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This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
A feature affecting clarity in seeing a scientific word's components is haplology, i.e. removing one of two identical or similar syllables that meet at the junction point of a compound word. Examples are: appendectomy = appendix, appendicis, (Latin for "appendix") + -ectomy (ultimately from Greek τομή, "a cutting")
Used before the anglicized version of a word or name. For example, "Terra Mariae, anglice, Maryland". animus in consulendo liber: a mind unfettered in deliberation: Motto of NATO: anno (an.) in the year: Also used in such phrases as anno urbis conditae (see ab urbe condita), Anno Domini, and anno regni. anno Domini (A.D.) in the year of our Lord
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List of Latin phrases; List of Byzantine Greek words of Latin origin; List of Latin words with English derivatives; Latin obscenity; List of descriptive plant species epithets (A–H) List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z) List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names *
In science, a positive feedback loop. In economics, a counterpart to the virtuous circle. citius altius fortius: faster, higher, stronger: Motto of the modern Olympics. civis romanus sum: I am (a) Roman citizen: Is a phrase used in Cicero's In Verrem as a plea for the legal rights of a Roman citizen: clamea admittenda in itinere per atturnatum
science, labour, liberty: Motto of the Free University of Tbilisi. scientia non olet: knowledge doesn't smell: A variation on Emperor Vespasian's pecunia non olet in Suetonius' De vita Caesarum. Used to say the way in which we learn something doesn't matter as long as it is knowledge acquired. scientia vincere tenebras: conquering darkness by ...