THE TRIVIAL OR SECOND TERMS OF SPECIFIC NAMES. 453 



PLU. 



MASO. 



FEM. 



N. A. Y . fagfattfy, tngtnt'-es, 

 -' ' 



G. 



D. Ab. 



in-g^n'-tium, 

 mgent'.ib&s, 



in-g^n'-tium, 



huge, 

 of huge, 

 with huge. 



The following is one adjective and nouns in full, corresponding in 

 gender, as an example : 



SING. 



Latin adjectives, in grammars of that language, are usually inflected 

 with only the masculine spelt in full, followed by the proper change of 

 the terminations for the fern, and neut. In the subjoined list of the trivial 

 or second part of specific names, which occur in the body of the present 

 work, this plan w r ill be adopted, each word being followed by its 

 English meaning ; of course, only the nominatives in the three genders 

 are given. 



Trivial names often consist of nouns in any gender, which are made 

 to do duty as indeclinable adjectives, that is, they remain unchanged 

 in their terminations whatever the gender of the ' generic names ' may 

 be ; as Triticum spelta, spelt, or an inferior kind of wheat. The 

 trivial noun-adjective is frequently found in the genitive case, as 

 Theophrasta Jusscei } that is, the plant * Theophrasta ' of Jussseus, 

 the botanist. 



