Derbyshire Dragonflies

So, you want to speak Latin?

Well, perhaps not but it would be nice to know how to pronounce 'those' words! Here is our online guide to pronunciation.

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q S T V Z

A
aenea	ee-nee-a
aeshna	eesh-na
aeshnidae	eesh-nid-dee
anax	an-ax
anisoptera	an-iss-op-terra
arctica	ark-tik-a
armatum	ar-may-tum
B
boltonii	boll-tony-eye
brachytron	brak-ee-tron
C	top
caerulea	she-roo-lee-a
calopterygidae	cal-op-ter-idge-id-ee
calopteryx	cal-op-ter-ricks
cancellatum	can-sell ā€“ay-tum
ceriagrion	serry-ag-ree-on
coenagrion	see-nag-ree-on
coenagrionidae	see-nag-ree-on-id-ee
coerulescens	seh-roo-less-enns
cordulegaster	cor-dew-le-gas-ter
cordulegastridae	cor-dew le-gas-trid-ee
cordulia	cor-dew-lee-a
corduliidae	cor-dew-lee-id-ee
curtisii	cur-tiss-ee-eye
cyanea	sigh-a-nee-a
cyathigerum	sigh-a-thidge-er-um
D	top
danae	dan-ee
depressa	de-press-a
dryas	dry-ass
dubia	dew-bee-a
E	top
elegans	elly-gans
enallagma	enn-al-lag-ma
ephippiger	eff-fip-pidge-er
erthromma	erry-throm-ma
F	top
flaveolum	flav-ee-oh-lum
fonscolombii	fons-coll-omb-ee-eye
fulva	full-va (not as in lancia fulvia)
G	top
gomphidae	gomm-fid-dee
gomphus	gomm-fuss
grandis	gran-diss
H	top
hastulatum	hass-tew-lay-tum
hemianax	hemm-ee-an-ax
I	top
imperator	im-per-ay-tor
ishnura	ish-nure-a
isosceles	ye-soss-el-lees
J	top
juncea	junn-see-a
L	top
lestes	less ā€“tees
lestidae	less-tid-ee
leucorrhinia	lew-core-rin-nee-a
libellulidae	lib-ell-yew-lid-ee
libellula	lib-ell-yew-la
lunulatum	loon-yew-lay-tum
M	top
metallica	met-al-ee-ka
mixta	mix-ta
mercuriale	mer-cure-ee-ay-lee
meridionale	mer-id-ee-on-ay-lee
N	top
najas	nye-ass
nigrescens	nig-gress-enns
nymphula	nim-few-la
O	top
odonata	oh-doe-nay-ta
orthetrum	or-thee-trum (as in thee rhyming with three not thou!)
oxygastra	oxy-gas-tra(if you claim this as a first for derbyshire, the recorder will need oxygen! it has been extinct in the uk since 1962)
P	top
pen-nip-ees	pen-nip-ees
platycnemididae	plat-ick-nee-mid-id-dee
platycnemis	plat-ick-nee-mis
pratense	pra-tense-ee
puella	poo-ell-a
pulchellum	pull-kell-um
pumilio	poo-mill-ee-oh
pyrrhosoma	pie-rho-so-ma
Q	top
quadrimaculata	quad-ree-mack-yew-lay-ta (if you learn one it has to be this one!)
S	top
sanguineum	san-gwin-ee-um
scitulum	sit-ewe-lum
somatochlora	so-matto-clor-a
splendens	splen-denns
sponsa	spon-sa
striolatum	stry-oh-lay-tum
sympetrum	sim-peat-rum
T	top
tenellum	ten-ell-um
V	top
virgo	ver-go
vulgatissimus	vul-ga-tiss-ee-mus
vulgatum	vul-gay-tum
Z	top
zygoptera	zie-gop-ter-a (zie as in the strip of material around a 'yooooths' neck (tie!)

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