I call upon glacial forces, behold their icy wrath
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Ēlici[o-long:1xztyufn][/o-long:1xztyufn] vir[e-long:1xztyufn][/e-long:1xztyufn]s glacial[e-long:1xztyufn][/e-long:1xztyufn]s, ecce iram glacialem e[o-long:1xztyufn][/o-long:1xztyufn]rum
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What does the word eorum mean exactly?Akela dixit:
Also, this might sound like another noob question, and it probably is. It seems that there are no major differences between the words glaciales and glacialem(please note that I could be wrong. I have been wrong before, and will be wrong again before I die!). Are there no other words that seperately signify the distinction, or because a glacier is made of ice the words end up being similar? Would the Latin translation for other similar words be similar to glacial-?? for things like frost, winter, ice sickle, snow, blizzard, freeze, etc?
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it should be ecce ira glacialis
Glaciales is plural, but glacialem is singular. But yes, no major differences.paulmoore dixit:
There might be, but I can't get to my dictionary right now. I'll check back in the morning.
Well, I do know that to freeze is glaciare. but I don't know about the others... I'm pretty sure that frost is gelu, which means that there might be an adjective similar to it for a replacement.
Could we review the rules on ecce = "behold?" It's an interjection, although it looks like an imperative verb. We have things like Ecce homo (all 4 gospels), but then also Quid me quaeris? quid laboras? quid hunc sollicitas? ecce me. (Plautus).
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it doesn't come from a verb though. the -ce is the same demonstrative suffix that can be found in demonstrative pronouns like hic, haec or illic (from hi-ce, hae-ce, illi-ce (which is also why illic is stressed on the last syllable). so ecce usuall takes a nominative ... or a full sentence. With the first person singular, it appears to take me, though, even with attributes (ecce me nullum senem is supposed to be found with Cicero somewhere) - I would consider that an accusative of exclamation though.
Well, the main reason why I even know about the similarities is because I know of the song Oh Fortuna by Carl Orff. It's part of the Carmina Burana from what I gather. Anyways ther eis a line in that song that states 'Dissolvit ut glaciem'-It melts them like ice.Nikolaos dixit:
I am just haing a hard time wrapping my head around only 1 word for ice because I have 2 spells in particular for my book that will include ice, and I don't want to get people confused and think that they are the same spell because the Latin inscription might not have another word to draw from. One of them will be a wall of ice, and the second will be a projection or outward spewing of intense cold, similar to that of a blizzard or freezing mist. Do you think that my best bet will be to make 2 seperate posts for each of them?
One of them would probably be forgotten if posted here, so a new thread would probably be better.
Anyway, I found two more adjectives - gelidus and pruinosus (icy and frosty, respectively). Their forms depend on the structure of the final phrase. "Snow" is "nix". I can't find blizzard, but it's out there somewhere.
Also, I just realized that I didn't answer your question about "eorum" - it means "their".
Anyway, I found two more adjectives - gelidus and pruinosus (icy and frosty, respectively). Their forms depend on the structure of the final phrase. "Snow" is "nix". I can't find blizzard, but it's out there somewhere.
Also, I just realized that I didn't answer your question about "eorum" - it means "their".