Versus Vesnotei

Vide quoque: Latin Translation, Vocabula Vesnotei et Heres Solii

What follows is a list of all of the details we are collaborating on in the lines of Wesnoth (Versus Vesnotei).

Forma (Form)

• English
  • Lingua Latina

Wesnoth-units

Recognitiones (revisions)

• Vampire Bat
  • 'Vespertilio Hirudo' (blood-sucking bat)

• Galleon
  • 'Navis Longa' (this and transport galleon were the wrong way round)

• Pirate Galleon
  • 'Navis Piratica'

• Transport Galleon
  • 'Navis Oneraria'

• Armageddon Drake
  • 'Draculus Ignipotens' (Drake ruling in fire (an epithet for Vulcan))

• Drake Flameheart
  • 'Draculus Flammifer' (Drake bearing flames, plus, it's contiguous with 'Flamma')

• Drake Glider
  • 'Draculus Labens' (gliding drake, because velivolum is a purely nautical word)

• Hurricane Drake
  • 'Draculus Altivolans' (Drake soaring on high)

• Dwarvish Dragonguard
  • 'Draconigena Nanorum' (dragonborn dwarf, occasional epithet for Alexander the Great, and it's more laconic)

• dragonstaff
  • 'Scipio Draconis' (pretty much literal, but more ceremonial than current)

• thunderstick
  • 'Virga Tonitrus' (grammatical correction)

• Dwarvish Thunderguard
  • 'Nanus Altitonans' (Dwarf thundering on high)

• Dwarvish Pathfinder
  • 'Indagator Nanorum'

• Elvish Captain
  • 'Princeps Dryadalum' (capitaneus is neo-latin and therefore bad :P)

• staff
  • 'lituus' (a lituus is an augural staff, unlike virga, which can be a wand but is more likely to mean walking-stick)

• Elvish Hero
  • 'Heros Dryadalum' (typo)

• Elvish Marshal
  • 'Imperator Dryadalum' (closer to the English)

• Elvish Sharpshooter m+f
  • 'Flos Arci Dryadalum' (lit, Flower of bow of the elves, flower meaning the best and choicest soldier, and it's elves, so references to flowers are good)

• Elvish Marksman m+f
  • 'Dryadalis Florens Arco' (Elf flourishing in the bow)

• Elvish Ourider
  • 'Praecursor Dryadalum' (it was in my dictionary :P)

• Goblin Knight
  • 'Robur Lupitum' (elite of the wolf-riders, works better with the unit description)

• Gryphon Rider
  • 'Grypes' (might as well)

• lance
  • 'lancea'

• Grand Knight
  • 'Eques Optimus' (grammar fix)

• Duelist
  • 'Lanista' (Duelator wasn't a word, and in any case, the root was an old form of bellum)

• sabre
  • 'acinaces'

• mace
  • 'Fustis Ferreus' (iron club, because we had named our mace after a certain spice and there is no word for mace)

• missile
  • 'telum' (the 'magicum' is redundant)

• morning star
  • 'scipio armatus'

'aspergillum' might work, or it might not

• club
  • 'clava' (for stylistic reasons)

• Highwayman
  • 'Latrocinans' (might as well use a substantive)

• Woodsman
  • 'Lignator' (woodcutter, and stuff like that)

• Huntsman
  • 'Venator' (as in one who hunts, as opposed to one who catches animals (captor), plus it was a immunes in the Roman army which fits the unit description)

• Trapper
  • 'Captor' (as above)

• Mermaid Diviner
  • 'Hariola Nereiis' (typo)

• water spray
  • 'aspergo aquae' (the previous didn't make much sense, and aspergo has religious connotations =D)

However on further thought 'spuma aquae' is probably better

• Giant Spider
  • 'Ingens Aranea' (word order)

• bite
  • 'mordere' (why wasn't this corrected last time? ;) )

• Giant Scorpion
  • 'Ingens Nepa' (per spider)

• Water Serpent
  • 'Hydrus' (thus connecting it with Nagas per the unit description)

• Ogre
  • 'Homo Immanis' (vir was too respectful for an ogre)

• cleaver
  • 'dolabra'

• throwing knives
  • 'cultri iaciendis' (grammatical fix)

• Orcish Grunt
  • 'Orcs Gregarius' (Common/ orc of the flock, a military tern for the lowest ranking soldiers of all who get all the lovely menial duties and lowest pay)

• greatsword
  • 'spatha maior' (sounds more Latin to me)

• short sword
  • 'gladius minor' (in accordance with the greatsword)

an alternative is pugio

• shadow wave
  • 'unda umbrarum' (more literal, and sounds more awesomey)

• Dark Adept m+f
  • 'Adsecula Veneficii' (grammar fix)

• plague staff
  • 'lituus pestis' (in accordance with the staff)

• Skeleton
  • 'Ossa'

• Draug
  • 'Vindex Animatus'

• Nightgaunt
  • 'Larva' (yeah, here we go again, it means ghost/mask which is a coincidence I cannot resist, and besides, we're already using Lemur as Wraith, it also frees up noctivagus which I think should be used for nightstalk)

Unit Descriptions

• Blood Bats are so named because of their ruddy hue, which some mark as a symbol of their preferred diet. These creatures are fast and can drain the blood of those they attack, thereby gaining some of the health lost by their victims.
  • 'Vespertiliones Sanguinis ita nominant ob formas rubras, quae nonnulli ut signum cibi deliciae designant. Bestiae celerem sunt et sanguinem eis oppugnatus expotare potuant, quibus partem salutis adipiscantur, quae hostia amiserunt.'

• The most vicious, predatory, and successful of the Blood Bats become Dread Bats, gaining the ability to drain not merely the blood but the very life energy of their victims.
  • 'Saevissimus, pradatorissimus et prosperissimus Sanguinum Vespertilionum Formidines Vespertiliones existent, percepentes potestatem bibentium non solum sanguinem sed etiam veram animam hostiarum.'

• Propelled by oars or small sails, boats are used to travel short distances and in shallows where large ships cannot navigate.
  • 'Rates, remis aut veis guberntes, usui hominibus sunt causa haud procul et in brevi ire, ubi naves magnae navigare non potuant.'

• Galleons are blue-water ships built for trade and transport.
  • 'Navis Mercaturae naves pelagi sunt, quae pro mercatura et advectus aedificiatur.'

Units

Committed

In the future, just refer to this

• Trunk unit reference

Other Unit Stuff

Committed

• crush
  • 'calca'

• baneblade
  • 'ferrum cladis'

• wail
  • 'geme'

• plague staff
  • 'virga pestis'

• flame blast
  • 'flamen ignis'

• greatsword
  • 'spatha magna'

• throwing knives
  • 'cultri iacti'

• cleaver
  • 'clava ferrea'

• jaw
  • 'fauces'

• pincers
  • 'forceps'

• sting
  • 'aculeus'

• mud glob
  • 'globus luti'

• tail
  • 'cauda'

• bite
  • 'morde'

• ink
  • 'sepiae'

• naia touch
  • 'tactus naiadis'

• water spray
  • 'saliens aquae'

• pitchfork
  • 'furca'

• club
  • 'fustis'

• knife
  • 'pugio'

• morning star
  • 'macea cum vinculo'

• lightning
  • 'fulmen'

• fireball
  • 'globus ignis'

• missile
  • 'telum magicum'

• flail
  • 'flagellum ferreum'

• pike
  • 'contus'

• mace
  • 'macea'

• saber (doom upon the American spelling) (just use EN-GB translation for British spelling, then :P)
  • 'gladius tenuis'

• longsword
  • 'spatha'

• gossamer
  • 'rete Nymphae'

• entangle
  • 'irreti'

• ensnare
  • 'inlaquea'

• lightning bolt
  • 'fulgur'

• runic hammer
  • 'malleum typorum'

• hatchet
  • 'securicula'

• dagger
  • 'sica'

• berserker frenzy
  • 'saevitia' (attack special: 'pugna ad mortem')

• slam
  • 'adfligi'

• war blade
  • 'ferrum belli'

• ram
  • 'arieta'

• war talons
  • 'ungues belli'

• fire breath
  • 'aura ignis'

• battle claws
  • 'ungues proelii'

• halberd
  • 'tripennis'

• fangs
  • 'dentes'

Pending review

• none
  • 'nullus'

Wesnoth

• Programming
  • 'Programmationes'

• Other Contributers
  • 'Donatores Alii'

• Bots
  • 'Automatarii'

• Factions
  • 'Factiones'

• Desert
  • 'Deserta'

• no
  • 'non est'

• TitleScreen button^Preferences
  • 'electiones'

• TitleScreen button^Exit
  • 'Exire'

• TitleScreen button^Load Game
  • 'Restituere'

Wesnoth-lib

• Action
  • 'Actio'

• Island
  • 'Insula'

• Landform
  • 'Forma terrae'

• Villages
  • 'Viculi'

• Players
  • 'Lusores:'

• End Turn
  • 'Fini Vicem'

• Leader
  • 'Dux'

• Version
  • 'Versio'

• Load Game
  • 'Restitue Ludum...'

• Password
  • 'Tessera'

• Turn
  • 'Vicis'

• Prefs section^Multiplayer
  • 'Plures Lusores'

• no
  • 'non est'

• yes
  • 'ita'

• Name
  • 'Nomen:'

• Female
  • 'Feminus'

• Male
  • 'Masculus'

• infinite
  • 'infinitus'

• Music
  • 'Musica'

• player
  • 'lusor'

• Elvish Keep
  • 'Arx Dryadalum'

• Ruined Castle Keep
  • 'Arx Castelli Rutus'

• Submerged Castle Keep
  • 'Arx Castelli Summersus'

• Summer Deciduous Forest''
  • 'Silva Aestiva Decidua'

• Fall Deciduous Forest (that's Autumn to you -_-)
  • 'Silva Autumna Decidua'

• Winter Deciduous Forest
  • 'Silva Hiberna Decidua'

• Snowy Deciduous Forest''
  • 'Silva Nivosa Decidua'

• Summer Mixed Forest
  • 'Multigener Silvae Aestivae'

• Fall Mixed Forest
  • 'Multigener Silvae Autumnae'

• Winter Mixed Forest
  • 'Multigener Silvae Hibernae'

• Snowy Mixed Forest
  • 'Multigener Silvae Nivosae'

• Forested Hills
  • 'Colles Silvestes'

• Forested Snow Hills
  • 'Colles Silvestes Nivosi'

• Summer Deciduous Forested Hills (lolwut)
  • 'Colles Silvestes Aestivi Decidui'

• Fall Deciduous Forested Hills
  • 'Colles Silvestes Autumni Decidui'

• Winter Deciduous Forested Hills
  • 'Colles Silvestes Hiberni Decidui'

• Snowy Deciduous Forested Hills''
  • 'Colles Silvestes Nivosi Decidui'

• Summer Mixed Forested Hills
  • 'Colles Silvestium Aestivorum Multigenes'

• Winter Mixed Forested Hills
  • 'Colles Silvestium Hibernarum Multigenes'

• Snowy Mixed Forested Hills'
  • 'Colles Silvestium Nivosorum Multigenes'

• Impassable Desert Mountains
  • 'Montes Impervii Desertorum'

• Unwalkable
  • 'Nonterra'

• Play
  • 'Incipere'

• Paint Tool''
  • 'Res Pingens'

• Fill Tool
  • 'Res Augens'

• Select Inverse
  • 'Eligere Spatia Diversa'

• Export selected coordinates to system clipboard
  • 'Exportare locos electos apothecae conpostae'

• Rotate Clipboard Clockwise
  • 'Rotare Apothecam Dextrorsum'

• Rotate Clipboard Anticlockwise
  • 'Rotare Apothecam a Dextrorsum'

• Flip Clipboard Horizontally
  • 'Vertere Apothecam Horizontaliter'

• Flip Clipboard Vertically
  • 'Vertere Apothecam Recte'

• Coastal
  • 'Maritimus'

• Don't ask me again!
  • Noli rogare iterum!'

• Cancel Orders
  • 'Retexere Imperia'