Interesting Words (moved from Games)

 

Dantius

Homo Sapiens

  • Civis Illustris

Location:
in orbe lacteo
regyrare — to turn about again, to wheel around
 

Callaina

Feles Curiosissima

  • Civis Illustris

  • Patrona

Location:
Canada
Something about this word looked, at first glance (and continues to each time I glance back at it even now) oddly un-Latinate to me -- more like Sanskrit or some Indian language. Not sure why; I think it's something to do with that "regy" at the start and all those r's.
 
 

Dantius

Homo Sapiens

  • Civis Illustris

Location:
in orbe lacteo
Something about this word looked, at first glance (and continues to each time I glance back at it even now) oddly un-Latinate to me -- more like Sanskrit or some Indian language. Not sure why; I think it's something to do with that "regy" at the start and all those r's.
Unfortunately, L+S doesn't say anything about the etymology. It's only attested in one sentence from Florus, though.
 

Callaina

Feles Curiosissima

  • Civis Illustris

  • Patrona

Location:
Canada
It's ultimately from Greek γῦρος (= "gyrus").
 
 

Dantius

Homo Sapiens

  • Civis Illustris

Location:
in orbe lacteo
frusto, frustare: to break to pieces (seems to be related to frustum -i, bit)

Again only attested in one Florus sentence, and the reading is dubious.
 
 

Dantius

Homo Sapiens

  • Civis Illustris

Location:
in orbe lacteo
Alipes — wing-footed.
 

Pacifica

grammaticissima

  • Aedilis

Location:
Belgium
You know this one:

Praeterpropter, "more or less", "approximately".
 

Pacifica

grammaticissima

  • Aedilis

Location:
Belgium
Fey.

This English word has other meanings more common today, but it has an archaic meaning (which was its original meaning in Old English, when its form was "fæge") of "fated to die soon".
 

Pacifica

grammaticissima

  • Aedilis

Location:
Belgium
Bairn.

Meaning "child". Now a dialectal word, but its ancestor "bearn" was common in Old English. It's related to "born".
 

Callaina

Feles Curiosissima

  • Civis Illustris

  • Patrona

Location:
Canada
Fey.

This English word has other meanings more common today, but it has an archaic meaning (which was its original meaning in Old English, when its form was "fæge") of "fated to die soon".
I wouldn't say any of its meanings are exactly common today.
 

Callaina

Feles Curiosissima

  • Civis Illustris

  • Patrona

Location:
Canada
But still more common than the "fated" meaning, right? This dictionary doesn't mark the other meanings as archaic, at any rate (while it does for "fated").
I suspect most people would consider even the "otherwordly" meaning borderline archaic. But yes, it's certainly more common than "fated to die".
 
 

Dantius

Homo Sapiens

  • Civis Illustris

Location:
in orbe lacteo
I've barely ever seen/heard that word, in any meaning.
 

Pacifica

grammaticissima

  • Aedilis

Location:
Belgium
Unræd = "bad advice" or "bad plan", "bad idea"
Unweder = "bad weather"

In OE, the prefix un- could be added to nouns to make them "bad [noun]". I find this a lovely feature.

Stæfcræft = literally "letter-craft", i.e. grammar.
 
 

Dantius

Homo Sapiens

  • Civis Illustris

Location:
in orbe lacteo
Does "unstæfcræft" mean "bad grammar"? ;)
 

Pacifica

grammaticissima

  • Aedilis

Location:
Belgium
I don't think that's attested, but perhaps it would have worked. :D
 

Callaina

Feles Curiosissima

  • Civis Illustris

  • Patrona

Location:
Canada
So how could one render grammaticissima in OE? :D
 
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Etaoin Shrdlu

Guest

In OE, the prefix un- could be added to nouns to make them "bad [noun]". I find this a lovely feature.
Ungewitter and Unrat are a lot closer to home. Though the latter means 'filth'. Incidentally, does anyone have any idea how GT can translate it as 'uncle', but get it right in the suggested translations that appear below the main box?
 
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