

The patronus was the protector, sponsor, and benefactor of the client the technical term for this protection was patrocinium. The relationship was hierarchical, but obligations were mutual.

Patronage (clientela) was the distinctive relationship in ancient Roman society between the patronus (plural patroni, "patron") and his client (cliens, plural clientes). Your word dicio = "dominion, sovereignty, authority, rule, sway, power" is a fairly rare word. So maybe potentes? Wait for other opinions. Consider senescence, convalescence, obsolescence. It's a lot more complicated that that but that's the short answer.) So you could possibly get away with evaliti (this would be masculine plural or a mixed group), but it might be safer to use the present participle = evalescentes = "those growing strong." (this one refers to either masculine or feminine plural).īut you want the ones that already have power, no? The - esco particle is to "grow" or "become," even in English. (for 4th parts, -us = masculine, -um = neuter, -a = feminine. So evalesco, if it had a 4th part, would be evalitus. There is a related word, valeo, which has the 4th part of valitus. So your evalesco is "I grow strong." Apparently there is no attested 4th part for this verb. If I wanted to format a spell using the above as an example, could I use: " Dicio, Incendium, Accendo censum"? What would this make the spell?Īny help would be soooooo appreciated, I am absolutely hopeless but adore latin, and if I had the brain would study it!Īccendo -cendere -cendi -censum - The 4 parts of the verb are 1st person singular present, infinitive, perfect stem, and past participle.Īccendo = "I set on fire," accendere = "to set on fire," accendi = "I have set on fire" and accensum = "the thing set on fire."

If anyone thinks these are wrong, please tell me - also looking for a cooler name for water than 'Aqua'. Incendium - Their Mage name (Otherwise Fulgor (Lightning), Aqua (Water), Glacies (Ice) and Anima (Air). I format the spells in my book like: " Dicio, Incendium, Accendo"ĭicio - A word of power to ignite the magic in their blood. The only thing is, I can't work out if I'm using them in the right context and nothing on Google seems to help!Īccendo -cendere -cendi -censum, to kindle, set alight, set on fire. In fact, my book is called Evalesco ('ones with power' - right?!) It's not massively complicated stuff, just a few words for spells. I am writing a book (isn't everyone?!) that uses lots of latin phrases for spells etc.
