In Latinizing modern words the rules of classic usage do not apply, and all that we can do is to give to such terms as classical an appearance as we can, consistently with the preservation of their etymology. In the case of European words whose orthography... American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 791869Full view - About this book
| 1863 - 376 pages
...poiocephala, must, according to the laws of etymology, be spelt JEpycnemia, Xenophasia, and pceocephala. In Latinizing modern words the rules of classic usage...combinations unknown in Latin. Such words, for instance, as Woodwardi, Knighti, Bullocki, Eschscholtzi, would be quite unintelligible if they were Latinized into... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1843 - 414 pages
...poiocephala, must, according to the laws of etymology, be spelt ^Epycnemia, Xenop/uisia and pceocephala. In Latinizing modern words the rules of classic usage...combinations unknown in Latin. Such words, for instance, as Woodivardi, Knighti, Bullocki, Eschscholtzi, would be quite unintelligible if they were Latinized into... | |
| Hugh Edwin Strickland - 1858 - 784 pages
...poiocephala, must, according to the laws of etymology, be spelt ^Epyenemia, Xenophasia, and poeoccphala. In Latinizing modern words the rules of classic usage...combinations unknown in Latin. Such words, for instance, as Woodwardi, Knighti, Bullocki, Eschscholtzi, would be quite unintelligible if they were Latinized into... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1866 - 818 pages
...}>oiocephala, must, according to the laws of etymology, be spelt sEpycnemia, Xenopltasia, and pœocephal«. In Latinizing modern words the rules of classic usage...apply, and all that we can do is to give to such terms us classical an appearance as we can, consistently with the preservation of their etymology. In the... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1866 - 798 pages
...spelt sEpt/cnemia, Inophasia, and pceoeephalti. In Latini/ing modern words the rules of classic ntage do not apply, and all that we can do is to give to such terms as clas«¡eal an appearance as we can, consistent!}' with the preservation of their • •.ymolozy.... | |
| 1874 - 418 pages
...poiocephala, must, according to the laws of etymology, be spelt jflpycncmia, Xenophobia, and pceocepl ' ala. In Latinizing modern words, the rules of classic usage...combinations unknown in Latin. Such words for instance, as Woodward!, Kiiighti, Bullocki, Eschsc.holtzi, would be quite unintelligible, if they were Latinized... | |
| American Ornithologists' Union - 1886 - 412 pages
...poiocephala, must, according to the laws of etymology, be spelt sEpycnemia, Xenopliasia, zn&pceocepfiala. In Latinizing modern words the rules of classic usage...combinations unknown in Latin. Such words, for instance, as Woodwardi, Knighti, Bullocki, Esc/tsc/toltzi, would be quite unintelligible if they were Latinized... | |
| American Ornithologists' Union - 1892 - 96 pages
...poiocephala, must, according to the laws of etymology, be spelt jEpycnemia, Xenophasia, and pceocephala. In Latinizing modern words the rules of classic usage...combinations unknown in Latin. Such words, for instance, as Woodwardi, Kiiighti, Bullocki, Eschscholtzi, would be quite unintelligible if they were Latinized into... | |
| American Ornithologists' Union - 1908 - 102 pages
...poiocephala, must, according to the laws of etymology, be spelt jEpycnemia, Xenophasia, and pceocephala. In Latinizing modern words the rules of classic usage...combinations unknown in Latin. Such words, for instance, as Woodwardi, Knighti, • Bullocki, Eschscholtzi, would be quite unintelligible if they were Latinized... | |
| 1843 - 570 pages
...according to the laws of etymology, be spelt sEpyenemia, Xenophasia and poiocephala. In Latinizing modem words the rules of classic usage do not apply, and...combinations unknown in Latin. Such words, for instance, as Woodivardi, * These MS. names arc in all cases liable to create confusion, and it is therefore much... | |
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