English to latin

[MARTYN]

How do you say " the wooden one " in latin?

[grasscarp]

nemorosus unus

[Quizmonster]

Nemorosus means woodeD...ie with lots of trees...rather than woodeN. Is that what you mean, Martyn? Also, what do you intend by the word 'one'? Do you mean literally the figure 'one' or does the whole phrase refer to a person...ie someone rather stilted and inflexible? It does make a difference!
If no one else has come up with a good answer by the next time I check in here, I'll have a go.

[cupid04]

Pinocchio

[sidkid]

I own a wooden front door key, are they rare?, is it valuable?

[Vicasso]

No, my front door is wooden too :-)

[sidkid]

P.S. I studied Latin for five long years at a fine Midlands grammar school and gained a hard earned 'O' level qualification yet I have no idea what the answer is to the question. Those are five wasted years I'll never see again! Anybody know what the Latin is for 'horrendous waste of a young person's life' ?

[boxtops]

sidkid, to be honest I still use a bit of Latin from time to time, and it has helped a lot in English studies (etc.) - but I can't recall the works of Livy et al including "the wooden one" in the text.

[steg]

ligneum unum

[grasscarp]

In Ireland they have been looking into the current water distribution problems and found a wooden pipe!!!

[grasscarp]

and Sidkid, like you I have a Latin o level. Wasted years learning chunks of Gallic wars, but it did come in handy when I met my husband and found that I could easily learn Italian.

[starone]

sidkid I wasted all my years at school and have regretted it ever since. Martyn- can't you google it - you can google nearly everything. I think there is a website somewhere that translates from one language to another, but unfortunately do not know what it is.

[Quizmonster]

As you have not answered my earlier questions, Martyn, my advice to you - based on past experience of questions involving Latin on AnswerBank - is to check with an 'expert' WHATEVER answer(s) you get here, especially if this is to be inscribed or tattooed somewhere!
For example, if your local secondary school has a Classics Department or even just a solitary Latin teacher, try to get a response from him/her. An alternative might be to approach a local Catholic priest, some of whom are still familiar with Latin.
I see a suggestion has been made that you use an online translation site. I'd treat that with even more care than answers here. They are generally much too vague or even ridiculous, unless you are quite knowledgeable about the language in any case.

[MARTYN]

Great response, i didn't get email about getting answers,thats why i haven't been back wonder whats wrong! Anyway for you asking its for my boat she is made of wood and i have been refering to her as the wooden one as i have a fibreglass one aswell {only small boats for fishing 12 foot and 16 foot}" ligneum unum"from sounds right. thanks agian

[Quizmonster]

Latin for a small, light boat is linter and it's a feminine word, so perhaps "una lignea"...the one of wood...might be better.

[mike11111]

Or perhaps ea or illa lignea.

[MARTYN]

"una lignea"...the one of wood.... I think that might be the one to use Thanks