Re: -orum...

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Hope that helps

Names formed from a modern surname tak a latin genitive ending:-i if the person 
is a man, or -ae if the person is a woman; if the surname is that of more than 
one person(all  having the same surname), it takes -orum if one of the persons 
is a man, or -arum if all are women.   

Found in Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror copyright 1988
page 114 second paragraph, sentance two.

K.Wicks

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On Sun, 13 Sep 1998 17:46:52   DinosØMP wrote:
>What is the difference between -i endings in species names (e.g. U. ostro=
>mmaysi) and=20
>-orum endings (e.g. U. ostrommayosorum). I've seen that a very few Dinosa=
>urs named after=20
>someone has got the -orum ending. The one I remember best is of course "J=
>.=20
>nedegoapeferkimorum".
>
>I hope someone has an answer to this, thanks:
>
>-Dinos=D8MP
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