Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Silene pendula in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 418.
today: The current name for this species is Silene pendula L.
original Latin diagnosis
Silene calycibus fructiferis pendulis inflatis: angulis decemscabris.
English translation
Satyrium with calyces fruit-bearing, pendulous, [and] inflated: with 10 scabrous angles.
| Silene | Silene |
| with calyces | calycibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis |
| fruit-bearing, | fructiferous - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective fructiferus, -a, -um; modifies calyces |
| pendulous, | pendulis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective pendulus, -a, -um; modifies calyces |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| inflated: | inflatis - ablative plural masculine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb inflo, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies angulis |
| with 10 scabrous | decemscabris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective decemscaber, decemscabra, decemscabrum; modifies angulis |
| angles | angulis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun angulus, -i |