Re: YAEPT: uu/ii (< Quick Latin pronunciation question)
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 11:56 |
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On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Lars Mathiesen <thorinn@...> wrote:
> And by the way, vira /"vi:RA/ is the normal plural for (species of) virus in
> Danish medical usage. _Pace_ Ray it's not pretentious, just conservative, as
> the plural is now virusser in other contexts.
FWIW, the German plural is "Viren", with the standard plural ending
-en for many foreign words. (I wonder where it comes from; it surfaces
also e.g. in Greek words such as "Museen" or "Analysen" and in Latin
ones such as "Familien" and "-(i)täten".)
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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