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able working rule might be formulated to the effect that deriva- 

 tives be taken from Latin and compounds from Greek. Linne^ 

 has written as follows uJDon this point : "Nomina generica ex 

 duobus vocabulis latinis integris & conjunctis composita, vix tol- 

 eranda sunt. Ejusmodi vocabula, graeca lingua pulcherrima 

 sunt; at Latina non facile eadem admittit. Admissimus 

 nonnulla vocabula latina. sed non ideo in posterum imitanda 

 sunt." 



THE LAST TERM 



The last term is a noun, adjective, or verbal stem. Accord- 

 ing to the nature of the last term, its form is as follows : 



I. If the last term is a noun, the compound (i) will be a noun: 

 angi-portus (^angtts, strait, portus, harbor) a narrow street 

 ante-cursor {ante, before, cursor, runner) forerunner, van- 

 guard 

 tri-dens (tri, three, dens, tooth) trident 

 nemori-cultrix (nemiis, nemoris, forest, ciiltrix, cultivator) 



forest-lover 

 mani-pretimn {maniis, hand, prctinni, price) workman's pay 

 albo-galcrus (albus, white, galcrus, hat) white hat of a fla- 

 men 

 (2) or the compound will be an adjective, appearing in one of 

 three forms: (i) us, a, inn; (2) is, e; (3) the form of 

 the noun. 

 (a) If the last term belong to the first, second, or fourth 

 declension (stem in -a, -0, and -u, respectively), the 

 compound adjective will regularly take the terminations 

 of the first and second declensions {11s, m., a, f., nm, n.), 

 or it may take the endings of the third declension {is, 

 m., f., e, n.) 

 in-forniis {in, not, forma, form) formless 

 igni-conius {ignis, fire, co//w,.hair) fiery-haired 

 magni-sonus {magnus, great, soniis, sound) loud-sounding 

 niulti-vius {inulttts, many, via, way) having many ways 

 alhi-cerus, albi-ceris {albus, white, ccra, wax) wax-white 



iLinn^. Philosophia Botanica, 160. 1751. 



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