A friend of mine clued me into Erin F. and her amazingly astute translations (all theories, mind you) of the spell incantations from Shiny's wonderful strategy game Sacrifice. Here are her theories with my own embellishments (embellishments in italics).
Carpe diem sanctu domine nomine oremus: Latin
Klaatu barata nikto: The Day The Earth Stood Still
Elil: Elven town in AD&D
Vermithrax Pejorative: The dragon from the film Dragonslayer
Glixa: no idea.
Kentetsu: Not sure on this, some anime thing? Anyone see Akira?: “Tetsuo”, “Kanada!” “TETSUO!” “KEN-A-DA!!!!”
K'nathrak: Bad word to the Kilrathi in Wing Commander
Kazaam: Duh.
“If you got the itches, For a sack of riches,
I'm the man, Gonna grant your wishes.”
Goodbye Mr. President… Hello Mr. President.
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