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Synodontis ocellifer latin name etymology addition
Posted: 19 Jan 2008, 09:43
by Iwona
In my oppinion the specific name of Synodontis ocellifer means “little eyes bearer” (just like Lucifer=light bearer or light bringer) and comes from ocellus (plural ocelli) = little eye (eyes) and “-fer”, a suffix coming from the irregular verb fero (fers, ferre, tuli, latum) that means to bring (to carry, to bear).
Re: Synodontis ocellifer latin name etymology addition
Posted: 21 Jan 2008, 10:17
by MatsP
Thanks for the suggestion:
I have changed the "etymology" to a compromise between the original and your suggestion:
Cat-eLog wrote:
''ocellifer'', having little eyes, from ''ocellus'', diminutive of ''oculus'', eye and "ifer" meaning "to carry".
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Mats
Re: Synodontis ocellifer latin name etymology addition
Posted: 21 Jan 2008, 18:15
by Jools
Added just now with a little tweak from me.
Jools