Okay, new question

[swan_tower]

My brain is blurring out from staring at lists of Latin nouns, so I'm going to throw this a bit wider open and see what the commentariat can suggest.

In this totally hypothetical story that I'm totally not working on, there is a group of female knights under holy orders, in a secondary-world setting modeled on medieval Europe, serving the Queen of a place that will probably look like France. I want their names to form a list of the virtues they are supposed to uphold. (There is room for irony here, as they will not always live up to those names.)

What virtues would you expect to see on that list?

I need a total of twelve; suggest as many as you like. Bonus points if you can provide me with Latin nouns matching your suggestions, ending in either -tas or -ia -- I'm trying to see if I can get a satisfactory set without having to rejigger any of the Latin. (I can put together twelve on either pattern, but not without leaving out some concepts I think I'd like to include.)

Comments

[beccastareyes]

Hmm... Wisdom, Compassion, Courage, Camaraderie/Fellowship, Fealty*, Hope, Faith.

* I suppose you could combine these last two into Loyalty.

No Latin skills so I'd at most be looking stuff up in a dictionary.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Loyalty/fidelity/faith is actually the one driving me the most crazy: I can't find a Latin noun that will express anything suitable in that vein while also ending in -ia. If I could get that, I'd probably have a workable set.

[pathseeker42.livejournal.com]

fidelitas from Ben's Latin dictionary means faithfulness, trust, and (obviously) fidelity.

[pathseeker42.livejournal.com]

Or, pietas "dutifulness, dutiful conduct, piety, patriotism, devotion, kindness."

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Those two nouns top the list of "why I considered altering some nouns to end in -tas" (see previous poll). But it turns out I can get closer to my goal with -ia nouns; now I just need something that's equilvalent to fidelitas or pietas, but with the other ending. (Fidelia, sadly, is a type of earthenware vessel.)

[dynix.livejournal.com]

The girl's name Fidelia \f(i)-de-lia\ is a variant of Fidelity (Latin), and the meaning of Fidelia is "loyalty".

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Fidelia