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perhaps the closest analogue of archippus^ is in this condition. We may 

 therefore regard the specific name as of both genders, and say D. archippus 

 without offending classic taste. 



(3) It is by no means an uncommon practice on the continent of 

 Europe, in the Romance languages, to give feminine names to men, and 

 vice versa. Any one can find abundant proof of this assertion by looking 

 over a list of the Spanish nobility. Even the maker of the well-known 

 Eau de Cologne bears the complex name Jean Marie Farina. I do not 

 defend the practice ; I only mention its existence. 



(4) In the classic tongues and in those derived from them it is almost 

 impossible to avoid the apposition of feminine and masculine nouns in 

 consequence of the arbitrary severance of gender and sex. Eutropius 

 begins his Roman History by applying to the Roman Emperor the title 



Vestra Tranquillitas. A Spaniard is compelled by his language to use the 

 feminine noun when addressing his superior, as " Vucstra Eminencia," or 

 even " Suya Eminencia " to a Cardinal. And though " Your Majesty " 

 and " Her Majesty " may in classic usage accord with Mr. Hulst's rule 

 when applied to Queen Victoria, they must violate it when applied to a 

 king. 



(5) It is quite common to find nouns of different genders put in 

 apposition by classical Latin authors. For examples see the first Georgic 

 of Virgil (11. 5, 10, 32). In the first quotation all three genders are thus 

 placed. And for a yet more conspicuous example see the first ode of 

 Horace, containing the well-known words : "Maecenas et praesidium et 

 duke dec us n/eum." 



(6) Even among the Romans themselves, and in the construction of 

 their proper names, the practice of mingling together masculine and 

 feminine words was not uncommon. Besides others, perhaps capable of 

 being disputed, we may quote the names of the two Emperors Caius Caesar 

 Caligula Augustus, and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla. Both 

 these feminine nouns were incorporated into the names unchanged. We 

 need only glance down the list of Consuls to see that the practice was 

 frequent. L. Licinius Sura was Consul in 107 A. D. ; A. Cornelius Pahna 

 in 109 A. D., and Q. Ninnius Hasta in 114 A. D. 



We have therefore abundant classical authority for linking nouns of 

 different genders in apposition in the same name, and may therefore, I 

 think, without offence, save ourselves the trouble of making so many 



