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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">K9 Kai Niggemann schreef op 11-2-2014
15:17:<br>
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<div>in other words: there is no excuse for using lame presets
(stay especially far away from the ones labelled "k9" in OS3 of
the Virii...;) at all...!</div>
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Pet hate: people who don't know Latin.<br>
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The plural of "virus" is "viruses". In Latin, t's a word from the
second declension, meaning "acrid element" or "venom", like from
snakes, creatures or plants.<br>
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Words from the second declension generally are male (-us) or neuter
(-um, like "museum"). The plural of words ending in "-us" is "-i"
(at least, in the nominative inflection), whereas the nominative
plural of a word in "-um" is "-a": in Dutch, the Latin plural is
used, so "musea" instead of "museums".<br>
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If you take the word for "son", "filius", the plural is "filii". And
there you get your "-ii" ending. But it's "virus" and not "virius",
so the Latin plural is "viri" and not "virii". But the English
plural is "viruses".<br>
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The Quasimidi Sirius would have "Sirii" as the nominative plural.<br>
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That's all for tonight. Sleep well. :)<br>
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- Peter<br>
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