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Wicht (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path Subscriber) Mar 24, 2009, 05:05 PM

Does anyone know how to say "Specialization is for Insects" in Latin?

Online Latin translators don't seem to be a lot of help.

Insert Neat Username Here Mar 24, 2009, 05:21 PM

That is a hard one. I have no idea, but I can ask my Latin teacher in the morning.

Wicht (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path Subscriber) Mar 24, 2009, 05:27 PM

Insert Neat Username Here wrote:

That is a hard one. I have no idea, but I can ask my Latin teacher in the morning.

That would be appreciated :)

Aberzombie (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber) Mar 25, 2009, 03:46 AM

According to this Online Translator it would be:

Specialization est pro Insects

houstonderek Mar 25, 2009, 04:21 AM

Specializatio est pro cimicis?

Best I could come up with.

Wicht (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path Subscriber) Mar 25, 2009, 05:19 AM

Aberzombie wrote:

According to this Online Translator it would be:

Specialization est pro Insects

Heh. Yeah - like I said they are not much help. If I can't do it in latin, I may end up trying it in ancient Greek.

Andrew Turner (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber) Mar 25, 2009, 05:46 AM

Spucatum tauri.

There's no word for 'specialization' or 'insect' in Latin. Romans used 'magister' (a master of a particular academic subject) in the same way we use 'specialist,' and 'vermis' (Roman and Greek scholars believed all bugs were forms of the worm) in the same way we use 'bug' or 'insect (though they had a word for virtually every type of insect in their parts of the world).' Our word 'insect' is a 17th century Latinate from the Greek 'entomon,' which simply meant many slices. 'Insect' means much the same.

Merda taurorum animas conturbit.

Wicht (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path Subscriber) Mar 25, 2009, 07:12 AM

Andrew Turner wrote:

Spucatum tauri.

I'm not sure why you are cursing at me in latin. It's a legitimate inquiry? Or is something being lost in translation? :)

Wicht (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path Subscriber) Mar 25, 2009, 02:28 PM

Insert Neat Username Here wrote:

That is a hard one. I have no idea, but I can ask my Latin teacher in the morning.

So, did you ask?

Andrew Turner (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber) Mar 25, 2009, 03:26 PM

Wicht wrote:

Andrew Turner wrote:
Spucatum tauri.

I'm not sure why you are cursing at me in latin. It's a legitimate inquiry? Or is something being lost in translation? :)

Sorry--I was trying to make a joke, as in "BS Follows." I should have used a colon instead of a period. I really didn't mean anything towards you. :-)

Wicht (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Adventure Path Subscriber) Mar 25, 2009, 05:12 PM

Andrew Turner wrote:

Wicht wrote:

Andrew Turner wrote:
Spucatum tauri.

I'm not sure why you are cursing at me in latin. It's a legitimate inquiry? Or is something being lost in translation? :)
Sorry--I was trying to make a joke, as in "BS Follows." I should have used a colon instead of a period. I really didn't mean anything towards you. :-)

That makes more sense. :)

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