Latin Recipe: Fiat lux.

Fiat lux.

This famous Latin phrase appears in the Book of Genesis in the Bible: "Let there be light."

Dictionary:

fiat. from fio, fieri: to be, become, come into being.

lux. from lux, lucis: light.

An easy variation:

Change the noun.

Grammar:

fiat. present active subjunctive.

lux. nominative singular.

Some more easy variations:

Change the word order.

Modify the verb with an adverb.

Add a dative pronoun or phrase.

Add a prepositional phrase.

Modify the noun with an adjective.

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

Add an ablative absolute.

Add a parallel subject (with verb implied, not repeated).

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. Fiat iustitia.
2. Fiat pax.
3. Victoria fiat.
4. Concordia fiat.
5. Fiat lux aeterna.
6. Lux fiat aeterna.
7. Fiat Dei lux.
8. Lux Dei fiat.
9. Lux fiat Dei.
10. Lux fiat semper.
11. Nobis fiat lux.
12. Fiat omnibus lux.
13. Fiat victoria nobis.
14. Fiat lux iustitiae.
15. Iustitiae fiat lux.
16. Fiat ubique lux.
17. Pax semper fiat.
18. Fiat lux in tenebris.
19. In tenebris fiat lux.
20. Tenebris repulsis, fiat lux.
21. Fiat lux Dei aeterna.
22. Dei lux fiat aeterna.
23. Mihi bona fiat fortuna.
24. Bona mihi fiat fortuna.
25. Fiat in terris pax.
26. Fiat in terris omnibus pax.
27. Fiat omnibus in terris pax.
28. Fiat lux in mente.
29. In mente fiat lux, et amor in corde.
30. Fiat lux in mente, et in verbis sapientia.