Foul Dwimmerlaik, Lord of Carrion ([info]dwimmerlaik) wrote,
@ 2006-09-28 12:31:00
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Attention Fellow LJ Nerds!
Particularly you, [info]butterflybill and [info]sayyana. I'm having yet another latin word construction quandary. I'm wondering, first of all, how to construct a word for "the little swift men," from maybe either "celer" or "rapidus." I've been wrestling with diminutive plural suffixes all morning, and it's driving me crazy. I have a hypothetical "celerilli," but I'm sure that's wrong somehow. The second part of my problem is, when I finally have this crazy ass word made, how the hell do I decline it?


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Declining
[info]angelbedwell
2006-09-28 05:57 pm UTC (link)
politely is "No, thank you."
demonstratively is *shaking head*
rudely is "No and fuck no."

I can't believe I have a friend with a latin word construction quandary. =)

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Re: Declining
[info]joanofarchetype
2006-09-28 06:49 pm UTC (link)
Actually, florilegia & I had a latin word construction quandary about 2 weeks ago, and we called my Nova Roma friends in Maine.

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[info]butterflybill
2006-09-28 08:45 pm UTC (link)
I know -ito and -ino and -ette and -chen and -ushka but I don't know much about diminuitives in Latin. I don't think the Romans used them as much as the Italians and Mexicans.

celerilli would probably be celerillorum, celerillis, celerillos, celerillis like any other 2nd declension plural.

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[info]dwimmerlaik
2006-09-28 09:49 pm UTC (link)
I thought "celer" was 3rd declension...

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[info]butterflybill
2006-09-29 12:49 am UTC (link)
But you've put the ending on it, and the ending's ending is -i. (not -es)

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[info]dwimmerlaik
2006-09-29 04:07 am UTC (link)
I like that even better, because if it's 2nd declension it's a freak of a lot easier to work with. Thanks! :)

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[info]sayyana
2006-09-28 08:50 pm UTC (link)
I will have to look that up in my Latin book tonight actually. I will print out your post and see what I can find. It will be fun!
I suppose if you were allowed to make up Latin words (isn't that against the law? haha) then you will have to decide if it is a first declension, 2nd declension or neuter, (though from the sound of it, it might be best suited for a 1st declension) and just follow the basic declination processes for whichever it seems to work best with. Does that make sense?
1st declension as you know:
a ae
ae arum
ae is
am as
a is
*Now the first declension's through...*

Ahh, don't you love it when teachers make you sing songs to remember stuff like that? My vote is FIRST DECLENSION, FIRST DECLENSION! Oh pick me! Pick me!

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[info]sayyana
2006-09-28 08:51 pm UTC (link)
Ok so the format of the endings didn't turn out the best....
a
ae
ae
am
a
ae
arum
is
as
is
there you go.

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[info]dwimmerlaik
2006-09-28 09:53 pm UTC (link)
No shit, did you have to learn the "o, s, t, mus, tis, nt" Mickey Mouse club thing for verb endings?

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[info]dwimmerlaik
2006-09-28 09:54 pm UTC (link)
Thank you guys so much for your help!

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