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

On 2008-05-27 Ray Brown wrote:
 > NO, NO, that's false analogy and the neuter
 > plural -a is _NOT_ peculiar to the 3rd
 > declension. ALL _Latin_ neuter nouns, without
 > exception, form their nom., acc. & vocative
 > plurals in -a (the only apparent exceptions are
 > a few Greek borrowings). This applies, as the
 > two quotes below show, irrespective of whether
 > the noun is 2nd declension (e.g. oppidum ~
 > oppida), 3rd declension (opus ~ opera) or 4th
 > declension (cornu ~ cornua)
 > - the are no 1st or 5th declension neuters.

Aren't there also a few 2nd declension neuters
with nominative in -us and plural in -a? I can ATM
only remember _locus_ which has **both** a neuter
plural _loca_ and a masculine plural _loci_, with
slightly different meanings.

/BP 8^)>
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