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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Virii - why not? #5624 08/25/00 10:15 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland >the plural is viri in latin... yes, but that is the plural of vir (=man), whereas virus is of neuter gender, and therefore has the plural vira, see http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/WORDS.EXE?vira I must admit I never saw this plural in contemporary use. To me, it sounds vastly more elegant than viruses, not to speak of virii, which we should rather not put into circulation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Max Quordlepleen 08/24/00 08:25 AM Re: Virii - why not? RhubarbCommando 08/24/00 09:43 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/24/00 10:08 AM Re: Virii - why not? RhubarbCommando 08/24/00 11:22 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/24/00 06:47 PM Re: Virii - why not? TEd Remington 08/24/00 12:06 PM Re: Virii - why not? tsuwm 08/24/00 03:06 PM Re: Virii - why not? lusy 08/24/00 10:33 PM Max Quordlepleen 08/24/00 10:48 PM Re: Virii - why not? Bridget 08/25/00 08:11 AM Re: Virii - why not? Jazzoctopus 08/25/00 01:37 PM Re: Virii - why not? william 08/25/00 03:06 PM Re: Virii - why not? Jackie 08/26/00 01:01 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/26/00 02:05 AM Re: Virii - why not? Jackie 08/26/00 03:23 AM Re: Virii - why not? tsuwm 08/26/00 04:16 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/26/00 07:11 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/26/00 07:05 AM Re: consonants AnnaStrophic 08/27/00 10:58 AM Re: consonants tsuwm 08/27/00 02:55 PM Max Quordlepleen 08/27/00 06:59 PM Re: u or non-u tsuwm 08/27/00 08:24 PM Re: u or non-u Bingley 08/28/00 05:15 AM Re: u or non-u tsuwm 08/28/00 06:41 PM Re: u or non-u RhubarbCommando 08/30/00 02:06 PM orthographical differences TEd Remington 08/31/00 05:35 PM Re: orthographical differences RhubarbCommando 09/01/00 01:43 PM Max Quordlepleen 08/28/00 07:16 PM Re: u or non-u tsuwm 08/28/00 08:26 PM Max Quordlepleen 08/28/00 10:09 PM Re: u or non-u tsuwm 08/28/00 10:36 PM Max Quordlepleen 08/28/00 10:49 PM Re: staples of cacography tsuwm 08/29/00 02:49 AM Re: u or non-u RhubarbCommando 08/30/00 02:17 PM Re: ambulatory vowels AnnaStrophic 08/29/00 03:16 AM Re: Virii - why not? tsuwm 08/26/00 01:26 AM Re: Virii - why not? william 08/26/00 08:19 PM Re: Virii - why not? tsuwm 08/27/00 03:35 AM Re: Virii - why not? wsieber 08/25/00 10:15 AM Virus as a neuter gender TEd Remington 08/28/00 05:52 PM Max Quordlepleen 08/28/00 07:05 PM Re: Virus as a neuter gender Jazzoctopus 08/28/00 08:45 PM Re: Virus as a neuter gender wsieber 08/29/00 05:07 AM Re: Virus as a neuter gender TEd Remington 08/29/00 11:48 AM Re: Virus as a neuter gender tsuwm 08/29/00 11:35 PM Plural of virus Bridget 09/01/00 08:44 AM Re: Plural of virus TEd Remington 09/05/00 04:29 PM Re: Plural of virus Bridget 09/06/00 10:21 AM Re: Virii - why not? cowboy 09/06/00 02:45 PM Re: Virii - why not? cowboy 09/06/00 02:55 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,513 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 2 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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