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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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upper case | Α | Β | Γ | Δ | Ε | Ζ | Η | Θ | Ι | Κ | Λ | Μ | Ν | Ξ | Ο | Π | Ρ | Σ | Τ | Υ | Φ | Χ | Ψ | Ω |
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lower case | α | β | γ | δ | ε | ζ | η | θ | ι | κ | λ | μ | ν | ξ | ο | π | ρ | σ | τ | υ | φ | χ | ψ | ω |
reading | alpha | beta | gamma | delta | epsilon | zeta | eta | theta | iota | kappa | lambda | mu | nu | xi | omicron | pi | rrho | sigma | tau | upsilon | phi | chi | psi | omega |
読み | アルファ | ベータ | ガンマ | デルタ | イプシロン | ツェータ | イータ | シータ | イオタ | カッパ | ラムダ | ミュー | ニュー | クシイ | オミクロン | パイ | ロー | シグマ | タウ | ウプシロン | ファイ | カイ | プサイ | オメガ |
grade for dissertation: comments summa cum laude: outstanding (with highest honors) magna cum laude: very good (with high honors) cum laude: good (with honors) rite: sufficient or correctly |
The science of the history of words, their origins, and how the form and meaning have changed over time → the origin of a particular word Scientific names are originated from Latin. When we understand the etymology of sicentific names, we reduce the misspelling I often forget these ... That is why I take a note here. Latin for understanding scientific names
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Genus nameAchillea: Achilles who was the warror of Trojan War pasted the flour to his broken spear to cure Artemisia: Artemis (G) = the Goddess of the moon in Greek Myths (Eng. mugwort, wormwood and sagebrush) Chamaecyparis: khamai (G ground) + kuparissos (G cypress) Glehnia: Russian botanist Peter von Glehn (1796-1843) (cf. Picea glehnii) Lemmaphyllum: lemma (G lemma) + phyllum (G leaf) Leucojum: leukos (G white) + ion (G violet) Pyrola: pirum> (pear), probably from new Latin Spiranthes: speira (G twist) + anthos (G flower) Trachelospermum: trachelos (G neck) + sperma (G seed) |
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The Origin of element names (L = Latin, G = Greek)