Chrono Compendium
Enhasa Halls - Chrono Series Analysis => Reality, Real-World Connections, and the Supernatural => Topic started by: Thought on February 19, 2010, 11:52:01 am
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"Probitas laudatur... et alget"
That phrase means "Uprightness is praised... and neglected," in Latin at least. It is "alget" that seems to be interesting here. Unfortunately I have yet to come across the infinitive of that verb, but it looks like the plural imperative of it might be "algete."
Algetty is a village of neglected humans, so it seems likely its name might have been taken from this somewhat famous Latin saying.
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Fascinating! Glancing at the Retranslation, it seems it was named "Algetty" even in the Japanese version. I guess it would have been pronounced "Aru-getty" in the original version though.
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Ah yes, here we go. Algere, a 2nd conj. verb meaning "to be cold, to be neglectged." Algetty is both. And, based on CC's Angelus Errare, it would seem that someone in Square knew a smattering of Latin.
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Yeah, the difference is Angelus Errare only existed in US version, I think it is only to make Guile's origin more mysterious.
However, after a google search, the results lead me to Algethi.
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Ah, good point about AE. But what about Termina? Thats the Latin word for boundary stone (and also the Roman Goddess of Boundaries).
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Very interesting. I tried exploring some possible alternate derivations, but I didn't come up with anything that stood out. You may have stumbled onto a wonderful little bit of Chrono trivia.
Sorry. Trivium!
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Good find. Perhaps it could be added to the encyclopedia page: http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Algetty.html
right now it states that the name is a fabrication with no etymology.