Greek and Latin in Biological Nomenclature n 



K and TT can alone stand before T, y and ft before 8, and x 



and <j> before 0, while o- may occur before all three. 

 </>ACKTIKOS, burning, from ^Ae'yw, to burn; rpnrTijp, rubber, 



from Tpi(3<a, to rub 

 rXeySi/r, entwined, from TrAeVw, to twist; ypdflBrjv, grazing, 



from ypd(f><j), to grave 

 ax<.ords, cloven, from o"x l '^w, to cleave; TretorreW, persuaded, 



from 7m0o>, to persuade 



/c, from, always retains its final palatal in composition. 

 CKS^/AOS, foreign; /c0v/xa, pustule 

 Before a-, /3 and < become TT, y and x become K, while T, 8, and 



are dropped; xcr is then written and THT is written \j/. 

 XaAu/3os gen. , x^/3-s nom - X^Ws a Chalybean* 

 ypd<f>u> } yptufi-cro) = ypd(j/u> 

 /jtao-rtyos gen. , /xaoriy-s = fj-da-rt.^, whip 

 gen. , ^ptx-s = ^P'S, hair 

 gen. , x a /3 tT -s = X^/ 3 ' 5 ) grace 

 A.a/A7raSos gen. , AajU.7ra8-s = Aa/ATras, torch. 

 Kopvdos gen. , Kopv0-s = Kopvs, helmet 

 This rule applies to such groups as -KT-, in which the r is fiist 



dropped and the K then passes into . 

 WKTOS gen., VUKT-S = VI>^, night 

 Before /x, labials (TT, /8, <) become /*, palatals (K, x) become y, 



and dentals (T, 8, 0, ) become o-. 

 /3\TT-fJ.a. (ySAeVoj) => f3\ffj.fj-a., glance; rpLft-p.a(Tpi(3(a) 



anything rubbed; <rre< -/to. (or <'<&>) = VT^IM., garland; 



p.a ^7r\K(i)~) = TrAe'y/xa, anything plaited; TCVX-/AOI (Tv 



reSy/xa, a work; a8-fia (a8co) = ao-/xa, song; 



o'xto'/xa, cleft; TTf.L6-p.a, (Tret^o)) = Treur/xa, cable. 

 K remains unchanged; l/c/xay/xa, a wax impression 

 The dentals (T, 8, 0, ) are retained only before A, v, /o. Before 



/x, they become o- (see above), as also before each other; 



before cr they are dropped. 

 7r0-TiKos (TTCI'&O) TTCto-rtKos, persuasive; 



f}a6r)[J.a, delight; o-Trep/AaT-tri, dat. (oT 



Txi8cr-crts (o-x^w) = crxtVts, cleaving. 

 Before another liquid (A, /*, p), v is assimilated to the liquid; be- 



