Can anyone speak Latin? (looking for some translation)
Can anyone speak Latin? (looking for some translation)
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simple101

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205 months

Friday 26th February 2010
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Google has failed me on this one so im looking for some human intervention.

Im looking for a latin word that means perfection or something along those lines.

something that means 'to the highest' (not in regard to a deity) or 'flawless' or even 'to the highest degree of accuracy'.

anthing along those lines would be amazing.

Thank you in advancesmile

Not Ideal

3,022 posts

212 months

Friday 26th February 2010
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Absolutus means perfect if that helps..??

Loaf

850 posts

285 months

Friday 26th February 2010
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ad altissimus?

perdu

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223 months

Friday 26th February 2010
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immaculatus?

without flaw

JM Latin-English Dictionary
immaculatus
ADJ
immaculate/unstained/spotless/without blemish; undefiled/pure/chaste; blameless

how's that?

Edited by perdu on Friday 26th February 15:53

simple101

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Friday 26th February 2010
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Helpful indeed.

MentalSarcasm

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235 months

Friday 26th February 2010
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It would help if you could give the whole sentance because the ending of the word that is being described as the "highest" needs to have the same settings (singular/plural, nominative etc) as the adjective itself.

simple101

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Friday 26th February 2010
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MentalSarcasm said:
It would help if you could give the whole sentance because the ending of the word that is being described as the "highest" needs to have the same settings (singular/plural, nominative etc) as the adjective itself.
its not really a sentance. Im look for a name for a project and i find latin words always have a way of sounding better than english ones when describing something emotive.

the emotive part being perfection. Sorry to get a bit arty farty.

MentalSarcasm

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235 months

Friday 26th February 2010
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Oh I see.

In that case highest would be "Altissimus". Best would be something like Optimus (you'll get a lot of transformers jokes), and as someone say above, perfect is "absolutus".

simple101

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Friday 26th February 2010
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MentalSarcasm said:
Oh I see.

In that case highest would be "Altissimus". Best would be something like Optimus (you'll get a lot of transformers jokes), and as someone say above, perfect is "absolutus".
I think absolutus is the one. Sounds all inclusive and rounded nicely and stuff

Thanks people!

Edited by simple101 on Friday 26th February 16:20

Not Ideal

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Friday 26th February 2010
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Glad I could be of help!