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

>Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
>Moreover the plural, if there were any, would have been _uira_, since
>the word is neuter in spite of being a second declension noun in _-us_!
In the first declension, overwhelmingly feminine, there are a few
masculine words, e.g., "poeta," poet.  The plural is the normal -ae of
the first declension, "poetae," not the -i of the second.

By analogy, wouldn't the hypothetical plural of "virus," even though
neuter, be the "viri" of the second declension?  Why would a third
declension ending, "vira," be introduced?


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