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Old June 26th 04, 08:30 AM
Barry Guyer
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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 06:06:58 GMT, NormanM
I thought it was 'virii'! No! Wait! Maybe it is 'viriii'! Damn, what is the
rule for pluralizing Latin nouns...uh, oh; hark! I am not writing Latin, but
English! So maybe I should apply English rules of pluralization? Like,
'viruses'?


English plural of virus = viruses

In Latin, viri (men) is plural of vir (man)

In Latin, I do not think there are recorded any instances of a plural
form for virus being different from the singular (in English words
such as sheep).