Dear Henk,

Which came first , the Latin lego / lectus or the Greek lego ? They both mean
the same thing .


Winston Barney
Fort Worth, Tx

Henk and Zvia Mienis wrote:

> This subject has been treated already several times on the ConchL-Net.
> Try out the archives!
> Leg. is Latin and means collected by.
> The indication coll. on a label means either collected by or the collection
> of,
> which are two different things. Coll. H.K. Mienis may contain material
> collected by numerous other people i.e. leg. J. Wolff /leg. W. Barney/leg.
> T. Eichhorst, etc.
> In order to avoid mistakes Leg. is used to indicate the collector on labels,
> while Col. is used to indicate the owner of the collection.
> Best regards,
> Henk K. Mienis
>
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>
> > I believe "leg" comes from the Greek "lego" which means to gather
> (collect) or
> > select.
> >
> > Winston Barney
> > Fort Worth, Tx
> >
> > John Wolff wrote:
> >
> > > More word questions...
> > >
> > > What is the best way to indicate the name of the collector on a shell
> label?
> > > I have been using "Leg.", but was hard-pressed to explain what it stands
> > > for when questioned. Could not find it in a dictionary. Is there a
> better way?
> > >
> > >   John Wolff
> > > 2640 Breezewood Dr.
> > > Lancaster, PA 17601