List of Latin together with Greek words usually used in systematic names
This list of Latin together with Greek words usually used in systematic designation is talked to support those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand together with remember a scientific tag of organisms. the binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa, such(a) as orders and above. At the time when biologist Carl Linnaeus 1707–1778 published the books that are now accepted as the starting unit of binomial nomenclature, Latin was used in Western Europe as the common language of science, and scientific names were in Latin or Greek: Linnaeus continued this practice.
Although Latin is now largely unused apart from by classical scholars, or forpurposes in botany, medicine and the Roman Catholic Church, it can still be found in scientific names. this is the helpful to be professional to understand the address of scientific names. Although the Latin names name not always correspond to the current English common names, they are often related, and if their meanings are understood, they are easier to recall. The binomial pretend often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay approximately a breed at the time it was named. For deterrent example Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are non necessarily cave-dwellers.
Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal e.g. Canis is Latin for dog. These words may not be covered in the table below whether they only occur for one or two taxa. Instead, the words listed below are the common adjectives and other modifiers that repeatedly occur in the scientific names of many organisms in more than one genus.
Adjectives undergo a change according to gender, and in almost cases only the lemma form nominative singular masculine form is listed here. 1st-and-2nd-declension adjectives end in -us masculine, -a feminine and -um neuter, whereas 3rd-declension adjectives ending in -is masculine and feminine modify to -e neuter. For example, verus is listed without the variants for Aloe vera or Galium verum.
The second factor of a binomial is often a person's name in the Kaempfer's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus kaempferi. The name may be converted into a Latinised form first, giving -ii and -iae instead.
Words that are very similar to their English forms have been omitted.
Some of the Greek transliterations assumption are Ancient Greek, and others are Modern Greek.
In the tables, L = Latin, G = Greek, and LG = similar in both languages.