Need a translation
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, January 6 2006 12:31
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Can someone here translate the phrase, "On the ballistic properties of spiders" to latin? I don't need a good translation, and I would have settled for an electronic one, but the only website I could find that would even attempt it only translated 'properties' and left the other words in English. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Friday, January 6 2006 13:20
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De rebus aranearum missilibus. Or, if you prefer: de rebus aranearum ballisticis — less accurate, but the words are cognates. [ Friday, January 06, 2006 13:21: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 13:48
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quote:Did you make that up? EDIT: More importantly, what author felt the need to outline the ballistic properties of spiders? [ Friday, January 06, 2006 13:50: Message edited by: Notty ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Friday, January 6 2006 14:02
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It comes from "ballista" — a perfectly normal Latin word (of Greek origin, from the verb "to throw") — and the suffix -icus, which is a normal Latin suffix for forming words that mean "related to [x]." Presumably that -icus suffix is more or less equivalent to the English -ic suffix. I mean, the word would mean, "relating to ballistas," which is not quite as general as "ballistic" in English, which is why the first translation is preferable. [ Friday, January 06, 2006 14:16: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 16:04
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quote:Oh yeah... I forgot about the ballista. All I could think of was modern ballistics. I even checked Wikipedia to make sure I hadn't missed something. :mad: Anyway, shouldn't it be ballisticus? -------------------- quote: Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 16:32
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quote:No. It's agreeing with "rebus," the object of "de," so it's in the ablative plural. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, January 6 2006 18:35
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Thank you, one day you will see this in my scenario, in case you are wondering, it is the title of the holy text of the Church of the Great Arachnid. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, January 6 2006 19:20
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Ballistic properties of spiders? ... As in, spiders loaded into catapults and shot through the air? o_O -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, January 6 2006 19:23
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Could be! I just needed a really strange name, it had to have something to do with spiders, and I glanced up and saw "Backyard Ballistics" up there on the shelf over my desk. . . the explanation is left up to the imagination. [ Friday, January 06, 2006 19:25: Message edited by: Niemand ] -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, January 6 2006 19:36
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Hm... let's see. How could a spider-pult be worked into a scenario? -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 19:42
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Oh no! Someone has weaponized the face-leaping spiders! [ Friday, January 06, 2006 19:42: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Master
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written Friday, January 6 2006 23:54
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Lets face it, a spider full of webs in his body would do a far better job then just some stone when thrown and hit the ground, no? -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 07:38
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You'd totally pwn me, that's for sure. I don't like spiders. -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Sunday, January 8 2006 20:16
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Worse, make it one of those Giant Intelligent Friendly Talking ones. I know I wouldn't want one of those to drop out of the sky on me. -------------------- " In Defeat, Malice; In Victory, Revenge! " Posts: 14 | Registered: Sunday, November 11 2001 08:00 |