Ar 07:07 -0800 1999-12-29, scr�obh John Cowan:
>"Scenarii" was probably an attempt to construct a Latinate plural,
>similar to the use of "viri" or (worse) "virii" as plural of "virus".
>In Latin, "virus" (meaning "poison") was a mass-noun with no usual
>plural form; the proper English plural is "viruses".
I'm not sure about yr. Latin, John. V�rus is a neuter noun with its
genitive in -�; it is a bit unusual for neuters to end in -us all right,
but its plural would normally be v�r�, unless v�ra which would < v�rum....
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