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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8500684" data-attributes="member: 57383">Don't care much for &quot;raptorlisk,&quot; mostly because raptor has been overused for birds of prey and dinosaurs it's a bit of a cliché. Also, the word literally means means &quot;robber&quot; in the sense of someone who seizes something by force. Birds of prey are called raptors because they seized their prey with their talons.Also, you're putting a Greek ending (-isk) on a Latin word (raptor) which I suspect shouldn't have an -l- in the middle based on my rudimentary knowledge of classical languages.Basilisk literally means &quot;little king&quot;, and the l comes from the &quot;king&quot; part (basileús) with a diminutive ending (-ískos) to make basilískos.So rather than raptorlisk something like raptorisk or raptoriskus might be more classical/medieval sounding. Plus, it'd means &quot;little robber&quot; which might not be what you're aiming for.Let's think, you could always combine the king-part and the robber-part to make Basiliraptor (Robber King).Or slap -raptor on the end of some Latin words for a bird of prey:Aquilaraptor (Eagle Robber)Buboraptor (Owl Robber)[an Eagle Owl]Falcoraptor (Falcon Robber)Strigiraptor or Strixiraptor (Owl Raptor)[a Night Owl]I don't know whether any of those are decent Latin, but it's no worse than a lot of the pseudo-classical names in D&amp;D.Of those, my favourite is the Strigiraptor as the true owl family <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_owl" target="_blank">Strigidae</a> is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strix_(mythology)" target="_blank">Strix</a>, a mythical bloodsucking nocturnal bird that became a <a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/stirge/" target="_blank">weird insect thing</a> in D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8500684, member: 57383"] Don't care much for "raptorlisk," mostly because raptor has been overused for birds of prey and dinosaurs it's a bit of a cliché. Also, the word literally means means "robber" in the sense of someone who seizes something by force. Birds of prey are called raptors because they seized their prey with their talons. Also, you're putting a Greek ending (-isk) on a Latin word (raptor) which I suspect shouldn't have an -l- in the middle based on my rudimentary knowledge of classical languages. Basilisk literally means "little king", and the l comes from the "king" part ([I]basileús[/I]) with a diminutive ending ([I]-ískos[/I]) to make [I]basilískos[/I]. So rather than raptorlisk something like raptorisk or raptoriskus might be more classical/medieval sounding. Plus, it'd means "little robber" which might not be what you're aiming for. Let's think, you could always combine the king-part and the robber-part to make Basiliraptor (Robber King). Or slap -raptor on the end of some Latin words for a bird of prey: Aquilaraptor (Eagle Robber) Buboraptor (Owl Robber)[an Eagle Owl] Falcoraptor (Falcon Robber) Strigiraptor or Strixiraptor (Owl Raptor)[a Night Owl] I don't know whether any of those are decent Latin, but it's no worse than a lot of the pseudo-classical names in D&D. Of those, my favourite is the Strigiraptor as the true owl family [B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_owl']Strigidae[/URL][/B] is named after the [B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strix_(mythology)']Strix[/URL][/B], a mythical bloodsucking nocturnal bird that became a [B][URL='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/stirge/']weird insect thing[/URL][/B] in D&D. [/QUOTE]

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