Re: CHAT: Worse Greek 102 (was: Bad Latin 101)

ániyë Luis Henrique:

 >_Viri_ is understandable, from
>thinking it's an o-stem, but whence the second _i_ in _virii_?  This
>would require an underlying singular form _**virius_.
How would be "vir" (male human being) be declensed?

 First of all the word is declined.... and as follows:

      Singular:    Plural:
   Nom   vir        viri
   Gen   viri       virorum
   Acc   virum      viros
   Dat   viro       viris
   Abl   viro       viris
   Voc   vir        viri

Elliott