# Crafting a Latin motto

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-a-latin-motto/639048>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 27, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-a-latin-motto/639048 "2012-10-27T14:27:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-a-latin-motto/639048/1 "2012-10-27T14:27:56Z")

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I know someone who’s Lego-crazy. What would be a good translation of the phrase “I put together”? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-a-latin-motto/639048/2 "2012-10-27T15:02:58Z")

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_Aedificare_ means “I build” I think… It’s been a while.

Edit: or is it _Aedifico_?

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**Author:** ![Vaevictis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f04885/32.png) [@Vaevictis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaevictis)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-a-latin-motto/639048/3 "2012-10-27T15:21:06Z")

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A lot of possible choices:

applico, admoveo, adjungo, addo, adhibeo, adicio

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-a-latin-motto/639048/4 "2012-10-27T15:27:23Z")

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The obvious Latin verb to use is “ligō” – meaning “I tie, bind or unite.”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-a-latin-motto/639048/5 "2012-10-28T03:53:26Z")

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Well, there are many variants in Latin for bringing things together, and even fastening them. I myself would go with the resonances of _nectō_, or its compound _connectō_, which is the form that got taken up into English.

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**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-a-latin-motto/639048/6 "2012-10-28T14:46:26Z")

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I read the thread title as ‘crafting a Latin homo’.  
Carry on…

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**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-a-latin-motto/639048/7 "2012-10-28T14:48:57Z")

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> [@PlainJain](#):
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> I read the thread title as ‘crafting a Latin homo’.

Ecce homo!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafting-a-latin-motto/639048/8 "2012-10-28T20:33:03Z")

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Many thanks!