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Appendix A. Transliteration of Greek 



second Latin declension, with the ending usually 

 -urn, occasionally -on, as in ayyetov - angium 

 TrepaiKov - persicon 



Final -os is a masculine nominative ending for nouns 

 and adjectives. Such words were placed in the sec- 

 ond Latin declension, with the ending usually -us, 

 occasionally -os, as in (^tXos - philus 



Final -os is also found in Greek genitives. Such words 

 were placed in the third Latin declension with the 

 ending usually -is, occasionally -os. as in 

 epufftTreXaros - erysipelatis 

 h, vos - hys, hyos 

 6 - ho opfjios - hormus 



Greek n, tt (pi) Latin P, p 



irXavos - planus 



In composition, r followed by a spiritus asper becomes 

 if -ph. 



Greek P, p (rho) Latin R, r 



airetpa - spira 



Initial p always has the spiritus asper and is transliter- 

 ated rh, as in pobov - rhodum 



In composition, when the second component begins 

 with p, and the preceding component ends in a 

 vowel (not a diphthong), the p is doubled, and the 

 second p retains the spiritus asper. 

 diappoia - diarrhoea 

 (vprjKTOS - eurectus 



Greek 2, o- s (sigma) Latin S, s 



a^paipLKOs - sphaericus 



Greek T, r (tau) Latin T, t 

 r'tTpa - tetra 



In composition, r followed by a vowel having a spiritus 

 asper becomes 6-th. 



Greek T, v (upsilon) Latin 7'',y 



jui'KTjs, nvK-qros - myces, mycetis 



The Greek i; is the second letter of three Greek diph- 

 thongs. 

 av - an av^ri - auxe 

 ev - eu- 



ov - u TTovs - pus 

 V - hy iiSpo - hydro- 



Arc hangium 

 Lycopersicon 



hydrophilus 



erysipelatis 



hyos 



Hormiscium 



Mycoplana 



Spirochaeta 

 rhodochrous 



diarrhoeae 

 eurectus 



sphaericus 

 tetragenus 



Schizomycetes 



auxinophilus 

 Eubacteriales 

 Rhizopus 

 Hydrogenomonas 



