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LennonCook 10-18-2002 03:33 AM

<font color="lightblue">Alteration spells say "amnis, temptus, harum" or similar... quick look in the latin dictionary tells me
"River, earth, well?!" </font>

[ 10-18-2002, 03:54 AM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

Arquendil Lorigollo 10-18-2002 05:21 AM

Abjuration spells say something like," Mordis Ahleeya Perez!" so it probably says something about protecting life. They all most likely have something to do with their schools of magic as some have said, but it's interesting to know that what those mages are saying isn't complete gibberish and that the creators were a bit creative in their work.

philip 10-18-2002 07:20 AM

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Originally posted by LennonCook:
<font color="lightblue">Alteration spells say "amnis, temptus, harum" or similar... quick look in the latin dictionary tells me
"River, earth, well?!" </font>

Isn't it more like "amnis temptus horo"? But I can't find a translation that makes sense (for me) all I could find was : shake of fear, stand stiff (I don't think this is the proper translation).

BTW which Latin dictionary is it cause I can't find it in the one I need for school? What looked most like harum had to do with fotune-telling [edit] or it could be a demonstrative pronoun.

[ 10-18-2002, 07:22 AM: Message edited by: philip ]

LennonCook 10-18-2002 08:19 AM

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Originally posted by philip:
Isn't it more like "amnis temptus horo"? But I can't find a translation that makes sense (for me) all I could find was : shake of fear, stand stiff (I don't think this is the proper translation).

BTW which Latin dictionary is it cause I can't find it in the one I need for school? What looked most like harum had to do with fotune-telling [edit] or it could be a demonstrative pronoun.

<font color="lightblue">Collins Latin Dictionary plus Grammar.

Ok, I agree with amnis, temptus, horo... except, I can`t find horo in my dictionary. But then, I can`t find what I translated into "huh ?? well ?? well ??" earlier; closest I can find is hora; meaning time.
Thus, Alteration = "amnis, temptus hora" = "river, earth time" which you have to admit fits in with alteration quite well [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>

LennonCook 10-18-2002 08:26 AM

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Originally posted by Hayashi:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by SixOfSpades:
...anal-retentive...

What does this phrase mean? I've heard it bandied about, but I'm not too sure of its meaning.</font>[/QUOTE]<font color="lightblue">Means he holds crap in :D </font>

[ 10-18-2002, 08:26 AM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

DJG 10-18-2002 08:29 AM

Can anyone try to translate Keeeo, Voshow, Day for Conjuration??

Thanks

daan 10-18-2002 08:31 AM

I've had latin for 5 years now , though only one teacher can actually speak it.
The language's grammar is very hard :(

Anywayz:
What i could see 'till now:

Mortis - death
Veritas ( not vertias) - Truth
Credo ( not reydo) - Believe ! ( command )
Tempus ( an alternative for Temptus) - Wind

daan 10-18-2002 08:37 AM

Keeeeo would probably be:
Scio - might be " i know" .. not sure anymore,..
But once i get home, I'll open my Harvard/Oxford-certified latin-dictionary,
[img]tongue.gif[/img] round 1000 - 1500 pages of translations easy ;)

Sazerac 10-18-2002 01:07 PM

I think the Illusion casting is "Veritas, Credo, Oculo" (meaning "Truth, Belief, Hidden"), or the illusion hiding reality (*truth and belief*).

"Carrio" (Vita, Mortis, Carrio) might mean "flesh", like carrion (rotting meat or rotting flesh)

The one for Divination is "Scio, Dichi, Hecto(?)" I'm not sure of the first, but "Dichi" would probably mean some version of "to speak".

-Sazerac

philip 10-18-2002 01:29 PM

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Originally posted by daan:
Tempus ( an alternative for Temptus) - Wind
But it also means time (tempus -tempora) Have had 3 years and 2 months Latin now.


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