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edited January 2012 in Ten Forward
I was incredibly lucky to win a Jem'Hadar Attack Ship on the first day of Q's Winter Wonderland. I had received five Dilithium Tax Holiday Gift Receipts, my first Race paid a Red Holiday Gift, and I C-Store purchased ten Winter Packages.
With sixteen chances, I got my Bug on the thirteenth package opened. :cool:

Considering I'm reading about people opening hundreds of boxes and getting ziltch, I feel especially blessed.

Anyway, I wanted to name my ship something to the effect of "Lucky 13" or "Providenced Blessed" but I would like to do so in Latin. I did some Intarwebs searching and I have the following questions:
What's the difference between felix and fortuna? I'm not as keen on the sound of the former as the latter.

I think I like the sound of Fortunata XIII. Would this acceptably translate to "Lady Luck 13" or "Lucky Lady 13"?

Fortuna Cupla or Felix Cupla came up in my searching but seem to have religious meanings that don't fit my purpose. Unless you'd think of a better way to say "Fortune's Fault".

Likewise, I'm finding it hard to say "blessed by providence" without being too diety/religious specific.

So yeah... I'm looking for suggestions of any "cool" sounding Latin words or phrases pertaining to getting lucky, lucky number thirteen, my lucky number is 13, astronmically lucky or otherwise don't blame me, blame Luck, Fate, Destiny, Karma, etc. :D

Thanks!

P.S. I'd be open to similar phrases in other "historical" or "scientific" or "fantasy" languages if you happen to know them. Greek, Tolkien's Elvish, Klingon, etc.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Is there anyone back from the Holidays with any suggestions?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Keep this in mind. Church Latin or Ancient Roman Latin?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Keep this in mind. Church Latin or Ancient Roman Latin?
    I confess ignorance, in that I really don't know the difference. Isn't the former derived from the latter?

    When I was thinking of naming my ship in Latin I was thinking law terms (habeas corpus, quid pro quo, etc.), mottos or crests (semper fidelis, e pluribus unum, etc.), but mostly scientific names (homo sapiens, felis catus, Ursa Major, etc.).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Don't quote me on it, but from what I can tell, modern latin derives from the latin used in the Roman Catholic Church, which then carries on to legal terms and scientific terms.

    So for what you have in mind, modern latin should do. No need to go into ancient history and find out if you got it right.

    If you're going with an Ancient Roman theme, then that'll take a little more work and verification. For that, I don't know how to tell the difference. I just know that there is one.

    After all, you've read Shakespeare, right? Who hasn't? Languages evolve. Latin's no different in that aspect.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    My Ferengi alt is flying the USS A FORTIORI.

    "From the stronger" — loosely, "even more so" or "with even stronger reason." Often used to lead from a less certain proposition to a more evident corollary. e.g. "It is unwise to invest in pyramid schemes, and, a fortiori, in e-mail pyramid schemes."

    "Remember the commercial for Life Cereal, the one where the brothers experiment on picky little Mikey? If Mikey liked it, the boys figured, anyone would. That's an argument a fortiori: If something less likely is true, then something more likely will probably be true as well."

    Why did I pick that? Because most of the time, there is a logically fallacy to that type of argument. If you've dealt with Ferengi, then they are all crooks. Except this one, who is a member of an organization that prides itself on honesty.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Memento Mori
    part of a phrase reminding returning Roman Generals to not rest their laurels on success--roughly translated as "Remember Your Mortality."
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