Latin

    @WLB Imperator, alone, means emperor, mainly, but also other titles of leadership or headship so it could mean "lord" as well (as you can see, it is the grand-daddy of the word, emperror or empire or imperial, etc.). Likewise, the word dux a

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    Dominus means Lord (or master, but was an honorific &quot;lord&quot; for the later Emperors.) Imperator is a purely military title, in theory bestowed only by the army. Dux is a far better use of the term &quot;warlord&quot; as Romans used to give that title to their allied captains.

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    Sounds like &quot;ducks&quot;. I like imperator! Military emperor... sounds like a warlord to me <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Edited by - Warlord Bob on 2/19/2004 1:15:06 PM

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    My secondary school used the word &quot;Dux&quot; to denote the individual who was the best at a particular subject. Damn Catholic school *grumble*.... Edited by - esquilax on 2/19/2004 3:26:06 PM

    Thank you all for you warm thanking <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> As for Latin: ego odisse brevis palus calculare, sic ego voluntas spam, fortasse non. Ego voluntas censere.

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    <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>Imperator Belli Bob <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> Is unneccesary, imperator also means general, and is/was commonly used as such. <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>ego odisse brevis palus calculare, sic ego voluntas spam, fortasse non. Ego voluntas censere <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> Err... to be brutally honest, this makes no sense. Do you mean: breves palos dinumerare odeo, sic spamabo*, fortasse non spamabo. cernam * Romans had no word for spam, so I was lazy and made it a first conjugation verb - spamo, spamare, spamavi, spamatum <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> I´m not evil, just morally challenged Edited by - The Evil Thing on 2/20/2004 1:40:11 AM

    my school used the term &quot;Tawakalna&quot; to denote who was best at stuff <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> unf. that was usually my mate Dave <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

    "for once, i`ll actually tell you what i was thinking; but maybe i won`t have anything to say.."

    You´re all right. If a warlord really equates to a general then imperator (singly) is the way to go and, yeah, in latin, it would be a redundancy. Edited by - Indy11 on 2/20/2004 7:19:51 AM

    Yeah? Well I´m Esquilax! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Or should perhaps I should clarify that. <i>Magister mundi sum! </i> (Trans: I am the master of the universe!) <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. Nah, I don´t want the responsibility.

    <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>Alright, now how do I say: &quot;I am Sparticus!&quot;? <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> <i>facilis est </i> - spartacus sum <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>Magister mundi sum! <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> Grammatically, that´s right but in reality it should be <i>dominus </i> because <i>magister </i> means teacher or school master while <i>dominus </i> means lord, or master in your sense. (Sorry if this sounds superior in some way) Plus, I just checked out that Latin translator on the first page, it is awful. (Again, no offence to anyone here) Instead, try <A href=´http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe´ Target=_Blank>this</a> for Latin to English and <A href=´http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl´ Target=_Blank>this</a> for English to Latin. (Assuming you haven´t already punched in &quot;Latin Dictionary&quot; into Google) Finally, (I stop boring and correcting everyone for a while more) does anyone know any good Latin curses besides <i>meiuve? </i> I´m not evil, just morally challenged Edited by - The Evil Thing on 2/21/2004 9:46:11 AM

    IIRC my old latin teacher used to tell us that there was no word in Latin for a simple &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot; So is it actually possible to say &quot;No, I am Spartacus!&quot;? <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

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    I think the Latin equivelent to &quot;yes&quot; is <i>ita vero </i> which means something like &quot;truly thus&quot; I can´t remember what &quot;no&quot; is, but I´m pretty sure it´s not <i>ita vero non </i> or the like because <i>non </i> only accompanies a verb. The Romans tended to use <i>nonne </i> (surely not) and <i>num </i> (surely) with no intonation to indicate a question (might be wrong on this). An example would be &quot;We surely lost the money&quot; - <i>num pecuniam amisimus </i>. Note that I´m not certain on any of this, it´s just a hunch. I´m not evil, just morally challenged

    Esq, mundi means world, not universe. Or are you lowering your sights a tad? <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

    "for once, i`ll actually tell you what i was thinking; but maybe i won`t have anything to say.."

    Hey, I took all of the above Latin statements from &quot;Handy Latin Phrases&quot; sort of sites. Don´t blame me if they are incorrect, old son <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. I like this one, and it would be great for a bumper sticker; <i>Sic hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades. </i> (Trans: If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated, and much too close). It´s probably incorrect though. Can we speak Klingon now? <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

    Oh Please, <i>!!he´na touki tarat si ther klatune nagu´te </i> It literally means: Don´t make me speak in this language. __________________________________________________________ Oh, dear, How sad, Never mind!!-Battery Sergeant Major Williams ´Cos it´s strange innit??, whenever you stand in a Library and go AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH, People stare at you, Whenever you do it in an Aeroplane everyone joins in.. - Tommy Cooper

    <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>mundi means world, not universe <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> The Romans didn´t have a word for universe as they didn´t know it existed. As you can guess from the fact we used their word <i>unus </i> in it. <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>Can we speak Klingon now? <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> Personally, I prefer Drow, and I don´t know any Klingon. I´m not evil, just morally challenged Edited by - The Evil Thing on 2/22/2004 3:05:34 AM