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Latin

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:01 am
by Darcler
I need the latin translation for

day befalls night


Help please :)

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:06 am
by kaharthemad
working on it...been a while since I even thought of Seminary let alone took a class.

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:07 am
by labbats
dies contigi nox

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:08 am
by kaharthemad
dies befalls nox noctis
or as close as I can think of it.

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:19 am
by Darcler
Anyone else? I'd like two people saying the same thing before I go with it.

And I know you cant just stick the individual words in a translator and use it like that because they have a funny sentence structure...

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:25 am
by labbats
Beggar and a chooser, eh?

If you have the time, just stop by and talk to an old priest or write a letter to some latin contingent.

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:25 am
by kaharthemad
well Labbats is prolly more spot on than I am. My memoryfails after the first dacade and a half. I know Dies and nox i could not come up with a word for befalls.

Labbats?

Dies cogniti nox noctis?

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:31 am
by labbats
I used a latin generator online. Sentence structure is probably lacking.

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:31 am
by Darcler
Matt says there is no word for befalls.
I was doing this for a friend.

Thanks though :)

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:34 am
by labbats
I checked two different latin generators. Befall is cognito.

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:19 am
by Lyion
Darcler wrote:Matt says there is no word for befalls.
I was doing this for a friend.


Often times there is not a 'direct' translation word from word, but in other languages the key is not for exact copying but literal meaning.

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:03 am
by 10sun
That sounds about right.

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:19 am
by Darcler
She says she doesnt need it anymore. She was using it for a poem or something. She thought the whole thing was crap so she threw it out.