On Sat, 6 Aug 2016, Brian Barker wrote:
At 13:14 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
virii
Sorry, but that's sillier than silly. If "virus" were a second declension
noun with a Latin plural (which it isn't), its plural would be "viri", not
*"virii". Latin "viri" is actually the plural of "vir" and means "men". (I
suppose some people do believe that all men are slime.)
that's a great line (men and slime)!
ok, so how about this one - how do you pluralize 'agenda'?
*"Virii" would be the plural of the (non-existent) *"virius".
btw I just take it that 'virii' is now slang so acceptable on that
score, kind of like 'deletia' which is also impossible in Latin.
f.
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