o-eheu:Drowzee - HypnoGeneric Epithet: Hypnotapirus (“sleep-tapir”)“ὕπνος, ὕπνου ” - sleep + “τάπιρο
o-eheu:Drowzee - HypnoGeneric Epithet: Hypnotapirus (“sleep-tapir”)“ὕπνος, ὕπνου ” - sleep + “τάπιρος, τάπιρου” - tapir– > [ ὑπνο- ] + [ ταπιρο- ] – stems– >[ ὑπνοταπιρο- ] – new stem implying “sleep-tapir”– > [ hypnotapiro- ] – Latinized stem= “hypnotapirus, hypnotapirī ” – second-declension masculineSpecific Epithets:Drowzee: Hypnotapirus somnivorus (“dream-eating sleep-tapir”)“vorō, vorāre ” - to devour + “-us, -a, -um ” - adjectival suffix– > [ vorā- ] + [ o- ] – stems– > [ vor- ] + [ o- ] – ending ā in [ vorā- ] disappears before [ o- ]– > [ voro- ] – new stem implying “devouring”– > [ somnio- ] + [ voro- ] – with stem of “somnium ” - dream– > [ somnio- ] + connecting vowel i + [ voro- ]– >[ somn- ] + connecting vowel i + [ voro- ] – ending io in [ somnio- ] disappears before connecting vowel i– > [ somnivoro- ] – new stem implying “dream-devouring”= “somnivorus, somnivora, somnivorum ” – first-/second-declension adjectiveHypno: Hypnotapirus pendulifer (“pendulum-bearing sleep-tapir”)“pendulum, pendulī ” - pendulum + “-fer, -fera, -ferum ” - -bearing– > [ pendulo- ] + [ fero- ] – stems– >[ pendulo- ] + connecting vowel i + [ fero- ]– >[ pendul- ] + connecting vowel i + [ fero- ] – ending o in [ pendulo- ] disappears before connecting vowel i– > [ pendulifero- ] – new stem implying “pendulum-bearing”= “pendulifer, pendulifera, penduliferum ” – first-/second-declension adjectiveBene.Hypnotapirus -i is Ὑπνοτάπιρος -ου in Greek.The genitive singular form of τάπιρος is ταπίρου (i.e. accent over the ι).Somnivorus -a -um in Greek is ὀνειροφάγος -ον (ὄνειρος -ου + φαγ-, aorist stem of ἐσθίειν, “to eat”).The creation of a Greek version of pendulifer -era -erum requires some extra thought. Modern Greek has εκκρεμές for “pendulum,” which corresponds to the neuter nominative singular form of ἐκκρεμής (“suspended”), which is ἐκκρεμές. The stem of ἐκκρεμές is ἐκκρεμεσ-, and the -fer corresponds to -φόρος, so we have the compound word ἐκκρεμοφόρος -ον. -- source link
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