Ancient - English translations
adventus | [v] approaching, coming
Alteran(s) | [n, adj] What the Ancients called themselves, or at least the Ancient name for their race. Another name is Anquietas
ani | [v] to be
Anima | [n] (pl. Animae) Daemon, lit. "soul" or "spirit" (the descendants, elegeia, nou ani atlantus chapter 1)
animu | [v] (we) will be
Anquietas | [n, adj] What the Ancients called themselves, or at least the Ancient name for their race. Another name is Alteran(s)
Astria Porta | [n] (pl. astria portae) Stargate; also called simply Porta
Atlantus lacun subo mare | Atlantis was lost under the sea (we are the raven and the ghost, chapter 15)
Asura pl. Asurae | [n] name of the Replicators built by the Ancients in the Pegasus Galaxy; also name of their planet (see: Asurans)
Avalon | [n] The Milky Way Galaxy
aveo | [excl, n] farewell, goodbye
Cathedra | [n] Chair; used in reference to the Control Chair in Atlantis (or other Ancient outpost or ship equipped with a similar Chair)
clavis [astria porta(e)] | [n] Dial Home Device (DHD), lit. "key [to/of the Stargate(s)]"
comdo | [excl] please
dedactavum | [v] [to have been] taken away
deserdi | [v] to desire, to seek, to wish
Deserum | [n] The Wasteland; a planet with an outpost built by the Ancients before the Siege; the Terran Atlantis Expedition's designation of this planet is M31-927
discedite | [v] stand down, depart, leave
Discedite! Hostis discedite! Asurae, urbs creatores noue pertinent—reliquendum! | [v] Stand down! Enemy, stand down! Asurans, this City belongs to your creators—cease! (obsessional, chapter ...)
Ego Eius surgens ex dormata eteri | I raised Her from eternal sleep (we are the raven and the ghost, chapter 15)
elegeia | [n] elegy; a Satedan form of poetry
en lume adventus Satedum sau | In the approaching light of the Satedan sun ("Elegeia Satedum", elegeia, chapter 11)
fuge | [v] flee, retreat, draw back, get out
haereticus | [n] heretic
Hic qua videum finalis | The final place of our legacy (nou ani atlantus, chapter 15)
hostis | [n] enemy
lume | [n] light
Lume dedactavum Satedum sau | The light of the Satedan sun has been taken away ("Elegeia Satedum", elegeia, chapter 11)
machina ad transire inter astria | lit. machine/engine to travel between stars; stardrive. Also referred to as the machina, "the engine" (we are the raven and the ghost, chapter 23)
medikus | [n] healer, doctor (from which the Satedan term medical, meaning "doctor", derives)
nou | [pron] we
Nou deserde asordo | We seek/need help (we are the raven and the ghost, chapter 19)
Nou lume deserde Satedum sau | We seek the light of the Satedan sun ("Elegeia Satedum", elegeia, chapter 11)
Nou reliquiae animae animu Satedum sau | We (who are the) surviving souls must become the Satedan sun ("Elegeia Satedum", elegeia, chapter 11)
Nou mundo noi ani explatorates inter astria Pegasos | We are exploring new worlds among the stars of the Pegasus Galaxy (we are the raven and the ghost, chapter 15)
Obsidio Finalis | The Last Siege (nou ani atlantus, chapter 15)
Ori | [n] The original Ancient people split into two factions: the Ancients/Alterans and the Ori.
pastor | [n] shepherd, guardian
Pegasos | [n] The Pegasus Galaxy
potentia | [n] (pl. potentiae) Zero Point Module/ZPM
Priores clementia animae tuae | The Ancestors be merciful to your soul (elegeia, chapter 11)
portam nava | (pl. portam navae) Puddlejumper, lit. "Gateship"
reliquia | [n] (pl. reliquiae) survivor; a relic left behind
reliquendum | [v] leave, cease, give up, relinquish
Satedum | [adj] a Satedan person; something or someone from Sateda
sau | [n] sun; this is also the name of Icarus' Daemon
Subo mare, abscondita ab Hostium, nou Eius custodia, expectamus Progeniae | Under the sea, hidden from the Enemy, we protect Her [while] awaiting the Descendants (nou ani atlantus, chapter 15)
Terra | [n] planet Earth
Terran | [adj] of/from Earth
Transiens illac facit; illac ani subo spatio nostra | The machine creates a path; the path exists in the space beneath ours (i.e. sub–/hyperspace) (we are the raven and the ghost, chapter 23)
tribunus | [n] commander, commanding officer; a person of high military rank
volucera | [n] lit. swift, winged, fleeting, flying, and/or transitory; the name of a creature native to the Ancients' original home-galaxy and home-planet; some Daemons of Ancient origin take this Shape, including Sau