Nova Iuncta Verba Latina, Pars Septingentesima Nonagesima Septima

May 13, 2010 08:56

"Nova Iuncta Verba Latina, Pars Septingentesima Nonagesima Septima"
"New Latin Compounds, Part Seven Hundred Ninety-Seven"

Drill:




She is:

terebricomus -a -um "drill-haired"
[terebra "drill" + -comus "-haired"]
[terebra- + -como-] stems
[terebri- + -como-] a becomes Connecting Vowel i
[terebricomo-] new stem
[terebricomus] nominative singular

Speaking of Terebra:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terebra

nlc, latin

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