Let's Get These All Out Of The Way
Because I'm sure these are going to be mentioned and observed and discussed at some point (and some have already), I thought I'd just address all of these here: the 2009 Bionicle names taken from Latin. We might as well start from the beginning.
Malum is Latin for "evil." (There is another word malum that means "apple," but we all know which one of the two meanings is relevant here.)
Vorox comes from the word vorax, meaning "hungry."
Metus is Latin for "fear."
Fero is in all probability taken from either ferox, "fierce," or ferus, "wild."
Spherus Magna, were it really Latin, would be sphaera magna, meaning "the great sphere/globe/etc."
Vulcanus (also spelled Volcanus) is the name of Vulcan, god of fire and metalworking and other related things.
Vastus is the word for "empty," "desolate," "ravaged," and other such charming things.
Gelu is Latin for "frost."
Perditus means "destroyed."
Telluris means "of the earth."
Bara (as in Magna) and Baranus and Thornatus and other Latin-looking names are not actually Latin. Sorry. I think these are all of them, unless I've missed something. And one doesn't really have to know Latin to see that Skopio was taken from Scorpio.
Also, I hereby proclaim Sahmad to have come from the Arabian Nights. An impression which cannot be avoided, since "Samad" actually is an Arabic name. If I ever draw him, he will be weilding a scimitar and will probably end up looking like Jafar.
~ ToM
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