No problem. Sibelius is not latin nor latinized, regardless its latin-like
termination (frequent in Baltic regions): sibeliusi, sibeliusae,
sibeliusorum. Indeed, Mr. Limpus was honored several times, like in Conus
limpusi Roekel & Korn, 1990, Microsconsia limpusi Beu, 1999 and more.
Likewise, arrheniusi would honor Svante Arrhenius, 1903 Nobes Prize for
Chemistry; curiei for Pierre Curie, 1903 Nobel for Physics together with his
wife Marie - thus curieorum in honor of both. Marie Curie nèe Sklodowska
Nobel 1911 for Chemistry could be honored by Curi-ae, sklodowskacurie-ae, or
sklodowska-ae.
Here, however, the problem arises of pronunciation. The Linnéan tradition
(and code) dictates Latin for taxa names. For consistency and uniformity,
prononciation should also be according Latin usage (like, say, when read by
a Roman Legionary invading Britain out-of-time) even for nouns drawn from
modern languages. Here things become crazy. 1. How many shell-lovers can
read Latin? 2. Would most names honouring American or British persons be
recognaisable when read by the above Roman Legionary? ( Not to say that it
appears to me that frequently the correct "modern" prononciation of
Anerican surnames is only known to their bearers....). What when the name is
from a language that requires transliteration (see asiatic languages)? etc.
etc.
To you
Carlo
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From: Erick Staal
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 10:20 AM
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Subject: Re: Fw: "..us" to "..a" in species name
In general I agree with these rules of thumb. However, I've got my
doubts about declining the names of people who live(d) in the current
era (latter part of the 19th and 20th century). I would use the family
name one was born with as a rule for declination: e.g. Rumphius was born
as Rumph, thus declination is defensible. However, how about naming a
woman with the familyname under which she was born like Sibelius? Would
that be sibelae, sibeliae or sibeliusae? Or a man born in the 20th
century, when familynames were already fixed? In this last scenario
sibeliusi is defensible in my book.
Sincerely, Erick
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