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The article offers the translation "I, [who am] speed, eradicate"—or in the vernacular, "Speed Kills". The citation at the end of that paragraph doesn't support the translation offered.
I did Latin at school a long time ago; I don't think that's what it means. In fact I think it's bad Latin. "Eradico" is transitive, and should take an object.
Should there be a footnote or something, noting that the phrase is bad Latin that can't be translated correctly? At least, I don't think WP should offer this translation, in its own voice, without proper citation, and without explaining that the phrase isn't really translatable.
StackExchange: https://latin.stackexchange.com/questions/5270/velocitas-eradico-get-rid-of-speed-or-with-speed-eliminate
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/latin/comments/1tjqwv/velocitas_eradico_translation_help/
MrDemeanour (talk) 15:36, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
The paragraph
"The Yugoslavian Military Technology Institute developed, within a project named EDO-0, a railgun with 7 kJ kinetic energy, in 1985. In 1987 a successor was created, project EDO-1, that used projectile with a mass of 0.7 kg (1.5 lb) and achieved speeds of 3,000 m/s (9,800 ft/s), and with a mass of 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) reached speeds of 2,400 m/s (7,900 ft/s). It used a track length of 0.7 m (2.3 ft). According to those working on it, with other modifications it was able to achieve a speed of 4,500 m/s (14,800 ft/s). The aim was to achieve projectile speed of 7,000 m/s (23,000 ft/s). "
has no sources, and I am unable to find information that is not a copy paste of this article. Does anyone have a source for this? Cron312 (talk) 05:02, 5 March 2024 (UTC)