:s/viri/virii/
Mike Miller
On 2/24/06, Mike Cherba <
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Well, I'm not a Latin speaker, but according to my sources the correct
english plural for virus is viruses.
( http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/v/virus.html ,
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106000?query=virus&ct= )
there is some dispute over whether Virus is a 2nd or 4th declension
noun, but most scholars agree that it is one of a rare group of either
2nd or 4th declension neuters which include pelagus, cetus, and vulgus.
Apparently, the Romans rarely if ever pluralized the word virus and
there are technical problems with both the plurals listed here, (virii
and virūs )
viri is the nominative plural not of virus (slime, poison, or venom),
but of vir (man)
virūs is not a word. and in any case would have only been valid if one
decides that virus is a 2nd declension noun and not 4th in which
situation a scholar could easily make a case that virora is an equally
valid form.
In general, the best advice I can find says pluralize in english here.
-Mike
On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 16:10 -0800, Michael Miller wrote:
> Yet, I forgot to tell the rest of the group that English is my second
> language. My first language is Bad English.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Miller
>
> On 2/24/06, Patrick R. Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Miller wrote:
> > the rest of you would not like the viri (sp) that I may
> have.
>
> "Virus" is fourth declension, so the plural would end with a
> long U
> instead of a short: virūs.
>
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