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Depends if it's used in Latin; some called taxonomic Latin 'pseudo-Latin', that is to say it looks like Latin but isn't; don't move to Latin if it's unattested. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:52, 26 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
EP makes the argument such things are Latin because a binomial (and trinomial) species names are in fact Latin noun phrases, following the applicable Latin grammar rules. Apparently New Latin is falling/has fallen out of use for species descriptions, but had been the matrix in which such noun phrases had a fuller linguistic role. The argument is straightforward and reflected in most or our practice affecting such terms. Are we retrograding to the "arbitrariness of the sign" to dismantle such arguments? DCDuringTALK04:09, 29 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I doubt that any New Latin coinages have attestation that we can find unless we accept the two part names themselves as attestation. DCDuringTALK13:03, 8 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
But his vote was as the vote of ten because his arguments were cogent. The consistent system he seems to advocate is that all species epithets are Latin, that two- and three-part taxonomic names don't belong at Wiktionary. This is consistent with the standard practice of italicizing two+-part taxonomic names. That is, the community that uses the whole range of such names views and treat them as if Latin. That New Latin in all its forms (medical, legal, taxonomic, inscriptions and seals, ecclesiastical) deviates from classical Latin and is treated infra dig by many seems an interesting phenomenon of prescriptivism. DCDuringTALK13:03, 8 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
Because I think that attestation by usage in species names is sufficient. If no one else does, then I have no idea what to do with such terms. I leave it to those who haven't worked in the area and know little about such usage to solve for themselves as they see fit. DCDuringTALK22:25, 8 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
