lady avalon Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady avalon Posted April 9, 2004 Author Share Posted April 9, 2004 Some more phrases useful for making (or faking) longer decrees and slogans: v (verso) - reverse v (versus) - against v (vide) - see vi et armis - by force and arms ubi dubium ibi libertas - where there is doubt, there is freedom multis post annis - many years later me fallit - i do not know in toto - entirely in memoriam - in memory of in absentia - in ones absence in culpa versari - to be at fault ex cathedra - "from the chair" Cogito, ergo sum - I think, therefore I am annus mirabilis - miraculous year ad infinitum - to infinity ab incunabulis - from the cradle schola - school advocatus diaboli - the devil's advocate AMDG (ad maiorem Dei gloriam) - for the greater glory of God AMIG (ad maiorem Imperator gloriam) arcana imperii - secrets of the empire aut vincere aut mori - either conquer or die audaces fortuna iuvat - fortune favours the bold commune bonum - the common good custos morum - guardian of morals Dies Irae - Day of Wrath dixi - i have spoken ecce homo - behold the man ecce signum - behold the proof ex officio - by right of office facta, non verba - deeds, not words factum est - it is done Fidei Defensor - defender of the faith Imp. (Imperator/Imperatrix) - Emperor/Empress imperium - absolute power nascentes morimur - from the moment we are born, we die noli me tangere - touch me not peccavi - I have sinned rigor mortis - the rigidity of death ut supra, ut infra - as above, as below vade mecum - go with me vae victis- woe to the conquered Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-405105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Bearded One Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Finally someone who might understand my sig! Nice list there... useful... I might find use for Edax Omnium... something for my daemon prince perhaps. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-405146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephisto Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 nice job! Might i suggest this to be stickied? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-405174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Mortuus Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 i second that movement, this will be very helpful! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-405406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Amarel Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Bah, fine :). Stickied it is. Amarel. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-405465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady avalon Posted April 9, 2004 Author Share Posted April 9, 2004 Wow, my first stickied topic on any message board... and I'm a n00b here! :) I'm so happy, you love me, you really love me... -EDIT- The following are the names of all the First & Second Founding Chapters that I'm familar with, as well as some other chapters -Dark Angels= Angelis Obscurae ---Angels of Absolution= Angelis Absolverae ---Angels of Redemption= Angelis Redimium ---Angels of Vengeance= Angelis Ultii -Emperor's Children= Liberorum Imperatorae -Iron Warriors= Bellatoris Ferrei -White Scars= Cicatricis Albi ---Destroyers= Deletoris ---Marauders= Predatoris ---Rampagers= Ferocitoris ---Storm Lords= Domini Tumultuosi Space Wolves= Lupi Astrae ---Wolf Brothers= Fratris Lupuum (although I think they're no longer in the offical fluff) -Imperial Fists= Pugni Principalis Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-405536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady avalon Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 Order of Our Martyred Lady = Ordo Nostra Regina Martyr Order of the Sacred Rose = Ordo Sacrum Rosa Order of the Ebon Chalice = Ordo Chalice Hebeni Order of the Bloody Rose = Ordo Rosa Sanguineus Order of the Argent Shroud = Ordo Syrmatis Argenteum Order of the Valorous Heart = Ordo Fortitudo Cor Cordis Order of the Ivory Lily = Ordo Eburneus Lilium (My personal order...) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-405679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady avalon Posted April 12, 2004 Author Share Posted April 12, 2004 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-407761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady avalon Posted April 12, 2004 Author Share Posted April 12, 2004 Okay, these may be more useful for dealing with your History Professor than in dealing death on the 40k table, but, some very common latin expressions: ab ovo Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-408209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosiahAurelius Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Lady Avalon, I was curious where you were getting all of this Latin vocabulary from. I think it's really cool that you thought to make a quick reference post like this for all of that. The reason I am asking is because I just finished taking a year of Latin in college and am still getting over that I can read most of what you wrote. Again that's cool. So, I was just wondering if there was someone else out there who knows Latin as well? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-409713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady avalon Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 Much to the dismay of my History Professors, and my fiancee, my skills in Latin are limited to be very, very good with a Latin-English dictonary... and, for some reason, an odd knack for verb conjugation, which I normally am very very bad at. Most of the above are famous* sayings and expressions, or I taken such famous sayings and rewrote them into an appropriate 40K context. * By famous, I of course, mean famous to the same people that think knock-knock jokes about Seneca are funny. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-409854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosiahAurelius Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 I know what you mean. After all, I am double majoring in English and History, and I have taken a year in Latin and two years in Koine Greek. So, I am exactly the kind of person who recognizes phrases like that. You have done a service for many 40k players, since the Latin always is a nice touch. And I know what you mean about having trouble with conjugations. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-409864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Templar Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Lady Avalon, could you find the Latin translation for, "My Faith is my Shield"? I took four years of Latin in Highschool, but alas, all that knowledge seems to escape me at the moment. The best translation I can come up with is, "Mei Fide et Parmate" which I don't think is correct. My old Latin teacher would be very disappointed in me. :wacko: Thanks, -Matt C.- Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-410402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironheaded Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Qui Sominae Audet, Res Vera Createt Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-411491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady avalon Posted April 15, 2004 Author Share Posted April 15, 2004 Now, I wouldn't use this as homework for your Latin class, as its grossly bad syntax, but this should be impressive enough for your gaming use. The "Invocation of the Fede Imperialis. Commonly known as the Battle-prayer of the Adepta Sororitas." from WD211, in it original Gothic-English and then in my Latin. Works great in a nice font, with drop caps and =I= sigils, on the backside of one's army list. I'm also building a terrain-table/cathedral where I plan on prininting the entire invocation on the floor. :blink" But then, I'm insane... A spiritu dominatus, Domine, libra nos, From the lightning and the tempest, Our Emperor, deliver us. From plague, deceit, temptation and war, Our Emperor, deliver us, From the scourge of the Kraken, Our Emperor, deliver us. From the blasphemy of the Fallen, Our Emperor, deliver us, From the begetting of daemons, Our Emperor, deliver us, From the curse of the mutant, Our Emperor, deliver us, A morte perpetua, Domine, libra nos. That thou wouldst bring them only death, That thou shouldst spare none, That thou shouldst pardon none, We beseech thee, destroy them. -/-/-/- A spiritu dominatus, Domine, libra nos, Procella ut tempestas, Imperator, vindico milia. Palam pestilencia, dolus, temptatio, ut pugna. Imperator, vindico milia. Purus plaga per Kraken, Imperator, vindico milia. A proditio per Casusi, Imperator, vindico milia. Procella genero ex daemonica, Imperator, vindico milia. Palam vomica invisus, Imperator, vindico milia. A morte perpetua, Domine, libra nos. Licet te prodo solus excessum, Licet oportet susicivus nullus, Licet oportet omitto nullus, Tui ecclesia voveo vovi votum perdito. -/-/-/- Also, chanting "A spiritu dominatus, / A morte perpetua, / Imperator, vindico milia." whenever you roll for Acts of Faith, during deployment or the like will really, really weird out your opponent. <_< :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-411882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaemie Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I have been chanting "Domine, libra nos" before armour saves for years. I haven't got around to reciting the other parts of the prayer yet, because The Sororitas sem to kill stuff just fine, and they never want to run away. Of course now that you've translated the prayer for us, I might have to use it more often. A morte perpetua, Domine, libra nos. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-411889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Lazarus Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 A (rather long) while back we had a "latin-stuff" thread in the DA forum, too. Here is a link to it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-411899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotharthehuscarl Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 I don't mean to be a party pooper but there is very little case, gender, or number agreement in your latin prases. I can understand it because I speak English and I know what your intend is, but a lot of the Latin is kinda screwy. For example, you translated "Emperor's Children" as "of the Books of the adrogynous Emperor" (you declined "imperator" as a (femininie) first declension noun :P ). I don't think that the EC's consider themselves as books, but they might appreciate the bit about the Emperor being a hermaphrodite in disguise! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-413641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotharthehuscarl Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 Oops! you were right about the latin diction of Emperor's Children, but the syntax is still kinda messed up. It does in fact mean "Of the Children Of the Androgynous Emperor"....i had my 3rd declension mixed with my 1st/2nd there for a moment :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-413656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotharthehuscarl Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 Gosh, my English is so bad one wonders if i can even understand what your "intend" is! :P sorry this is no place for self mockery ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-413668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan Dingo 420 Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 Lady-A: First off thanks for the resource. You kick ass. Secondly, I'm in the process of creating my own codex legion. Could you translate "Death Walkers" for me? Thanks in advance! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-413784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady avalon Posted April 18, 2004 Author Share Posted April 18, 2004 Agian, I'd like to point out these are approximate translations at best, good enough for a banner or tank, but not your Latin 101 prof. "Mors Mortis Pedes" = death footsoldier/walker Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-414776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Amarel Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Let's not forget that GW use 'High Gothic' rather than Latin, so as long as it's 'understandable' then that's all good :P. Amarel. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-415337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodie Angel Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Semper ubi sub ubi. tempus fugit and now for some ever so famous lines cave canem caveat emptor "et tu brute" **bouns points to whoever figures out the first two , you must must be someone who doesn't know latin to win the fabulos(i forgot how to spell today) prize ;) ** shall we go ahead and point out every derivite from latin in this post :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/38114-latin-for-40k/#findComment-415536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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