Talk:rhodostomus

RFV discussion: May–June 2019

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rhodostomus

DTLHS (talk) 04:03, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

For a second there, I thought you were rfving the Latin. Aside from the fact that it looks like a translingual term made from two Ancient Greek words, this is the first time I've ever seen -stomus translated as "-nosed". Chuck Entz (talk) 06:37, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

The meaning of the New Latin word, mimicking a loan of Ancient Greek *ῥοδόστομος (*rhodóstomos), should of course be something like “rosy-mouthed”. Cf. Ancient Greek ἀθυρόστομος (athuróstomos) “blabbermouthed”.  --Lambiam 22:15, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

This is, if anything, translingual, because Hemigrammus rhodostomus is the rummy-nosed tetra. I can only find one cite that uses rhodostomus on its own to refer to this fish, and even that one is iffy:

• 1890, Henry Augustus Ward, Catalogue of Specimens of Mollusca and Brachiopoda for Sale at Ward's Natural Science Establishment:

  The variety “ rhodostomus,” however, shows signs of convalescence, for its lips are as rosy as Aphrodite's, and its face is gloriously tanned.

Kiwima (talk) 00:10, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 20:47, 13 June 2019 (UTC)