colchicum byzantinum & friends
Russell Stafford, Odyssey Bulbs (Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:53:14 PDT)
Commemorative epithets come with their own risks, not the least of
which is pronunciation!
Russell
At 01:14 PM 10/6/2009, you wrote:
???? One of my pet peeves is the misspelling of the word "cupanii".?
This Italian botanist regularly used in his corespondence and other
writing the latinized version of of his name as Cupanus.? Hence the
genative singular would be " cupani,"? with just one "i" .??
Admittedly verry few people learn Latin any more? but Brian Mathew
and others who should know better consistently use the misspelled version.?
Russell Stafford
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