Questions tagged [word-request]
For questions regarding specific words for a specific purpose.
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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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What are the antonyms of ob and prae?
I learned that the antonym of ante is post, both of which were born dual to each other.
If I understand correctly, ob and prae mean the same or related to ante. What are their antonyms? post isn't ...
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How do I say "semantician/semanticist" in Latin?
I recently came across the intriguing terms, 'semantician' and 'semanticist', both referring to a specialist in semantics. These words are derived from the Ancient Greek root 'sēmantikós'.
My query is ...
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How would you say "A butterfly is landing on a flower." in Latin?
How would you say "A butterfly is landing on a flower." in Latin? Specifically, which word would you use for "to land"?
In a song called "Aeromiting u vrtu", sung by ...
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Alternatives to "Hac abierit"
In Seneca's Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Letter 3):
Itaque si proprio illo verbo quasi publico usus es et sic illum amicum vocasti quomodo omnes candidatos 'bonos viros' dicimus, quomodo obvios, si ...
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What is the best Latin translation of 'towards truth'?
I am looking to create a Substack publication where I can share articles I have written on philosophy. I want to choose a name for the website that best summarises or encapsulates the nature of the ...
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How would you say "denier" in Latin?
An example of deniers are The Mad Revisionists. They are conspiracy theorists who think the Moon doesn't exist. In other words, they are Moon deniers. How would you say "Moon denier" in ...
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How do you say "graveside" and "gravestone" in Latin?
I am trying to translate the lyrics of the Eric Bogle's song The Green Fields of France to Latin. The first two verses are:
Well, how do you do, young William McBride?
Do you mind if I sit here by ...
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How do you say "monument" (as opposed to "grave") in Latin?
When I asked this question, I learned that the Latin word "monumentum" did not mean "monument", but "grave". So, how would you say "monument" in Latin?
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Is there any Neo-Latin word for the concepts of "hacking" and "hacker"?
MY CONCLUSION:
From the options I have seen so far, the options that seem to me best were, for a generic description of hacking, to say that it is in computatorium irrumpere, with a hacker being a ...
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Latin verbs describing bodily sensing vs. intellectual sensing
For each of the 5 senses, does Latin have distinct verbs for the intellectual act that follows from the bodily act of sensation?
For example:
Bodily act of sensing
Corresponding act of intellect
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Is there a Latin equivalent for this particular nsfw term?
Thanks to Martial, I've come across a decent variety of sexual terms in Latin. Unfortunately, these words are generally difficult to look up in dictionaries, because of the archaic style Latin ...
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What is the Latin word for "diagram"?
In my question about how to say "root locus" in Latin, my attempt was "diagramma locorum radicum". However, I am not sure that the best Latin word for "diagram" or "...
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Latin term for 'dramaturge' using the root 'δρᾶμα'
What is the equivalent of the term "dramaturge" in (Classical) Latin using the root "δρᾶμα"? Is "scriptor dramaticus" an appropriate option? Smith & Hall provides &...
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How do I say "typeface" in Latin?
How do I say "typeface" (that is "font family") in Latin?
The Wikipedia page is translated under the title "Typus" but there is a banner saying "Latinitas huius rei ...
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What is the Latin word for 'reading sheet'?
I am looking for a Latin word or phrase that can express the concept of a ‘reading sheet’, which is a document that summarizes the main information of a book or a text. Is there such a word or phrase ...
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How were ancient books divided?
Nowadays, books are divided into chapters, chapters into sections, sections into subsections, and so on.
Is there an equivalent hierarchy in Latin (I'm mainly asking about classical Latin, but maybe ...
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Is there an umbrella term in Latin for stage plays and dialogues?
What would be the idiomatic way to refer to dialogues and stage plays together in Latin? That is literary forms where the main speech is direct
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"Language model" in Latin
Some of the most popular generative AI tools are large language models (BERT, GPT3, etc.)
I was wondering how this concept could be expressed in Latin.
A language model is a type of artificial ...
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How do you say "medicine" in Latin without borrowing a Greek word?
Is there a "purely Latin" way of saying "medicine"?
The Smith & Hall and Goelzer dictionaries both give "medicina" as the only translation.
Is there a paraphrase like ...
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"axiology" in Latin
Axiology (from Greek ἀξία, axia: "value, worth"; and -λογία, -logia: "study of") is the philosophical study of value.
It is a branch of philosophy that includes politics (Scientia ...
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How can I translate the names of the Proto-Indo-European gods and goddesses into Latin?
What would be the best Latin translation of the following two main Proto-Indo-European gods?
*Dyḗws Ph₂tḗr (sky father)
*Dʰéǵʰōm Méh₂tēr (earth mother)
I would like to use words directly derived ...
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Is there a word for ephemeral but meaning lasting one night?
Looking for a word like "ephemeral," which is derived from Latin "ephēmeros," meaning "lasting only a day," according to the Oxford Dictionary of English.
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On a Quote from St. Gregory and the Contextual Meaning of the Word `Operator'
Contained in St. Alphonsus Liguori's Dignity and Duties of the Priest or Selva, one finds the following passage in the section on "Sanctity Necessary for the Priest":
But St. Bernard says, ...
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Latin for "kitty"
Reading "Salve feles" recently, and thinking that this actually meant "Hello cat" -- and not, as I assumed it was intended to, "Hello kitty" -- I began wondering how we ...
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What is the term for a time period less than a month?
I am working on a project that includes things that recurs at various time periods, but they are all less than a month, so some can be weekly, fortnightly or daily. I want an umbrella term for these ...
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What is the Latin word for a crossword puzzle?
Crucigramma and cruciverbium are both used by Vicipaedia but I find them unsatisfactory:
crucigramma is a mix between a Latin and a Greek root (AFAIK),
cruciverbium almost looks like a misspelling of ...
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How do you describe someone as a shapeshifter in Latin?
Greco-Roman mythology is full of many examples of shape-changing. If you look only at Zeus/Jupiter alone, there are countless examples of him changing himself or changing others. Did the Romans have a ...
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How to say "in solid rock" in Latin to convey specific technical meaning?
I am writing a paper that describes nuclear reactions that take place in the earth's crust leading to the formation of volatile gases. In several places, I need to distinguish between things that ...
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What would be the name for government for, from, and by
The people
Shareholders
The king
Investors
Customers
Tax payers
Plus explanation. From sources, I've heard that those are
Democracy
Metochocracy
Monarchy
Ependocracy
Pelatarchy
What?
I may be wrong....
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Is there a Latin word for 225th anniversary?
If bicentennial is the Latin word for the 200th anniversary, what word would one use for the 225th anniversary?
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“Aquathlon” in Classical Latin
An aquathlon is a multisport race consisting of continuous run and swim elements. Competitors complete a swim immediately followed by a run over various distances.
How would this race be named in ...
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How to translate the adjective ‘pacifist’ into Latin?
How do you translate the adjective ‘pacifist’ into Latin?
‘pacifistus, a, um’ seems incorrect to me since all the words I’ve found with the suffix -ista are nouns, not adjectives.
alchemist: *...
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Were there ever gerunds for posse and esse?
As Figulus stated in a recent answer:
But passive infinitives are not the only infinitives which lack a gerund. Posse and esse also lack a gerund, and that brings to my mind the neo-Latin expression, ...
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How would you translate "The Adorned" for use as a collective title?
I took a few years of Latin back in high school, but my understanding of the language never really surpassed novice levels.
I've been brainstorming names for a wolf pack in a story of mine; a lot of ...
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Are there different words for an excerpt and its location in Latin?
In Latin, locus can be the passage of a text (e.g. Cicero says he is going to translate a passage in one of his speeches and uses locus if I remember correctly) but it can also be the location of the ...
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What is the Latin word for ID/identifier?
What is the Latin word for ID, in the sense of a code or name that is unique to a thing so that it can be identified? Such codes are commonly used in databases for example.
I doubt that a word with a ...
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How can I say “for dummies” in Latin?
I want to make a parody of the famous “for dummies” in Latin.
How could it be translated?
I thought ad nulli to mirror the French version “pour les nuls”, but I’m not sure it actually works.
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Nomen agentis of 'Quaerere'
Everybody knows words like Terminator, Navigator, Laudator, ...
For verbs from the a conjugation is seems pretty simple to build the Nomen Agentis, what about words like 'Quaerere'?
I thought about ...
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Latin statement from a benefactor
What would be a Latin expression to state that something was given by a benefactor (i.e. not simply a gift from a friend or relative)?
I would be attempting to describe the situation of one person ...
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Male analogous of ancilla
I recall my Latin professor mentioning during a class that there was a male counterpart for ancilla, but he didn't remember the exact word at that moment. It seemed obvious that there was a word, ...
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What does quȩ mean, and what does an e with cedilla mean?
While translating a bit of Bellarmine's Controversies, a work from the end of the 16th century, I came across this sentence: "nam aliquando solemus vocare signa practica omnia illa, quȩ ...
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How to say "sixth sense" or "feminine sense" in Latin?
How does one say "sixth sense" or "feminine sense" in Latin?
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Rolling your eyes
There is a common gesture: when we find something tiresome, when a perfectly avoidable annoyance was -- again! -- not avoided, when we know what is coming and wish it didn't ... we roll our eyes 🙄
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How to say "moon landing" in Latin?
In Romance languages, there is a single word used for "moon landing":
Italian: Allunaggio
Spanish: Alunizaje
Portuguese: Alunissagem
French: Alunissage
etc.
What would be the Latin ...
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How to say that a mathematical curve contains a point?
What would be the suitable Latin verb to express the idea that a curve (e.g. a circle, a parabola) contains/includes a point?
My first thought was
parabola punctum continet
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"To hold a grudge" in Latin?
How does one say "to hold a grudge against someone" in Latin? A grudge is "a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will".
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Is there an English word derived from τάσσω, with a similar meaning of arranging/organising?
Apologies if this is the wrong site to ask this on.
I am looking for an English word that is derived from Ancient Greek τάσσω, meaning I arrange, I draw up, or I order. I would like a word that evokes ...
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Latin for "ground meat"
Trying to translate a cooking recipe into Latin, I stumbled upon the ingredient “ground meat” and wondered how to best render this in Latin. Since ground meat is not actually, well, ground (molita, ...
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Word request: floor plan / map / directory / source of information
I am developing a software product. Very briefly, given a floor plan, it lets the user edit it, and add information to each "room".
Think of a shopping mall, where it will display the floor ...
