January 15, 200818 yr "Illum Tagendo" is the phrase - unfortunatly I have no idea of the language, it's the name of a song by Nine Inch Nail and Stella Soleil. Thanks! Back by popular demand!And I guess I just wanted to tell you, as the light starts to fade, that you aree the reason, that I am not afraid, and I guess I just wanted to mention, as the heavens will fall, that we will be together soon if we will be anything at all.
January 15, 200818 yr Looking at the Google search results I think it means "A Warm Place" which also looks like the name of the song.
January 15, 200818 yr Author I tried the google, but as you said, it is the name of the song and it's hard to distinguish hits from translations. I'll take it as a warm place for now, unless anyone else has a different trandlation :) Back by popular demand!And I guess I just wanted to tell you, as the light starts to fade, that you aree the reason, that I am not afraid, and I guess I just wanted to mention, as the heavens will fall, that we will be together soon if we will be anything at all.
January 15, 200818 yr It's Latin. Illum does mean place, tagendo seems to be a gerund but I can't tell from which verb. My Tip.It Times Articles (10 and counting) || The Varrock Library Author Index projectDo you dare to dream? - Part 19 added. || The Hospital (WIP) - New story!Necromagus looks like a viking ... with glasses.
January 15, 200818 yr Author It's Latin. Illum does mean place, tagendo seems to be a gerund but I can't tell from which verb. Yes, I originally thought tango, but touching place doesn't make sense, i would assume modern latin or a very unusual word for warm. thanks! Back by popular demand!And I guess I just wanted to tell you, as the light starts to fade, that you aree the reason, that I am not afraid, and I guess I just wanted to mention, as the heavens will fall, that we will be together soon if we will be anything at all.
January 15, 200818 yr Tagendo? Sure it wasn't a mistake/typo where you found it? Don't think there are any Latin verbs with a tag- prefix in existence. I've seen plenty of songs that use Latin phrasing that are completely and utterly incorrect in terms of vocabulary and grammar. This might not be an exception to that. [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series.
January 15, 200818 yr I also doubt 'Tagendo' is a real latin word, might be a mis-spelling. Tacendo would be a gerund from the verb tacere, meaning "silence" or "quietness". Illum Tacendo would mean approximately "place of silence".
January 15, 200818 yr Illum Tacendo would mean approximately "warm silence". Wait, where does the "warm" come from there? All I'm reading from that is "place of silence" :-s . Maybe I'm just losing my touch with the language after over half a year of not taking it >_<. (Note: You're right, got confused with the above posts. The warm doesn't come there at all -bluelancer) [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series.
January 15, 200818 yr Author The song is here - and the lyrics (this song was originally an instrumental) have appeared to have changed from my original source - an extra "n" has surfaced, it's now "illum tangendo" Still no clue as to what it means, I was kicked out of my GCSE Latin class #-o Back by popular demand!And I guess I just wanted to tell you, as the light starts to fade, that you aree the reason, that I am not afraid, and I guess I just wanted to mention, as the heavens will fall, that we will be together soon if we will be anything at all.
January 15, 200818 yr The song is here - and the lyrics (this song was originally an instrumental) have appeared to have changed from my original source - an extra "n" has surfaced, it's now "illum tangendo" Still no clue as to what it means, I was kicked out of my GCSE Latin class #-o Oh, tangendo. It means "touching him". [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series.
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