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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / Re: Analysis of 'Apartment Life' spells and Latin.
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on: 2008 October 08, 23:07:12
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I admit I've nitpicked in places. To the point: This is pushing it, I think. Poultria is obviously a fake Latin version of 'poultry', and you'd really have to stretch to get that out of "pullus"  Nitpick, right. Although poultry clearly comes from pullus. As I said, I can't find corruptus anywhere, and I looked in almost a dozen sources. I believe you though. It's because it's not a paradigm (that is, not the form registered by dictionaries in most cases, as in "flee" instead of "fled"). However, some do when a form becomes so important to take a life on its own. See here. Every one of my sources says either "to set on fire" or just "set on fire", not "I". Still, I'll give you this.The evils of paradigm. Listing Latin verbs using the first present singular form is good and well, but it requires one to know that it's an inflected form not to be fooled. While not stretching it as much as the poultry example above, it's still kinda pointless to correct. Servantus is obviously fake-Latin for 'servant', just taking the current English word and sticking 'us' on the end of it, as is common. My nitpick, again, even though like before there was some Latin to be found after al. Okay. Now this is just quibbling over semantics.  'Slate' and 'tablet' mean the same thing, and pretty much every source you look at will give you both definitions for tabula, as well as 'board', 'plank', and several other related words. Aren't slates made of stone?  Oh, maybe because they both end with the 'us' sound. As with the chicken and servant examples above, it appears to be a matter of them just taking an English word and attaching 'us' to it to give it a faux-Latin sound. Don't over analyze these things.  , we agree is Latin. Interruptus, is just as I said (oh, will this last link, best explanation of Woohoous Interruptus also from the etymological sense I could grab on, corrupt some innocents? ) I can't find volucris anywhere. I'll accept that, though. These are rare words...  Creatum seems to be just a faux-Latin version of 'Create'.
And insecto is the same, although why they didn't just use 'insectum' is beyond me. And " create" in turn comes from Latin. As for the "insectus"... I'm perfectly willing to accept that EAxis really in this case took English and slapped an - us on it! Every source I have gives the translations I gave. I'll accept that, though. Ah, yes, this one is problematic. If acceptus is taken as an adjective, it would be as you say, but considering the boundless affection EAxis has shown for participles I find it more logical to assume they used accipere, similar to English to accept. Makes more sense than a verb+adj phrase to me, but then, considering the grammar involved in these spells... sit domina omnium et regina ratio (May reason be mistress and queen to all). |
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TS2: Burnination / The Podium / Re: Analysis of 'Apartment Life' spells and Latin.
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on: 2008 October 08, 19:34:34
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My slapdash list of corrections:
Dark Spells:
Spiritus Poultria - Spirtus is real Latin. It means 'breath', 'life' and 'spirit'. Poultria refers to Latin "pullus", which means chicken.
Corruptus Locus - Locus is real Latin. It means 'location' and 'place', amongst others. Corruptus is the past participle of "corrumpere", to corrupt.
Inflammo - I didn't think it would be, but this is in fact REALLY a Latin word, meaning 'I set on fire'
Compello Discrepo - BOTH words are genuine Latin. In this case, the entire phrase means roughly 'I force to disagree'
Serventus Attackum - No real Latin here, unless one takes into consideration "servus", which means slave.
Tabula Rasa - As mentioned elsewhere, this is indeed genuine Latin, meaning 'blank tablet'.
Extractum Amorus - This one is tricky. Extractum is real Latin, surprisingly. It means 'extracted' or 'removed'. Amorus, while not real Latin, IS actually close to the real Latin word for love, which is Amor. Very close to being real Latin, actually. If it were "extractum amoris" it would in fact mean, love potion.
Neutral Spells:
Aqua Deletus - Aqua means 'water' in Latin, so this word is real. Deletus, on the other hand, is a form of "delere", to destroy. Remember "delenda Carthago"?
Folium Deletus - Folium is a real Latin word meaning 'leaf'. As said, Deletus is participle to "delere", and translates to "destroyed".
Corpus Athleticus & Corpus Fleshicas - As mentioned, the only real Latin word here is Corpus. Although the Romans took their "athleta" from the Greeks.
Creatum Nutrimens - This phrase sounds fake, but in fact, while creatum is a participle to "creare", to create, nutrimens is actually a real Latin word meaning 'food' or 'nourishment'.
Expello Simae - Expello is a genuine Latin word, meaning 'I banish' or 'expell'. Simae, of course, is not a real Latin word, but I like it and think it a creative word for a Sim.
Appello Cattus Amicus - All real Latin words, meaning very roughly 'I invoke a cat friend'. Notice the form ‘cattus' (which is in the wrong case) is true, if rarer than ‘catus'.
Appello Simae - As established, Simae is fake. But, appello is a real Latin word meaning 'I call' or 'summon'
Magus Mutatio - Finally, we tackle Magus, which is the genuine Latin word for 'magician'. Mutatio is also a real Latin word, meaning 'change' or 'transformation'. So, ‘Change (into a magician)'.
Tempus Interruptus - As most of you probably know, tempus is the Latin word for 'time'. Interruptus, on the other hand, is participle of "interrumpere", to break off. Why would it be so often associated with coitus, otherwise?
Good Spells:
Benemoodus Simae - This one is purely made up also of the Latin adverb "bene".
Creatum Insecto Volucris - take a participle of "creare", create, pig-Latinize the plural of "insectum", insect (which would be "insecta"), add "volucris" (flying being) and you have, ‘create flying insects'
Beautificus Locus - As established above, Locus means 'Location'. Beautificus, on the other hand, is probably a homebrew variant of "beatificus", in turn composed of "beatus", happy/pleasant, and "facere", to make/render. Main infiltration seems to come from ‘beauty', a word whose farthest roots lie in Latin adjective "bellus", pretty.
Remedis Simae - Purely made up in the second word; the first reminds of "remedium", remedy.
Compello Acceptus - As with it's dark counterpoint, both words are real Latin. Compello meaning 'I compell' or 'force', and Acceptus meaning ‘received, accepted'. So, basically, 'compel to accept.'
Appello Servantus - Appello, as established, means 'I summon'. Servantus is, however, not genuine Latin.
Benemoodus Populus - While benemoodus is partially made up, Populus is, of course, genuine Latin, meaning 'the people'
Mactoamicus - Once again, in two halves. First, macto. This is a genuine Latin word meaning 'I magnify', 'glorify', among others. There's also ‘macte', which means, hooray for…! Amicus is, as established, Latin for 'friend'.
Expello Mortis - Both genuine Latin. Expello meaning 'I banish' or 'expel', and Mortis meaning 'of Death'. So, 'I expel Death' in EAxis Latin (should be either, "Expello Mortem" or "Expulsio Mortis").
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