o-eheu:Slowpoke - Slowbro - SlowkingGeneric Epithet: Bradyxenistes“βραδύς, βραδεῖα, βραδύ ” - slow,
o-eheu:Slowpoke - Slowbro - SlowkingGeneric Epithet: Bradyxenistes“βραδύς, βραδεῖα, βραδύ ” - slow, slow-witted + “ξενιστής, ξενιστοῦ ” - host (of a parasite)– > [ βραδυ- ] + [ ξενιστᾱ- ] – stems– > [ βραδυξενιστᾱ- ] – new stem implying “slow-host”– > [ bradyxenistā- ] – Latinized stem= “bradyxenistēs, bradyxenistae ” – first-declension masculineSpecific Epithets:Slowpoke: Bradyxenistes anostracus (“shell-less slow-host”)Slowbro: Bradyxenistes ostracurus (“shell-tailed slow-host”)“ὄστρακον, ὀστράκου ” - shell + “οὐρά, οὐρᾶς ” - tail– > [ ὀστρακο- ] + [οὐρᾱ- ] – stems– >[ ὀστρακ- ] + [ οὐρᾱ- ] – ending ο in [ ὀστρακο- ] disappears before starting οὐ in [ οὐρᾱ- ]– >[ ὀστρακουρᾱ- ] – new stem implying “shell-tail”– >[ ὀστρακουρᾱ- ] + [ο- ] – with stem of adjectival suffix -ος– >[ ὀστρακουρ- ] + [ ο- ] – ending ᾱ in [ ὀστρακουρᾱ- ] disappears before [ ο- ]– >[ ὀστρακουρο- ] – new stem implying “shell-tailed”– > [ ostracūro- ] – Latinized stem= “ostracūrus, ostracūra, ostracūrum ” – first-/second-declension adjective, patterned after words like MicrurusSlowking: Bradyxenistes coronatus (“crowned slow-host”)Bene!Am I being too tacky (ταχύς) to call them the Brady (βραδύς) Bunch?The word element -ουρος, “-tailed,” appears in many Greek compound words. σκίουρος (Latin sciurus) is the word for “squirrel,” and literally means “shadow-tailed” (σκιά + -ουρος).Anostracus, “shell-less,” is ἀνόστρακος in Greek. -- source link
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