I'm changing the Salakian Empire's name to be more reminiscent of the Roman empire. I know the capital's name translates into, for example, Ardea in the sea. Would the Latin translation be Ardea aikuoris (gen./loc.) or Ardea aikuore (abl.)? If my understanding of Latin is correct, the Empire's new name, keeping with the above example, would be Imperium Ardeís aikuoribus, either way.
Name of empire and its capital city
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A few points:
- You wouldn't use the ablative like that without a preposition.
- aequor is a poetic word. mare is more often used in prose (or, as here, in more general usage).
- Since aequor (or whichever noun you do use) is dependent on Ardea, there is no reason why it would go into the plural.
- You would not put Ardea into the ablative plural after imperium, as far as I know.
As to what the correct form would be:
- I'm no expert in names, and I can't find an exact parallel, but I suspect an adjective (Ardea Maritima) would be more likely than the genitive (Ardea Maris)
- I've only seen imperium in the meaning 'X Empire' in the phrase imperium Rómánum, but I've never seen *Ardeánum (not to mention what to do with the adjective) so I would go with imperium Ardeae Maritimae.
- You wouldn't use the ablative like that without a preposition.
- aequor is a poetic word. mare is more often used in prose (or, as here, in more general usage).
- Since aequor (or whichever noun you do use) is dependent on Ardea, there is no reason why it would go into the plural.
- You would not put Ardea into the ablative plural after imperium, as far as I know.
As to what the correct form would be:
- I'm no expert in names, and I can't find an exact parallel, but I suspect an adjective (Ardea Maritima) would be more likely than the genitive (Ardea Maris)
- I've only seen imperium in the meaning 'X Empire' in the phrase imperium Rómánum, but I've never seen *Ardeánum (not to mention what to do with the adjective) so I would go with imperium Ardeae Maritimae.
Okay. I'll wait for confirmation before changing anything, but my gut feelings for the locations are below. They reverted the -ae suffix to old Latin's -ai suffix. Also, I used the wrong Ardea (heron, not the city) in the first post.
City: Tíbur Marínum
Empire: imperium Tíburtínum Marínum
City: Tíbur Marínum
Empire: imperium Tíburtínum Marínum