Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

video game

Latin translation:

ludus magnetoscopicus

Added to glossary by Joseph Brazauskas
May 5, 2006 19:34
18 yrs ago
English term

video game

English to Latin Tech/Engineering Computers: Software
I hope that there is some kind of equivilent for this.
Proposed translations (Latin)
2 +1 ludus magnetoscopicus
4 +1 Video Ludus
Change log

Jan 28, 2010 00:27: Joseph Brazauskas Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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57 mins
Selected

ludus magnetoscopicus

Quite funny!
:-)

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-05 20:40:36 GMT)
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I forgot to write I found it too on

http://alpha.furman.edu/~dmorgan/lexicon/silva.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree ntaylor (X) : Yes why not! It might sound fun to the Latin students!
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Well, the Romans often borrowed a Greek word or phrase when the resources of their own language failed them. Thank you for this rendering, and also for the link. Post-classical Latin often seems rather odd to me! "
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8 mins

Video Ludus

Video = I see in Latin!
Audio= I hear in Latin!

Ludus = game in Latin
Ludi = games
Note from asker:
It doesn't make sense to me. Thanks anyway.
Peer comment(s):

agree Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X) : Look what i found: http://videoludus.altervista.org/ :-)
1 hr
Hey! Thanks!
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