ginapai Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 hello everybody! i need your help.. what's the latin translation for superman? i have been asked by a friend and i wasnt able to answer him.. i tried to use free online translations but it didn't work.. please help.. by the way, this forum is so cool.. good thing i found it.. its nice to be here.. thanks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Nonius Severus Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Salve- Translating names like this into Latin are quite difficult because the concept of this type of descriptive name or the concept behind Superman in its entirety wouldn't make sense in Latin, but I'll give it a shot. My best suggestion would be: Vir Omnipotens Which means "All-Powerful Man". I considered "Superhuman Man" but the Latin for superhuman is "divinus", which means as you can probably guess, "divine". To do the things that Superman does if he actually existed (and in Ancient Rome) he would have been considered a god, hence the reason it is difficult to put a descriptive name on him. I hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 What about--superhomo . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 (edited) What about--superhomo . Lol, that literally means "The Above Man." My best would be "Homo Adamantis"--> Man of Steel. You can replace Homo with Vir if you don't want a homo in it. Edited March 3, 2007 by FLavius Valerius Constantinus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 What about--superhomo . Lol, that literally means "The Above Man." My best would be "Homo Adamantis"--> Man of Steel. You can replace Homo with Vir if you don't want a homo in it. Which is precisely why superhomo is the logical choice. The Latin word super is a cognate of the German word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 "Homo Adamantis" = "Man of Steel" = Stalin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 "Homo Adamantis" = "Man of Steel" = Stalin! Yep! Josef Dzhugashvili renamed himself "Josef Stalin" to imply he was a "Man of Steel". And Adolf Hitler was said to have identified with Nietzsche's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Valerius Scerio Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Supervir would be the better choice rather than Superhomo - for both obvious and historical reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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