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    Need some help with Latin

    Since this is a particularly eclectic group, I'm hoping somebody knows latin. I'm putting together a patch for my farm to be (trying to close the deal for 20 acres in New Hampshire right now) and I want to put on the patch "Solace from the soil" in latin. Using online latin translators, I've put together "Levatios Ex Terra" Is this close, or way off?

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    My latin is a bit rusty, but it looks pretty good to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KiltedHuntsman
    "Solace from the soil"-> "Levatios Ex Terra"
    That is close, but the first part is definately wrong
    root-> leviatas, levatis, feminine (3rd declinsion)-> yet it is NOT a 3 Dec ending
    It means: "lightness, restlessness, mildness, fickleness, shallowness"
    NOT the connotation I would want for my farm.

    Solace:
    Noun- solacium, lenimen, levamen, levamentum, neuter.
    "solace"/"comfort"/"consolation"->solacium, solacii, neuter
    "Alleviation"/"solace"-> lenimen, leniminis, neuter
    "elevation"/"mitigation"/"consolation"-> levamentum, levamenti, neuter

    I'd probably use the first possible definition listed-> it is the direct root of the English. Either way, use the first listed (nomnative, singular)
    "Lenimen"-" sounds to much like "lemon"

    From: preposition:
    Out from-> Ex-> takes ablative

    Soil:
    "base"/"foundation"/"earth"/"ground"/"soil"->solum, soli, neuter
    "land"/"soil"/"country"/"earth"/"ground"-> terra, terrae, feminine

    either works-> hust a bit different conotation. The best is probably the second, for it is the most easily understood by most people. "Solum" may be taken (erroniously) as "out from one."

    So, possibilities:

    Solacium Ex Solum -> solace out of the foundations

    Solacium Ex Terra -> solace out of the land

    I'd use the latter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MacWage
    Solacium Ex Solum -> solace out of the foundations

    Solacium Ex Terra -> solace out of the land

    I'd use the latter.
    I'll second that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MacWage
    So, possibilities:
    Solacium Ex Solum -> solace out of the foundations
    Solacium Ex Terra -> solace out of the land
    I'd use the latter.
    While the second option is closer to the intended translation, I do like the alliteration of the first.

    Regards,
    Rex in Cincinnati.
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    I had a hunch this crowd would deliver. Thank you, MacWage! I'll post the patch after I've changed the wording.

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    the ainly latin ai ken is this...

    Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes



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    Quote Originally Posted by KiltedHuntsman
    I had a hunch this crowd would deliver. Thank you, MacWage! I'll post the patch after I've changed the wording.
    Your welcome!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pour1Malt
    the ainly latin ai ken is this...

    Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes
    Si tacuisses, philosophus manisses

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    Quote Originally Posted by TechBear
    Si tacuisses, philosophus manisses
    There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

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