Species within a genus
Aithiops, (αίθώ, όψ), = an Ethiop, negro, properly Burnt-face.
Aethiopia, = a country in Africa, on both sides of the equator. Its limits cannot be accurately defined.
(usually South Africa, in classical use Africa south of Libya and Egypt, hence Abyssinia)
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
(LS, ld, BL)
(LS, ld, BL)
asparagus, = Asparagus (q.v.);
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(BL)
(BL)
ccape, = Cape of Good Hope;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)
(BL)
compingo, compactum, = to join or unite several parts into one whole, to put togetger, frame, make by joining, compose; compact, thick-set, thick, firm.
(ld)
(ld)