Latin motto clinic

[Ainin]

How would you say "She soars" in Latin?

[Astrolinium]

Win us the sky, and the stars beyond

Vince nobis caelum et sidera ultra.

How would you say "She soars" in Latin?

Ea volat.

[Tracian Empire]

How would you say, "Let the world burn, through the flames of the dawn", in Latin?

[Astrolinium]

How would you say, "Let the world burn, through the flames of the dawn", in Latin?

Mundus ardeat per flammas Aurorae.

[Montmorencia]

We want to remain what we are (Luxemboug national motto)

[Astrolinium]

We want to remain what we are (Luxemboug national motto)

Quid simus manere volumus.

[Hyggemata]

Can I translate "you must be destroyed" as vos delendi/ae/a estis?

[Alozia]

"For the King and his people" (Alozian national motto)

[Astrolinium]

Can I translate "you must be destroyed" as vos delendi/ae/a estis?

Yep, you've got it, though having both vos and estis is unnecessary -- there's nothing wrong with it if it sounds better to you, but you could get rid of vos and it would still be perfectly good Latin, and you could potentially get rid of estis if it's part of a larger sentence, depending on the context.

"For the King and his people" (Alozian national motto)

Pro Rege et Populo Suo.

[Mapleston]

Hello! Just wanna ask about the Latin translation of "The leaves stretch on across the land." Thanks!

[Hyggemata]

Can I translate "you must be destroyed" as vos delendi/ae/a estis?

Yep, you've got it, though having both vos and estis is unnecessary -- there's nothing wrong with it if it sounds better to you, but you could get rid of vos and it would still be perfectly good Latin, and you could potentially get rid of estis if it's part of a larger sentence, depending on the context.

Thanks. I was coming up with the motto of my military, and I was musing over Cato's famous utterance: Carthago delenda est. Thus, I decided that the motto of my military would be vos delenda estis, which perfectly suits the character of this nation.

[Astrolinium]

Yep, you've got it, though having both vos and estis is unnecessary -- there's nothing wrong with it if it sounds better to you, but you could get rid of vos and it would still be perfectly good Latin, and you could potentially get rid of estis if it's part of a larger sentence, depending on the context.

Thanks. I was coming up with the motto of my military, and I was musing over Cato's famous utterance: Carthago delenda est. Thus, I decided that the motto of my military would be vos delenda estis, which perfectly suits the character of this nation.

I like it! I went with Scipio via Livy for mine, though I'm not quite sure that "bellum parate, quoniam pacem pati non potuistis" really fits Astrolinium. Might change it.

Hello! Just wanna ask about the Latin translation of "The leaves stretch on across the land." Thanks!

Folia per terras intenduntur.

[Gigaverse]

So... if I wanted to say "I would like to play a game of chess", would that be "Ludum scaccorum ludere amarem"?

And, yes, before I came here, I checked Vicipaedia for a term for "chess".

[Astrolinium]

So... if I wanted to say "I would like to play a game of chess", would that be "Ludum scaccorum ludere amarem"?

And, yes, before I came here, I checked Vicipaedia for a term for "chess".

That's more of "I would looooove to play a game of chess." Except that the imperfect is the wrong tense -- it refers to present time only in secondary sequence, but as it is the main verb, you're in primary sequence here.

You want Ludum Scaccorum ludere velim, or, going off the Vicipaedia article, what I would prefer, simply: Scaccos ludere velim.

[Erutenia]

How i can say "Love for the Federation"?

[Astrolinium]

How i can say "Love for the Federation"?

Amor Foederationis.

[Erutenia]

How i can say "Love for the Federation"?

Amor Foederationis.

Thanks.

[Gigaverse]

How i can say "Love for the Federation"?

Amor Foederationis.

Not "Foederationi"?

btw thanks for the help over there, Astro. :d

[Hyggemata]

Amor Foederationis.

Not "Foederationi"?

btw thanks for the help over there, Astro. :d

Foederatio takes a genitive in -is, this being the objective genitive, meaning that the genitive noun is the object of the nominalized verb.

[Astrolinium]

Amor Foederationis.

Not "Foederationi"?

btw thanks for the help over there, Astro. :d

What ὑγγ said.

[Iberian Macaronesia]

"Etiam Plus Ultra"… is it a correct sentence?

No.

What are you trying to say?

"Even further"… it is inspired in the Spanish motto.

[Astrolinium]

No.

What are you trying to say?

"Even further"… it is inspired in the Spanish motto.

You just want Etiam Ulta.

[Gigaverse]

Not "Foederationi"?

btw thanks for the help over there, Astro. :d

Foederatio takes a genitive in -is, this being the objective genitive, meaning that the genitive noun is the object of the nominalized verb.

That, I know. But I thought it was "Love for the Federation" and not "Love of the Federation".

/disclaimer: still not an authority on Latin.

[Hyggemata]

Foederatio takes a genitive in -is, this being the objective genitive, meaning that the genitive noun is the object of the nominalized verb.

That, I know. But I thought it was "Love for the Federation" and not "Love of the Federation".

/disclaimer: still not an authority on Latin.

It's more or less a matter of the nature of the noun. Love (amor) is a noun denoting an action, and it's treated as such when it takes an object, like "care for the ill".

[Astrolinium]

Foederatio takes a genitive in -is, this being the objective genitive, meaning that the genitive noun is the object of the nominalized verb.

That, I know. But I thought it was "Love for the Federation" and not "Love of the Federation".

/disclaimer: still not an authority on Latin.

The objective genitive often is translated as for. The important thing to remember is that Latin is not even in the same immediate family as English -- it's going to work differently.