The Furious Angels

FA Discussion => General => Topic started by: Anonymous on May 06, 2004, 10:55:33 pm

Title: Ship Names
Post by: Anonymous on May 06, 2004, 10:55:33 pm: I was wondering what all the ship names meant, since they aren't translatable, like through babelfish or anything. I believe they are greek, but written phenetically in English. If you translate it into Italian, you get a close match, tho.

I know:
Veritas = Truth
Evigilos = Awake
Libertas = Liberty
Carpe Diem = Sieze the Day
Asperitas = ?
Decerto = ?
Formosus = ?

They are all cool tho.
Title: Ship Names
Post by: Anonymous on May 06, 2004, 11:11:46 pm: How are they not translatable?

Asperitas = Fierceness
Decerto = Fight/Contend
Formosus = Beautiful
Title: Ship Names
Post by: Anonymous on May 06, 2004, 11:12:44 pm: i meant through the program i was using at least, did you know these names or did you go somewhere to figure it out?
Title: Ship Names
Post by: Anonymous on May 06, 2004, 11:13:05 pm: Also, veritas in verb form also means to fear or respect.
Title: Ship Names
Post by: Anonymous on May 06, 2004, 11:14:59 pm: Not Greek, but Latin. You translated them correctly, though.

Veritas = Truth
Evigilos = Awake, Alert, Watchful, Hard-working
Libertas = Liberty, Freedom
Carpe Diem = 'Sieze the Day'
Asperitas = Roughness, Severity, Harshness, Fierceness

EDIT: Wow, you folks certainly beat me to this while I was typing.

I already knew Veritas, Libertas, Carpe Diem, and Evigilos. I had to use http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/ for Asperitas.
Title: Ship Names
Post by: Anonymous on May 06, 2004, 11:15:49 pm: is there a latin translator on the web?

EDIT: Yeah, this forum has turned into a circle shaped chat, eh? (No I'm not Canadian)

EDIT: btw, thanks
Title: Ship Names
Post by: Anonymous on May 06, 2004, 11:18:21 pm: Indeed, see my edit above.