----- Original Message -----
From: Emilio Jorge Power <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 2:24 A.M.
Subject: Re: Attn: Latin Scholars


> Sylvia S. Edwards wrote:
>
> > Is Latin gender specific?  Such as, say Caligula, an ancient Roman
Empire
> > name become a female name if it were spelled Caligulae?
> >
> > I need to know some information on naming of shells and the Latin names.
>
> Hello!
>
>  The ending "ae" is female gender and is pronounced as a long "i". As a
> matter of fact it is
> the only long "i" sound in Latin.
>
> Later,
>
> Emilio Jorge Power

Actually it is spelled as long "e" (phonetic)...the long "i" is the English
version

T.
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