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  2. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    The name may be converted into a Latinised form first, giving -ii and -iae instead. Words that are very similar to their English forms have been omitted. Some of the Greek transliterations given are Ancient Greek, and others are Modern Greek. In the tables, L = Latin, G = Greek, and LG = similar in both languages.

  3. Latinisation of names - Wikipedia

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    Latinisation of names. Latinisation (or Latinization) [ 1] of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation, is the practice of rendering a non - Latin name in a modern Latin style. [ 1] It is commonly found with historical proper names, including personal names and toponyms, and in the standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences.

  4. List of Latin names of cities - Wikipedia

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    Latin being an inflected language, names in a Latin context may have different word-endings to those shown here, which are given in the nominative case. For instance Roma (Rome) may appear as Romae meaning "at Rome" (), "of Rome" or "to/for Rome" (), as Romam meaning "Rome" as a direct object (), or indeed as Romā with a long a, probably not indicated in the orthography, meaning "by, with or ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Meaning from out of the depths of misery or dejection. From the Latin translation of the Vulgate Bible of Psalm 130, of which it is a traditional title in Roman Catholic liturgy. de re: about/regarding the matter

  6. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    The Latin name Caesarea was also applied to the colony of New Jersey as Nova Caesarea, because the Roman name of the island was thought to have been Caesarea. [70] [71] The name "Jersey" most likely comes from the Norse name Geirrsey, meaning 'Geirr's Island'. [72] New Mexico: November 1, 1859: Nahuatl via Spanish: Mēxihco via Nuevo México

  7. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.

  8. List of Latinised names - Wikipedia

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    Humanist names reached varying degrees of stability and heritability, and some exist to this day. [11] [circular reference] [12] [circular reference] Recent articles and dissertation by Daniel Kroiß have systematically categorized the origin of Humanist names and their declension patterns in the German and Dutch speaking regions.

  9. List of Scottish Gaelic given names - Wikipedia

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    SG equivalent of En Patrick, Peter [24] (both En names are etymologically unrelated to one another). SG Peadar is used for the name of the saint (Saint Peter). Pàra, Pàdair are SG dialectal forms. [24] Para is a contracted form. [49] Pàdruig Patrick [54] Pàl Paul [52] See also SG Pòl. Pàra Patrick [24] Dialectal form of SG Pàdraig. [24 ...