by Lucia Horatia Adamas » Tue May 23, 2017 4:31 am
L. Horatia Adamas C. Curtio Philoni C. Florio Lupo omnibusque S.P.D.
It's sometimes difficult to figure out who said what unless one uses different colors or whatever. I thought I had attributed the locative error to the correct party, but I guess I didn't, although the quote seemed to be from Laevus. Obviously I got the wrong surgical patient, though admittedly I had wondered how you could be so energetic after that sort of thing. ;-) However, you are young…Best wishes to your father for a speedy recovery.
Indeed as Lupus noted, many city names already exist* and there is no need for Latinization. One simply has to find the correct Latin version. Several have the word corresponding to 'grande' in them, so there should be no problem there. 'Beach,' however, is not the sort of name one expects among the Romans (they don't seem to have been as fond of them as many moderns are), and several European countries seem to lack ocean beaches. ;-) 'Acta' is derived from the Greek akté, which poses no problems in Greek, but in Latin might be confused with 'acta [publica],' public records. 'Litus' seems to be the more generic word, and my Smith's Smaller says that 'acta' is rare in Latin (although the OLD cites a couple of examples from Cicero), so 'litus' might well be the better vocabulary choice.
* In my own state, we have cities / towns / villages named Greece, Rome, Troy, Ilion, Cicero, Syracuse, Utica, Homer, Cincinnatus, Hector, Cato, Tully, Apulia Station, Marathon, etc.…most are villages, but Syracuse is a good sized city, and Utica is not tiny. A college friend came from Rome, N.Y. Some other geographic names here are derived from those in Europe, including those from the Roman period. Unless one is dealing with the sort of invented names popular in certain quarters these days, one should be able to find a Latin equivalent for the names of many cities, towns, and villages. There is Londinium, Lutetia [Parisiorum], Neapolis…for further assistance, one may consult the Lexicon Nominum Locorum by Carolus [Karl, ni fallor] Egger, one of the top Latinists among us, or the Owens lexicon at Wyoming Catholic College: Faculty Pages » Patrick Owens » Lexicon » Adumbratio
Regarding dating of the calendar sort, not even modern Latinists tend to use the Roman-style dating, so yes, they give the number of the day and the Latin name of the month along with the modern year. BTW, did you note that the diploma in question was honorary? 'Honoris causá?'
Valete!