okay, FYI I looked it up: here from
http://www.cknow.com/vtutor/vtplural.htm :
The correct English plural of virus is viruses. Please consult any good
dictionary before
making up words.
For the purists, in Latin, there is a rarely-used
plural form:
virus, viri (neuter)
(Forms: almost always restricted to
nominative and accusative
singular; generally singular in
Lucretius, ablative singular in
Lucretius)
The point of this is that even in Latin the form
"viri" is rarely used. The singular form is
used in most every instance. (This is from the
Oxford Latin Dictionary.)
So, when considering the Latin: "virii" is
incorrect and "viri" was almost never used.
Despite the fact there was little use for the
plural form, there is another reason why "viri"
was rarely used. The most common Latin word for
"man" is "vir" with "viri" being its
plural in the form used as the subject of a
sentence. Thus, since "men" as the subject of a
sentence would be used far more often than
"venoms" (virus means venom) the "viri"
word was most commonly seen as the plural of
"man."
Bottom line: Don't try to make up words using a
false Latin plural form. Since the word
virus in its English form is now used then the
English plural (viruses) should be used.
Greg Black schrieb:
> Dexter Filmore wrote:
>
> | virii is plural.
>
> You need to brush up on your Latin. The plural of virus is
> viri. Not that it matters -- we've had them in plural.
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