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Harry Potteresque commands -latin
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Author:  Grymmditch [ Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:45 am ]
Post subject:  Harry Potteresque commands -latin
Has anyone else worked on some basic IR Remote/consumer electronics device command based latin spell incantations, so you can totally geek out ala Harry Potter while using your wand?
I've worked out about 15 so far, some were easy, some were not. This was actually kind of fun. I'm not a Latin major by any stretch, and some of the command concepts (like "ON" or "OFF") don't easily translate to a culture that ceased to exist roughly 1600 years ago, long before the advent of electronics.

Here's my list so far though, feel free to add or recommend others!
(A good many of these should be fairly obvious as to their modern meaning or correlation, and some, like Vol Up/Down were lifted directly from Harry Potter)


    On - Vivo or Possum (pronounced "Poss'-oom")
    Off - Dormito or Quiesco
    Volume Up - Sonorus
    Volume Down - Quietus
    Channel Up - Ascendo or Supero
    Channel Down - Descendo or Cado
    Mute - Mutus or Sileo
    Menu - Tabula or Codex
    Play - Specto
    Pause - Suspendo
    Stop - Cesso or Finis
    Record - Scribo
    Rewind - Reciproco or Verto
    Fast Forward - Rapio
    Slow Search - Serpo

(special thanks to the latinlexicon.org site for most of these)
Author:  mesirii [ Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Harry Potteresque commands -latin
I added this post to the blog, thanks alot for the great post.

Happy Casting

Michael
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