Need A Latin Translation For A Title

[jourdain2]

Right, my Writing Group have set a challenging task for a short story this week - the Norton-Disney Do-decahedron, specifically re. who made it, who used it and how? Short, fiction story required by Friday!

I've done a lot of research for background and I've dreamed up a story (taken me 2 days and much wandering).

I would like my title to be a Latin version of:-

The Truthful Sybil.

A swiftish response from out Latin scholars would be appreciated - my Latin isn't up to it.

Thanks all.

 

 

[Auntypoll]

Tora I did two years of Latin at my private school and it was a total waste of time. I would have been better off getting some extra tuition in maths, which I never seemed to get a grasp of except 'useful stuff like percentages and areas/volumes etc. Luckily I went into Arts rather than Sciences so did'nt need pure math and can honestly say never since I was 16 have I ever had the need to do algebra, 

[ToraToraTora]

ok so what, couldn't care less what ignorant people like you think.

You sound like an annoying past member of AB returning.

[Auntypoll]

Oh dear me never mind 😂😂😂

[bednobs]

"uneducated people tend to get nasty when things are pointed out that are beyond their reasoning."

"ok so what, couldn't care less what ignorant people like you think"

so called educated people do too apparently

[Auntypoll]

🤣😂🤣

[jourdain2]

I asked a question. a simple question.  Sometimes I get cheesed off here.

[naomi24]

There seems to be a bit of inverted snobbery going on here.  However 'prestigious', most careers don't require a knowledge of Latin.  It is in my opinion, however, a useful tool in life.  Leaving aside roaming around the ancient statues of Rome, which without Latin I wouldn't know what I was looking at, I even find it useful when watching television quizzes where recognising the roots of words provide answer.  All pretty mundane of course but nevertheless it is one aspect of my education I wouldn't be without.  If I really think about it I actually use it quite a lot.

 

Algebra?  I liked that at school and was good at it - but I've never used it since.
 

Don't let it get you down, jourdain.

[jourdain2]

Thank you, naomi.  Ifeel a bit better now.  :)

[naomi24]

Good.  🙂

[ToraToraTora]

"Algebra?  I liked that at school and was good at it - but I've never used it since. " - I bet you have without realising it.

[ToraToraTora]

eg I have £176 including VAT how much of that is VAT?

so 1.2 x N = 176

Solve for N

[naomi24]

I'm sure I haven't.

[ToraToraTora]

if you can work out the answer to :

"I have £176 including VAT how much of that is VAT?"

then you most likely used algebra.

[Raving-Mod]

As fascinating as algebra might be, it has nothing to do with Latin translations so no more algebra-related questions or answers about it, okay?

[perseverer]

Re 19.17

with apologies to ravingmod

Calculus ille iustus indiget Arithmetica simplici

 

[ToraToraTora]

oth latera divide in N ita algebra

[Auntypoll]

Melius est ut claudas os tuum et putent te insipientem esse quam aperire et omnem dubitationem tollere. 🤣🤣🤣

[ToraToraTora]

Scires.

[Peter Pedant]

oh hello everyone. because I was locked out, hem hem I read just about the whole  of de lingua latina by varro

I like Sibylla Lucina ( light bringing Sibyl).

Sibylla veritatis - ( S of truth) is not  favoured by the Romans ( nom+ gen) they preferred nom+ adj - watch out for agreement. so pes anserinus ( goose's foot) is preferred over pes anseris ( goose's foot)

has anyone said 'verax'? google says that  - along with audax, brave. Does not  mutate for the feminine.

Sibylla Verax

 

 

[ToraToraTora]

deus adiuva nos illud cerebrum confidunt