Anyone know Latin? 3030 Responses

Last post: 5 months ago | Thread started: Jun 30, 08, 2:47 p.m.

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• readyok

  I want to make sure I am getting my translation right of a phrase for a tattoo. I am having my first girl in a couple days, and I want to include some good ole latin in the piece. I went to one of those word translators, and I want to confirm that it is giving me the right translation. I know that sometimes it translates words independant of one another, and not as a phrase. In some cases a phrase is translated differently. So, that said, can anyone help me out?

  Jun 30, 08, 2:47 p.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  Well just write it out what do you want said on your tattoo..

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 2:48 p.m. – Permalink

• sleepyfatso

  Yeah, what's the sentence? Then we can help...

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 2:48 p.m. – Permalink

• jaylarson

  Illegitimati non carborundum

  • sorry, just saying my favorite latin phrase– jaylarson1/2

    ahahah ;)– Corvo2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 2:48 p.m. – Permalink

• readyok

  First girl or First Baby is supposedly translated into latin as follows: primoris infantia

  • ipse fecit?– invisiblechamber

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 2:50 p.m. – Permalink

• Chief

  yeah, five years of latin studies here. let me know if i can help.

  • I did one year and I got nothing. But it was fun.– Jaline1/3

    OK, I know some things. It's very similar to French.– Jaline2/3

    y espanol and sanskrit– jaylarson3/3

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 2:50 p.m. – Permalink

• JackRyan

  Sweet readyok, I got some latin on my chest last summer...

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 2:55 p.m. – Permalink

• readyok

  The main point is, I want the phrase "First Child" or "First Baby" to be translated to Latin, but I want to make sure it is conjugated for a female, so I dont have people who know latin see my tattoo and ask my why I named my little boy Ella.

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 2:55 p.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  primus or first born primigines

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 2:57 p.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  btw congrats

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 2:58 p.m. – Permalink

• readyok

  So, just primigines would mean first born girl?
  When I search google with that word, it comes back with no real results. Can you explain how you arrived at that translation? Thanks btw. I just want to make sure since this is going to be inked on my arm forever.

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 2:59 p.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  no from my understanding primigines means first born.

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 3:01 p.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  I have no idea how to say first born girl. It has to be a tense thing though. Because in latin the way they end words us is for boy a is for girls and es if its gender neutered. I am pretty sure of that.

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 3:01 p.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  you'd have to consult an expert this one is a tense thing and I can't figure it out. good luck.

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 3:03 p.m. – Permalink

• dyspl

  go to a college, there might be some latin courses there, you could ask a student for a translation?

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 3:03 p.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  email a college professor

  • +1– Llyod

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 3:11 p.m. – Permalink

• Corvo

  What's her name?

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 3:50 p.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  Don't have them draw it in Trajan, whatever you do.

  • the movie font. oh how i love it.– skt

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 3:52 p.m. – Permalink

• dog_opus

  Funny, I was just wondering the other day what the Latin for "good design" is. I couldn't find the noun for "design" in my crappy little Latin dictionary or online. Anyone?

  • there wasn't a name for it then. Italian "disegno" as an independent practice only occurred in 1600.– Corvo1/6

    Yeah, I figured as much, but I also figured that we'd have a neo-Latin term for it by now.– dog_opus2/6

    maybe there is. design means "planning".– Corvo3/6

    prob is "designo" = mark out, describe. define upon purpose. still used in portuguese = desígnio = goal.– Corvo4/6

    like the dictionary def of "designation" in English.– Corvo5/6

    Thanks, Corvo!– dog_opus6/6

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 4:06 p.m. – Permalink

• Corvo

  I know little of Latin but I think the better sentence is:

  [name*] filia primogenita .

  * if you can translate her name into Latin the phrase will look better, like:

  Constantia filia primogenita <- that means Constance was the first-born child and was female.

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 4:33 p.m. – Permalink

• Corvo

  Not fond of tattoos myself, but at least you're looking for some inscription worth carving in stone. Props to you readyok.

  

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  Dog-earJun 30, 08, 4:56 p.m. – Permalink