After Triton;**
-ium, = means ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
Triton, = weathercock;
(variable positions of the stamens) (BL, Le)
For Thomas Cooper (1815-1913).**
quadro, quadratum, = to make four-cornered, to square, make square; to join properly together;
ala, = a wing;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
alatus, = furnished with wings, winged. (Ch, ld, BL)
lacero, laceratum, = to tear to pieces, to mangle, rend, mutilate, lacerate.
lacer, lacerus, = mangled, lacerated, torn to pieces.
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (ld, BL)