Latin Help!

DalGurak · 5 Sep 2007 at 13:27

Hi there, judging from the large community here I'm hoping someone can speak Latin and help me out a bit!

Firstly, Gerunds/Infinitives; which of these sentences would correctly translate to "He is a killer" (if any, please correct me if I'm totally wrong):

Est necare (Infinitive form of neco)
Est necandum (Accusative case gerund of neco).

Also I've put together a quick sentence so hopefully can tell me how bad my grammar is! Here it is:

puellas amo cum cruribus longis et mammis parvis

Please go easy if I've made a complete hash-up of both, I have not been reading about it for long!

Thanks

gumbald · 5 Sep 2007 at 13:33

I'll have to dig out my Latin textbooks, brain fart today.

DalGurak · 5 Sep 2007 at 14:50

Ta, looking forward to it

DalGurak · 5 Sep 2007 at 19:49

*BUMP*

gumbald · 5 Sep 2007 at 21:10

Sorry, couldn't find it today, must have been tidied somewhere. I'll get onto it

DalGurak said:
Est necare (Infinitive form of neco)
Est necandum (Accusative case gerund of neco).

Surely the first one would be "he kill" and the second "he kills", so the second more likely. Is there a noun for "killer"?

If you just wanted to say, "he kills" surely "necat" would be easier

DalGurak · 6 Sep 2007 at 12:46

There is a noun for "murderer/assassin" which is interfector.

I avoided "necat" because I thought it would have translated as "He is killing..." rather than "He kills". Though if I'm wrong then yes necat would be much easier

gumbald · 6 Sep 2007 at 13:16

Ah yes, I remember interfector. Just use that?

Might I ask what you're doing with this Latin?