Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)

I remember reading something about it that stated it had no plural,
hence the point is, I guess, moot. (: In any case IMO "viruses" sounds
much better than "viri" or "virii".

Have there actually been any ANADEW examples of languages choosing
certain forms over others for the mere reason that they sound better?
Ignoring obvious cases like elision or liaison or assimilation.

Eugene

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:19 AM, caeruleancentaur
<caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
>>"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
>
>>Yup, virus was a collective noun in Latin.  IIRC, it's also 4th decl,
>>not 2nd...,
>
> According to the Cassells New Latin Dictionary, it is "virus, -i" which
> would make it 2nd declension.
>
> Charlie
>