# Need Latin translations

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-latin-translations/73068 "2001-07-19T16:57:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-latin-translations/73068/1 "2001-07-19T16:57:23Z")

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Even though asking for Latin translations seems to be something of a lame GQ by Pit standards, I’m in need of a few at the present time. I’ve looked through the first few pages of Google, but the search for “Latin translators” only brought up downloadable programs and people who seem to think Pig Latin is the pinnacle of Western comedy. Since I’m at work, downloading is not an option.

So, if any would be so kind, I’m looking for Latin equivalents of the following:

summoner (as in someone who conjures animals/elementals/extraplanar whathaveyous)

enchanter (and I’d really rather not have the Latin translation of Tim for this one)

illusion

demon

earth (as in soil, not the name of the planet, if they happen to be different)

Thanks much.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-latin-translations/73068/2 "2001-07-19T17:27:27Z")

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summoner — _appellator_  
enchanter — _incantator_  
illusion — _illusio_  
demon — _daemon_  
earth — _terra_

Have you looked at the online [Language Dictionaries](http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html) page? It’s great!

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-latin-translations/73068/3 "2001-07-19T18:48:53Z")

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For which the genitives are probably _appelatoris_, _incantoris_, _illusionis_, and _terrae_. i don’t know the genetive of _daemon_, and I’m guessing on the others, except for _terrae_.

If you’re planning on putting them together in some sort of sentence, you’ll need various other forms, which can all be derived from the genetive if you know Latin grammer. If, as I suspect, you don’t, then you’d better ask us about the full sentence, and we can figure out what forms to use.

Also note that _appelator_ and _incantor_ probably don’t carry quite the same sense of meaning that you’re looking for. “_incantor_”, for instance, is the root of modern “enchanter”, but the Latin word refers to how he casts his spells (by magic words), wheras the English is usually used to refer to the sort of effects produced by those spells (control or influence over others).

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**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-latin-translations/73068/4 "2001-07-19T21:44:13Z")

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They’re going to be used as adjectives-_Magister Aeris_, _Magister Umbra_, etc.

Thanks for the responses, guys.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-latin-translations/73068/5 "2001-07-20T12:57:30Z")

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I think _Magister Aeris_ looks right . . . but you’ll want to change the second one to _Magister Umbrae_, if ‘Master of the Shadow’ is your intent. **Chronos** astutely guessed right, that you’ll need the genitive case.