#Latin palindrome

[bouffantbear]

In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni.

LATIN PALINDROME FOR THE WIN

“We go about in the night and are consumed by fire.”

[literaryvein-words]

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[illustratus]

Fire Dancers by FuFu Frauenwahl

Latin palindrome- In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni  “We enter the circle at night and are consumed by fire.” — Virgil

[potato-lord-but-not]

“There’s something aesthetically pleasing about the word noon. Its palindromic spelling feels appropriate for the middle of the day, when the sun is directly overhead and the hands on the clock are pointed upward in a straight line. It’s even spelled with letters found more or less in the middle of the alphabet.” (“What Time Is…” par. 1)

Perhaps unfortunately for my argument, this article goes on to explain how the word ‘noon’ originally referred to the ninth hour of the day, that of course being 3 o’clock; because the sun and with it the people rose at six. It is derived from the Latin word for ‘ninth’, ‘nonus’. The word’s meaning apparently shifted during the twelfth century, because of the prayers of monastic orders. The second of three daily prayers would occur at noon, and the time of this prayer eventually became earlier, landing at twelve. This is believed to have been so the monks could break their fast sooner. Of course, this is not universally agreed upon and other theories include shifts in seasonal daylit hours, and European Medieval people’s struggles to have accurate timekeeping.

None of my sources suggest that three o’clock was considered the middle of the day at any point in time, therefore I would like to argue that the word noon did not originally refer to the middle of the day, but eventually, when it was given to the time that is more deserving of that title, came to do so. I believe that the denotation “middle of the day” is something that is both scientifically and culturally awarded, and that for whatever reason the people (however unknowingly) creating the Old/Middle English language believed twelve o’clock to be so. If you wish to create your own cultural norms, by all means go ahead, just remember that the word culture refers to a group, so you’ll need to find some people who agree with you. (Which, hey, maybe you already have, maybe most people agree with you and I’m just being pedantic.)

Anyways um hi, sorry about this, I did in fact make a tumblr account solely to send you this, because the idea of doing so was too funny to me to not.  Also, I just discovered that the Oxford English Dictionary website has a pay wall these days and I am DEVASTATED I tell you, devastated. But yeah, I’ll stop, have a good weekend, I love you, I hope your morning spent on public transit hasn’t been too boring.

Works Cited

“Culture Definition & Meaning.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture. Accessed 2 Mar. 2024.

“Noon (n.).” Online Etymology Dictionary, www.etymonline.com/word/noon. Accessed 2 Mar. 2024.

“What Time Is ‘Noon’?” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/noon-history-ninth-prayer-hour-nones. Accessed 2 Mar. 2024.

OFC you’re leaving citations on A TUMBLR ASK OH MY GODDD anyway I do believe I’m starting a cultural shift because everyone I’ve asked so far has NOT said mid-day is noon they’ve ranged from 11-1 to 1-2 (albeit a bit earlier than my 2-3 answer but STILL)

Yknow what fuck it let’s do a poll bb

anyywayyyy everyone say hi to my girlfrienddd give them a nice warm welcome to tumblr <3

[primordialsoundmeditation]

The word ‘palindrome’ is derived from two Latin words – palin and dromos. Palin means again and dromos means way or direction. In simple words, a palindrome is a number, word, or sentence that reads the same forwards or backwards without any change in its meaning.

Palindromic numbers encourage us to find balance in our lives and to accept the dual elements within each of us. They act as a reminder that there are opportunities as well as light in every dark place and hardship. Palindromic numbers were considered auspicious in ancient Chinese belief systems. Palindromic numbers are revered and frequently connected to spiritual enlightenment in Hinduism. Greeks saw palindromic numbers as having a divine quality and serving as a sign of harmony and balance.

*info from teacherplus . org / photo from google

Words of wisdom by the Lit Messenger

[jeanfrancoisrey]

Les ruelles d’Oppède-le-Vieux renferment les traces d’un passé bien mystérieux, l’un d’entre eux : le Carré Magique, appelé également Carré Sator. Le carré SATOR est le plus ancien carré de lettres connu. Il est constitué des cinq mots latins SATOR (laboureur), AREPO (charrue), TENET (tenir en son pouvoir), OPERA (travail), et ROTAS (roues, orbite). Ces mots sont entrelacés en forment un palindrome. C’est à dire qu’il peut être lu à l’endroit, à l’envers, de haut-en-bas, et de bas-en-haut.

The streets of Oppède-le-Vieux contain traces of a very mysterious past, one of them: the Carré Magique, also called Carré Sator. The SATOR square is the oldest known square of letters. It consists of the five Latin words SATOR (plower), AREPO (plough), TENET (hold in its power), OPERA (work), and ROTAS (wheels, orbit). These words are intertwined and form a palindrome. That is, it can be read upside down, upside down, and down.

[talonabraxas]

Sator Square by Adrienne Rozzi

The Sator Square (or Rotas Square)

SATOR (from serere=to sow) Sower, planter; founder, progenitor (usually divine); originator

AREPO unknown, likely a proper name, either invented or, perhaps, of Egyptian origin

TENET (from tenere=to hold) holds, keeps; comprehends; possesses; masters; preserves

OPERA (noun) work, care; aid, service, effort/trouble; (from opus): works, deeds.

ROTAS (accusative plural of rota) wheels

The Sator Square is an ancient Roman 2D palindrome square made up of five Latin words. The oldest discovery of the square comes from the ruins of Pompeii in Herculaneum, a city buried in ash during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The square’s translation is continuously debated but implies themes of a farmer plowing his field and the continuous maintenance of working the land. Consisting of five interconnected words, the Sator Square is often used as a protective talisman, believing evil spirits will get caught in the repetitive cycle of the square and lose their ability to harm those under the square’s protection. For this reason, the Sator Square has been found in Medieval churches, Renaissance grimoires, and it pops up quite a bit in folk magic practices.

John George Hohman utilizes the square in his famous grimoire, The Long Lost Friend, as a spell to “extinguish fire without water.” Furthermore, the Sator Square has been used to remove jinxes and fevers, as well as aid in safe travels when worn on your person. It is often placed above doorways and inscribed on objects for protection in the home and to ward against evil occurrences. The most fascinating aspect of the Sator Square, however, is found in it’s numerological breakdown. Each word in the talisman, whether in a row or column, can be reduced to the number 1. Many numerologists maintain that this repetition and coherence gives the Sator Square even more extraordinary powers.

[kitzatara]

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This is a really interesting perspective, I'd like to see your response to this

For me, I love Zatanna’s backwards speech because it is unique. There are almost no other characters from other media who use backwards speech to cast spells. It’s rare, and that makes it interesting to me.

I also love it because it is a reference to Leonardo Da Vinci writing his journals so that they could only be read in a mirror. Him being her ancestor and they original reason why they cast spells by talking backwards is fun. It’s just a fun wacky concept to play with.

It’s also technically a language you can learn, If you really wanted to lol. Which is true for a couple other common spell languages like latin, or even elvish from lord of the rings. Backwards is just slightly easier since it’s just reversing words in english. It’s instantly translatable, and allows you to be privy to what her spell will do. It’s like they’re telling you a secret on the page, or like decoding her magic. Which I feel just contributes to the fun wackiness of it all.

I guess I will somewhat counter two of their points. Firstly in my opinion, all magic is a command, while Billy and Nico do have different styles, at the end of the day they are also giving a command. Because that’s what magic is. Commanding the world around you with language, usually through a specific way, or language.

Billy’s is through chants, and Nico’s are commands through her staff. Others like I said use latin, some use rhymes, or song.

Others use gestures and hand movements which is still a type of language. It’s communication through the body. To me spells don’t require wordplay and I’ve never considered Zatanna’s backwards magic to be lacking in wordplay but I’ve also never felt it necessary to enjoy spells. Sure it’s fun, but in my mind the notion that her spells lack word play can be applied to most spells and magic systems.

And while I suppose it can be said Zatanna’s spells often don’t have a lot of wordplay, I can think of a few times that they did, or that they were references that were turned into spells which I find to be really fun.

This spell being song lyrics, and a pose from the iconic band queen

Spells like these being references to popular phrases: open sesame, hello stranger, still as stone.

Or the time she saved the day entirely through palindromes.

I also like this one where she uses go to time out as a dimensional portal, and rac fo Sdrac because it also rhymes while being backwards.

Again it’s not often but it is there on occasion, some writers do have fun with it. But at the end of the day, most of their issues are opinion based. I can’t do much to change their mind, other than just tell you why I like her backwards and will always find it interesting and fun.

[1939-wizard-of-oz]

Une porte dans la vieux Grenoble porte le mystérieux carré Sator connu depuis l’Antiquité romaine !

Le carré magique contenant le palindrome latin

SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS

qui est un palindrome : on peut le lire en tout sens de gauche à droite et de droite à gauche de haut en bas et de bas en haut.

Sa traduction est encore controversée et donne une phrase énigmatique.

le semeur tient les roues — opera : par son travail, son œuvre.

Le carré Sator était souvent utilisé comme porte-bonheur au Moyen-Âge. Au cours des siècles suivants, il fut adopté comme protection contre les incendies.

[takeyoutothestars]

The Sator Square (or Rotas-Sator Square or Templar Magic Square) is a two-dimensional acrostic class of word square containing a five-word Latin palindrome. A significant volume of academic research has been published on the square but after more than a century, there is no consensus on its origin and meaning. The square has long associations with magical powers throughout its history.

[lensman-arms-race]

Headcanons on techfolk nicknames

This is just what I've chosen to put in my fics for my amusement; it's not based on anything in canon.

All techfolk can communicate with each other by short-range transmission, and can detect each others' yes-I-live signals when in proximity. (This also means they can't sneak up on each other unless they mod a signal dampener into themselves. Even if you can't hear or see someone, you can sense their yes-I-live signal.) The yes-I-live signal and all transmissions will be appended with the originator's serial number - this is how techfolk can tell each other apart even though they look much the same.

Cameras

Most Cams have no way of speaking with audio, so if they want to go 'off the record' from transmissions they'll sign using Camsign. Individuals have Camsign names, which are usually two-part names that relate to the individual's job somehow.

Examples from my fics:

Clear Sight: TCam engineer who specialises in the Titan's lenses.

High Flyer: TCam engineer who specialises in the Titan's jetpack.

Sun Driver: actually a human, not a cam. Phaeton the human's Camsign name comes from the story of the mythological Phaeton (the offspring of Helios who tried and failed to drive Helios's sun chariot).

Soundkind

Soundkind pick their names from whatever words they enjoy the sound of, regardless of meaning. Their names are usually three words long.

Examples from my fics:

Kinetic Octopus Drink: TSpeaker engineer (specialises in the Titan's blades).

Static Rook Anaguma: TSpeaker's Engineer Prime.

Trashbag: inter-faction liaison. Goes by Trashbag because "Same reason any Soundkind goes by any name: I love how it sounds! Plus, no-one ever forgets it. Everyone remembers TRASHBAG!"

TVs

Most of them don't bother with nicknames because they think their serials are perfectly fine. They might use nicknames if two of them work in the same team and have serials ending in the same digits. When they do have nicknames, they're usually linked to their serial numbers somehow.

Examples from my fics:

Stannum and Ianthe: two TTv engineers whose serials both end in Zero-Seven (they're collectively known as 'the Sevens'). To avoid confusion, 5007 is nicknamed 'Stannum' (Latin for tin, which has atomic number 50) and 9807 is nicknamed 'Ianthe' (for the asteroid 98-Ianthe).

Palindrome: TTv engineer. Has the serial 9779.

Primus: one of the Matriarch's guards. Has the serial 1153 (a 4-digit prime, and 11 and 53 are also primes).

[historyinthemakingamazingfinds]

The Oath Skull and the Sator Square: A Haunting Relic of Justice and Mystery

Imagine standing trial in a dimly lit 16th-century German Vehmic court, where justice was as secretive as it was severe. Before you sits a human skull—not just any skull, but one etched with ancient power. This is an "oath skull", upon which defendants would swear their innocence or truth, binding themselves not only to law but to something far older, and perhaps more arcane.

Carved into its surface is the Sator Square, a mysterious Latin palindrome that reads the same backward, forward, and vertically:

SATOR

AREPO

TENET

OPERA

ROTAS

This word square has been unearthed across the ancient Roman world—from Pompeii to Britain—and is often linked to ritual, magic, and divine protection. Its precise meaning remains elusive, fueling centuries of speculation.

On this skull, however, the square becomes something more than cryptic: it becomes a sacred seal, perhaps believed to ensure that the truth would prevail—or that divine retribution would strike the perjurer.

Part legal instrument, part occult object, the oath skull stands as a chilling symbol of how law, fear, and mysticism once intertwined in the shadowy corners of medieval Europe.

Source: Ancient History

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[gattmammon]

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"The palindromic Latin riddle "In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni" 'we go in a circle at night and are consumed by fire' describes the behavior of moths. It is likely that this palindrome is from medieval rather than ancient times. The second word, borrowed from Greek, should properly be spelled gyrum." [From Wikipedia]

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Anyway. Secret Italian Supercat

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[philoursmars]

Il y a maintenant une quinzaine de jours, j'ai retrouv�� mes amis Julien et Katie dans le Sud.  Ici, une belle balade à Tarascon, en Provence, avec son château médiéval.

Ici des graffitis de marins britanniques capturés en Méditerranée, dans le cadre de la Guerre d'Indépendance des Etats-Unis...

Le premier est un carré magique de palindromes latins (SATOR...). On devine aussi des navires pavoisés.

Il faut vraiment prendre le temps de cliquer sur les photos pour lire l'histoire de ces marins

Sur la 2ème (si je retranscris mal, dites-le moi !) :

"John Wallters, taken in the Constantine Privateer of Bristoll the 19th day of February. Landed on the Island of Menorca y (?) 2nd day of March, brought to Toulon y 28 (?) brought to this (castle ??) ...April of 1747"

PS : désolé pour le côté anarchique de mes posts aujourd'hui, mais Tumblr ne cesse de de déconnecter quand je veux charger mes images. CHIANT !!!

[greenvincentine]

This year, October 13 falls on Friday. Let us make early preparation for this day.

10/13/23  may be known as 10 + 13 = 23.

October 13 is day 286 of the calendar year. We follow the solar and lunar paths to 13.

Lunar path: (1 + 3) + (2 + 8 + 6) = 20

Solar path: 2 x 8 x 6 =  96

96 - 20 = 76

7 + 6 = 13

Why must we follow these paths to 13? Because together they form one circular path, endless, and therefore offer a promise of eternity. This is known as the Circle Path, observed during Circle Days. The number 13 is the ruler and placeholder of a 12-month cycle; we never reach 13 because the cycle begins anew. The number 13 holds 12 in place thusly:

13 x 12 = 156, and so 1 +5 + 6 = 12.

These wonders transpire in week 41 of 2023.  41 is the 13th Prime Number.

From these wonders we learn that Friday the 13th functions as an unspoken incantation: "we rule our days as our days rule us." This incantation of the Circle Path recalls the Ring of Lucifer, referenced in a sacred Latin palindrome, which reads (both forward and backward) “In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni." 

Translation: “We enter the circle at night and are consumed by fire.”

This palindrome holds a riddle: The passage of time is a cycle of days, each day ends at night, a year of days is consumed by a revolution around the sun, the great fire. That the original Latin reads forward and backward, as an endless cycle, is testament to the power of this incantation.

This is a Circle Day advisory message from the Oxbourne-Welling Town Council

[funlearningvocabulary]

English vocabulary

Here are some fun facts about English vocabulary:

"Set" has the most definitions: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, set has over 400 different meanings!

"E" is the most used letter: It's the most common letter in the English language, appearing in about 11% of all words.

New words are added all the time: About 1,000 new words are added to the Oxford English Dictionary each year.

The longest word in English: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (a lung disease) has 45 letters.

English borrows a lot: Over 60% of English words have roots in Latin or Greek, and many others come from French, German, and even Hindi and Japanese.

"I" is the shortest complete sentence: It’s a pronoun and a verb in one!

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in "mt": It’s the past tense of dream.

Palindromes are cool: Words like level, madam, and racecar read the same forward and backward.