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  also 
  a 
  feminine 
  termination. 
  I 
  see 
  no 
  reason 
  why 
  it 
  cannot 
  "be 
  consider- 
  

   ed 
  feminine 
  in 
  artificially 
  formed 
  words 
  like 
  Asaphis, 
  Lydiphnis, 
  Ana- 
  

   chis, 
  Apolymetis, 
  Haliotis. 
  

  

  Names 
  in 
  "odes, 
  oides, 
  es" 
  may 
  "be 
  treated 
  as 
  masculine: 
  Gyrodes, 
  

   Chiroteuthoides, 
  

  

  Greek 
  nouns 
  in 
  "ma", 
  genitive 
  "matos", 
  being 
  neuter, 
  Periploma 
  

   whose 
  family 
  name 
  Periplomatidae 
  clearly 
  shows 
  the 
  genitive 
  in 
  "matos" 
  

   should 
  be 
  neuter; 
  but 
  Macoma 
  which 
  lacks 
  a 
  form 
  in 
  "matos" 
  and 
  Rubella- 
  

   toma 
  which 
  comes 
  from 
  "tome" 
  are 
  feminine. 
  

  

  Greek 
  ending 
  "on" 
  is 
  neuter. 
  Enoploion 
  will 
  therefore 
  be 
  neuter. 
  

   But 
  Pleucodon, 
  Gnathodon 
  derived 
  from 
  masculine 
  "odous" 
  or 
  "odon" 
  are 
  

   masculine. 
  

  

  1 
  1. 
  Specific 
  TTpjges 
  

  

  The 
  specific 
  neme, 
  if 
  an 
  adjective 
  r.r 
  participle, 
  must 
  agree 
  with 
  

   the 
  generic 
  name 
  it 
  modr.fies. 
  If 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  ms.S'^oline, 
  the 
  adjecti- 
  

   ve 
  must 
  have 
  a 
  masculine 
  ending. 
  NassariufD 
  being 
  masculine 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  

   accompanied 
  by 
  the 
  feminine 
  ambigua 
  or 
  the 
  neuter 
  ambiguum. 
  The 
  femini' 
  

   ne 
  Coius 
  should 
  be 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  feminine 
  adjective: 
  Colus 
  obesa. 
  

  

  It 
  sometimes 
  happens 
  that 
  a 
  former 
  generic 
  name 
  has 
  been 
  discard- 
  

   ed 
  for 
  one 
  more 
  ancient 
  and 
  of 
  different 
  gender. 
  The 
  feminine 
  Scala, 
  

   Scalaria 
  for 
  instance, 
  have 
  been 
  dropped 
  for 
  the 
  neuter 
  Epitonium. 
  The 
  

   adjectives 
  apiculata, 
  Occident 
  alis 
  should 
  now 
  take 
  the 
  form 
  adapted 
  to 
  

   neuter 
  and 
  become 
  apiculatum, 
  occidentale. 
  

  

  l.yhat 
  are 
  the 
  Latin 
  terminations 
  showing 
  the 
  different 
  genders 
  of 
  

   adjectives? 
  

  

  Adjectives 
  in 
  "us" 
  have 
  three 
  terminations, 
  "us" 
  for 
  the 
  masculi- 
  

   ne, 
  "a" 
  for 
  the 
  feminine, 
  "um" 
  for 
  the 
  neuter: 
  cancellatus, 
  cancellata, 
  

   cancellatum; 
  floridanus, 
  floridana, 
  floridanum. 
  

  

  and 
  neuter: 
  niger, 
  nigra, 
  nigrum; 
  scaber, 
  scabra, 
  sca- 
  

   brum; 
  glaber, 
  glabra, 
  glabrum; 
  pulcher, 
  pulchra, 
  pulchrum; 
  ruber, 
  ru- 
  

   bra, 
  rubrum. 
  Only 
  a 
  Latin 
  dictionary 
  can 
  give 
  information 
  in 
  this 
  res- 
  

   pect. 
  

  

  Thirteen 
  Latin 
  adjectives 
  in 
  "er" 
  in 
  the 
  masculine 
  form 
  the 
  femi- 
  

   nine 
  in 
  "is", 
  the 
  neuter 
  in 
  "e". 
  They 
  are: 
  acer, 
  sharp 
  , 
  acris, 
  acre; 
  

   alacer, 
  l 
  ively 
  , 
  alacris, 
  alacre; 
  campester, 
  level 
  , 
  campestris, 
  campes- 
  

   •■re; 
  celeber, 
  famous 
  , 
  Celebris, 
  celebre; 
  celer, 
  swift 
  , 
  celeris, 
  celere 
  

   equester, 
  e 
  quest 
  r 
  ian 
  , 
  equestris, 
  equestre; 
  paluster, 
  marshy, 
  palustris, 
  

   pa.lustre; 
  pedester, 
  p 
  edestrian 
  , 
  pedestris, 
  pedestre; 
  puter, 
  rotten 
  , 
  pu 
  

   J 
  ;tris, 
  putre; 
  saluber, 
  wholesome, 
  salubris, 
  salubre; 
  Silvester, 
  woody 
  , 
  

  

  jsilvestris, 
  silvestre; 
  terrester, 
  terrestrial 
  , 
  terrestris, 
  terrestre; 
  

  

  Jvolucer, 
  winged 
  , 
  volucris, 
  volucre. 
  But 
  equester, 
  paluster, 
  puter, 
  sa- 
  

   luber, 
  Silvester, 
  terrester, 
  also 
  use, 
  and 
  even 
  more 
  commonly, 
  the 
  for:^ 
  

   in 
  "is" 
  for 
  the 
  masculine. 
  Except 
  for 
  equestris 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  found 
  a- 
  

   mong 
  the 
  specific 
  names 
  of 
  marine 
  mollusca 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Coast 
  of 
  

  

  