AQUATICAL•LATIN

An ongoing project investigating the etymology of the scientific names applied to aquatic species.

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AQUATICAL•LATIN featured in Practical Fishkeeping April 2018

Posted on 20th February 201820th February 2018 by Timataquaticallatin

News – AQUATICAL•LATIN, the book, featured in the April edition of Practical Fishkeeping magazine.

Many thanks to Nathan Hill for the review below.

Practical Fishkeeping is the UK’s Number 1 fishkeeping magazine.

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New from Aquatical Latin…

  • New on AQUATICAL•LATIN – Index of Common Names 27th February 2018
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN featured in Practical Fishkeeping April 2018 20th February 2018
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN featured in DIVER magazine Feb 2018 13th February 2018
  • Book Launch featured on Lichfield Live 15th December 2017
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN official book launch. 6th December 2017

Contents

  • AQUATICAL•LATIN – the Book
    • AQUATICAL•LATIN Vol 1 – Index of Common Names
  • Site Map
  • Welcome to AQUATICAL•LATIN
  • Latin & Greek – English Lexicon.
    • An introduction to the ancient Greek alphabet.
    • Words relating to number or quantity.
    • Colour terms.
    • Words relating to markings
      • Lines and stripes
      • Spots and blotches
    • Suffixes
    • Geographical epithets
    • Eponyms
    • Scientific Terms
  • AQUATICAL•LATIN – the online etymology
  • This Day In History

This Day In History

1887 Paul Lassenius Kramp was born on this day. He was a Danish cnidariologist, a marine biologist specializing in the study of jellyfish. Kramp is honoured in the names of a subfamily and 2 genera along with 12 species under krampi.
Cnidariologist, derived from the scientific Latin Cnidaria – cnid-, Latin, cnide (Greek, knidh), nettle, sea-nettle; -aria, suffix, connected to or possessed by; -ologist, from Greek logos, account, explanation, narrative, reasoning; study (post-classical) – one who is versed in or studies.

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