View of Venus from Mariner 10
Copyright © by Calvin J. Hamilton
Why Not Just "Venus" ?
"Venus the
Planet" sounds like "Pluto the Dog"; the universal latin naming of remedies
is established and appropriate so, the options were "Venus Planetes" or
"Venus Stella Errans". "Planetes" is the latin for "planet". It is a
more modern latin term, replacing the older "stella errans", which
means "moving star" (star used to be the name of a bright object in the sky,
not referring to a "sun" as it does now).
I chose the
name Venus Stella Errans beacause it is more descriptive, feels
more in resonance with the remedy and I just think it sounds
better. The abbreviation I suggest is "ven-s-e", again to distinguish
it from the scallop.
Thanks to Janet
Burns for the guidance with the latin grammar.
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