What is the latin word for the word
"Place"
and
"Race"
I'm trying to think of a Cross Country slogan using something similar to "Carpe Diem" only, day would be either race or place. Can someone help?? And please don't be rude and say a rude word in latin that I don't understand, please give me the real word. I'm only a kid, and this is just for a t-shirt slogan. Thanks a bunch! ^-^
2007-08-23 10:05:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Horses
OMG!!! WHOOPS!!! Wrong category!! How did that happen??? So embarrassing...... sorry!!!!
2007-08-23 10:06:06 · update #1
Cross country race is not the gens kind... gens is like your heritage
If a word for "place" ends in -o, chances are that's a verb. If you are looking for a noun, there are other endings (and -o could possibly be one!) I think you are talking about 1st place, etc?
a foot race is a certamen cursus
or a cursus pedum
Vergil tells of a great foot race in the Aeneid, which is the book that the Romans considered to be their greatest legacy to mankind. In that book, the foot race was called "cursus rapidus" - a "fleet foot race"
First place was "primus" first
Second place was "alter"
Third place was "tertius"
I think it would be really cool to take the Latin from a famous Roman footrace for your shirt.
carpe praemium = sieze the prize
carpe cursus rapidum = sieze the fleet foot race
2007-08-23 11:55:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A couple of suggestions:
Carpe cursus - translates to 'Seize the course'. Gives some alliteration, especially since the two C's match up with the two from Cross Country. Also, a lot of people are familiar with the 'carpe' part from 'carpe diem' 'Carpe' is a singular imperative - addressed to only one person. If you want that addressed to the whole CC team, it would be 'carpite cursus'.
Vince (or vincite - see above) cursus - Conquer the course. That seems to be what CC is all about.
2007-08-24 09:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Departum Eques ! Vir egreguis!
2007-08-23 10:58:35 · answer #3 · answered by Faerie loue 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
http://archives1.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?place
try that site. it has a bunch of latin workds for place and race, you just have to figure out the right one.lol
2007-08-23 10:17:48 · answer #4 · answered by nwcowgirl024 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Place: locus, posui, pono, positum, constituo, destituo, condo, positus, addo, statuo, punctum
Race: natio nationis, gens, curriculum
good luck !
2007-08-23 10:14:46 · answer #5 · answered by Guam nut 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No problem. Place is "situ". Not sure about race.
2007-08-23 10:08:30 · answer #6 · answered by ibbibud 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋