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Thanks Nicholas, for saying what I would have said if you hadn't said it first. While you can certain use emeriti and you would be absolutely correct linguistically from the point of view of Latin, every resource I've looked at says it is either uncommon or unusual usage. Stick to emeritus.
Actually, I incline rather than decline towards tsuwm's approach.
Of course, you could just say that they're pensioned off, or put out to grass or have been sent to the knacker's yard, or something.
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