"That white-haired bloke... Gerard? Gerwant?" — The actual name of this subject is conjectural or unknown.
The "Scholar" is an ancient human language known by Nordling and Nilfgaardian scholars and lawyers. Social elites, such as kings or ambassadors, tend to decorate their speech with Latin phrases.[1][2][3]
Dictionary[]
| Scholar | English |
|---|---|
| non possumus[2] | no way (literally: we cannot) |
| Regnum Caedvenie[4] | Kingdom of Kaedwen |
| Regnum Temeriae[2] | Kingdom of Temeria |
| sphera mundi[5] | world |
| sus scrofa nordlinga[6] | wild boar of the Northern Realms |
Notes[]
- This language shares a dictionary with Latin. It is unclear whether is it intended to be the Latin from the in-universe Earth or just a fictional old language that is "translated" as Latin in the books and games.