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Q Valerius wrote:Ditto. It's murmillo.
In antiquity, you do have some words that end in -o and a feminine version ending in -a, but they have different meanings. I can't think of one off the top of my head, though.
Cleopatra Aelia wrote:I guess that my question made it clear that I was looking for female versions of gladiator types so the meaning stays the same because it still refers to the "profession", i.e. a male gladiator or a female gladiator.
In antiquity, you do have some words that end in -o and a feminine version ending in -a, but they have different meanings. I can't think of one off the top of my head, though.
Aldus Marius wrote:Salve, mi Apolloni! (got your info, btw; you'll be enrolled shortly!)
You haven't hijacked the thread; you've re-purposed it.
Na, really. We have a whole page on the site that's just the Names of Deities in the Vocative Case. Good resource if you're going to do much praying. I'm sure gladiator-types are not the only thing a visitor to the Collegium Linguarum might want to know the feminine endings for. And then there are things that look feminine but aren't; the cognomina Fimbria and Poplicola, pro exemplo. So...why not open this topic to any and all inquiries of the kind? Seems like a good place for it.
In amicitia et fide,
M.Apollonius Silvanus wrote:Valete Omnes!
Could some one tell me the Latin/Roman version of the name Alessandra,I know its the Italian version of Alexandria, would it be Alexandra? Would Alexa be a nickname for it?
Also, is there a female Latin name that means "one of Purity" or just "Pure" or similar?
Is Melinda Roman? and whats the Latin female version of Reborn or Born Again?
Sorry to hijack the thread, But didnt want to create a new thread,when there was a similar thread....and sorry for so many question's.
Valete,
Silvanus
Q Valerius wrote:Alexandria is still Alexandria, the city in Egypt. Purus, -a, -um is pure, or castus, -a, -um. Pura would mean "a pure woman", Purius is potentially a name, and the daughter of whom would be "Puria". I don't know off-hand if it's attested.
Aldus Marius wrote:Salve iterum, mi Apolloni!
"Born again"-- Got it. It's Renata. As in Renaissance. I should've known that right off... Anyway, it'd make a good cognomen.
I think "Melinda" might be a Romance (post-Latin) contraction of mi linda, "my pretty one". "Linda" in Spanish (one of my scraps!) can also mean "cute". Then again, Greek melinos means the color of quincefruit.
I've gotta ask: Who is this vision of purity and grace?
In amicitia,
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