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Stellae errantēs in Classical Latin, planetae in Neo-Latin.
In Classical Latin, the term stellae errantēs is used to denote planets and translates to "wandering stars" (which is what "planet" means in Greek.) Stellae is the nominative plural of the first declension noun stella, meaning "star." Errantēs is the nominative feminine plural present active participle of the verb errō, errāre, meaning "to wander, to stray."
However, in Neo-Latin (the from of Latin used for scientific writing from c. 1500 to c. 1800) the term can be different. In the "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy") by Sir Isaac newton, the term planetarum is used for "planets." Planetarum is the genitive plural form of planēta (nominative plural: planetae.) This word is used in Newton's First Law of Motion.
Which word to use depends on the era of the Latin you are trying to emulate.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoStella errans in Classical Latin, planeta in Neo-Latin.
In Classical Latin, the term stella errans is used to denote planets and translates to "wandering star" (which is what "planet" means in Greek.) Stella is a first declension noun meaning "star." Errans is the nominative feminine singular present active participle of the verb errÅ,errÄre, meaning "to wander, to stray."
However, in Neo-Latin (the from of Latin used for scientific writing from c. 1500 to c. 1800) the term can be different. In the "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy") by Sir Isaac Newton, the term planetarum is used for "planets." Planetarum is the genitive plural form of planēta. This word is used in Newton's First Law of Motion.
Which word to use depends on the era of the Latin you are trying to emulate.
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∙ 14y agoIn the Classical language the term was stella errans, stella erratica or stella erro, all of which mean "wandering star." Later the Greek term for "wandering," planetes, was adopted into Latin, taking the first-declension form planeta (genitive planetae) or the third-declension form planes or planetes(genitive planetis). In all cases the borrowed term is masculine, even in its first-declension form.
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∙ 15y agoThe Latin equivalent of the English word 'planet' is the following: planeta. The ancient Romans in turn took their word from the ancient, classical Greek 'planes', which means 'wanderer'. The pronunciation of the Latin word is as follows: plah-NAY-tah.
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