> 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.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the
intelligent full of doubt. --- Bertrand Russell
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