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Akatosh
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Defixio Help

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Hey,

I'm trying to write a defixio but I have become stuck on a phrase I would like to use. How would I write, "may him and his children be sleepless until my ring has been brought to the temple of his divinity?" It is dedicated to Mars and I am attempting to place a curse on a thief who stole a ring.

Thanks in advance.

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Sufficit voces mysticas et incognobiles scribere ut daemones soli intellegant.
Just write unintelligibly so only demons understand.
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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Pape Satàn, pape Satàn aleppe! :D

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