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** E.g. the word "Primarch" from is an example of Latin/Greek mixture: "primus" ("first") is a Latin word root, whereas "archon" ("ruler") is Greek (''άρχον'').
* ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'' has a lot of terminology either directly imported from, or [[Canis Latinicus|inspired by]] Latin, presumably related to the fact that vampire society is static, at best. Although [https://web.archive.org/web/20120506190840/http://wiki.white-wolf.com/worldofdarkness/index.php?title=Ancilla_(Vampire:_The_Requiem) justified], it is still amusing to note that Ancilla, a word used to refer to "middle-aged" vampires, translates quite readily as "slave woman."
** Fangame [[Genius: The Transgression]] has the [[Vestigial Empire|Lemurians]], who formed around the time of Rome and their terminology is derived from it. [[Canis Latinicus|As with most modern people, they often aren't very good at speaking it]]...most of the time. In the case of [[Fun with Acronyms|PLPKBs (Proper Latin Plural Knowing Bastards)]], this means they are [[Time Abyss|very old]] or [[Determinator|obsessive enough to teach themselves the language]], which, when dealing with a [[Mad Scientist]], should probably set off danger sirens in the minds of their opponents.
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* In the episode of ''[[South Park]]'' where Damien (Satan's son) visits the Earth, all of his evil spells are accompanied by some [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] that goes "''Rectus! Dominus!''" before shifting abruptly to "[[Sophisticated As Hell|Cheesy]] [[Rule of Funny|Poofs]]!" (The first two words, by the way, literally translate to "Ass Master.")
== miscellānea ==
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* An old joke: the reason Latin is a dead language is because they kept accidentally summoning demons during regular conversations.
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