Translate English into Latin

linguist wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I would like to find a translation of these phrases into latin. could you help me on that?

a) The unknown factor
b) Inland security service (or Internal security service)


Thanks in advance!

The unknown factor

I've been looking around for a good Latin word for "factor" (in the English
sense), but without success. "Factor" is itself a Latin word, but it
means "doer" or "maker" -- not what you want. The closest thing I can
think of would be "causa", which means "cause". Thus "Causa ignota" is
the best I can do.


Inland security service

Ministerium mediterraneum securitatis

George wrote:

linguist wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I would like to find a translation of these phrases into latin. could you help me on that?

a) The unknown factor
b) Inland security service (or Internal security service)


Thanks in advance!

The unknown factor

I've been looking around for a good Latin word for "factor" (in the English
sense), but without success. "Factor" is itself a Latin word, but it
means "doer" or "maker" -- not what you want. The closest thing I can
think of would be "causa", which means "cause". Thus "Causa ignota" is
the best I can do.


Inland security service

Ministerium mediterraneum securitatis

You know what. It so happens that I indeed needed the latin meaning of "factor" because in my context "factor" should be a man who influences something, not an object! So I will take it, thank you very much.

So : Factor ignota, is it correct?


Thanks again.

Thank you for translating for me, George! You are a lifesaver!

is valor and virtue still the same if you took out with and and?

so it would be like

valor
virtue

like, if it was just valor then virtue. like i was planning on getting a tattoo of those words but i was wondering if the spelling would change without the with and and .

like this, one arm would just be valor
then the other would just be virtue

like, if it was just valor then virtue. like i was planning on getting a tattoo of those words but i was wondering if the spelling would change without the with and and .

like this, one arm would just be valor
then the other would just be virtue

i mean virtue

matthuex wrote:

i mean virtue

Just so we're all clear on this...
I use Cassell's Latin Dictionary. (Yes, I am enough of a dweeb to
actually own a Latin dictionary.)

In the English-Latin section, the following is the entry for "valour".
virtus (-utis, f.), fortitudo; see also BRAVERY.

And the following is the entry for "virtue".
(1) moral -----, goodness, virtus (-utis, f.), probitas, honestas, honestum,
rectum; of chastity in particular, pudicitia, sanctimonia, sanctitas.

So for "valor", you could also use fortitudo, and for "virtue" you could
also use virtus, probitas, honestas, honestum, or rectum. (Though I
don't think you'd want to tattoo rectum on your arm.)

It says something about the Romans that they used the same word to
signify virtue and valor.

alright thank you very much, you both have been a very big help