Vec

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

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Heal, regarding @Kho just figuring out that she was referring to the book 1984

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@Lauder

It tastes like pain and slavery. Everything @Lauder does tastes like pain and slavery.

@Hael

Hael, regarding a question about the taste of @Lauder's mahogany table.

The Mundane [Small-Town Superheroes]

I'm sorry, but I'll have to withdraw my interest from this ( not that you will miss it, considering the attention this RP got ;D ). I thought it would be interesting to join this, but to my surprise, I can't think of a character that I would like to play :/ Then there's the thing with the real people appearance rule.

So yeah, hope you guys have a great time!

The Mundane [Small-Town Superheroes]

@Liriia Not really, it's just that I've never really based my characters' appearances off of real people, so I don't really know where or how to start. That, and I feel like I won't find anything closely matching what I have in mind for my character/s (haven't decided yet)

Also, I'm more comfortable knowing that the person I'm rping as, does not exist in reality (same face, body etc..)

The Mundane [Small-Town Superheroes]

k den, ill try to find something... otherwise, i'll just stick with written description

The Mundane [Small-Town Superheroes]

@McHaggis @Liriia @Undine

@Vec Yes, for a character to be accepted it needs a picture of a real person's face. No stock photos, please.

@Roosan

But, can I use digital art showing realistic faces or smthing?

The Mundane [Small-Town Superheroes]

im up for some slice of life/power exploration rp...

ugh, do I HAVE to use a real person for my char's appearance? :(

On Stranger Tides - A One Piece Concept/Brainstorming Thread

im interested as well; although I will wait and see if there is any more interest :)

nvm seems that you scrapped the rp

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Muttonhawk

Okay, I researched this a bit. From what I gather, you want a word with the rough meaning of "operated from the inside/from within"

To start off, we have to examine the etymology of: automaton

automaton is the Latinized form of αυτόματον, which is the neuter form of αυτόματος, meaning "acting of one's own will"

αυτόματος splits into two words, αυτός and μέμαα.

• αυτός

  The intended sense of αuτός is generally defined by its grammatical context. When used as a lone nominal without an article, it is generally the third person personal pronoun. When appended to a nominal and not possessing the definite article, it is "self". When combined with the definite article, either appended to a nominal or on its own, it is "same".
  
  Thus, in this case, its meaning is self (and "with my own volition, without the help of anyone else, alone" etc.)
• μέμαα

  As for μέμαα, its was a word first used by Homer in Illiad, and its rough meaning is "to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire etc." In modern greek, this is the -μώ in επιθυμώ, which has the same meaning of yearn, desire.
  
  Now, let's take the meaning if automaton: acting of one's own will.
  
  The keyword here is will.
  

  • In it's verb form, its meaning is "to wish; desire"
  • In its noun form, its meaning is "the act or process of using or asserting one's choice; power of choosing one's own actions; purpose or determination" and last but not least "wish or desire."

  
  So you see that they have roughly the same meaning.
  
  There are many words for will. There is the latin animus, the greek βουλή (voo-lee), ἰότης (iotis), ἔλδωρ (eldor), and ἱμείρω (imero). All of those have the same meaning of 'will, desire, longing etc.'

With the help of the above, we can interpret "operated from within" as "having the will on the inside"

esomaton, the word you came up with can be considered to have that meaning, although endomaton would actually be more accurate and better suited to describe what you want. Now, endomaton does not exist as a Greek word, so I do not know if its meaning would be exactly what you want. However, I am quite sure that it's close to the meaning of "operating from within"
I will continue to research this, if you want, and come back to you later with the results.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Muttonhawk I can help with the greek, if you want. :)

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Scarifar


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