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c. The terminations oichs and ides should be used in combination 

 only with Greek or Latin substantives. They should not be used 

 in combination with proper names ; but if once so used are not 

 subject to emendation. 



d. If a specific name is a geographical name it should be placed 

 in the genitival or adjectival form, if it was known to the Romans 

 or Latinized by the wi-iters of the middle ages. If adjectival it is 

 written with a small initial letter. 



e. All other geographical names should be changed into adjectives, 

 following the rules of Latin derivation, and should retain the exact 

 spelling (including diacritic marks) of the radical, it this latter has 

 not been used in Latin ; names of islands, however, which are 

 derived from names of persons, may preserve their substantive form, 

 but are then to be placed in the genitive. 



/. (Blanchard, Jentink) : 



If from the radical of a geograpliical name two adjectives are 

 derived (hispanus and hispanicvs), they cannot be used as specific 

 names in the same genus. 



/. (Carus, Stiles) : 



If from the radical of a geographical name two adjectives are 

 derived {hispanus and Jiispanicicn, mohiccensis and moUucanvs)^ it is 

 not advisable to use both as specific names in the same genus, but 

 such use of names is not sufficient reason for rejecting either of 

 them. 



g. Geographical and other proper names of countries which have 

 no recognized orthography or which do not use the Latin alphabet 

 should be transcribed into Latin according to the rules adopted by 

 the Geographical Society of Paris. 



Examples : Bogdanovi, Metshuihovi. 



37. 



a. Li case of words of identical etymology, diflfering onlj' in 

 spelling but not in form, the later name is to be considered a 

 homonym of the earlier. 



Examples : silvestris and sijlvestris, coendeus and ca^ruleus. Linnet 

 and Linncei, Rhopcdophovus and Ropalophorus. 



h. Blanchard and Jentixk favour : 



1. If from the radical of a common nnme two or more adjeclivea 



are formed, these cannot be used as specific names in the 

 same genus. 

 Examples : fluvicdis , jluvi atiUs, Jluv'iaiicus.Jiuviorum. 



2. Words distinguished only by the masculine, feminine, and 



neuter endings are to be considered as homonyms. 



h. Cartjs and Stiles favour : 



Words of the same etymology, difi'ering in form or gender, are 

 not to be changed or rejected on this account. 

 Examples: JJuviulis, jluviutdis. fiwiaticint, and Jlnriorum.', 

 Disfomua, Distonia, Disfontion. 



