corydalis pronunciation

[leifus]

how do you pronounce corydalis?

is it either:

cor-eee-dar-liss

or

ko-rid-a-liss

???

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by leifus

how do you pronounce corydalis?

is it either:

cor-eee-dar-liss

or

ko-rid-a-liss

???

I pronounce it the first option as do most people I've heard say it. Some classic purists may say this isn't the correct way, but we're not talking pure latin or Greek with scientific names!

[leifus]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

I pronounce it the first option as do most people I've heard say it. Some classic purists may say this isn't the correct way, but we're not talking pure latin or Greek with scientific names!

good thats he way I say it too but it just struck me it could be something else...thanks