![]() Holy Judgementįor this one I'm looking at Christian sources, since for me "holy" is more strongly associated with Christian religion (I'd use "sacred" instead if referring to classical Roman religion). Changing the grammatical form, Acū Tangō is "I touch it with a needle", or idiomatically "I hit it precisely". The closest idiom I can think of is acū tetigistī, literally "you touched it with a needle" (used to mean "you're exactly right"). Most focus on seeing or perceiving, rather than precision or accuracy. In this case, L&S lists plenty of idioms involving eyes, but none seem quite right. (I could also search in L&S directly, but the Word Study Tool has a nicer interface.) When looking for how a specific word was used, I usually put it into the Perseus Word Study Tool, which then brings up the entry from Lewis and Short's Latin dictionary. Oculus bovis would be a literal translation, but there doesn't seem to be much precedent for using oculus like this. This is also more obviously related to speed, for non-Latin-speakers. In this case, it would be Vēlōcitās Lūcis, "the velocity of the light". Joonas also suggested that vēlōx might fit the meaning of "lightspeed" better: light really can't move slower than its maximum speed, and the 'running' meaning sounds more like what a "lightspeed" character would have. In this case, I would say Celeritās Lūcis, literally "the swiftness of the light". So I'd say celer (moving very quickly) and lūx (light itself, as opposed to a source of light) are the words you'd want.Ĭombining them unfortunately requires significant knowledge of Latin grammar there's no easy way to do this step without being familiar with the language. iv. 6.) Lucem orbis terrarum Corinth is compared to a glimmering point of light Rome is distinguished as that city in comparison with which all other cities lie in darkness. Cicero (Man. 5.) calls Corinth, Græciæ totius lumen, but Rome (Catil. Also, in a figurative sense, lumen denotes distinction, lux only clearness. Si ista vera sunt, ratio omnis tollitur quasi quædam _lux lumen_que vitæ that is, reason alone is in itself bright and light, and at the same time spreads brightness and light over life. Sed aditus specus accipit lucem interiora nisi allato lumine obscura sunt. Ut obscuratur et offunditur luce solis lumen lucernæ. But Döderlein doesn't mention this, and actually implies the opposite I'll ask a new question about that. (ii. 144.)įrom personal experience, I've also heard vēlōx described as "moving quickly right now" and celer as "able to move quickly", so Usain Bolt sitting on the couch would be celer but not vēlōx. to cessare whereas festinus, festinare, denote the haste which springs from impatience, and borders upon precipitation. Properus, properare, denote the haste which, from energy, sets out rapidly to reach a certain point, in opp. Equorum velocitati par est hominum pernicitas. Clare oculis video, pernix sum manibus, pedibus mobilis. Pernicitas is, in general, dexterity and activity in all bodily movements, in hopping, climbing, and vaulting but velocitas, especially in running, flying, and swimming, and so forth. Citus denotes a swift and lively motion, approaching to vegetus celer, an eager and impetuous motion, approaching to rapidus. to lentus properus and festinus, haste, as the will to reach a certain point in the shortest time, in opp. 44 velox and pernix, nimbleness, as bodily strength and activity, in opp. Citus and celer denote swiftness, merely as quick motion, in opp. It lists the subtle meaning differences between synonyms, as well as acting as a limited thesaurus.ĬITUS CELER VELOX PERNIX PROPERUS FESTINUS.ġ. One of my favorite resources for English-to-Latin is Ludwig von Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes. They represent a pronunciation difference which disappeared in later Latin.) Lightspeed Many people don't do this it won't be any less correct if you remove them when writing your names. (Also, note that I like to mark my long vowels, "ā ē ī ō ū". I'm going to try to explain my process in answering, to give you some resources for coming up with more names in the future. ![]()
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