Not to get toooooo far off the subject:
Virus is indeed derived from Latin according to the OED. More, it is
a second declension noun and would be declined thus:
Sing Plural
Nominative virus virī
Genitive virī virōrum
Dative virō virīs
Accusative virum virōs
Ablative virō virīs
Let there be no further question.
Jim Sanderson
On 23 Nov 2005, at 19:14, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Nov 23, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Pablo Roufogalis L. wrote:
I use the sex and aids metaphor to warn customers about virii
(sorry, dad was a philologist).
Dad would say it's "viruses" not "virii".
In Latin the 'ii' form of the plural is wrong for that word anyway.
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