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Latin for all occasions!

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Tarol'azh a.k.a.Tobias, Dec 3, 2002.

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  1. Morgoth

    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    Remove all ads!
    In 10 years we have the hottest queen on the planet :love: :p
     
    Morgoth, Dec 13, 2002
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  2. Tarol'azh a.k.a.Tobias Banned

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    The roots for J.K. Rowling's spells:

    Accio-accio, "I summon"
    Aparecium-appareo, "I make visible"
    Deletrius-deleo, "I erase"
    Densaugeo-dens, "teeth" and augeo, "I make grow"
    Diffindo-diffindo, "I split apart"
    Dissendium-dissideo, "I separate"
    Enervate-enervo, "I weaken" (kind of ironic, actually. Rowling uses it to invigorate things)
    Expecto Patronum-especto, "I await" and patronus, "a guardian"
    Expelliarmus-expello, "I drive out" or "I expell" and arma, "weapon"
    Finite Incantatem-finite, 'end' and incantatem, 'spell'
    Impedimenta-impedimentum, 'impediment'
    Incendio-incendia, 'fire'
    Obliviate-oblivio, 'oblivion' or 'forgetfulness'
    Petrificus Totalus-petra, 'rock' and totaliter, 'entirely'
    Priori Incantatem-prior (just like the English word) and incantatem (see Finite Incantatem)
    Rictusempra-rictus, 'a laughing smile' and semper, 'always'
    Reparo-reparare, 'repair'

    Some other useful things from Henry Beard, author of Latin for All Occasions:
    What's happening?
    Quid fit?

    Your fly is open.
    Braccae tuae aperiuntur.

    Fat chance.
    Fors fortis.

    He also offers this bumper sticker:
    Si hoc adfixum in obece legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades.
    If you can read this, you are both very well educated and much too close.

    -from The Magical World of Harry Potter

    I also noticed that a lot of the spells in BG2 sound like Latin. Anyone know what they mean (vita mortis cardium/cardio, for example)?
     
    Tarol'azh a.k.a.Tobias, Dec 14, 2002
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  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    It's meaningless made up mumbo-jumbo. I'm pretty sure one of the BioWare/BIS guys said so once.
     
    Taluntain, Dec 14, 2002
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    *impatiently* Yeah, but what would they translate as?

    BTW, where's your Latin phrase? You have Greek there in your title, but that doesn't cut it....

    [ December 17, 2002, 02:50: Message edited by: Tarol'azh ]
     
    Tarol'azh a.k.a.Tobias, Dec 17, 2002
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    LMAO? I know one myself: GIBBERISH.

    :) Guess who is now a graduate? :)
    Oh, well; it was a short delight. New school, new pranks and four years to go.

    [ December 17, 2002, 14:38: Message edited by: Virne ]
     
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  6. Master of Nuhn

    Master of Nuhn Wear it like a crown Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    @Tarol'Ahz:

    A woodchuck should chuck that amount of wood, that a woodchuck could chuck wood.

    -But if a woodchuck could chuck some amount of wood, what amount of wood would a woodchuck chuck?

    Even if a woodchuck could chuck and would chuck some amount of wood, SHOULD a woodchuck chuck wood?

    -A woodchuck would chuck and should chuck some amount of wood, even if a woodchuck couldn't chuck wood

    Oh, shut up!
    (something like that)
    ------------
    Now translate this for me please :grin:
    Spellbound, this was from MI2 ;)

    BTW: I allways thought it was 'CREDO ergo sum'

    [ December 17, 2002, 15:17: Message edited by: Master of Nuhn ]
     
    Master of Nuhn, Dec 17, 2002
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    Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !! :)

    On the topic of BG2 spells;
    There was a two-page discussion on this at another forum I go to... however I don`t i`m actually allowed to give out a public link... if anyone`s interested, PM me.
     
    MagnusMagus, Dec 23, 2002
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    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    Sure you are Magnus, as long as you dont go spamming it

     
    Morgoth, Dec 23, 2002
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    It`s a site that I`ve specifically been told to not link to. So, I doubt I should. :)

    [ December 24, 2002, 09:01: Message edited by: MagnusMagus ]
     
    MagnusMagus, Dec 24, 2002
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    Excusa me, vir optime, cogitio inquis tibi nomen "fatuus" es?
    Excuse me my lord, did you say your name was "Idiot"?

    Iam ego sum necare te.
    Now I'm going to kill you.

    Ancilla, face mea laganum!
    Slavewoman, make pancakes!

    Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos!
    You idiotic machine! Give me my soda or give me my money back!

    Cogito ergo doleo.
    I'm thinking, that's why I'm depressed.

    Si minor plus est ergo nihil sunt omnia.
    If less is more, then nothing would be everything.

    Furnulum pani nolo.
    I don't want a toaster.

    Special:
    Mater tua fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus!
    Your mother was an hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

    Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.
    Don't call me, I'll call you.

    Canis meus id comedit.
    My dog ate it.

    Mellita, domi adsum!
    Honey, I'm home!

    Te precor dulcissime supplex!
    Yes please, with a cherry on the top!

    Magister Mundi sum!
    I rule the universe!

    Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
    I can't hear what you are saying. I have a banana in my ear.

    Non sum pisces.
    I'm not a fish.

    Caterva carissima mea est Cimictus.
    My favourite group is the Beatles.

    Vacca foeda!
    Stupid cow!
    (F'ckin *****!)

    Nullo modo!
    never in my life!

    Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt. Qui annus est?
    I was kidnapped by aliens. Which years is it?

    I have some more, but I don't wanna flood... :p
     
    Eilonwy, Dec 28, 2002
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    [​IMG] I have a question...(see the question mark?) Does

    Fithos lusec wecos vinosec

    translate into anything, or is it primarily gibberish?
     
    Dragon's Jewel, Dec 28, 2002
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  12. Morgoth

    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    cave Shralp :rolleyes:
     
    Morgoth, Dec 28, 2002
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    I'll give you something you probably swear each time you see and hear:

    Debes congerere manum ante pergerendum porro...

    And for those who like logic:

    Qui bibit dormit. Qui dormit non peccat. Qui non peccat sanctus est. Ergo: qui bibit sanctus est. QED

    For Caesar's fans:

    Nil nimium studeo, Caesar, tibi velle placere.
    Nec scire utrum sis albus an ater homo ;)

    [ January 02, 2003, 23:27: Message edited by: chevalier des Trois-Tours ]
     
    chevalier, Jan 2, 2003
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  14. Tarol'azh a.k.a.Tobias Banned

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    @ chevalier des Trois-Tours: I believe i said
    If you don't know what I'm talking about, go to the first page and follow directions, OK? *mumbles about psychological profiles*
     
    Tarol'azh a.k.a.Tobias, Jan 8, 2003
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    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    Right, right. I'm sorry. I didn't read that. I promise to translate anything I write in Latin from now on.

    *Mumbles about psychological prophiles as well* ;)

    Debes congerere manum ante pergerendum porro

    You must gather your party before venturing forth

    That about Caesar is:

    Nothing I care less, Caesar, than to please you,
    Nor [even] to know if you're a white or a black man.

    Catullus, of course.

    [ January 08, 2003, 01:01: Message edited by: chevalier des Trois-Tours ]
     
    chevalier, Jan 8, 2003
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    Nobody's mentioned "Nemo me Impune Lacessit" - the Scottish motto which appears on pound coins?
    Literal translation - no-one interferes with impunity
    Cultural Translation - wha dare meddle wi me!
    Unfortunately i can't check the spelling as I have only an English coin with the rathe dull "Decus et Tutamen" I am informed this means "decoration and protection" and is a reference to the grooves cut in the sides to prevent people filing off gold.
     
    Ironbeard, Jan 8, 2003
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  17. Tarol'azh a.k.a.Tobias Banned

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    What about the one for logic-lovers?
     
    Tarol'azh a.k.a.Tobias, Jan 10, 2003
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