# Latin translation help **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 24, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-help/220881 "2003-12-24T18:11:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-help/220881/1 "2003-12-24T18:11:19Z")
I need some help translating a couple two-word phrases into Latin–can anyone check these and tell me if they’re grammatically correct, or what the proper construction is? Saeve Custos (Custodis? Curatoris?) Saeve Patronus/Vindicis Atrocis (Atrox?) Amiculus Atrox Amator Are any of these anywhere close to proper construction? Thanks, ~mixie ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-help/220881/2 "2003-12-24T19:04:28Z")
What are you trying to say? _custos saevus_ is “angry [or wild] guard”; the plural is _custodes saevi_. _patronus saevus_ is “angry/wild defender [patron]” _amicus atrox_ is “fierce [or unrelenting] friend” _amator atrox_ is “fierce lover” ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-help/220881/3 "2003-12-24T21:12:18Z")
I’m playing around with phrases trying to find something I like for the name of a buisness. I was originally trying to come up with a phrase that meant something akin to “fierce defender” or something of the sort. Thanks for your help!