Language for taxonomic names, redux

Caoimhin O Donnaile caoimhin at smo.uhi.ac.uk
Thu Mar 2 20:29:17 CET 2017


> 'la-linnaei'?
>
> 'Linnaea', presumably, agreeing with 'lingua' understood.

Of the two, I'd prefer 'linnaei', genetive case of linneus.

But I don't know whether there are enough Latin scholars around these 
days to appreciate such subtleties.  O tempora, o mores!

Caoimhin


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