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Piffka
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 11:46 am
Macs is right with her three, good on ya!

...but sadly, fbaezer, Callumer is not. It is a stretch, I admit and doubtless the ending is incorrect.

Caeruleus is a color, not white.

fb -- your translations are more clever than mine, I'm relying on online dictionaries & my own poor Oxford.
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:12 pm
Caeruleus must be blue (cerulean blue) but I can't think of anyone with blue in his or her name! Confused
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:19 pm
cællus is heaven.
Could it be heeven?

Are you talking about Cærulus Lacus -her possible full name- ?

Who is Ursus Duopolus?
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:20 pm
Caeruleus = Cobalt?
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:21 pm
Ursus Duopolus = BiPolarBear
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steissd
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:26 pm
Fbaezer wrote:
I have always thought that the word "cicerone" derives from Cicero, the ancient philosopher. I may have been always wrong.

No, you were absolutely right. The word "cicerone" meaning the verbous tourist guide is not of Latin but of Italian origin; Italians, in their turn, derived this word from the family name of the Ancient Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero. If I remember well, the word cicero in Latin means not only a particular man's name, but also "a pea".
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:26 pm
Cobalt sounds correct to me.

And the other one should not be Cæruleus, but Viola Lacus.
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steissd
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:32 pm
Dlowan wrote:
Trying to figure out who the cat person is - Felix IS cat, I assume

Cat is felis, felix is "happy, merry". Hence, "Felis Andreas" is "Merry Andrew".
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:35 pm
Viola Lacus = Violet Lake


How about Primarius Cogitatum? (don't laugh, that's the first Latin I've ever written!)
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Piffka
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:36 pm
Ahhh, cerulean blue... it was the best I could come up with. Yes, Cobalt. I don't know the viola lacus... it's not in my dictionary. Sad

Bi-Polar Bear! That's great!

Steissd -- You have hidden talents, can you make up any new names?
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steissd
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:39 pm
Piffka wrote:
Okay, how 'bout...

Canus atrium

and

Portus novus

I am sorry, but "dog" in Latin will be canis, and not canus. Of course, this is a "Patiodog". And PortusNovus is surely "New Haven" (well, if we had a member named "Newport", this would conform his/her name as well).
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steissd
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:47 pm
Piscatori is definitely "fishin'", Pax et Agape is "Peace and Love", Poetaphoca is obviously "Seal Poet" (with reference to "seal" as to a water mammal, and not as to a kind of gasket or to insignia).
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:49 pm
Ok, try these:

Lignumagrariusko

Caliginosus26
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:50 pm
Primarius Cognitorum: First thought. That would be...

Thanks for supporting me in the Cicero microdebate, steissd!
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:54 pm
Timberlandko - who could also be Lignusterrako

calligine means mine dust in Italian, so...
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 12:57 pm
misti26!

Who is agrarius?
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Piffka
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 01:00 pm
Primarius Cognitorium -- Chatoyant?

Thanks for the correction, Steissd. I admit to no schooling in this.

How about... aetrapar?
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 01:01 pm
Sorry, I was going for timberland with my feeble attempt of Lignumagrariusko. Embarrassed

And yes to misti26 and firstthought! Very Happy
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Piffka
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 01:01 pm
Farmerman? Agrarius
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Piffka
 
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Reply Fri 16 May, 2003 01:02 pm
WHo? There's a member named first thought? Yikes. My apologies.

Did anybody get my Callum-er?
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