diplodocus species name (latin words on -ie)

["Thomas de Wilde" <jedimr_thomas@hotmail.com>]

What about the ablatif of ,,dies": DIE (i'm not wishing somebody to die,
it's simply the ablatif form of dies)

 Thomas

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
> To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 11:21 PM
> Subject: Re: diplodocus species name
>
>
> > > I have always seen the spelling as carnegii, I have never seen the
> > > spelling carnegiei.
> >
> > Interesting, because I've almost always seen the latter...
> >
> > > I don't think carnegiei is even proper latin.
> >
> > That's inapplicable, because Carnegie isn't Latin and can't be treated
as
> a
> > Latin word. A Latin word just can't end in -ie. AFAIK the current
version
> of
> > the ICZN would even mandate *carnegiei* if the name were coined now.
> >
> >
>