Latin Recipe: Abest timor.

Abest timor.

This motto, cited in Mair's Proverbs and Family Mottoes, is associated with the Ewart and the Ker families. Literal English translation: "Absent is fear." A more poetic English translation might be: "No fear here." The image shows the Buddha making a gesture called "abhaya-mudra" or the "no-fear-gesture" (Wikipedia).

Dictionary:

abest. from absum, abesse: to be absent, to be away.

timor. from timor, timoris: fear.

An easy variation:

Change the noun.

Grammar:

abest. present indicative.

timor. nominative singular.

Some easy variations:

Change verb tense or mood.

Change noun (and verb) to plural.

Some more easy variations:

Change the word order.

Modify the verb with an adverb.

Add a dative pronoun.

Modify the noun with an adjective.

Expand the noun into a noun phrase (timor+genitive).

See if you can identify the types of variations below, and then you can try making your own variations. The verbs are marked in bold to help you notice the changes in word order. Extra words beyond the original noun+verb are underlined.

1. Abest dubium.
2. Abest ira.
3. Furor abest.
4. Abest metus.
5. Timores absunt.
6. Timor abeat.
7. Deest timor.
8. Absit timor.
9. Timor desit.
10. Timor abesto.
11. Absunt lacrimae.
12. Dolores absunt.
13. Timor vanus abest.
14. Fera abest ira.
15. Timores omnes absunt.
16. Timor absit nobis.
17. Abest mihi superbia.
18. Absit timor indignus.
19. Odium deest omne.
20. Furor foedus abesto.
21. Timor ullus abest.
22. Abest omnis timor.
23. Aberit semper timor.
24. Desit tibi timor.
25. Timores absunt omnes.
26. Timor mortis absit.
27. Nunc abest timor omnis.
28. Inimicorum meorum timor aberit.
    
29. Timor mihi et meis abest.
30. Linguae latinae mihi absit timor.