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Can anyone help me out and tell me how either snake biter or snake killer would translate in Latin?
Yes there is a story behind this.
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Doing a quick Google translate for the Latin and then cross checklng with a Latin-English dictionary for the 4 options provided; the best option that I came up with was:
serpens occisor (occisor derives from the verb "occido" which means "to kill"; occidit was another option, which translates as "he kills snakes")
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Serpenticida, based on Parricida (Killer of a someone near the family).
If Q. Clavus's suggestion is to be accepted, it should be "serpentis" (genitive, of a snake, or "serpentium", of snakes, genitive plural)
Now, I'm intrigued as to that story. Especially about the "serpent biter"...
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Quote:Serpenticida, based on Parricida (Killer of a someone near the family).
If Q. Clavus's suggestion is to be accepted, it should be "serpentis" (genitive, of a snake, or "serpentium", of snakes, genitive plural)
My first thought was interfector serpentium but the genitive is a possessive case, so that would be 'killer belonging to snakes', which does not seem right at all.
Therefore, I am happy to go along with serpenticida, although a closer analogy would be parenticida, 'parent-killer', parens and serpens being similar in form.
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I certainly defer to those whose Latin is far more recent or far more used than mine (my last really serious encounter with Latin was 45 years ago)!!
I, too, would be interested in the story behind the inquiry.
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Ahh thank you on the translation!
So the story is this:
I went outside today on my second story porch/balcony in order to set up my new porch furniture and found a 4 foot and 6 inch black rat snake that was unwilling to leave my porch.
Having a 16 month old, and a one week old babies, a wife and small dog where we plan to all hang out this was a rather unacceptable arrangement.
Armed with broom and my Mark Morrow Pompeii Pattern Gladius I encouraged the beast to leave. My browning double action seemed like overkill and I really did not want to be patching up holes in the side of my house, so the sword seemed like the better of two options. It lashed out at me and then 20+ years of military training took over, and like a good Roman Soldier I stabbed it all the way through its mid section (about a foot down from its head) before I then swept it up and over the railing unceremoniously to land on the brick patio below to a very satisfying "thump".
The abdominal required I immediately dispose of the carcass with no "trophy" shots as she was rather disturbed that a snake that big actually was on our porch.
We have since contacted the exterminator to help ensure events like this don't happen again.
Serpenticida seems like a rather nice name for the blade/gladius.
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Quote: Armed with broom and my Mark Morrow Pompeii Pattern Gladius I encouraged the beast to leave.
Brilliant!
Quote:Serpenticida seems like a rather nice name for the blade/gladius.
Indeed. And well-deserved. :wink:
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It's the stuff legends are made from. In generations to come, the sword will be said to have killed a dragon or the "Serpent" with a capital S. :wink:
Good luck getting the serpents away from your patio. There's plenty of recipes in Pliny's natural history which could help staying true to your vocation as a re-enactor, though many will probably as disagreeable as the actual serpent.
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Ave Serpenticida!
What a great story...
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just for fun AVIA NIGER, TABVLA POMNVM. what are they :roll: :wink:
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Avia Niger is "Black Bird", but I don't know the word POMNVM.
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Quote:Avia Niger is "Black Bird", but I don't know the word POMNVM.
Neither does the Oxford Latin Dictionary... :wink:
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M. Demetrius wrote:
Avia Niger is "Black Bird", but I don't know the word POMNVM
sorry it had to be POMVM TABVLA. and ACISVS NIGER. :oops: :oops:
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most of you will have a black berry or a apple tablet :roll:
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Quote:most of you will have a black berry or a apple tablet :roll:
Rubus is the Latin for blackberry.
(Sent from a Blackberry-free zone. :wink: )
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