Conjoining Two Nouns In Latin

[Khandro]

I want to somehow make one word in Latin of bellum (war) and anisoptera (dragonfly) It doesn't have to make 'sense' in meaning- its part of a title - but that it is grammatically acceptable. Is there anything wrong with 'bellumanisoptera'?

[TheChair]

Anisoptera is not the Latin for dragonfly in the sense that Latin speakers would have known it as such. I believe the original Latin word is Libellula.

[Khandro]

That appears to be the name of a specific type doesn't it?
https://www.google.de/search?q=dragon+fly+latin+name&;ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=X8o1V_PJIsuPsgG2n53wCQ
and the order is odonata, with the species anisoptera. You seem to be saying that a Latin speaker would not say look there is an anisoptera.

[jim360]

I had thought that "[an]isoptera" was Greek? Looks it to me, although I never did Classics.

[DTCwordfan]

Modern Latin (plural), from Greek anisos 'unequal' + pteron 'wing'.

[Khandro]

DTC; Yes that's an interesting fact, I'm always pointing out illustrations, models and jewelry which depict them with equal sized front and back wings, it's a common mistake.

[DTCwordfan]

I guess that would be isoptera......

howabout 'pellomoanisopter'

[DTCwordfan]

'pellomoanisoptera'

[TheChair]

"You seem to be saying that a Latin speaker would not say look there is an anisoptera. "
Yes, that's what I'm saying. When you talk about Orders and Species, you are talking about taxonomy, which did not exist in Latin times.
So, although taxonomy borrows (and synthesizes) words from Latin, they are not necessarily words that would have been spoken by latin-speakers.

[DTCwordfan]

An evolving language, TheChair - after all Dan Quayle wished he spoke it so he could visit Mexico.......

[Khandro]

DTC; Wher does the 'pellomo' come from, is it related to bellum?

[The Builder]

I know it's not quite the same thing, but it just reminded me of my old Latin master who used to insist on joining the two nouns and adding "que" at the end.

His little joke on a Friday was that he was going out later for "fishchipsque"

;o)

[DTCwordfan]

Greek for war, Khandro.....

[Peter Pedant]

actually I dont think you will be able to do this happily

libellula has a wiki entry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libellula

bellum has only classical latin words: bellicosus, bellicus, belliger, beliipotens
and that really is it .....
so you are left with the unhappy bellianisoptera
or bellilibellula

DTC's classics master would have hit him and bellowed ' polemos, boy ! '
greek for war
and that would be polemoanisoptera

equally ugly

what about de bello libellulido ?

sorry

vetuste ennemi does Latin he may have some suggestions

[Peter Pedant]

jesus we got hit if we said

blum blum blum blee blow blow .... O those were the days !

[DTCwordfan]

and despite my ugliness, PP, you wrote the same combo as I did.....tut, wake up or off the scotch - No, have another.....it's Friday.

[atalanta]

Does it have to be Latin ? You could have a splendid word which already exists, in Hebrew, "Lord of the Flies", which is "Beelzebub". If you say what sort of general effect you want to end up with, I can put some Latin together, or bits of Hebrew, etc.

[Togo]

Bellumdagonvolare

[Peter Pedant]

DTC have another wiccy
either you have douvle vision or I have

you have pellomo
and I have polamo

I think - I am coping badly with losing my sight .....

[Peter Pedant]

what about

contra libellulis ?

now that has a classical ring to it - ciceronian I would say

I wondered what Pliny had to say in Natural History
look here http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/fossils/pliny.htm

no I dont want to read all 17 vols ....

[Khandro]

An old mate dear and departed, James Michie ('Jaspistos' of Spectator fame) would choke on his glass of Bonnie Charlie if I conjoined Greek and Latin.