Re: [LegacyUG] Censussissies. . .
Sorry, but I think Google is probably wrong. Most Latin nouns ending in -us are 2nd declension and the plural would therefore be -i, but census is 4th declension (like portus - a port) where the plural is portus (pronounced portoos, ie a long u). I have checked in the Collins and the Oxford Latin dictionaries and they both give the same answer. We use many Latin endings for 2nd declension words, termini for example, so censi might be allowable were it to be Latin, but it is not. John 2009/2/22 Meg Greenwood scotques...@bartnet.net: I Googled for the phrase Plural of Census and got a nice hit saying the correct plural is 'censi' but it doesn't work well in current day useage, so its accepted English form is 'Censuses'. Other hits agreed to varying degrees and then there were the downgrades into 'argumenti'MegG == Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Censussissies. . .
And what does this subject have to do with Legacy? Please stay on-topic. -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of John Clare Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 1:21 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Censussissies. . . Sorry, but I think Google is probably wrong. Most Latin nouns ending in -us are 2nd declension and the plural would therefore be -i, but census is 4th declension (like portus - a port) where the plural is portus (pronounced portoos, ie a long u). I have checked in the Collins and the Oxford Latin dictionaries and they both give the same answer. We use many Latin endings for 2nd declension words, termini for example, so censi might be allowable were it to be Latin, but it is not. John Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
