water, earth, air, fire

Latin translation: aqua, terra, aer, ignis

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English term or phrase:	water, earth, air, fire
Latin translation:	aqua, terra, aer, ignis
Entered by:	Juan L. Mera F.

17:23 Apr 13, 2010

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English term or phrase: water, earth, air, fire

Hi,
I need to translate **water, earth, air, fire** into Latin, in the context of the names of the four natural elements.

For example, the term "fire" can be translated as "flamma" or "ignis", but I don´t know which one is better for this context, the same happens with earth: "humus" or "terra"? and with air: "aeris" or "aer"?
Are there any special Latin characters in these words (such as Æ )?
Any accents on the words? (Such as âêr )

The spelling of the words needs to be very precise.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Juan

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aqua, terra, aer, ignis

Explanation:
These are the standard renderings. I do not have the possibility to give you any quotations right now, but a Google search of the four should provide enough sources.
No need to use any diacritics, even with 'aer' (dictionaries sometimes use a diacritic on e to indicate it's not a diphthong, but this is not done in actual texts).

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