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-æ Appendix:Variations of "ae" Translingual Etymology mul :der la:-ae + Suffix mul suffix Used to form adjectives for the species descriptor of a scientific name. Usage notes This is was originally just the Latin first-declension genitive singular ending, used to indicate that the new species was "of" something referred to by a Latin word that would end in "-a" in the nominative singular (almost always feminine). A genitive ending might mean that the new species was associated with someone or something, or it might be parasitic on something. The best known usage has been to indicate that the new species is named after a person, place or thing. Since the names of most modern people, organizations, etc. don't have Latin endings, it has become the practice to add the Latin genitive ending to the end of the whole word. Thus a species named after Mr. Smith would be smithi or smithii, and for Ms. Smith it would be smithae. That makes this a suffix in its own right rather than merely a Latin case ending. Derived terms mul English Alternative forms en -æ dated Etymology From en la -ae (nominative plural). Pronunciation ē en /iː/ traditional English ī en /aɪ/ confusion with en -i latin or imitation of Classical Latin ā en /eɪ/ Suffix inflectional suffixes en -a Derived terms See :Category:English plurals in -ae with singular in -a & in -e Anagrams en ae EA Ea ea ea. en plurals in -ae with singular in -a en plurals in -ae with singular in -e Latin Alternative forms la -ę scribal abbreviation Pronunciation ae Etymology 1 Declined forms of la -us suffix forming adjectives. Suffix la suffix form la -us nom//voc f p ; gen//dat f s Etymology 2 Declined forms of la -a suffix forming masculine agent nouns or feminine nouns. Originally restricted to the dative singular due to being descended from -āi, the dative singular ending for Proto-Italic first declension nouns, but eventually overtook the genitive singular and the nominative and vocative plurals, displacing -ās, which was relegated to the accusative plural. Suffix la suffix form m f la -a nom//voc p ; gen//dat s Portuguese Suffix verb -ai 11 43