FIVU: Some methodological clues about use of ethimology to analysing teh functional and structural realationships in tarantulas.


I HAVE A SUGGESTION TO HOW TO USE ETHYMOLOGY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE
LIVE ( STRUCTUIRE AND FUNCTIONS - AKA BEHAVIOR OF TARANTULAS). I HAVE
A HIDDEN HANCH, NOT CONFIRMED YET THAT THEY ARE ONLY WHAT WE CALL
"SLOW NUKE" PROCESSING FACTORIES, WHY WE SEE THAT MUCH VARIATY -
ADJUST / COMPLETE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS EACH TIME DIFFERENTLY,
THUS FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION MIGHT BE IN THE FUTIURE MORE ORGANIZING
(OR DEPENDS)

A Key to the Pronunciation and Meaning of Scientific Names of Popular
Species
Part II: Meaning
Henry F. Beechhold
College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey USA

From Forum Vol.6, No.5


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Greek & Latin Roots

In part II of this article, uncertain ascriptions are marked with a
"?" But many of these words are ambiguous. No guarantees come with the
etymologies!
I AM DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING THAT ETHYMOLOGY CATCHES WHAT THE PEOPLE
TRYING TO INTERCAT HAVE PICKED UP; IT COULD EVEN BE ECHO TARANTULAS
MAKE OR THE LEANING TO COMFORT THAT PARTICULAR SOUND INVOKED, AS IT
SEEMS IN TEH AREA WHERE TARANTULAE WERE KNOWN; AND OR ON THE OTHER
LEVEL WHERE PEOPLE SPEAKING LATIN OR GREEK EXPERIENCED TARANTUALS AND
WEHNT AFTER TESE COMBINES MEANINGS OF EITHER PREVAILANT FEATURE OR
COMBINED TO FEATURES ( sort of same difference if teh sounding occured
in the first original ay or more linguistically organized already as
there is a reason to exp[ect conguencies).

I AM FAST LEADING TO TEH FACT THAT THESE ETHYMOLOGIES ALREDY GRASPED
WHAT CAUSES ARE THE PROBLEM WITH DIVERSIFICATION OF TARANTULATYS
PRESENTATION AND BEHAVIORS.
THERE IS PROBABLY NO HARM TO CLUSTER ( FOR ANALYSES ALONE) THEM BY
WHAT THE ROOTHS OF THEIR ORIGINAL NAME SUGGEST AND PAY ATTENTION TO
WHAT THE FIRST NAMERS WOULD HAVE SEEN FIRST - ITB IS NOT ALWAYS
CLOLOR, IT IS NO ALWAYS WHAT BAZZARE - IT IS MOST LIKELY WHAT PRESENTS
FIRST TO SENSES ) WE MIGHT SOLVE A FEW PUZLES.

THE FACT THAT TARANTUALLS PROCESS MORE LIGHT THAT THE SURROUNDING
ENVIRON
IS ONE SAMPLE OF IT 9 THAT YOU ETHOMOLOGY.

Theraphosidae (Greek), wild beast, monster + light + taxonomic
designation (-idae)
I AM ONLY TRYING AS I AM NOT IN TEAM NOW WITH PREPARED PANEL:
HERE IS SPEED PLUS LIGHT, SOPERHAPS IT IS EVEN MORE WHAT HAS
PREVAILED FOR PERCEPTION THAN - IT IS PERHAPS THE RELATIONSHIP
NBETWEEN THE TWO; WE DO NOT ASSUME THAT IS ALREADY WRITTEN IN STONE -
WE TREAT THIS AS A FUNCTIONAL CLUE AND FIND THE WHOLE CLUSTER OF
TARANTULAS TAHT NAMES CATCH SOMETHING SIMILAR AND THAN LOOK AT THE
THESE AS A CREATED CLASS ( IF CLASS ]GETS THE CRITERION - watch
bushland they will never agree what is the criterion even thought
this is a kindegarden of logic)


Acanthoscurria (Greek), thorn + (Latin), clownish, -o- (liaison
letter, no meaning; applies throughout)

STRUCTURAL PROMINANCE - NOT ONLY A BIG PAW BUT SHARP CLOSING IN ,THUS
THE RELATIONSHIP
UNCOIVERS BETWEEN DIRECTION OF SQUIZE AND ITS SIZE - WHICH EXACTLY
DIRECTION THAT IS SCIENTISTS ANDSWER IN TEH SECOND AFTER LOKKING AT
THE CLASS OF THESE ; can be bigger more inverse and sharper or the
opposinte or the variations of these.

antillensis Antilles + -ensis (Latin suffix, "belonging to")
( NEED A FEW FAST GUESTIONS AND SEE THEM TO GET THE ANALOGICAL
RELATIONSHIP)

( HACKERS DISTORT ME WHIKLE i ONLY GET 1 HOUR ON THE INTERNET)

musculosa (Latin), mouse-like (mus is the source of "muscle," because
of appearance)
DOUBLE CEHCEK IF THIS ONE IS ABOUT THE ROUND MOUTH ONLY)

suina (Latin), swine

AND THE LIKE
Aphonopelma (Greek), silent + (sole of) foot
THE FOOT THAT IS SOFTER AND WIDER ( NOT TO MAKE NOISE THUS THE
RELATIONSHIP HERE)

anax (Greek), irregular (a[n] + ax[on], "off axis")
armada (Latin), armed
behlei (proper name + i)
bicoloratum (Latin), bi-colored
burica (Latin), brownish, reddish (?)
caniceps (Latin), dog-like (?)
chalcodes (Greek), copper, brass, bronze
crinita (Latin), hairy
duplex (Greek), double
eutylenum (Greek), good (eu-) + knob, lump (-tylenum)
hentzi (proper name + i)
heterops (Greek), different, mixed (heter-) + eyes (-ops)
moderatum (Latin), moderate
pallidum (Latin), pallid, ashen
rusticum (Latin), of the country, "countrified"
seemanni (proper name + i)
steindachneri (proper name + i)
vorhiesi (proper name + i)
Avicularia (Latin), small bird (avicula) + "-ary" (-arium, -aria,
pertaining to)
caesia (Latin), sky blue
fasciculata (Latin), banded
laeta (Latin), cheerful
metallica (Latin), metallic
minatrix (Latin), threatener
nigrotaeniata (Latin), dark banded
pulchra (Latin), beautiful ("pulchritudinous")
purpurea (Latin), purple
urticans (Latin), having nettles (in fact, barbed hairs)
variegata (Latin), variegated
versicolor (Latin), variegated (lit., changing colors)
Brachypelma (Greek), short + (sole of) foot
albopilosum (Latin), white + hair
angustum (Latin), narrow
auratum (Latin), airiness, glowing (possibly "golden," but properly
that would be aureatum)

CHECK FOR BOTH - THEY MOST LIKELY INTERCEPT - GOLD DEPENDS ONLY ON
THE LIGHT ANGLE
BUT ALREADY CHECKED THAT EVEN MORE PROFOUNNDLE THAN USUALLY IN
TARANTULAS - SEEM RELATE TO THAT TYPE OF MOISTURE THAT THEY RELEASE -
BIOENGINEERS WILL GET THESE FAST)

baumgarteni (proper name + i)
boehmei (proper name + i)
emilia (Latin), rival (?) (or proper name)
epicureanum (Latin from Greek), Epicurus, whose name came to mean
"discriminating"
fossorium (Latin), digger
klaasi (proper name + i)
sabulosum (Latin), sandy, gravelly
smithi (proper name + i)
vagans (Latin), wanderer
Ceratogyrus (Latin), horn + curved
bechuanicus (place name: from Bechuanaland)
brachycephalus (Greek), short-headed
darlingi (proper name + i)
Chaetopelma (Greek), bristle, hair + (sole of) foot
olivaceum (Latin), olive (colored)
shabati (proper place name + i)
Chilobrachys (Greek), lip + short
andersoni (proper name + i)
sericeus (Latin), silken
Chromatopelma (Greek), colored + (sole of) foot
cyaneopubescens (Greek), cyan, greenish blue + (Latin), fuzzy, hairy
Citharacanthus (Greek), lute (musical instrument) + thorn(y)
crawshayi (proper name + i)
crinirufus (Latin), hair + red, reddish
longipes (Latin), long + foot
Coremiocnemis (Greek) broom(-like) + shin
validus (Latin), strong
Cyclosternum (Greek), circle, circular + sternum, breastbone
fasciatum (Latin), band, necklace
Cyrtopholis (Greek), bulging, curved + scaly
portoricae (Latin), carry
Ephebopus (Greek), youth (ful) + foot
fossor (Greek), digger
murinus (Latin), mouse-colored
Eucratoscelus (Greek), good + power + leg
longiceps (Latin), long
Eupalaestrus (Greek + Latin), good + wrestler
weijeinberghi (proper name + i)
Hapalopus (Greek), soft + foot
Haplopelma (Greek), single, same + (sole of) foot
albostriatum (Latin), white + striped
lividum (Latin), blue
minax (Latin), threatening
Harpactira (Greek), plunderer
atra (Latin), black
Heteroscodra (Greek), different + shield, escutcheon (?), possibly
"hair"
crassipes (Latin), thick + foot
maculata (Latin), spotted, marked
Heterothele (Greek), different + nipple. Should this be -sthele,
"strength," "energy"(?)
villosella (Latin), shaggy, hairy + seat (Or a proper name)
Hysterocrates (Greek), womb + strong
gigas (Greek), giant
hercules (Greek, Latin), Herculean
laticeps (Latin), broad, wide + septum, division
robustus (Latin), robust
Iridopelma (Latin + Greek), rainbow (iridescence) + (sole of) foot
hirsuta (Latin), rough, shaggy, hairy
zorodes (Greek), live + rosy, pink
Ischnocolus (Greek), restrain(ed) + inhabitant
hancocki (proper name + i)
Lampropelma (Greek), bright, shiny + (sole of) foot
violaceopedes (Latin), purple + feet
Lasiodora (Greek), shaggy + hide, skin
difficilis (Latin), difficult, troublesome
erythrocithara (Greek), red + zither, lyre (?)
parahybana (probably derived from place name)
Megaphobema (Greek), large + fearsome
peterklaasi (proper name + i)
robustum (Latin), robust
velvetosoma (Latin + Greek), shaggy hair + body
Metriopelma (Greek), moderate (from "measure") + (sole of) foot
zebrata (Latin), zebra-like (but see "horse" and "fierce")
Nhandu (Probably from a place name)
carapoensis (Probably from place name)
Ornithoctonus (Greek), bird + comb
Pamphobeteus (Greek), all + beet-colored
antinous (Greek) From mythical youth known for his beauty(?)
fortis (Latin), strong, vigorous
insignis (Latin), notable, distinguished by a mark
nigricolor (Latin), black, dark, dusky + color
ornatus (Latin), ornate
Paraphysa (Latin + Greek), in front of + bellows
manicata (Latin) long-sleeved
scrofa (Latin), sow
Phoneyusa (Greek), sound + (?)
rutilata (Latin), reddish yellow, golden
Phormictopus (Greek), thief(?) + place
cancerides (Latin, Greek), hard (as crab shell)
cubensis (Latin, Greek), cubic (Possibly intended for Cuba?)
nesiotes (Greek), islander
Phrixotrichus (Greek), fright(?) + hair ("scary hairy?")
actaeon (Greek), Greek mythological hunter
alticeps (Latin), high + septum, division
burzaquensis (Place name, from Burzaque ?)
cala (Latin), cunning, sly (?)
grossa (Latin), large, thick, coarse
iheringi (proper name + i)
mollicoma (Latin), soft + hair
spatulata (Latin), spatulate
Plesiopelma (Greek), near, close + (sole of) foot
longisternale (Latin), long + sternum
Poecilotheria (Latin + Greek), colored + beast
bara (Latin (?)), voracious (?)
fasciata (Latin), banded
formosa (Latin), beautiful, finely formed
metallica (Latin), metallic
miranda Latin), wonderful
ornata (Latin), ornate
regalis (Latin), kingly, regal
rufilata (Latin), rufus, reddish
striata (Latin), striated, striped
subfusca (Latin), brownish
Psalmopoeus (Greek), song + create
cambridgei (proper name + i)
reduncus (Latin), bent, curved back
Pseudotheraphosa (Greek), false + beast + light
apophysis (Greek), swelling (tibial spurs)
Pterinochilus (Greek), wing, feather + lip, gill
affinis (Latin), adjoining, bordering
constrictus (Latin), constrained
hindei (proper name + i)
meridionalis (Latin), southerly
sjoestedti (proper name + i)
spinifer (Latin), spiny, thorny
vorax (Latin), voracious, greedy
widenmanni (proper name + i)
Selenocosmia (Greek), brightness + order, ornament, universe
honesta (Latin), honor, beauty, grace
javanensis (place name: from Java)
lanipes (Latin), wool, cotton + foot (If properly langi-, then
"long")
lyra (Latin), lyre (shaped?)
strubelli (proper name + i)
sumatrana (place name: from Sumatra)
Sericopelma (Latin + Greek), silken + (sole of) foot
generala (Latin), general, member of a species
immensa (Latin), immense, huge
melanotarsum (Greek), dark + tarsus (ankle)
Sphaerobothria (Greek), sphere + trough
hoffmanni (proper name + i)
Stromatopelma (Greek), covered + (sole of) foot
calceatum (Latin), having shoes
griseipes (Latin), gray + foot
Tapinauchenius (Greek), low + neck
plumipes (Latin), feather + foot
Theraphosa (Greek), beast + light
blondi (Latin, possibly Germanic), blond, golden, flaxen
Vitalius (Latin), vital, alive
cesteri (Latin), girdle, belt (?)
platyomma (Greek), broad, flat + eye(s)
roseus (Latin), rose-colored
sorocabae (? Many options on this one, a place name?)
Xenesthis (Greek), stranger + strong
immanis (Latin), enormous, monstrous, frightful
monstrosa (Latin), monstrous
Androctonus (Greek), male, strength + comb
australis (Greek), southern
Buthus (Greek), bottom of the sea (?)
occitanus (?) (Several options)
Centruroides (Greek), center, sharp point, spiny
exilicauda (Latin), thin + tail
gracilis (Latin), thin, unadorned
testaceus (Latin), tile-like
Hottenttota (from "Hottentot")
judaica (Latin), Jewish, Israeli
Isometrus (Greek), single, uniform + measure
maculatus (Latin), spotted, blotched, stained
Leiurus (Greek), smooth(?) + tail
quinquestriatus (Latin), five + striated
Diplocentrus (Greek), double + sharp point (spine)
Hadogenes (Greek), Hades(?) + born of (hellborn?) (if properly Hadr-,
then "thick")
Lioscheles (Greek), smooth + rib
Opisthacanthus (Greek), behind + thorn, spine
asper (Latin), rough (also "white" from same root)
Anuroctonus (Greek), without tail + comb
phaiodactylus (Greek), dark, dusky + digit (i.e., finger, toe)
Hadrurus (Greek), thick, bulky + tail ("the tail from hell?")
arizonensis (place name: from Arizona)
pallidus (Latin), pale, yellowish
spadix (Latin, Greek), pull, tear
Heterometrus (Greek), other, unlike + measure (or "mother")
longimanus (Latin), broad, long + hand
Pandinus (Latin), curved
cavimanus (Latin), cavity, hollow place + hand
imperator (Latin), emperor
Scorpio (Greek), scrape, Skorpios (place name)
maurus (Latin from Berber), Moor, Moorish (dark?)
Paruroctonus (Latin + Greek), adorned + comb
becki (proper name + i)
boreus (Latin), northern
gracilior (Latin), simple, unadorned, thin
luteolus (Latin), yellow
mesaensis (Spanish from Latin), mesa (= from the mesa)
sylvestrii (proper name + i)
utahensis (place name: from Utah)
Serradigitus (Latin), serrated + digit (i.e., finger, toe)
Vaejovis (Latin), very + jovial (after Jove, Jupiter?)
carolinianus (place name: from Carolina)
coahuilae (place name: from Coahuila)
confusus (Latin), mixed
spinigerus (Latin), spiny
Uroctonus (Greek), tail + comb (Latin uro means "burn," "inflame")
mordax (Latin), sharp, stinging
Mastigoproctus (Greek) whip + anus, rear
giganteus (Greek), gigantic


Dr. Beechhold is the Pronunciation Editor of the McGraw-Hill
Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms and the Mc-Graw Hill
Dictionary of Bioscience, as well as a professor of English at the
College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey, not Trenton, as we
misstated in Part I.
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