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Fri 11 Apr, 2008 01:49 am
I was wondering if you are able to translate last names into Latin?
Im wanting to translate the name 'McGarvie.
Im not sure if this is even possible, but any help would be muchly appreciated.
Thank you.
Romans used a different way to give names to people. Basically they had a "Praenomen", similar to our name, "Nomen", the name of the "gens", a sorto of large family and "cognomen", the name of the family inside the "gens".
So for example Caesar was actually "Caius (Praenomen) Iulius (of the gens Iulia) Caesar (his family name)"
Since there's obiviously no correspondance between our surnames and ancient Romans' there is no possible objective "translation". But you could simply "latinize" your surname...
So McGarvie could become Magarvius, but it is quite arbitrary...
Elise--
Welcome to A2K.
Please don't take offense, but your request for translation reminds me of a new-rich, barbarian Celt or Gaul trying for a veneer of super-respectability in the old, snobbish Roman Empire.
Remember, the prefix "Mc" means "son of" in the very respectable Celtic world.
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can you translate "dancing is like breathing... i can't stop" into latin for me?
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