Re: EAK numerals (reply-to corrected!)

Quoting Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>:

> That brings to mind binomial biological names in Greek, which are
> formed that way TTBOMK; a hypothetical big-eyed camel, _Camelus
> megalops_, would be êÜìçëïò ç ìåãÜëùø. I don't think I've come across
> it anywhere else, though.
Er? Linnean binominals are inviolable*, remaining in the Latin script no matter
the script of the surrounding text. A name written in Greek letters is ipso
facto not a biological binomial.


* With a few exceptions governed by the appropriate nomenclatural codes, eg. in
names established in publications not upholding the modern v~u distinction a
vocalic V may be rendered as U.

 Andreas

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