Comments | tears_of_nienna: o caritas

tears_of_nienna

o caritas

Mar 12, 2011 00:11

On the occasion of sineala's LJ anniversary, a miniature Latin Professionals fic, set in her amazing Miles Scortillusque universe.

Beta-read by classicguybrary, Classics major extraordinare. If there are any mistakes, they're mine, not his ( Read more... )

latin, my fic, the professionals

Comments 8

sineala March 12 2011, 05:37:38 UTC

*mouth hangs open in shock*

*small squeaking noises*

*more squeaking noises of greater duration*

OH MY GOD YOU WROTE ME BELLONUS/DEOMIORIX FOR MY LJVERSARY. IN LATIN. WITH A WORD PICTURE AT THE END. YOU SHOULD SEE MY FACE RIGHT NOW. SOMEONE SHOULD SEE MY FACE RIGHT NOW. I AM SURE MY FACE IS FULL OF INDESCRIBABLE HAPPINESS. I THINK MY FACE WILL BREAK FROM SMILING.

This is the best LJversary present ever, even outstripping sparkling unicorns. (And it takes a lot to beat unicorns.)

(...now I suppose I will have to write more about them, won't I?)

EEEEEEEEEEE.

kiwisue March 12 2011, 12:04:57 UTC

Okay, I worked out "Bellonus non obliviscitur belli" and "Sed hac nocte, Deomiorix non dormit" (imperfectly) well enough, but I'm very glad you provided a translation! Lovely in both languages.

rosie55 March 12 2011, 21:39:02 UTC

What a delight! Though the 45 years which have passed since I last used my Latin made me very grateful for the translation. But very pleasing and clever!

przed March 13 2011, 02:05:06 UTC

I have no Latin to speak of, so I had to rely on the translation. But the translation is lovely. Bravo!

Also, I have friended you because I should have done that ages ago. Hope that's okay.

tears_of_nienna March 13 2011, 04:08:16 UTC

Thank you! And no problem, I shall friend you right back. :D

Amor Dormiens Cubat heliophile_oxon April 3 2011, 17:46:33 UTC

um... hope it's not too wildly wrong to admire this as a shining example of ars gratia amoris (fingers crossed!)

This is wonderful, and I adore it. I especially love fic that does nice things to what I still fondly refer to as my (former) brain (which is another reason for loving Sineala's wonderful story) And how much do I love it that we have Pros in Latin...

You guys are made of many-splendoured win.

Re: Amor Dormiens Cubat tears_of_nienna April 3 2011, 20:32:55 UTC

Art for the sake of love? Yeah, if you can call this art. ;) I am really glad that you liked it, because I had way too much fun working on it and pretending that I was doing my actual Latin homework. Also, whee! More Pros Latin people!

Re: Amor Dormiens Cubat heliophile_oxon April 3 2011, 21:53:10 UTC

I only remember a little, alas - enough to get some of the sentences but not all (I can read the Romance family of languages, which helps a bit) - but it's just so, so cool beyond words to have Pros in Latin! *g*

And yes, I'd certainly call it art! The art of fanfic: a labour of love if ever there was one *bg*