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Old 27-02-2005, 09:45 AM
Reka
 
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Okay, I'll give a whirl:

Al wrote:

1. A gentleman friend whose last name is Fischer.

Phrag. fischeri
2. After yourself, if your last name happens to be Kovach.

Phrag. kovachiae
3. After your wife, if your last name happens to be Kovach.

Phrag. kovachiae
4. After your mother and father, if your last name happens to be Kovach.

Phrag. kovachiorum
5. The two deceased Klingon sisters, Lursa and Baytor Wilson. (who knew?)

Phrag. wilsoniarum
6. Counselor Deanna Troy's mother Loroxanna Troy.

Phrag. troyae
7. Your wife whose name is Besse

Phrag. besseae

An adjectival commemorative epithet
is a name converted to an adjective by the addition of the suffix "-an"
which must be inflected in accordance with the gender of the generic name
(-anus, -ana, -anum). An adjectival commemorative epithet is not affected
by the gender or sex of the person or persons being named. When translated
into a common name the adjectival commemorative epithet Phrag. lindenianum
looks like this: Lindenian Phrag. although it is usually translated just
like the substantival epithet Linden's Phrag.

(I could find no rule that told me when to use the substantival or
adjectival case.)

names ending in a consonant, even those that end in -er, require an
interpolated -i preceding the suffix.

names ending in -e, -i, -o, -u, and -y take the suffix without the
interpolated -i.

names that end in -a are special: like other vowels they do not take the
interpolated i, but the suffix is reduced to -nus, -na, or -num.

The quiz Part B: (this part is only worth 1/4 point.)
You have just discovered some new Orchid species and you want to name them
after people from whom you want something... like cash to help offset the
expense of traveling deep into the jungle and lawyer fees to defend against
the smuggling charge. Use the adjectival form to create Latin binomials for

1. A Phragmipedium named in honor of somebody with the last name of
Klotzsche

Phrag. klotzscheanum
2. A Phragmipedium named after Mrs. Lueddemann, without whose generosity you
would not be able to afford your daily dose of quinine.

Phrag. lueddemannianum
3. A Phalaenopsis named for Mr Lueddemann, so he doesn't get suspicious.

Phal. lueddemanniana
4. An Ancistrochilus after Mr Rothschild, a former friend and confidant who
told Mr Lueddemann the truth about his wife and you thereby causing Mr.
Lueddemann to cancel your ticket out of Africa...and sadly, leaving you
without your quinine. ;-)

Ancstrc. rothschildianus

Did I pass?
Thanks for the lesson!
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