Thank you, Bruce!!
Posted by Lori on September 13, 2001
In Reply to: English to latin translations posted by Bruce Kahl on September 13, 2001
: : Can anybody help me translate these mottoes into Latin?
: : Blood and Steel
: : Guns in the Sky
: : Death in the Night
: : Bringer of Death
: : Thank you.
: Some words--steel and guns--did not exist back in 100 B.C.
: So I put in the closest equivalent.
: Also I am not sure how to construct the noun "bringer" out of
the verb.
: But "Casso" which means "to bring to naught, destroy, annul or
make void" really really fits the bill.
: Blood and Steel
: Ferum cruento
: Guns in the Sky
: Armae ex caelum
: Death in the Night
: Letum in nox nocte
: Bringer of Death
: Casso leto
: ------
: Word List
: cruento: to make bloody, stain with blood.
: ferrum: iron, sword.
: arma weapon
: caelum : sky, heaven.
: ex from or out of
: letum : death, ruin, annihilation.
: nox noctis : night
: casso : to bring to naught, destroy, annul, make void.
: letum : death, ruin, annihilation