Talk:Cyrtopone

Incorrect etymology
The original authors (Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012) give various etymological explanations for the coinages, that are to a certain extent sloppy: (p. 743) "From the Greek microcephalos (μικρoκεϕαλoς)" [un-Greek c in transliteration and missing the diacritics in Greek], (p. 728) "This genus is named from the Greek word ‘pseudo’ (ψευδo) – false" [ψεῦδος or ψευδής is a word in Greek, ψευδo not, with additionally the diacritics missing], (p. 736) "From the Greek petros (πετρoς)" [missing diacritics], (p. 741) "Named after the Greek word cephale (κεϕαλη)" [un-Greek c in transliteration and missing the diacritics in Greek], (p. 742) "This genus is named after the Greek word 'cyrtos’ (κυρτoς)" [un-Greek c in transliteration and missing the diacritics in Greek]. Many of the Latin words are not found in classical Latin (although they might have borrowed from the stock of Neolatin coinages), but (p. 743) stating "From the Latin curiosus, funny." is quite odd. The meanings given by Lewis & Short and the Oxford Latin Dictionary for curiosus are far from compatible with the meaning ascribed to this word by Dlussky and Wedmann (2012). So, is their etymological explanation of curiosus as "funny" valid and can it be mentioned without any further note? Additionally, their is no Latin word elongates (p. 744: "From the Latin elongates, elongated"). Probably a typo for elongatus, but it underscores my gut feeling that the authors are probably unfamiliar with Latin and Greek. This article is thereby only a reliable source for what the authors think the supposed forms and meanings are, and not what the actual orthography and meaning is. Wimpus (talk) 17:09, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Are you taking into account that this is a translation from GERMAN authors? Clearly you have an ax to grind but I have yet to see what you hope to accomplish other then trying to make out that all taxonomic authors are poor language scholars. (hint its not what they got their doctorates in...)-- Kev min  § 19:05, 22 October 2018 (UTC)