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Re: [dinosaur] Large bipedal crocodylomorph tracks from Cretaceous of Korea (free pdf)
> Carnufex is an alternate form of carnifex. Both existed in Latin usage.
> Carnufex (also carnifex) was often used in Roman comedies as an insult. From
> the Comedies of Terence:
Ah, thanks! I guess it's another "sonus medius" thing, and the f was labial
enough for u to sometimes come out (as in documentum ~ docimentum, where
likewise both are attested but the form with u won out).
> We preferred Carnufex over Carnifex, because the latter is the name of a
> deathcore bandâ
Oh, that makes perfect sense, then! I do support making new names searchable.
:-)