Latin-Based Language/Texts

OverviewTexts

The Latin-Based Language does not use spaces or capitalization and rarely uses punctuation. These have been added to many of the deciphered texts below for legibility.

For texts with unclear letters, the deciphered text includes educated guesses based on clearly distinguishable letters, the general shapes of unclear letters, and context.

Open World[]

Image	Source	Deciphered Text	Meaning
	Seals	Ad virtutem	"Towards virtue"
	Crafting Benches	ENK^{[Note 1]}
	Crafting Bench interface	PDBOGZPQW^{[Note 2]}
	Ley Line Monoliths	Parmae	"Shields"
	Ley Line Monolith completion text	Abyssos SOL dromus Pronoea Fortuna^{[Note 3]}	"Abyss" "Sun pathway" "Providence" "Destiny"
	Spiral Abyss introductory cutscene	Abyssus obscura	"The dark abyss"
Hover over previews to view in higher quality. (Preview Preferences) Media:Idle Mona 2.mp4	Mona's astrolabe	(Outer ring) GBL URL MKL RPL (Inner ring) N, W, S, E	The archangels Gabriel, Uriel, Michael, and Raphael.^{[Note 4]} North, West, South, East.^{[Note 5]}
	Magic circles with a heptagram around a Hydro symbol^{[Note 6]}	Ex culmine lucis in magno elementorum (written twice)	"From the peak of light, to greatness of the elements."
	Stone tablets^{[Note 7]}	Nullum magnum fortune sine mixture ingenium fortitudoque	"There has never been great fortune without mixing intelligence and bravery"
	Jade plate floating text^{[Note 8]}	Nullum magnum ingenium fortitudoque sine mixture fortunae fuere	"There has been no great talent and strength without a tincture of luck."^{[Note 9]}
	Jade plate base	Scio me nescire	"I know that I don't know."^{[Note 10]}
	Skyward Atlas	(left) The Wind (right) Wind
	Abyss Lector: Violet Lightning Catalysts	Ego sum fatus abyssi ergo mundo. Ex culmine lucis in magno obscuritatis. Lux se effundat in mentes abysso.	Possibly "I am an oracle of the abyss, thus I cleanse. From the peak of light, to the greatness of darkness. May light pour out into the minds of the abyss."^{[Note 11]}
	Sumeru Akademiya fountain	Nihil sub sole novum	"There is nothing new under the sun."^{[Note 12]}
	Beastly Rifts in Elynas	Pentagon: Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas^{[Note 13]} Heptagon: Corax Lympha Miles Leana Messor Phaos Pater^{[Note 14]} Circle: Ex culmine lucis in magno elementorum. Lux se effundat in mentes dei	Pentagon: Sower Arepo^{[Note 15]} Holds Labor Wheels Heptagon: Crow Water Solider Lioness Harvester Light^{[Note 16]} Father Circle: From the peak of light, to the greatness of the elements. May light pour out, into the minds of the god."

Dragonspine[]

Source	Deciphered Text	Meaning
"Unfamiliar patterns" in Dragonspine^[1]	ACP
Dragonspine's Glacial Secret	Veremini	"Fear!" or "Revere!"
Ancient Carvings	Ite	"Go!"
Ruin Grader activation puzzle at the top of Starglow Cavern	Progrediatur^{[Note 17]}	"He advances"
Mural Room	Fidelis angeli iuvant Audi tace sei voltis vos discite	"The angels help the faithful." Roughly "Listen and be silent, if you wish to learn."
Pressure Plate-based puzzle		Unknown

Tsurumi Island[]

Source	Deciphered Text	Meaning
Tsurumi's Mountain Murals	IN STELLARE FRAGMENTI SAPIENTIA OBSCONDITUR	WISDOM IS HIDDEN IN THE STAR FRAGMENTS
Tsurumi's Mountain Murals	HIC TACITUS PERMANO CALOR ARDENS	HERE SILENTLY SMOLDERING REMAINS
Tsurumi's Mountain Murals	VIGILARE CAELUM EST NO or alternatively VIGILA CAELUM NON VERUM EST^{[Note 18]}	HEAVEN IS NOT TO BE WATCHED or alternatively BEWARE, THE SKY IS NOT REAL
Tsurumi Underground Ruins	Lunas pueri integri puellaeque canamus^{[Note 19]}	Let us chaste boys and girls sing of the Moons
Tsurumi Underground Ruins	Lunarum sumus in fide puellae et pueri integri ^{[Note 20]}	We chaste boys and girls are under the protection of the Moons
Tsurumi Underground Ruins	Trivia et Nothae estis luminibus Lunae^{[Note 21]}	You, powerful, were called Trivia and Luna by your fake light

The Chasm[]

Source	Deciphered Text	Meaning
Secret Messages in The Chasm	Caell ese un td umusCaell ese un td umusCaelles eunt dumus	"People called 'Caelles' they go to the bush," possibly intended to mean "Celestials, go home."^{[Note 22]}
Secret Messages in The Chasm	Imp Agnarr	"Imperator (Commander) Agnarr"^{[Note 23]}
Secret Messages in The Chasm	Non est ad	"It is not/There is no... toward..."
Secret Messages in The Chasm	Abyssis via	"Road (to) the abysses"
Secret Messages in The Chasm	PivsPivsPius Egill	"Pious Egill"^{[Note 23]}
Secret Messages in The Chasm	Vivos voco	"I call the living"^{[Note 24]}
Secret Messages in The Chasm	Et umbra (inverted)	"And shadow"
Secret Messages in The Chasm	Vedi flevi	"I shed a tear"
Secret Messages in The Chasm	Mortuos plango	"I mourn for the dead"^{[Note 24]}

Domains[]

Source	Deciphered Text	Meaning
Domain floating text	Pronoea Fortuna	"Providence" "Fortune"^{[Note 25]}
Domain of Forgery and Domain of Mastery walls	DVKC JNFI POKC QTEB AUKC IWKC RZLC MSKC RZLC G,KI	Unknown
Domain of Blessing walls^{[Note 26]}	C, F, D, Z, A	Unknown
Ascend: Clear the Ruins walls	Venerare A, B, X, U, L, V, P, W UKC?	"Worship!" Unknown Unknown
Domain-like location^[2]	G	Unknown

Quests[]

Source	Deciphered Text	Meaning
Unreconciled Stars: Unknown Star	Somnia	"Dreams"
Unreconciled Stars: Star of Deceitful Dreams	Ierunt	"They have gone"
Unreconciled Stars: Star of Destiny	Caelum	"Sky"
A Herald Without Adherents	Fatae parcae	Refers to the fatae and the parcae.
A Herald Without Adherents	Fati textrix (inverted)	"Weaver of fate"

Events[]

Source	Deciphered Text	Meaning
Mona's astrolabe in Unreconciled Stars	Ex culmine locis in magno elementorum Lux se effundat in mentes dei	"From the peak of light, to the greatness of the elements." "May light pour out, into the minds of the god."
Opening splash screen of The Chalk Prince and the Dragon	Somnus Draco	"Dragon's slumber"
Three Realms Gateway Offering Event Details opening sequence	Origo Pares cum paribus facillime congregantur	"Origin" "Equals with equals are most easily flocked together."^{[Note 27]}
The Ancient Azure Stars domain during event of Summertime Odyssey	Mona	Mona

Teyvat Chapter Storyline Preview[]

This language is featured in the Teyvat Chapter Storyline Preview: Travail, where it was used to write Latin phrases for each nation's story theme.

Source	Deciphered Text	Meaning
Mondstadt	Mea libertas meus canor	"My freedom is my song."
Liyue	Ruat caelum fiat pactum	"Let contracts be made, though the heavens fall"^{[Note 28]}
Inazuma	Perpetua perennis impervia	"Perpetual, perennial, impervious"
Sumeru	Sub floreis lumen sagacitatis	"Light of wisdom under the flowers"
Fontaine	Iustitia omnia vincit	"Justice conquers all."^{[Note 29]}
Natlan	Surge vir fortis i natam victoriam	"Rise, O brave one, go towards your destined victory."
Snezhnaya	Ducam regina mea gloria haud pluribus impar	Roughly "I, nigh unmatched Queen by my glory, shall be guide."^{[Note 30]}

Notes[]

↑ The letter "K" is reversed.
↑ The first "P" and the "Z" are reversed.
↑ In versions prior to Version 1.2, the text instead said "miHoYo," "switch," "weekly," and "dungeon."
↑ The order seems to be based on the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.
↑ In older versions, it had the letters from A to L on the outer ring, and N, E, S, W (north, east, south, west) on the inner ring. East and west have been switched, possibly to reflect the order of the cardinal directions on star charts.
↑ Such as the magic circle on the ground around Abyss Mages when their shields regenerate, the magic circle around Hypostases when they perform their "missile" attack, and the magic circle on the sealed doorway in Mondstadt.
↑ Including the Nantianmen Stone Monolith commemorating the sealing of Azhdaha, the Stone Monument where the Scribe's Box is found, and the "Read" stone tablets around Jueyun Karst and Qingyun Peak.
↑ Such as those in Treasure Lost, Treasure Found.
↑ Based on a quote from Seneca in Latin: Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit ("There has been no great talent without a tincture of madness").
↑ Variant of a saying from Plato's account of Socrates: "I know that I know nothing".
↑ The second and third sentences are references to the lines Ex culmine locis in magno elementorum. Lux se effundat in mentes dei. which are found in magic circles.
↑ Taken from Ecclesiastes 1:9
↑ The inscription of the Sator Square.
↑ Slightly altered version of the seven grades of initiation in Mithraism, corax, nymphus, miles, leo, Perses, heliodromus, pater.
↑ Unknown word. Thought to be a proper name.
↑ The word used here for light, Phaos, is of Greek origin, instead of the Latin word for light, Lux.
↑ In older versions, this was misspelled as prohrediatur.
↑ Since the text translation VIGILARE CAELUM EST NO is incoherent meaning wise, one interpretation for the originally intended Latin text could be VIGILA CAELUM NON VERUM EST, which translates to BEWARE, THE SKY IS NOT REAL
↑ Reference to the first two lines of Catullus 34, with "Dianae" changed into "Lunarum" (Catullus 34.1-2)
↑ Reference to the Catullus poem, should be lines 15 and 16. However, if you look at Catullus 34.15-16 there are inaccuracies
↑ (Catullus 34.3-4). "Dianam" changed to "Lunas"
↑ Likely a reference to a scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian featuring the ungrammatical Latin phrase Romanes eunt domus "People called 'Romanes' they go the house," which was intended to mean "Romans, go home."
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 From two Abyss Lectors that appear during Perils in the Dark: "Agnarr - The Pious, One Who Mourns the Dead" and "Egill - Legion Commander, One Who Calls the Living."
↑ ^24.0 ^24.1 The two lines vivos voco and mortuos plango are found in the Song of the Bell as well as Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco.
↑ In versions prior to Version 1.2, the floating text instead said "weekly dungeon" (in English).
↑ Only found in some Domains of Blessing, including Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern, Domain of Guyun, Hidden Palace of Zhou Formula, and Valley of Remembrance.
↑ A quote from Cicero.
↑ Based on the Latin phrase Fiat justitia ruat caelum ("Let justice be done, though the heavens fall").
↑ Based on the Latin phrase Labor omnia vincit ("Work conquers all").
↑ Partially based on the "almost untranslatable" Latin phrase Nec pluribus impar (literally "not unequal to many").

References[]

↑ Story Quest, Albedo, Princeps Cretaceus Chapter: Act I - Traveler Observation Report, Part 6: The Final Experiment: Withering Glory
↑ YouTube: Story Teaser: We Will Be Reunited

Navigation[]

[1] The letter "K" is reversed.

[2] The first "P" and the "Z" are reversed.

[3] In versions prior to Version 1.2, the text instead said "miHoYo," "switch," "weekly," and "dungeon."

[4] The order seems to be based on the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.

[5] In older versions, it had the letters from A to L on the outer ring, and N, E, S, W (north, east, south, west) on the inner ring. East and west have been switched, possibly to reflect the order of the cardinal directions on star charts.

[6] Such as the magic circle on the ground around Abyss Mages when their shields regenerate, the magic circle around Hypostases when they perform their "missile" attack, and the magic circle on the sealed doorway in Mondstadt.

[7] Including the Nantianmen Stone Monolith commemorating the sealing of Azhdaha, the Stone Monument where the Scribe's Box is found, and the "Read" stone tablets around Jueyun Karst and Qingyun Peak.

[8] Such as those in Treasure Lost, Treasure Found.

[9] Based on a quote from Seneca in Latin: Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit ("There has been no great talent without a tincture of madness").

[10] Variant of a saying from Plato's account of Socrates: "I know that I know nothing".

[11] The second and third sentences are references to the lines Ex culmine locis in magno elementorum. Lux se effundat in mentes dei. which are found in magic circles.

[12] Taken from Ecclesiastes 1:9

[13] The inscription of the Sator Square.

[14] Slightly altered version of the seven grades of initiation in Mithraism, corax, nymphus, miles, leo, Perses, heliodromus, pater.

[15] Unknown word. Thought to be a proper name.

[16] The word used here for light, Phaos, is of Greek origin, instead of the Latin word for light, Lux.

[18] In older versions, this was misspelled as prohrediatur.

[19] Since the text translation VIGILARE CAELUM EST NO is incoherent meaning wise, one interpretation for the originally intended Latin text could be VIGILA CAELUM NON VERUM EST, which translates to BEWARE, THE SKY IS NOT REAL

[20] Reference to the first two lines of Catullus 34, with "Dianae" changed into "Lunarum" (Catullus 34.1-2)

[21] Reference to the Catullus poem, should be lines 15 and 16. However, if you look at Catullus 34.15-16 there are inaccuracies

[22] (Catullus 34.3-4). "Dianam" changed to "Lunas"

[23] Likely a reference to a scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian featuring the ungrammatical Latin phrase Romanes eunt domus "People called 'Romanes' they go the house," which was intended to mean "Romans, go home."

[AgnarrEgill-24] 23.0 ^23.1 From two Abyss Lectors that appear during Perils in the Dark: "Agnarr - The Pious, One Who Mourns the Dead" and "Egill - Legion Commander, One Who Calls the Living."

[VivosMortuos-25] 24.0 ^24.1 The two lines vivos voco and mortuos plango are found in the Song of the Bell as well as Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco.

[26] In versions prior to Version 1.2, the floating text instead said "weekly dungeon" (in English).

[27] Only found in some Domains of Blessing, including Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern, Domain of Guyun, Hidden Palace of Zhou Formula, and Valley of Remembrance.

[29] A quote from Cicero.

[30] Based on the Latin phrase Fiat justitia ruat caelum ("Let justice be done, though the heavens fall").

[31] Based on the Latin phrase Labor omnia vincit ("Work conquers all").

[32] Partially based on the "almost untranslatable" Latin phrase Nec pluribus impar (literally "not unequal to many").

[17] Story Quest, Albedo, Princeps Cretaceus Chapter: Act I - Traveler Observation Report, Part 6: The Final Experiment: Withering Glory

[28] YouTube: Story Teaser: We Will Be Reunited

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