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My Latin isn't what it should be (je parle français aussi), but the names of the moon seem to be '''Deimus''' and '''Phobus'''. Not only are these names the ones that were originally published (see the ref.), but they also match the Latin pattern seen with the moons of Uranus, for example (e.g. Puccius, Franciscus, Calibanus, Stephanus, Trinculus, Prosperus, Setebus, Ferdinandus). [[:en:User:Urhixidur]] 17:15, 16 Maii 2007 (UTC)
:I agree that we shouldn't second-guess the original naming of the satellite. Although (as Myces says) it isn't usual to transfer -ei- direct from Greek to Latin, Hall isn't unique in having done so. I propose to move to '''Deimus (satelles)'''.
::But... but... Hall was writing in '''English''', and Δεῖμος is a classical name. Surely we would expect the classical pattern to hold here. --[[Usor:Iustinus|Iustinus]] 17:54, 16 Maii 2007 (UTC)
:::Oh, OK. Not so simple. But if the classical pattern holds, we shouldn't have Dimos, should we? The -os is quite non-standard.
::::I believe that when a Britton says "quite" it's not as strong as when an American says it. I would say that when latinizing greek second declension masculines either ''-os'' or ''-us'' are acceptable, and in many cases they are even freely interchangeable. I opted for Dimos rather that Dimus simply because I worried taht the proper contraction of the ''ei'' to ''i'' might make it hard for modern minds to recognize the name, so I wanted to keep the rest unchanged. But I am not married to that. --[[Usor:Iustinus|Iustinus]] 20:00, 16 Maii 2007 (UTC)
:::You're right, I meant "relatively non-standard"! I still have a feeling we're being, shall I say, quixotic here. We have two well-attested forms, the pure Greek ''Deimos'' (which, in this case, is commonly used internationally) and the mildly-Latinised Greek ''Deimus'' which A. Hall originally chose. We have a third possibility, a standard Latinization of the Greek, ''Dimus'', which would be our default if no Latinization is attested. Why reject all three of these and choose a fourth, also (I think) unattested, ''Dimos''?
At the very least, the text of the article should be edited to mention all forms (something I'm not able to do, my Latin being barely level 1). [[:en:User:Urhixidur]] 13:58, 20 Maii 2007 (UTC)
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