Monday, April 28, 2014

The Seven Deadly Sins in Latin

1. superbia -- pride.
2. avaritia -- avarice.
3. luxuria -- lust.
4. invidia -- envy.
5. gula -- gluttony.
6. ira -- anger.
7. acedia -- sloth.

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Latin Words: Parte II

1. malus pudor -- false modesty.
2. Mare Ignotum -- the Unknown Sea.
3. Mare Tenebrosum -- the Dark Sea.
4. mirabile dictu -- wonderful to relate.
5. mirabile visu -- wonderful to behold.
6. mirabilia -- wonders.
7. Mons Veneris -- Mountain of Venus.
8. mutanda -- things to be altered.
9. nescio -- I don't know.
10. nescius -- ignorant.
11. nocticolor -- night-colored.
12. nuda veritas -- the naked truth.
13. nuditas -- nakedness; nudity.
14. nuditas criminalis -- criminal nudity; the nakedness of the sinner.
15. nuditas naturalis -- natural nudity; the human condition of animal nakedness.
16. nuditas temporalis -- temporary nudity; metaphor for the leaving behind of all wordly goods and riches, either voluntary or involuntary.
17. nuditas virtualis -- virtuous nudity; the nudity of sinless innocence or innocence through confession.
18. Pax Americana -- American Peace.
19. Pax Britannica -- British Peace.
20. Pax Hispanica -- Spanish Peace.
21. Pax Minoa -- Minoan peace.
22. Pax Minoica -- Minoan peace.
23. Pax Mongolica -- Mongolian Peace.
24. Pax Romana -- Roman Peace.
25. Pax Sinica -- Chinese Peace.
26. pictor -- painter.
27. pictor ignotus -- painter unknown.
28. placet -- it pleases.
29. pomum Adami -- Adam's apple.
30. renata -- feminine form of "born again."
31. renatus -- born again.
32. soror -- a sister.
33. tacenda -- things not to be mentioned or made public; things better left unsaid.
34. Terra Incognita -- an unexplored land.
35. ursus fabulans -- talking bear.
36. Venus Observa -- the missionary position.
37. Venus Pudica -- Modest Venus.
38. Venus Renata -- Venus reborn.
39. viator -- traveler.
40. volo -- I want.

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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Latin Words: Parte I

1. Anima mundi -- the soul of the world.
2. ars amandi -- the art of loving.
3. ars moriendi -- the art of dying.
4. artes perditae -- lost arts.
5. auctor -- author.
6. auctor ignotus -- an unknown author; an author whose works has not gained the recognition it merits.
7. Brittunculi -- the little Brits; Roman nickname for the Britons.
8. Cingulum Veneris -- the girdle of Venus.
9. contra mundum -- against the world.
10. Cronius Mons -- the hill of Saturn; the hill of Cronus.
11. delenda -- things to be deleted.
12. desiderata -- things desired or needed; things the want of which is widely felt.
13. dictu mirabile -- wonderful to say.
14. disco -- I learn.
15. domina -- mistress; lady or mistress of the house.
16. furor -- madness.
17. furor hispanicus -- Hispanic fury.
18. furor loquendi -- a rage for speaking.
19. furor poeticus -- poetic frenzy.
20. furor scribendi -- a rage for writing.
21. Gaditana -- a woman of Gades; of Gades.
22. Gaditanus -- a man of Gades; of Gades.
23. grallator -- one that walks on stilts.
24. Hispani -- the Spaniards.
25. Hispania -- Spain.
26. Hispania Victrix -- Victorious Spain.
27. horrible dictu -- horrible to relate.
28. in puris naturalibus -- stark naked.
29. incognitum -- unknown thing.
30. lacuna -- gap; hole; missing part.
31. lector -- reader.
32. legenda -- things to be read.
33. Liber Monstrorum -- Book of Monsters.
34. libido dominandi -- the lust for power.
35. libido sciendi -- the lust to know; the desire for knowledge.
36. libido sentiendi -- the lust of the flesh.

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Latin Halloween Words

1. arcana -- secrets; mysteries.
2. bestia -- beast.
3. carpe noctem -- seize the night.
4. castrum doloris -- castle of grief.
5. corvus -- raven.
6. Felicem Samonium! -- Happy Halloween; Happy Samhain!
7. hic sunt dracones -- here be dragons.
8. Homo Ferus -- Wild Man.
9. larva -- ghost; evil spirit.
10. legenda -- things to be read.
11. lemures -- shades or spirits of the restless dead.
12. lupus -- wolf.
13. manes -- souls or spirits of dead ancestors.
14. Mater Lachrymarum -- Our Mother of Tears.
15. Mater Suspiriorum -- Our Mother of Sighs.
16. Mater Tenebrarum -- Our Mother of Darkness.
17. mors -- death.
18. mors osculi -- the death of the kiss.
19. mors vincit omnia -- death conquers all.
20. nox -- night.
21. Pallida Mors -- Pale Death.
22. Pax Cthulhiana -- Cthulhian Peace.
23. pilosus -- hairy; shaggy; hairy one.
24. Samonios -- Samhain.
25. strix -- owl.
26. umbra -- shade; shadow; ghost
27. versipellis -- werewolf.
28. vires malorum -- powers of evil.
29. vires tenebrarum -- powers of darkness.

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