These are Latin phrases I consider particularly suitable for use in Warhammer 40,000.

I had been lurking in the newsgroup alt.language.latin for some time when I realised many of the requests for translations were actually from Warhammer 40,000 players.   Also, the same requests were coming up time and time again.  Furthermore, I was seeing translations that, while not related to Warhammer 40K, would be suitable.

There are already many websites on the InterNet for Latin translations, so what makes this one different?

- the translations are those I feel suitable for use on Warhammer 40K models and buildings;
- they are generally short;
- they have been translated by people who are confident in their use of Latin;
- there are few of the humourous translations ('eat my shorts') as they are covered on other websites.

Where you see more than one Latin phrase for an English phrase, just choose the one you like the sound of.

Tips and suggestions for use:

- ALL CAPITALS ARE OK;
- A Mix Of Capitals And Lower Case Is OK Too;
- or just lower case;
- Games Workshop use the letter 'u' in Latin, you may svbstitvte 'v' if yov wish;
- it is YOUR inscription.  I am a great believer that they're YOUR models to be painted as YOU see fit.  If the tech-marine / grot / grunt / ratling / whatever in the unit is not much of an artist then your models' paint jobs won't be either - it ain't your fault!   (That's the excuse I use anyway.)

Suggestions, comments, corrections, donations - in English, please - to: Latin@s-and-j.co.uk

***  To make it easier of authors, and so for checking reasons, this list is currently sorted by: a) author contact made; b) permission to quote and citation details received; c) author ***

*** This will be prettified and go live at the end of July 2002 to, well, here. ***

 

I have accumulated a few hundred Latin / English phrases suitable for use on Warhammer 40,000 figures, buildings, etc.  This will go on-line in the next few weeks (I am aiming for the end of July 2002) once I am happy with the translations and if the authors are happy with me publishing them.

These are Latin phrases I consider particularly suitable for use in Warhammer 40,000.

Please note, I do not know Latin myself.  I have merely trawled the 'net to get these.  The majority of these have been requests for translations in the newsgroup alt.language.latin, either Latin to English or English to Latin.  While lurking in that newsgroup for the last few years I have been recording translations I thought suitable.  I had been lurking in the newsgroup alt.language.latin for some time when I realised many of the requests for translations were actually from Warhammer 40,000 players.   Also, the same requests were coming up time and time again.  Furthermore, I was seeing translations that, while not related to Warhammer 40,000, would be suitable.

There are already many websites on the InterNet for Latin translations, so what makes this one different?

Where you see more than one Latin phrase for an English phrase, just choose the one you like the sound of.

Tips and suggestions for use:

- ALL CAPITALS ARE OK;
- A Mix Of Capitals And Lower Case Is OK Too;
- or just lower case;
- Games Workshop use the letter 'u' in Latin, you may svbstitvte 'v' if yov wish;
- it is YOUR inscription.  I am a great believer that they're YOUR models to be painted as YOU see fit.  If the tech-marine / grot / grunt / ratling / whatever in the unit is not much of an artist then your models' paint jobs won't be either - it ain't your fault!   (That's the excuse I use anyway.)

Suggestions, comments, corrections, donations - in English, please - to: Latin@s-and-j.co.uk

In due course I shall break these down into categories, such as Space Marines, Dark Eldar, etc.

English

Latin

Author

Email
Delivered
?

Permit
to
Quote?

little men

homunculos

Anon

Y

Y

In bears we trust

Ursis fidimus

<wk.hew@student.unsw.edu.au>

Y

?

Train hard, fight easy

quo durius te exerces, eo facilius certabis

frank <pojames@lineone.net>

Y

?

dawn of night

Aurora noctis

frank <pojames@lineone.net>

Y

?

Seize life

carpe vitam

frank <pojames@lineone.net>

Y

?

Embrace the darkness

amplectere tenebras

frank <pojames@lineone.net>

Y

?

Life's a bitch, and then you die

vita canicula est; deinde mors

frank <pojames@lineone.net>

Y

?

rather to die than to be dishonoured

potius mori quam foedar

frank <pojames@lineone.net>

Y

?

The Summoning

arcessens

Jennifer Gray <Jennifer@cloud926.f9.co.uk>

Y

?

The Terrifying

perterrens

Jennifer Gray <Jennifer@cloud926.f9.co.uk>

Y

?

Thou that takest away the sins of the world, grant them Thy peace

qui tollis peccatta mundi, dona eis requiem

Jim Hamilton <JJHamilton@house-of-elrond.fsnet.co.uk>

Y

?

fortune favours the brave

audaces fortuna juvat

Jim Hamilton <JJHamilton@house-of-elrond.fsnet.co.uk>

Y

?

Grave

Sepulchrum

Old Bear <ian@ibarstow.freeserve.co.uk>

Y

?

Dragons never die

Dracones numquam pereunt

Philip G. Bochanski <pgbochanski@nni.com>

Y

?

live free or die

Liber vive aut morere

Philip G. Bochanski <pgbochanski@nni.com>

Y

?

The strong survive

Valentes superant

Philip G. Bochanski <pgbochanski@nni.com>

Y

?

Loyalty binds us

Fidelitas nos conligat

Philip G. Bochanski <pgbochanski@nni.com>

Y

?

Moonlight

Lunae Lumen

Sébastien-Jérôme W K Hew <wk.hew@student.unsw.edu.au>

Y

?

beer

cervisia

a_pareja@my-deja.com

N

?

I came, I saw, I ran away

Veni, Vidi, effugi

a_pareja@my-deja.com

N

?

a small sacrifice for knowledge

minima jactura pro scientia

a_pareja@my-deja.com

N

?

Third group

Tertia centuria

akis <akihiko@yahoo.com>

N

?

Remember thou art mortal

memento te mortalem esse

Alex <spammers@sod.off>

N

?

In the Year of the Empire

Anno imperii

Alex <spammers@sod.off>

N

?

Slave girl

serva

Alex <spammers@sod.off>

N

?

master

dominus

Alex <spammers@sod.off>

N

?

slave (male)

servus

Alex <spammers@sod.off>

N

?

I struggle and emerge [victorious]

luctor et emergo

Andomar <andomar@brotherrobot.org>

N

?

Not by strength, but by stealth

furtim nec vire

Andrew Dale <adale@iprolink.fr>

N

?

Red head

Rufus

Andrew Dale <adale@iprolink.fr>

N

?

The book of the names of the devils

Liber nominum daemonorum

Andrew Dale <adale@iprolink.fr>

N

?

(The) ones who rise up against the Gods

Insurgentes in deos

Caesar <ha.ha.ha.spammers@you.wont.get.me>

N

?

Whatever is said in Latin seems profound

Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur

Caesar <ha.ha.ha.spammers@you.wont.get.me>

N

?

Listen to advice

audi consilium

Caesar <ha.ha.ha.spammers@you.wont.get.me>

N

?

About the names of the dark (side)

de nominibus atrae facietis

Carusus <adale@iprolink.fr>

N

?

Soldiers of the Light

Milites Gloriosi

Christopher Vernell <cvernell@home.com>

N

?

Guardians

Custodies (quis?)

Christopher Vernell <cvernell@home.com>

N

?

by force of arms

Vi et armis

darthpuck99@aol.com (DarthPuck99)

N

?

Death smiles at us all

Mors omnes ad nos ridet

darthpuck99@aol.com (DarthPuck99)

N

?

I call the power of the mother of the gods

Matris imperium Berecyntiae voco

darthpuck99@aol.com (DarthPuck99)

N

?

the enemies of (entire) mankind

Hostis humanis generis

dot <nomail@nomail.com>

N

?

From the Shadows We Come

umbram exeimus

dunner@my-deja.com

N

?

Death Before Taxes

mors antequam stipendia

dunner@my-deja.com

N

?

Death Before Dishonour

mors antequam ignominiam

dunner@my-deja.com

N

?

Locate, Subvert, and Terminate

Invenire, subvertere, terminare

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

A dread of the void

horror vacui

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

(violent) death to/for the emperor

Nex imperatori

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

Evil-doing

Maleficentia

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

evil-wishing

Malevolentia

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

allied together we win

conjuncti vincimus

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

With slobbering mouth I fall upon money

Ora Malido-are incumbo

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

let he/her/it bleed

sanguinet

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

let [the] blood flow

sanguis fluat

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

an evil thing

Malum

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

to seek the stars

astra petere

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

If you desire peace, prepare for war

si vis pacem, para bellum

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

grant us peace

dona nobis pacem

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

from the earth to the stars

A terra ad astra

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

The Flying Monkeys

Simii Volantes

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

to strive for the stars

Ad astra niti

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

in knowledge/wisdom begins victory

In sapientia incipit victoria

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

In peace shrewd/skilful/cunning, in war the victor

Pace callidus, bello victor

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

Know Thy Enemy

Hostem cognosce

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

To make the perfect better

Perfectum melius facere

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

nothing too great

Nihil maius

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

victory [depends] on knowledge

In victoria sapientia

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

everything not forbidden is permitted

Omnia non vetita permissa sunt

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

What is not wrong, is right

Quod non nefas, fas est

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

To make perfect the [already] perfect

Perfectum perficere

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

To correct the perfect

Perfectum emendare

frank <pojames7188@my-deja.com>

N

?

a very angry young man

juvenis acerrimus

Gary Vellenzer <gvellenzer@nyc.nospam.rr.com>

N

?

a young man who is angry right this minute

juvenis iratus

Gary Vellenzer <gvellenzer@nyc.nospam.rr.com>

N

?

I will not totally die

Non omnis moriar

Gary Vellenzer <gvellenzer@nyc.nospam.rr.com>

N

?

a snarling young man

juvenis ringens

Gary Vellenzer <gvellenzer@nyc.nospam.rr.com>

N

?

whoever he is, I declare myself his enemy

quicumque is est, ei me profiteor inimicum

Gary Vellenzer <gvellenzer@nyc.nospam.rr.com>

N

?

junior butcher

adulescentulus carnifex

Gary Vellenzer <gvellenzer@nyc.nospam.rr.com>

N

?

Lord of Valour

Dominus Virtutem

Jerry Perry <Tanja.Slotte@student.uu.se>

N

?

White Sword

Gladius Albus

Jerry Perry <Tanja.Slotte@student.uu.se>

N

?

The Ravagers

Vastatores

Joe Matti <Joe_Matti@geocities.com>

N

?

Souls of Iron

Animae Ferreae

Joe Matti <Joe_Matti@geocities.com>

N

?

Iron Death

Nex Ferrea

Joe Matti <Joe_Matti@geocities.com>

N

?

Iron Clan

Gens Ferrea

Joe Matti <Joe_Matti@geocities.com>

N

?

Defenders of the Empire

defensores imperii

Joe Matti <Joe_Matti@geocities.com>

N

?

The Guardians of the Faith

Defensores Religionis

Joe Matti <Joe_Matti@geocities.com>

N

?

Bringers of Peace

antecursor pacis

Joe Matti <Joe_Matti@geocities.com>

N

?

Iron Brotherhood

Germanitus Ferreus

Joe Matti <Joe_Matti@geocities.com>

N

?

cause of death

Casus mortis

John Redman <J.P.Redman@nationwideisp.net>

N

?

Nothing But Annihilation

Nihil aliud nisi exstinctionem

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

(The) ones who rise up against the Gods

Qui consurgunt contra deos

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

Let the corpse remain

Maneat cadaver

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

The Guardians of the Faith

Fidei Defensores

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

Have a nice day

Die dulci freure

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

Ice Dragons

Dracones Glaciei

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

Iron Brotherhood

Sodalitas Ferrea

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

If you can read this, you are over-educated

Si hoc legere potes, nimis educatus es

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

Souls of Steel

Animae Chalybeiae

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

The Hounds of the Emperor

Canes Imperatoris

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

No one safely challenges me

Nemo me impune lacessit

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

All knowing is all powerful

Omnisciens omnipotens

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

Princes of War

Principes Belli

John Sullivan <john@y.ddraig.goch.demon.co.uk>

N

?

Book of the Dead

liber mortis

La Grief <blackrat@blackrat999.freeserve.co.uk>

N

?

the enemies of (hu)mankind

hostes hominum

lovejw@aol.comix (J. W. Love)

N

?

Death to the enemies of mankind

Adversariis hominum moriendum est

lovejw@aol.comix (J. W. Love)

N

?

Death to the enemies of mankind

Pereant adversarii hominum

lovejw@aol.comix (J. W. Love)

N

?

Souls of Steel

Animae Ferreae

merdadespam@esotica.pt (Rafale)

N

?

crushing the heretics

Haereticum Opprimo

merdadespam@esotica.pt (Rafale)

N

?

Iron Death

Nex Ferra

merdadespam@esotica.pt (Rafale)

N

?

Second Legion

Secunda legio

merdadespam@exotico.pt (Rafale)

N

?

First group

Prima Centuria

merdadespam@exotico.pt (Rafale)

N

?

First Legion

Prima Legio

merdadespam@exotico.pt (Rafale)

N

?

Second group

Secunda Centuria

merdadespam@exotico.pt (Rafale)

N

?

I refuse to lose

vinci nolo

pojames7188@my-deja.com

N

?

Eye of the Storm

media tempestas

pojames7188@my-deja.com

N

?

guard

praesidium

Raletha <raletha@ibm.net.nospam>

N

?

guard

custodia

Raletha <raletha@ibm.net.nospam>

N

?

guards (noun)

praesidia

Raletha <raletha@ibm.net.nospam>

N

?

guards (noun)

custodiae

Raletha <raletha@ibm.net.nospam>

N

?

Guardians

custoses

Raletha <raletha@ibm.net.nospam>

N

?

Defenders

Propugnatores

Raletha <raletha@ibm.net.nospam>

N

?

Soldiers of the Light

Legionaries Gloriosi

sciss <sciss@geocities.com>

N

?

we who are about to die

morituri

sciss <sciss@geocities.com>

N

?

Hail Caesar Emperor, we who are about to die salute you

Ave Caesar Imperator, morituri te salutant

sciss <sciss@geocities.com>

N

?

Army of the Light

Legio Luminoso? -Lumina?

sciss <sciss@geocities.com>

N

?

we who shall die

morituri

sciss <sciss@geocities.com>

N

?

It's our fault

haec est nostra culpa

Siva <siva-nataraja@wanadoo.fr>

N

?

helper (an auxiliary force)

Adiutrix

sorryno@ddress.com (Pete)

N

?

conqueror

Victrix

sorryno@ddress.com (Pete)

N

?

To Dare

Audere

Valerius <nospam@nospam.com>

N

?

Teamwork Wins

Comitem contendo vince

Valerius <nospam@nospam.com>

N

?

Star-Wolf

Astrilupus

Wendy Geerts <wendy.geerts@student.kuleuven.ac.be>

N

?

a printer's proof text - it is meaningless gibberish

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit

"Edward Casey" <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

male chauvenist pigs

porculus masculus feminis odio habentes

"Edward Casey" <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

male chauvenist pig

porculus masculus feminis odio habens

"Edward Casey" <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

Pretty please with a cherry on top!

Te precor dulcissime supplex!

?

?

?

Always faithful

Semper Fidelis

?

?

?

I am on imperial business!

Gero rem imperialem!

?

?

?

Have a nice day

Habetis bona deum

?

?

?

O come, all ye faithful

Adeste Fideles

?

?

?

I hope we'll still be friends

Spero nos familiares mansuros

?

?

?

As if!

Ut si!

?

?

?

I came, I saw, I conquered

Veni, Vidi, Vici

?

?

?

I am the Master of the Universe!

Magister Mundi sum!

?

?

?

Make my day

Fac ut gaudeam

?

?

?

Say, you sure are drinking a lot

Re vera, potas bene

?

?

?

Get a life

Fac ut vivas

?

?

?

You can't say that in Latin

Illiud Latine dici non potest

?

?

?

Thus always to tyrants

Sic Semper Tyrannis

?

?

?

Eat my shorts

Vescere bracis meis

?

?

?

Seize the day

Carpe Diem

?

?

?

By courage and arms

Virtute et Armis

?

?

?

Fight fire with fire (Lit: Like things are cured by likes)

Similia Similibus Curantur

?

?

?

For glory

Ad Gloriam

?

?

?

Go with the flow

Ventis secundis, tene cursum

?

?

?

I came, I saw, I am sticking around

Veni, vidi, velcro

Aaron J Dinkin

?

?

Steadfast in the Faith

In Fide Constans

Ace <acefranze@mindspring.com>

?

?

Graveyard

Sepulcretum

Andy Fear <cla04@keele.ac.uk>

?

?

The Blood Book

Liber Sanguinis

Andy Fear <cla04@keele.ac.uk>

?

?

Soldiers of one light

Milites unicae Lucis

Andy Fear <cla04@keele.ac.uk>

?

?

the practice of our ancestors

mos maiorum

Andy Fear <cla04@keele.ac.uk>

?

?

Guardians

Custodes

Andy Fear <cla04@keele.ac.uk>

?

?

Army of the Light

Exercitus Lucis

Andy Fear <cla04@keele.ac.uk>

?

?

Let the Eagle Soar

Aquila se tollat

APETH-spam-out@hotmail.com (APETH-spam-out@hotmail.com)

?

?

the god of dice players

Decius

Brion L. VIBBER <brion@pobox.com>

?

?

User beware

Caveat utilitor

Brion L. VIBBER <brion@pobox.com>

?

?

unlucky

infortunatus

caius.caligula@caramail.com (Caligula)

?

?

Faithful 'til Death

Dum vivam fidelis ero

Caligula <caius.caligula@caramail.com>

?

?

Eternally faithful

Aeternam fidem

Caligula <caius.caligula@caramail.com>

?

?

Forgotten as if he had never lived

Oblitus quasi numquam uiuus

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

The fault for this is ours

Culpa de hac re nostra est

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

Heretics Suck

Heretici fellant

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

Do or die

Vincere Aut Mori

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

Don't get angry, get revenge (i.e., even)

Nolite irasci, ulciscimini

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

inflatable life jacket

uter / utris

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

Forgotten just like someone who never lived

Oblitus uelut numquam uiuus

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

Win or perish

Vincere Aut Mori

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

Don't get angry, get revenge (i.e., even)

Noli irasci, ulciscere

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

Strength and Honour

uis honosque

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

Fear of death creates fear of life

Timor mortis ex timore uitae fit

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

Not one step back

vestigia nulla retrorsum

Catiline <tanker@ipa.net>

?

?

they speak right

Probe dicunt

cdt <ylv.cdt@wanadoo.fr>

?

?

they do right

Recte faciunt

cdt <ylv.cdt@wanadoo.fr>

?

?

He/she/it attacks the pleasant quiet with the sword

ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem

Christof Kuhn <h9440283@edv1.boku.ac.at>

?

?

Guardians

Servatores

durdurk@aol.com (DuRduR K)

?

?

soldiers of a certain light

Milites Cuidam Lucis

durdurk@aol.com (DuRduR K)

?

?

Defenders

Defensores

durdurk@aol.com (DuRduR K)

?

?

Army of the Light

Legion Lucis

durdurk@aol.com (DuRduR K)

?

?

Soldiers of Light

Milites Lucis

durdurk@aol.com (DuRduR K)

?

?

There is no virtue in going slowly

lente ire nemini prodest

Edward Casey <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

a silent choir

chorus silens

Edward Casey <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

you do not know the power of the dark side

Potestatem lateris atri nescitis

Edward Casey <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

spilled blood

cruentus

Edward Casey <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

There is no virtue in going slowly

lente ire nulla est virtus

Edward Casey <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

bloody (i.e., covered in blood)

sanguineas

Edward Casey <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

No one is perfect

nemo sine vitio est

Edward Casey <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

For the greater Darkness

mehr Licht

Edward Casey <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

Path of Corruption

vita veluti aqua sordida habita

Edward Casey <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

Path of the Dark Way

via lactea

Edward Casey <ejmn@cpinternet.com>

?

?

Faster, higher, stronger

Citius, Altius, Fortius

ejs7398@u.cc.utah.edu (Ed Sayre)

?

?

Don't let the bastards grind you down

Illegitimi non carborundum

ejs7398@u.cc.utah.edu (Ed Sayre)

?

?

Seize the night

carpe noctem

gary <nycram@hotmail.com>

?

?

anything said in Latin sounds profound

Omne latinum pro magnifico

Gary Vellenzer <gvellenzer@nyc.rr.com>

?

?

Mind the step

cave gradum

Gary Vellenzer <gvellenzer@nyc.rr.com>

?

?

things mortal touch the mind

mentem mortalia tangunt

George Durbridge <gdurbrid@bigpond.net.au>

?

?

Never live in slavish bondage

nunquam servili sub nexu vivito

gwr5@psu.edu (Greg Recco)

?

?

Freedom is the best of things

Libertas optima rerum

gwr5@psu.edu (Greg Recco)

?

?

one crazy duck

Unum Patum Locem

handelm@attglobal.net

?

?

I came, I saw, I went

veni, vidi, vadi

J J Korzeniowski <jacek@krankikowski.clara.net>

?

?

What might have been

Quod Fortisan Fuisset

J J Korzeniowski <jacek@krankikowski.clara.net>

?

?

Loyalty Above All

apprime fidelis

jdunn@clevelandgenomics.com

?

?

Silent Murder

Caedes tacitae

Joost Schalken <joost@schalken.a2000.nl>

?

?

The Formidable/Alarming (ones)

Formidolosus

Joost Schalken <joost@schalken.a2000.nl>

?

?

sorceress

pharmaceutria

Laura Higley <Laura@nitelinks.com>

?

?

Comrades in Spirit, Mind, & Courage

in animo sodales

Lem Novantotto <Lem98@Hotmail.com>

?

?

You (plural) will never die

Numquam moriemini

Lem Novantotto <Lem98@Hotmail.com>

?

?

remember that quick the death comes

memento cita mors venit

Lem Novantotto <Lem98@Hotmail.com>

?

?

You (singular) will never die

Numquam morieris

Lem Novantotto <Lem98@Hotmail.com>

?

?

Death smiles at us all

Subridet mors omnibus nobis

Lem Novantotto <Lem98@Hotmail.com>

?

?

atrocious, wicked

Atrox

Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>

?

?

Path of the Dark Way

Via Viae Atrocis

Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>

?

?

bloody (i.e., covered in spilled blood)

cruenta

Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>

?

?

spilled blood

cruor

Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>

?

?

black

ater

Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>

?

?

For the greater Darkness

Pro Atrociore

Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>

?

?

Path of Corruption

Via Corruptionis

Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>

?

?

Surprisers

Superventors

Moramarth <Moramarth@moramarth.demon.co.uk>

?

?

Swift

Alites

Moramarth <Moramarth@moramarth.demon.co.uk>

?

?

Slingers

Funditores

Moramarth <Moramarth@moramarth.demon.co.uk>

?

?

Grumblers

Petulantes

Moramarth <Moramarth@moramarth.demon.co.uk>

?

?

Hunters

Venatores

Moramarth <Moramarth@moramarth.demon.co.uk>

?

?

Fierce

Feroces

Moramarth <Moramarth@moramarth.demon.co.uk>

?

?

Crushers

Exculcatores

Moramarth <Moramarth@moramarth.demon.co.uk>

?

?

Army

Exercitus

Moramarth <Moramarth@moramarth.demon.co.uk>

?

?

Invincible

Invicti

Moramarth <Moramarth@moramarth.demon.co.uk>

?

?

whatever

quodcumque

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

Though the wound has healed, the scar remains

Etiam sanato vulnere cicatrix manet

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

Go ahead, make my day

Sis, fac diem meum

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

the lowest throw at dice: the 'dog throw'

canicula

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

Just do it

Fac id

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

Who takes away the sins of the world, grant them peace

qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

Who fears to die fears to live

Qui mori timet et vivere timet

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

Who fears death fears life

Qui de morte veretur et de vita veretur

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

Fear of death creates fear of life

Timor mortis vitae timorem facit

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

we place our hopes in bears

in ursis speramus

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

we place our confidence in bears

ursis fidimus

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

trust the bears

Ursis credimus

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

A small loss for the sake of wisdom

Sapientiae causa exiguum damnum

Musca Volitans <musca@mail.com>

?

?

Angry young man

iuvenis iracundus

Phil Dragoman <phil.dragoman@literally.com>

?

?

Rest in peace

Requiscat im pace

Phoenix <pegesima@brunssum.net>

?

?

out of pain, pleasure

Ex dolore, voluptas

PJ Buchan <pjbuchan@hotmail.com>

?

?

Make my day, punk

Fabricati Diem, Punc

Ross Stephens <Ross@marocc.demon.co.uk>

?

?

This is the only place to which they can flee for refuge, for this is the haven, the citadel, the altar of our allies

Hic locus est unus quo por fugiant, hic portus, haec arx, haec ara soiorum

RT Maitreya <djh17@po.cwru.edu>

?

?

Place to hide

Positus Abdensis

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

Death Machine

Apparatus Mortis

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

Lord of Battle

Dominus Proelium

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

Lord of Cheese

Dominus Caesei

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

Lord of Might

Dominus Potentiae

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

Lord of War

Dominus Belli

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

Lord of Wars

Dominus Bellorum

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

Mighty Fortress

Arx Valida

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

Mighty Sword

Gladius Validus

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

White Elephant

Barrus Albus

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

Mighty Iron

Ferrum Validum

Tobias Reinold <ToxicDuke@gmx.net>

?

?

FAITH ALONE

SOLA FIDE

"A Mighty Fortress" <brandthoffman@nospamhotmail.com>

Book of Knowledge

De Humanorum Scientia Libri

"pebal" <pebal@lineone.net>

I write more Latin than I read

Plura Latine scribo quam lego

Robert <robert@ibooks.com>

Angry young man

juvenis indignans

Timothy Mallon <tmallon@hotmail.com>

I am the master of decay

dominus tabis sum

user@no_spam_no_kill-9.cc

 
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(The) ones who rise up against the Gods

Insurgentes in deos

<5FtD5.812$X76.28815@carnaval.risq.qc.ca>

(The) ones who rise up against the Gods

Qui consurgunt contra deos

<DADiyQAsl225Ewsm@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

A dread of the void

horror vacui

<8jhugq$7c$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

a small sacrifice for knowledge

minima jactura pro scientia

<8stpjj$9h7$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

a small sacrifice for the sake of knowledge

Pro scientia parvum sacrificium

Anon

a snarling young man

juvenis ringens

<MPG.1766cb068a989990989926@news.easynews.com>

a very angry young man

juvenis acerrimus

<MPG.1766cb068a989990989926@news.easynews.com>

a young man who is angry right this minute

juvenis iratus

<MPG.1766cb068a989990989926@news.easynews.com>

About the names of the dark (side)

de nominibus atrae facietis

<8jfgcq$5u8$1@pollux.ip-plus.net>

All knowing is all powerful

Omnisciens omnipotens

<bGMEDTAz9Ae7EwH5@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

allied together we win

conjuncti vincimus

<8i52n7$mna$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

an evil thing

Malum

<8l2fj3$ajf$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Angel Heart

Cor Angelicum

Anon

Anger is a gift

Ira donum est

Anon

Army of the Light

Legio Luminoso? -Lumina?

<7tkn2d$rqg$1@krabbe.interpost.no>

bold and faithful

audax at fidelis

Ernest A. Bennett

Book of the Dead

liber mortis

<8h5qcv$c8b$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>

Book of truths

Liber Veritatum

Ernest A. Bennett

brave in dangers

in periculis audax

gastens@addcom.de (Hartmut Gastens)

Bringers of Peace

antecursor pacis

<7ufsai$2uu$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>

Brotherhood of darkness

Fraternitas tenebrarum

Anon

Brotherhood of the night

Fraternitas noctis

Anon

by force of arms

Vi et armis

<20010614233621.21124.00000306@ng-fm1.aol.com>

cause of death

Casus mortis

<8dmvlr$235$1@cedar.nationwideisp.net>

chorus of the more silent ones

chorus silentiorum

Radek Adamec

conqueror

Victrix

<39e74360.233548@news.brabant.chello.nl>

crazy human beings

insanis hominibus

Edwin Menes

crushing the heretics

Haereticum Opprimo

<39ac3ca7.711184@news.netc.pt>

Death Before Dishonour

mors antequam ignominiam

<8ci6ia$qog$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Death smiles at us all

Mors omnes ad nos ridet

<20010806040205.22449.00002421@mb-mj.aol.com>

Death to the enemies of mankind

Adversariis hominum moriendum est

<20020531074927.07095.00000103@mb-bd.aol.com>

Death to the enemies of mankind

Pereant adversarii hominum

<20020531074927.07095.00000103@mb-bd.aol.com>

Defenders

Propugnatores

<37FE4530.BD1A9984@ibm.net.nospam>

Defenders of the Empire

defensores imperii

<7ufsai$2uu$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>

Don't be afraid

Nolite timere

Anon

Each to their own

Suum cuique

Edwin Menes

everything not forbidden is permitted

Omnia non vetita permissa sunt

<85mi4m$blj$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Evil-doing

Maleficentia

<8l2fj3$ajf$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

evil-wishing

Malevolentia

<8l2fj3$ajf$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Eye of the Storm

media tempestas

<816mfc$o7d$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Fear of death creates fear of life

Mors metuta est vita metuta

Ernest A. Bennett

Fear of death creates fear of life

Timere mortem timere vitam (est)

Anon

fire starter

Incendiarius

Anon

First group

Prima Centuria

<386b3b1d.1172728@news.sibs.pt>

First Legion

Prima Legio

<386b3b1d.1172728@news.sibs.pt>

Forgotten as one who never lived

Memoria casus quasi numquam vixit

Ernest A. Bennett

from the earth to the stars

A terra ad astra

<833qp2$s4o$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

From the Shadows We Come

umbram exeimus

<8cd5po$7p7$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

grant us peace

dona nobis pacem

<82rep6$879$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

guard

custodia

<37FE4530.BD1A9984@ibm.net.nospam>

guard

praesidium

<37FE4530.BD1A9984@ibm.net.nospam>

Guardians

Custodies (quis?)

<37FD64FF.1005C280@home.com>

Guardians

custoses

<37FE4530.BD1A9984@ibm.net.nospam>

guards (noun)

custodiae

<37FE4530.BD1A9984@ibm.net.nospam>

guards (noun)

praesidia

<37FE4530.BD1A9984@ibm.net.nospam>

Hail Caesar Emperor, we who are about to die salute you

Ave Caesar Imperator, morituri te salutant

<7tkn2d$rqg$1@krabbe.interpost.no>

Hail Caesar, we who are about to die salute you

Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutamus!

myob

He gets whatever he goes after

Consequitur Quod Conque Petit

Edwin Menes

helper (an auxiliary force)

Adiutrix

<39e74360.233548@news.brabant.chello.nl>

Honour is life

Honor vita est

John Secker <john@secker.demon.co.uk>

I am angry

iratus sum

Mark Duell <fleacircus.org@mduell>

I am no longer afraid

Numquam metuo

ginooliviero@libero.it (Aloisius Italicus)

I am the god of the fools

Deus fatuorum sum

"anglicus" (a.k.a. James English)

I am very angry

iratissimus sum

Mark Duell <fleacircus.org@mduell>

I call the power of the mother of the gods

Matris imperium Berecyntiae voco

<20010608224906.08174.00003432@ng-cr1.aol.com>

I came, I saw, I ran away

Veni, Vidi, effugi

<82i9id$mrb$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

I refuse to lose

vinci nolo

<811p82$brq$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

I serve at the Devil's behest

Famulor iussu diabolus

Ernest A. Bennett

I struggle and emerge [victorious]

luctor et emergo

<3881F1FA.41A707BD@brotherrobot.org>

I will not totally die

Non omnis moriar

<MPG.174c4f09a1a1194798989c@news.easynews.com>

I'll nevermore be afraid

Numquam postea metuam

ginooliviero@libero.it (Aloisius Italicus)

I'm furious

Irascor

myob

Ice Dragons

Dracones Glaciei

<6TTc2UA6dFD4Ew22@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

If you beat him, kill him.

Ut quis quem vicerit occidat

Anon

If you desire peace, prepare for war

si vis pacem, para bellum

<8atig3$jhu$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

in knowledge/wisdom begins victory

In sapientia incipit victoria

<84houa$vn4$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

In peace shrewd/skilful/cunning, in war the victor

Pace callidus, bello victor

<84houa$vn4$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

In the name of liberty shall thou prevail

In nomine libertatis praevalebis

Anon

In the Year of the Empire

Anno imperii

<9os8nb$31t$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>

Iron Brotherhood

Germanitus Ferreus

<7ufsai$2uu$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>

Iron Brotherhood

Sodalitas Ferrea

<6TTc2UA6dFD4Ew22@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

Iron Clan

Gens Ferrea

<7ufsai$2uu$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>

Iron Death

Nex Ferra

<39ac3ca7.711184@news.netc.pt>

Iron Death

Nex Ferrea

<7ufsai$2uu$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>

It's our fault

haec est nostra culpa

<7vced4$6ab$2@wanadoo.fr>

junior butcher

adulescentulus carnifex

<MPG.1766cb068a989990989926@news.easynews.com>

Know Thy Enemy

Hostem cognosce

<84houa$vn4$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

let [the] blood flow

sanguis fluat

<915veq$uve$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

let he/her/it bleed

sanguinet

<915veq$uve$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Let the corpse remain

Maneat cadaver

<6rRcYcAUfd65Ew5I@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

let us be tested in our courage/strength/virtue

irtute Experiamur

Ernest A. Bennett

Light from Light

Lumen de Lumine

Anon

Listen to advice

audi consilium

<sddZ5.2136$gq1.186531@carnaval.risq.qc.ca>

Locate, Subvert, and Terminate

Invenire, subvertere, terminare

<8gofjb$t0b$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Lord of Valour

Dominus Virtutem

<39aad4aa@merganser.its.uu.se>

master

dominus

<9os8nb$31t$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>

May <name> go to a bad end (i.e., go to Hell)

Abeat <name> in malam crucem

Ernest A. Bennett

Member of a society; comrade; companion

sodalis

Anon

meteor ("heavenly torch/fire brand")

fax caelestis

Ernest A. Bennett

Murdering Queen

Regina Necis

Ernest A. Bennett

No one safely challenges me

Nemo me impune lacessit

<NmsBLLAXtgH4EwCu@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

Not by strength, but by stealth

furtim nec vire

<39423303.6AFAD30@iprolink.fr>

Nothing But Annihilation

Nihil aliud nisi exstinctionem

<5lh8bEA$ajA4EwsR@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

Nothing can possibly go wrong

Nil potest errare

Ernest A. Bennett

Nothing is sacred

nil sacrum

Anon

nothing too great

Nihil maius

<833qp2$s4o$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

of death / death's

Mortis

Anon

Predatory

Rapax

ginooliviero@libero.it (Aloisius Italicus)

Princes of War

Principes Belli

<6TTc2UA6dFD4Ew22@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

Queen of the Slaughtered

Regina Caedum

Ernest A. Bennett

Red head

Rufus

<39E44779.DE33F039@iprolink.fr>

Remember thou art mortal

memento te mortalem esse

<9e2gjc$q43$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>

remember you shall die

memento mori

Anon

sacrifice for the sake of knowledge

Immolatio gratia sciendi

Ernest A. Bennett

Save me from myself

Salva (te) me a memetipso

Anon

Second group

Secunda Centuria

<386b3b1d.1172728@news.sibs.pt>

Second Legion

Secunda legio

<386b3b1d.1172728@news.sibs.pt>

Seize the throat

Carpe Jugulum

Terry Pratchett

slave (male)

servus

<9os8nb$31t$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>

Slave girl

serva

<9os8nb$31t$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>

society of investigators

societas quaesitor

Ernest A. Bennett

Soldiers of the Light

Legionaries Gloriosi

<7tkn2d$rqg$1@krabbe.interpost.no>

Soldiers of the Light

Milites Gloriosi

<37FD64FF.1005C280@home.com>

Souls of Iron

Animae Ferreae

<7ufsai$2uu$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>

Souls of Steel

Animae Chalybeiae

<6TTc2UA6dFD4Ew22@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

Souls of Steel

Animae Ferreae

<39ac3ca7.711184@news.netc.pt>

Star-Wolf

Astrilupus

<eZoC6.41859$ii5.4714220@afrodite.telenet-ops.be>

Stay Well

Ave atque valde

ginooliviero@libero.it (Aloisius Italicus)

strength in honour

in pudore fortitudo

Anon

Sword of Death

Gladius Mortis

Troy Eichmann

Teamwork Wins

Comitem contendo vince

<GN5%4.432$Ea1.49432@carnaval.risq.qc.ca>

The book of the names of the devils

Liber nominum daemonorum

<8ja1jv$gh7$1@pollux.ip-plus.net>

The Children of the Stars

Filii stellarum

Anon

the enemies of (entire) mankind

Hostis humanis generis

<ynFJ8.1362$AY3.217397551@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>

the enemies of (hu)mankind

hostes hominum

<20020531074927.07095.00000103@mb-bd.aol.com>

The Flying Monkeys

Simii Volantes

<833qp2$s4o$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

The Guardians of the Faith

Defensores Religionis

<7ufsai$2uu$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>

The Guardians of the Faith

Fidei Defensores

<6TTc2UA6dFD4Ew22@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

The Hounds of the Emperor

Canes Imperatoris

<6TTc2UA6dFD4Ew22@yddraiggoch.demon.co.uk>

The Ravagers

Vastatores

<7ufsai$2uu$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>

the scribe who copied books

librarius

Anon

There is no virtue in going slowly

in cunctando nulla virtus

gastens@addcom.de (Hartmut Gastens)

Third group

Tertia centuria

<84janf$aij$1@news.ycc.yale.edu>

Thus tyranny never bestows honour

Inhonorus Sic Semper Tyrannis

Ernest A. Bennett

To correct the perfect

Perfectum emendare

<85uh03$ots$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

To Dare

Audere

<6SZ35.3334$_R3.160966@CARNAVAL.RISQ.QC.CA>

To make perfect the [already] perfect

Perfectum perficere

<85uh03$ots$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

To make the perfect better

Perfectum melius facere

<85uh03$ots$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

to rise against tyranny

insurgere regnis

Anon

to seek the stars

astra petere

<833qp2$s4o$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

to strive for the stars

Ad astra niti

<833qp2$s4o$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Truth conquers

Veritas Vincit

Anon

victory [depends] on knowledge

In victoria sapientia

<84houa$vn4$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

War horse

Campitor

Troy Eichmann

War inside my head

Bellum in capite meo

Anon

we who are about to die

morituri

<7tkn2d$rqg$1@krabbe.interpost.no>

we who shall die

morituri

<7tkn2d$rqg$1@krabbe.interpost.no>

What is not wrong, is right

Quod non nefas, fas est

<85mi4m$blj$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Wherever fate takes me

Quo fata me vocant

Anon

White Sword

Gladius Albus

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whoever he is, I declare myself his enemy

quicumque is est, ei me profiteor inimicum

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With slobbering mouth I fall upon money

Ora Malido-are incumbo

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Anti-Imperial

(violent) death to/for the emperor

Nex imperatori

<8ka1fa$t9e$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Anti-Imperial

Let/May the emperor die

moriatur imperator

Ernest A. Bennett

Anti-Imperial

The emperor should/must die

Moriendus est imperator

Ernest A. Bennett

Blood Angels

allow blood to flow out

sine sanguinem effluere

Anon

Blood Angels

Heart of Angels

Cor Angelorum

Anon

Blood Angels

In the name of blood

In Nomine Sanguinis

Sigismund Lee

Blood Angels

Let blood be poured out

Sanguis effundatur

Anon

Dark Eldar

Queen of Slaughter

Regina Caedis

Ernest A. Bennett

Dark Eldar

Slaughtering Queen

Regina Trucidans

Ernest A. Bennett

General

beer

cervisia

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Humour

Death Before Taxes

mors antequam stipendia

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Humour

Don't let the bastards grind you down

Ne sinant nothi te opprimere

Ernest A. Bennett

Humour

Don't let the bastards grind you down

Nil bastardum carborundum

Ernest A. Bennett

Humour

Have a nice day

Die dulci freure

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Humour

If you can read this, you are over-educated

Si hoc legere potes, nimis educatus es

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Humour

Make my day, punk

Fabricati Diem, Punc

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Humour

May the force be with you (plural)

Sit vis vobiscum

"anglicus" (a.k.a. James English)

Humour

May the force be with you (singular)

Sit vis tecum

"anglicus" (a.k.a. James English)

Humour

Whatever is said in Latin seems profound

Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur

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Imperial

heretics are loathsome to me

taedet me haereticorum

Paris

Imperial Guard

Ditch digger

fossor

Anon

Imperial Guard

Guardians of the peace

Custodes Pacis

ginooliviero@libero.it (Aloisius Italicus)

Space Wolves

savage wolf

Ferox lupus

Anon

Wargame

allied together we shall win

Unanimi vincemus

Anon

Wargame

Death

Mors

Anon

Wargame

I am not afraid of death

mortem non timeo

Edwin Menes

Wargame

The die is cast

Alea jacta est

myob



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