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So, how are we supposed to pronounce cepaea, as kepaea or sepaea?

Aydin

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:59:05 +0100, Gijs C. Kronenberg
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>Dear all,
>
>In Backer, C.A. [facsimile reprint, 2000] it reads )quick translation from
Dutch:
>cepáéa, Lat(in) transcr(iption) of Greek kępaia, old name of a plant
consumed as salad. See also cepaeus.
>cepáéus, -a,-um, Lat. transcr. of Greek kępaios (from kępos, garden),
grown/cultivated in gardens.
>
>Gijs
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