to explain the difference between Benefaciens and Bonum facimus? Sorry again for the trouble, but much appreciated.

Another good Latin rendering of this is "Valemus, Optissime" (means basically "we are well, in fact as well as can be") which avoids some of the clunky verb arrangements that come out of trying to follow the English syntax identically

[Roland Prime]

Thanks so much, Demetland!
And one more question, I've also been offered this alternate translation: Bonum facimus, quam optime. Would you be able to explain the difference between Benefaciens and Bonum facimus? Sorry again for the trouble, but much appreciated.

Another good Latin rendering of this is "Valemus, Optissime" (means basically "we are well, in fact as well as can be") which avoids some of the clunky verb arrangements that come out of trying to follow the English syntax identically

Yeah, I've always been a big fan of this one.

[Finswedeway]

A motto I've always played around with is "IN VINO VERITAS"

in wine, there is truth.

[Bears Armed]

Does anybody here feel like helping me out with taxonomic Latin again?

This nation & some other parts of its home region have an endemic species of 'Marsh Deer'.
The genus name is Elaphurus, as for the RL Père David's Deer (= Elaphurus davidianus), which I think counts as masculine.
So, for the full Latin binomial for our resident species, should I use Elaphurus palustrianus? Elaphurus palustris? Elaphurus (something else)?

Not an expert in Latin, but palustris certainly seems to be the accepted term (regardless of its Latin accuracy):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palustris

Thank you. I wondered whether it should be palustrianus instead because of Pere David's Deer being davidianus...
Anybody else wish to comment?

[Gigaverse]

Not an expert in Latin, but palustris certainly seems to be the accepted term (regardless of its Latin accuracy):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palustris

Thank you. I wondered whether it should be palustrianus instead because of Pere David's Deer being davidianus...
Anybody else wish to comment?

paluster and paludester, technically; declined according to noun gender.

In fact, to make it more direct, you should see this for yourself and determine which of the terms derived from it is the best for what you want to express by "marsh".

In case you're not sure, come back to us again.

[Bears Armed]

Thank you. I wondered whether it should be palustrianus instead because of Pere David's Deer being davidianus...
Anybody else wish to comment?

paluster and paludester, technically; declined according to noun gender.

In fact, to make it more direct, you should see this for yourself and determine which of the terms derived from it is the best for what you want to express by "marsh".

In case you're not sure, come back to us again.

So all of the RL species that are designated palustris are labelled incorrectly?

[Gigaverse]

paluster and paludester, technically; declined according to noun gender.

In fact, to make it more direct, you should see this for yourself and determine which of the terms derived from it is the best for what you want to express by "marsh".

In case you're not sure, come back to us again.

So all of the RL species that are designated palustris are labelled incorrectly?

Several days late for this, but...

Funny you should say.

[Bears Armed]

More taxonomic help requested, please:

‘Loyal Swan’, or ‘Fidelity Swan’ = Cygnus fidelis ?
‘Bugler Swan’ = Cygnus aeneator ? ... This can’t be C. buccinator, which might seem a more obvious answer, because that name’s already in use for the [RL] ‘Trumpeter Swan’.
‘Snowfall Swan’ = Cygnus [what?] ?

[Gigaverse]

More taxonomic help requested, please:

‘Loyal Swan’, or ‘Fidelity Swan’ = Cygnus fidelis ?
‘Bugler Swan’ = Cygnus aeneator ? ... This can’t be C. buccinator, which might seem a more obvious answer, because that name’s already in use for the [RL] ‘Trumpeter Swan’.
‘Snowfall Swan’ = Cygnus [what?] ?

Your inputs for the first two are both OK. For the third, I'm not quite sure, since to translate something as precise in English as "snowfall" you might need a Contemporary Latin-styled compound - nivicasus may be rather forced, so I don't know if you want to take that. Alternatively, you can always choose from these.