138 International Code of Nomenclature 



Appendix A. Transliteration of Greek 



dLirXov-i - (Jif)lus 



Greek A, b (delta) Latin /), d 



Greek E, e (epsilon) Latin E, e 

 evrepov - enlerum 



The Greek e is the first letter of two Greek diphthongs, 

 et - /, dtlcv - Ihium 



More rarely et - ^ as '^da - zea 

 tv - eu kv% - ens 

 e - he cXkos - helcus 



^a}OP - Z"J'ff^ 



Greek Z, ^ (zeta) Latin ^, z 

 Greek II, r? (eta) Latin E, e 



K-qpn'os - cermiis 



Greek nouns ending in t/ are feminine. When trans- 

 literated they were placed in the first declension 

 with ending a or f as xatrr? - chaete or chaeia 



ij - he ryXtos - heliiis 



dpl^ - thrix 



Greek 6, d (theta) Latin Th, th 

 Greek I, l (iota) Latin /, i 



LxOi's - ichthys 

 'lttttos - hippus 



Greek K, k (kappa) Latin C, c 

 KopvPT] - coryne 



The Greek k is sometimes incorrectly transliterated 

 as /:, as ^aKT-qpiov - baklerium. 



Greek A, X (lambda) Latin L, I 



Greek M, p. (mu) Latin M, m 



Greek N, v (nu) Latin N, n 



Greek H, ^ (xi) Latin A', x 



Greek 0, o (omicron) Latin 0, o 

 o^aiva - ozaena 



The Greek o is the first letter of two diphthongs. 

 OL - oe olbripa - oedema 

 ov - TTovs - pus 



In the Greek, final -of is usually the ending of a neuter 

 noun or adjective. Such words were placed in the 



XeuKos - leucus 

 pLKpos - micrus 

 vtKpbs - necrus 

 pi'^a - myxo 



Diplococcus 



Enterococcus 



Thioploca 

 zeae 



Eubacterium 

 helcogenes 



^oogloea 



Spirochaeta 

 helianthi 



Erysipelothrix 



ichthyosmius 

 hippopotami 



Corynehacterium 



Leuconostoc 



Micrococcus 



necrophorus 



Myxococcus 



ozaenae 



oedematiens 

 Rhizopus 



