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In most cases, the names are "one-off" Latinized forms produced by adding the genitive endings -ii or -i for a man, -ae for a woman, or -orum in plural, to a family name, thereby creating a Latinized form. For example, a name such as Macrochelys temminckii notionally represents a latinization of the family name of Coenraad Jacob Temminck to ...
Latinisation (or Latinization) [1] of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation (or onomastic Latinization), 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.
List of Latinised names; N. Nemo (name) Z. Zarina This page was last edited on 22 October 2020, at 21:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
List of Latinised names; Binomial nomenclature a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms; Romanization (disambiguation) Transliteration or transcription into the Latin alphabet
This Latinized form of the Greek name Kassandra—a mythological Trojan princess who was both blessed and cursed by Apollo—means “shining upon man.” 26. Adira
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 ...
List of names. Latin English name(s) [other name(s)] or [older name(s)] of subdivisions Alandia: ... ^ Latinized form of a Greek derived name See also
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