symbols in latin?

Question

I want to get a tattoo of a cross and on the sides i want 4 symbols in latin: Love, strength, family, and hope. Does anyone know?

Answer 1

Latin, like English, utilised letters instead of symbols in its written form. In fact, the English alphabet is almost identical to the Latin alphabet.

The four Latin words you'd be looking for:

love=amor
strength=fortitudo
family=familia
hope=spero

Answer 2

As others have already answered, Latin used letters and not symbols in its writing system. I agree with the first answer here that words can be substituted. However, as a Latin lecturer I am forced to correct his choice of words.

Love - Amor
Strength - Fortitudo
Family - Gens or Familia
Hope - Spes (Not Spero)

I hope this helps - you could (if you don't want words but want symbols instead) go for symbols from a 'Dictionary of Symbols'.

Answer 3

honey, you're thinking of greek. Latin used almost the same alphabet we do, except they rarely used vowels or spaces in written works.

Answer 4

i don't think latin had symbols just words