Translatum Greek Translation Forum

[jennieridley]

hello everyone,
i would like to get a tattoo in ancient greek saying "press onward."  can anyone help?

thanks much!
jennie

[billberg23]

i would like to get a tattoo in ancient greek saying "press onward."

σπεῦδε  (singular)                                  σπεύδετε   (plural)

[rukkus]

Π Η Μ Α Τ Ο Σ                                π ή μ α τ ο ς

Κ Ρ Α Τ Ε Ι Ν                                  κ ρ α τ ε ῖ ν

you helped me a long time ago with these translations but i think i have been butchering the words badly when pronouncing them lol
how would these be pronounced properly?

[billberg23]

π ή μ α τ ο ς   κ ρ α τ ε ῖ ν
how would these be pronounced properly?

Stressed syllables in bold type:

pee-mah-tohss (rhymes with "dose")  krah-teen

[olympos]

Hello all.  I'm a complete idiot when it comes to Greek/Ancient Greek but I'd like to get a Greek god's name tattooed on my arm so I'm very pleased to have found this board.  I'm looking for a proper translation of Prometheus's name in all caps.  I'd also like have a better understanding of the importance of accents when writing in caps in Ancient Greek.

If I understand things correctly, PROMETHEUS is Προμηθεύς in upper and lower case in Ancient Greek (according to Wikipedia).  When writing in all caps, this would then become ΠΡΟΜΗΘΎΣ.  Is this correct?  And if so, can it also be written as ΠΡΟΜΗΘYΣ without the accent?

Thanks so much in helping me avoid getting a comically-bad tattoo!  ;-)

[oberonsghost]

If I understand things correctly, PROMETHEUS is Προμηθεύς in upper and lower case in Ancient Greek (according to Wikipedia).  When writing in all caps, this would then become ΠΡΟΜΗΘΎΣ.  Is this correct?  And if so, can it also be written as ΠΡΟΜΗΘYΣ without the accent?

Hi there,

I'm glad that you haven't gone off like his brother, got the tattoo, then asked the question.  ;) 

Accents aren't used in upper case, so the ink would read ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΥΣ (don't forget that epsilon).

:) 

[olympos]

Ooops...if tattoo artist has a typo similar to mine, I'll be most put out.  LOL. 

Thanks so much for the info.  I feel comfortable planning my new tattoo now.

Michael

[Mirick]

I was wondering if someone would be able to help me with translation of "Pain Is Weakness Leaving The Body". If you could post in both uppercase and lowercase in .JPG format i would be most appreciative.
Thanks!

This was missed a bunch of pages back and I came here by googling for that same sentence, this looks like a great place!

So, I'm asking for the same help, although I'd prefer the answer in plain text instead of a jpg. Will it work in Ancient Greek? Or maybe look better in Modern?

[billberg23]

Pain Is Weakness Leaving The Body

Ancient Greek:
                Ἡ ὀδύνη οὐκ άλλο τι ἢ τὸ μαλακὸν σάρκα φεῦγον
In upper case:  Η ΟΔΥΝΗ ΟΥΚ ΑΛΛΟ ΤΙ Η ΤΟ ΜΑΛΑΚΟΝ ΣΑΡΚΑ ΦΕΥΓΟΝ

Μodern Greek may not be very different from this.

[Mirick]

Thanks a lot, that's great. :)

[redff7]

i would like to get "controlled chaos" tattooed in upper case ancient greek. can anyone get this for me?

[billberg23]

i would like to get "controlled chaos" tattooed in upper case ancient greek.

O XAΟΣ ΚΑΤΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ

[redff7]

thats great thanks! but could you tell me why there are what appears to be 3 words? and could you tell me the literal meaning of them? or is this literally "controlled chaos" in greek?

[billberg23]

thats great thanks! but could you tell me why there are what appears to be 3 words? and could you tell me the literal meaning of them? or is this literally "controlled chaos" in greek?

The first word is a definite article, "the."  Unlike English, Greek attaches the definite article to proper names and abstract concepts.
In Greek "Chaos" is both an undifferentiated, primordial state, and a god. 
ΚΑΤΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ is the same word used with horses to mean "reined in."

[redff7]

okay thanks for the info. but for my tattoo i wanted controlled chaos because it had to do with the idea of balance. and the meanings of these greek words are close but not exactly it. so do you think i could see "peaceful chaos" written in uppercase ancient greek please? i would greatly appreciate it.