> Not necessarily ; Allen & Greenough's grammar cites the example of the > second declension neuter "pelagus" (sea) which has a rare but attested > plural "pelagē"; "cētus" (sea monster, or maybe whale) also has an > attested plural "cētē". > pelage and cete are declined this way because they are loan words from Greek and therfore use the greek declensions.
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