Questions tagged [names]
For questions about personal names (Ancient and Modern) in the Latin language.
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What if a name is male but ends (-a)?
I have a friend which his name is Darma. A sanskrit name, should I use first declension? I doubt it because first declension is female noun.
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Why do so many names end with -us?
This is probably a simple question, but why do so many ancient Roman names (both first and last) end in "-us"? For example: Marcus Aurelius, Josephus Flavius, Julius, Maximus, Hadrianus, ...
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Both 'masculus' and 'vir' mean man/male: what's the difference?
In Latin, masculus means male.
Noun masculus m (genitive masculī); second declension
a male (of humans or other animals)
In Latin, vir also means male.
Noun vir m (genitive virī); second ...
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An adjective for Seneca
A particular passage in Cicero's works is a locus Ciceronianus, a work written in the style of Vergil is an opus Vergilianum etc.
But which adjective should I use for Seneca?
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Welsh/British names containing the root ARTO
I am looking for historic Latin-British names similar to "Arthur", like Artomaglus ("bear prince"). This example seems to me to be a Medieval translation by Geoffrey Monmouth .
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Is Ἀχιλλεύς actually from ἄχος and λαός?
As I mentioned in a previous question, I've been taught that ancient authors associated the name Ἀχιλλεύς (and its many variations) with ἄχος ("pain") and λαός ("people"). After ...
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What is the verb in Πρωτεσίλαος?
Continuing in my chain of questions about Homeric names, I now understand that Πενθεσίλεια is a "terpsimbrotos" compound. This makes sense to me.
However, Nagy mentions this name alongside ...
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How is the name "Penthesilea" formed?
The Homeric name Πενθεσίλεια seems to come from πένθος "grief" and λαός "people", presumably meaning something like "grieved by the people". This would be drawing a ...
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What part of the name should be used to refer to someone?
When we want to talk about someone without giving their full name, in contexts where in English we would use the family name, what part of the name should we use?
I'm confused since adjectives are ...
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How to latinise the French first name Giraud?
In a previous question Geraldus vs Giraudus I asked what would the Latin equivalent of Gerald.
One on the answer suggested that it would be different (that is that Giraudus would be an option) if I ...
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Geraldus vs Giraudus
What would the Latin equivalent of Gerald (found also in French as Giraud, Géraud, etc.)?
I found both Geraldus and Giraudus online.
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Latinizing the surname "De Vincenzo"
Hello how would someone Latinize this surname? De Vincenzo
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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Names of main Tintin characters in Latin?
The website Tintinologist.org gives the following suggestions but it is not complete for the Latin language.
What would be some good Latin names for the various Tintin characters ?
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Why is ū long in "Vitruvius"?
Lewis & Short and Gaffiot's dictionaries both mark long ū in the name Vitrūvius. How do we know this, and do we know the reason for it?
In my experience, most words with the sequence -uvi- + vowel ...
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Does an irregular word decline regularly if it is used as a proper name?
Does an irregular word decline regularly if it is used as a proper name? For example, imagine there is a dog name Rex (=King). We might have:
Vide Regem currentem.
See Rex run. However, since Rex is ...
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What is the meaning of Satanas?
Satanas is a name I have encountered on several occasions, such as when hearing of a lost silent movie of this name by F. W. Murnau.
What is the meaning of the as ending in Satanas?
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Which is correct? Eugenius or Eugenīus or both?
Checking the dictionary entries for Eugenius, I was surprised to find different vowel quantities depending on whether it was the adjective or the noun. As you can see from the screenshot above, ...
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How to you convert a Latin word, such as voluntas, into a name, specifically a surname?
I've been wondering how to properly convert Latin words into names to signify the importance of certain concepts to a person, and met conflicting information online. My default assumption would be to ...
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Is "Io" accusative case in "Iuppiter, rex deorum, pulchram Io amabat"?
In The Adventures of Io, a story found in Thirty-eight Latin Stories, Designed to Accompany Wheelock's Latin, the first sentence of the story is as follows:
Iuppiter, rēx deōrum, pulchram Iō amābat, ...
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Genitive of Sappho: Sapphonis or Sapphus?
As I posted on the Wiktionary Tea Room:
Consulting Bergk's edition of Sappho, I have seem various instances of this genitive "Sapphonis" (e.g. «Sapphonis esse videtur») in the critical notes. This ...
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What did the Greeks and Romans call their pets?
I know that some Greeks and Romans kept pet canēs, cattī, and even dracōnēs. My question now is: what did they name them?
In other words, do we have attestations of how the ancients named their pets? ...
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Female Names and Heritable *Cognomina*
Suppose I want to speak of the daughter of a man with a heritable cognomen. Let us take Marcus Tullius Cicero as an example. If I want to clarify that the Tullia I am speaking of is his daughter (or ...
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Why did so many Romans name their children after ordinal numbers?
Why were so many praenomina ordinal numbers or apparently derived from ordinal numbers?
A few examples:
Octavia Minor (Augustus Caesar's older sister)
Octavia Major (Augustus Caesar's older half-...
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What is the the etymology and origin of the word/name Calvus?
Doing research (the question was also asked here as well) I came across the name having a French origin meaning "bald". However, I also came across that the name has a connection to the ...
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Silly question. Need a translation for a character name. Are you familiar with "Firefly"?
I'm rolling a character-sheet and I'd like to call the fellow Browncoat, lIke the fans of Firefly. I think it would be Fulvus Tunicus for a reddish brown coat as a name but (for reasons too ...
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What declension is the name, Aeneas?
How would you decline this noun? It can not be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd declension. Also, how would you say "of Aeneas", which is genitive case?
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How do I say Disney World in Latin?
How do I say Disney World in Latin? I googled it but I’m still not sure. Disney Mundi? Disney Mundum?
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Which name came first, Lucius or Λουκᾶς?
The etymology of the name Luke is commonly said to be the Latin name Lucas, itself from Lucius, from the praenomen Lucius, from the root Lux (gen. Lucis).
[A separate etymology says Λουκᾶς/Λουκανός, ...
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How were names ending in -ιον used in Greek?
In the plays of Plautus, there are some names ending in -um. They are generally formed as Greek names (whether genuine or pseudo-Greek), and the Latin ending -um here seems to correspond to the Greek ...
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Translating "Intrepid art" to classical latin
I need some help verifying that I have translated correctly, (english) -> (classical latin). I have translated "Intrepid art", as in art like drawings or paintings, to: "Artem ...
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What is the difference between Iesus and Jesu?
In the Latin version of the Gloria, the name Jesus is rendered as "Domine Fili unigenite Jesu Christe".
However, in the Latin Vulgate, the name of Jesus is rendered as "Iesus". What is the name of ...
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Is there such a colocation as "Dei Canet" and what does it mean?
The Russian author Alexander Grin has a short story called "Blind Dei Canet." Dei Canet is a character's name, and it sounds Latin to me. I would like to know what Dei Canet can possibly ...
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A personal name ending in -ua: is it male or female?
We have the name of a Romano-British Potter from the 2nd century A.D. whose name is SECVNDVA. Is this a male or a female name?
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Which is the logic behind "Aloysius" Latinisation?
Wikipedia states that Aloysius is:
... a Latinisation of the names Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognate names (traditionally in Medieval Latin as Ludovicus or Chlodovechus), ...
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Did Romulus and Remus have other names?
Throughout Classical times, Romans would often have several names: one person might be identified by praenomen, nomen gentilicum, cognomen, agnomen, signum, and patronymic, all together.
Were Roman ...
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Colonna as cognomen
I am working on the Italian Renaissance soldier Stefano Colonna.
How would his name be written in Latin, as a label or signature,
Stephanus? What is the proper genitive for "of the Colonna family"?
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What do you call a mind bender in Latin?
There is a video game character called mind bender. Among other things, he can make an enemy unit run over to your side, that is, turn a foe into friend.
That's why he can bend their minds.
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Are there any relationships between the given name Pompeius and the city name Pompeii?
Are there any relationships between the given name Pompeius (like in Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) and the city name Pompeii (the city thas was destroyed in a volcanic eruption? What do they mean?
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Confusion re the naming of Roman freedman
I asked this on the HistorySE site, without much luck, so thought I'd try here. If it's inappropriate for this forum, please let me know and I'll delete it.
I have just been reading this which is ...
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Pronunciation of Jehovæ
The Tremellius and Junio's Bible in Is. 60:1-2 renders the Hebrew name of God (יהוה) as Jehovæ. how is this word properly pronounced in Latin?
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Gender and etymology of name "Herena"
I found that Herena is the name of a Christian saint from the 3rd century. Virtually nothing is known about Herena's life, but my question is about the name:
Is it a feminine name or masculine, or ...
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Latinisation of a surname. Seeking advice from expert Latinists
I have a need to Latinise a surname (details about that name are provided further down in my question) rather urgently, but with my miniscule knowledge of Latin I cannot do that myself well. I hope ...
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How do you latinize the name "Cole"?
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I can't figure out how I would go about latinizing my name. I would also
appreciate a declension of my latinized name. I was thinking that maybe "Colus,"
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Hexametric Greek names
A number of Greek names encountered in hexameter follow the syllable length pattern -vv-; consider for example Penelope, Telemachos, Calliope, Terpsichore.
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Inflections of Ζεύς
Διώνη is the name of a Titaness, a nymph, and Phoenician goddess. And according to the Wikipedia article on said Titaness, it's derived from the feminine form of the genitive of Ζεύς. And according to ...
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Unde "Laelaps"?
Laelaps was a mythical hunting dog that could always catch its prey. The name comes from Greek λαῖλαψ, "hurricane".
But where does this word come from? LSJ doesn't provide an etymology, and ...
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Creating a "fictional" last name, meaning "wild card"
I am on a quest to create a new last name for myself.
I like the idea of "wildcard," particularly in the computing sense: as a placeholder for anything, however I want something that sounds more ...
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Male personal names ending in -um
A number of personal names in the works of Plautus end in -um in the nominative singular, which struck me as odd when I first encountered them, since nominative singular -um is characteristically ...
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How to say "Indiana Jones" in Latin?
I know that usually we do not translate names, but how would you translate Indiana Jones into Latin?
According to Wikipedia, Jones is literally John's son in Welsh, and it's related to Latin Ioannes ...
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How often were names ending in -um used in real life?
There seem to be a number of examples of personal names ending in -um in the works of Plautus (apparently, they also show up in Terence1). In a discussion on Wiktionary, I found an interesting comment ...
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