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    Βασιλευς και Αυτοκρατωρ Αρχης Member Centurio Nixalsverdrus's Avatar
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    Default Re: Need help with greek names!

    I bet "Tindanotae" is Celtic.

    Your suggestions do sound good. Perhaps

    "Hippeis Klerouchikon Galatikon" or "Galatikoi Hippeis Klerouchikon"

    would be even a tad better. Mind you, I don't really know ancient Greek, I have only aquired a respectable level of knowledge on plural and genitive.

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    Unhappy Re: Need help with greek names!

    Maion could have been helpful here

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    Indeed, his presence shines so bright, all hail his brilliant light.

    But alas, he is on the path of glory.

    ...yet we still need somebody with good command of greek.




    "ΜΗΔΕΝ ΕΩΡΑΚΕΝΑΙ ΦΟΒΕΡΩΤΕΡΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΙΝΟΤΕΡΟΝ ΦΑΛΑΓΓΟΣ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΗΣ" -Lucius Aemilius Paullus

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    Default Re: Need help with greek names!

    Quote Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus View Post
    Maion could have been helpful here
    What happened to him? I haven't seen him post in a great while.
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    3x for this, this, and this

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    Default Re: Need help with greek names!

    Tindanotae is apparently a Latinzed Celtic term (the -ae ending), one that I cannot track down as to how its been put together or its meaning. I have 5 Gallic language books, and I cannot begin to guess at what that name means. However, the unit name changes for EB2 are vast and I've had to revise some due to nominative plural mistakes, but as of now they are as correct as I can get them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus View Post
    I bet "Tindanotae" is Celtic.

    Your suggestions do sound good. Perhaps

    "Hippeis Klerouchikon Galatikon" or "Galatikoi Hippeis Klerouchikon"

    would be even a tad better. Mind you, I don't really know ancient Greek, I have only aquired a respectable level of knowledge on plural and genitive.
    thanks! One for your help!


    But how I translate Tindanotae to greek............... oh I have to dig the ancient books again

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    Default Re: Need help with greek names!

    Thanks for the balloon, and now that I review it, I think "Galatikoi Hippeis Klerouchikon" would be better than my other suggestion.

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    hey, quick question. i was wondering what language they're speaking in the game when you fight a battle as the getai? i dont see how they could actually know enough of the original language to do that, so i'm thinking it's greek, since the unit names tend to be in greek

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    I found the name "Gumnoi" in Polybus' book to describe naked celts!

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    Default Re: Need help with greek names!

    Quote Originally Posted by AqD View Post
    But how I translate Tindanotae to greek............... oh I have to dig the ancient books again
    Literal translation of the unit name in my terrible greek would be Galatikoi Agrios Anthropoi (galatian wild men)


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