o-eheu:Growlithe - ArcanineGeneric Epithet: Phlogocyon (”flame-dog”)“φλόξ, φλογός ” - flame + “κύων,
o-eheu:Growlithe - ArcanineGeneric Epithet: Phlogocyon (”flame-dog”)“φλόξ, φλογός ” - flame + “κύων, κυνός ” - dog– > [ φλογ- ] + [ κυν- ] – stems– > [ φλογ- ] + connecting vowel ο + [ κυν- ]– > [ φλογοκυν- ] – new stem implying “flame-dog”– > [ phlogocyn- ] – Latinized stem (assuming the Romans did not normalize the stem to [ phlogocyōn- ] like they did [ procyōn- ], seeing as this is a new neologism)= “phlogocyōn, phlogocynis ” – third-declension masculineSpecific Epithets:Growlithe: Phlogocyon catulus (“puppy flame-dog”)Arcanine: Phlogocyon velocissimus (“swiftest flame-dog”)Bene.Stem-normalizing can also be seen in dracon, draconis. That is an n-stem in Latin, but its Greek etymon is a stem ending in -ντ- (-nt-): δράκων (dracon), δράκοντος (dracontis), stem δρακοντ- (dracont-). -- source link
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