Thank you Andrea, well put and quite accurate. Now, let's get on to
something more worthwhile.
Tim
On Nov 23, 2005, at 10:27 PM, Andrea Salvarani wrote:
OK.
let's settle this once and for all:
The word "virus" in latin itself exists only in this form.
Countless articles are to be found on its declension and at least
on this they agree: n the plural the common English form is
viruses, IMHO being it a mass name it should stay virus.
Viri, virii, vira, etc ... are all wrong.
Viri in particular as it is either the genitive singular,
nominative plural and vocative plural of the word "vir, viri" which
means "man".
Virii, as it implies the singular virius, word not to be found in
ancient latin (nor modern ...)
Vira as it would imply the word virus belongs to the second
declension, while it apparently belongs to the fourth.
So you should use viruses, I might use either that or virus, but,
please guys and girls, not viri, otherwise you should all begin to
get worried when you start seeing little man try to get control of
your computers. It just comes soon before or after hearing
voices ... ;-)
Ciao to all
Andrea
P.S.: to the list mom, I won't do it again, I'll be good ...
Tim Collier
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