1.   Bell Atlantic and GTE said Monday that Verizon was derived from the word horizon and the Latin word for truth, veritas.

2.   A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outlines and covering up all the details.

3.   A. Genus and species names are those two Latin words we glance at and promptly forget.

4.   According to Horsfall, the name Lycos derives from a Latin word for a special kind of spider.

5.   Caduceus, from the Latin word for the snake-entwined staff symbolizing the medical profession, focuses on biotechnology and drug stocks.

6.   Catenary is from the Latin word katena, meaning chain.

7.   For the intellectuals, there is Curule, a Latin word for a seat or throne reserved for the highest dignitaries.

8.   It comes from sal, the Latin word for salt, because the first forms of salumi were preserved with salt.

9.   Not so coincidentally, the word digit comes from digitus, the Latin word for finger or toe.

10.   Sherman was able to decipher the Latin words on the palm and joints of the fingers, as well as those written above the hand.