Anyone know Latin?

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I need to know what 'home of the little ships' is in Latin.
Babelfish gave me 'dormus of parum navis', which is obviously lacking grammer.
Can anyone help?
Thanking you

Former Member

may i ask what for as i'm nosy and don't know what it would be in latin

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Christmas present for my dad.
Will spare you the details because it's really not that interesting

Anyone want to make an educated guess?

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Ok, from what I can remember of my higher latin about 7 years ago...

Home of the little ships:

Home: subject

of the (little) ships: genitive

So, educated guess is domus paululum (or parum) navis.

Latin didn't have a word for 'of' as a separate word in most cases, it was part of the word it referred to. And I can't remember if an adjective takes case endings or not....

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domus naviculae

Would be home of the little ships. Navicula is a diminutive so it means little ship in itself, and the ae ending is genitive, so gives you the 'of'.

Main reservation would be that domus is home, as in a hosue where you live, and maybe port or harbour would be more suitable.

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caecelius est en horto!

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lipsy wrote: »

caecelius est en horto!

Caecilius est in horto

As for the question and from what i recall of latin, Scary Monster would be correct.