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Recommendation 27f. Orthography and Gender of Names 



RECOMMENDATION 27f. The same provisions apply to epithets formed from 

 the names of women. When these have a substantival form they are given 

 a feminine termination. 



ANNOTATIONS 



Recommendation 27f. When the name of the woman ends in -a the 

 genitive is formed by adding -e, as stellae from Stella, marine from 

 Maria, krzemienieicskae from Krzemieniewska. 



The genitives of names of women ending in a vowel other than 

 -a or that end in a consonant are formed by adding -ae. 



Women's names that are in Latin form or that have been latinized 

 form the genitive in accordance with the rules of Latin grammar, as 

 Beatricis from Beatrix. 



When the specific epithet is an adjective derived from a woman's 

 name an appropriate adjectival ending is used, usually -amis, -a, -urn, 

 or -ianus, -a, -um. Inasmuch as the gender of an adjectival specific 

 epithet agrees with the gender of the generic name, the adjective does 

 not show definite relationship to the name of a woman. The use of 

 the genitive substantive may therefore be preferred. The genitive 

 smithii shows derivation from the name of a man, smithae from the 

 name of a woman, but smithianus does not indicate whether a man 

 or a woman is honored. 



