Lost in Some Story

I need a Latin expert to tell me how to join two Latin words together in a possessive. The words are "gryllus" and "Dominus" and they are joined together in what is translated as, "The Master's crickets."

All you Latin gurus: GO!

And thank you for your time.

Lost.

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ClancyBoy

Should be "Gryllus Domini," Nominative + Genitive

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"Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons wait for you down there. Little pets they are, little little little pets. Cute little things, they say. Don't you believe it. No man ever saw them and walked away alive. You won't either. That's the final dash, flash. That's the utter clobber, cobber." --Cordwainer Smith, Norstrillia.

lin

Another goofy British sports phrase, I assume.

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ClancyBoy

Lord's Cricket Ground?

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hobbish

Can't say I know anything about Latin but i think this is the best use of the research board i've ever seen. Well done.

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ClancyBoy

I think it's amazing that a Latin question showed up while I was literally right in the middle of my Latin studies (see sig.)
Also I think I deserve mad props for getting the answer within 20 minutes.

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"Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons wait for you down there. Little pets they are, little little little pets. Cute little things, they say. Don't you believe it. No man ever saw them and walked away alive. You won't either. That's the final dash, flash. That's the utter clobber, cobber." --Cordwainer Smith, Norstrillia.

Lost in Some Story

Mad props. Thanks Clancy.

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lin

You're studying LATIN, Clance? Wow. I wouldn't attempt that and I live in Latin America.

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ClancyBoy

Eh, I pretty much study everything. We'll see if I ever get around to Latin again.

It's on my list of things to learn before I die though.

(And lol Latin America Dan Quayle joke.)

FYI, my sig says: "and what use is a book, thought Alice, with no pictures or conversations?"

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Ilasir Maroa

It took twenty minutes?

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ClancyBoy

Um, yeah. The genitive case ending of Dominus is pretty well known, because it's the second half of Anno Domini: "the year of our Lord."
All I had to do was work out the nominative ending for "gryllus" and that was it. (Turns out that IS the nominative endine, but I had to check to be sure.)

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"Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons wait for you down there. Little pets they are, little little little pets. Cute little things, they say. Don't you believe it. No man ever saw them and walked away alive. You won't either. That's the final dash, flash. That's the utter clobber, cobber." --Cordwainer Smith, Norstrillia.

tom_evans

Latin's a great foundation for the use of language. I did it to A-level in England and it helped me understand the beauty and construction of words in several different languages...