Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!oliveb!tymix!antares!jms From: jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Virus plurals Summary: Latin Message-ID: <162@antares.UUCP> Date: 26 Sep 88 06:14:20 GMT References: <12491@pollux.UUCP> <158@antares.UUCP> <30049@bbn.COM> Reply-To: jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith) Organization: Tymnet QSATS, San Jose CA Lines: 13 >In article <158@antares.UUCP> jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith) writes: >}The plural of virus is viri, only one "i" at the end. > That true? My dictionaries all think the plurarl of "virus" is "viruses". > / ) Bernie Cosell I was refering to a Latin dictionary. If the original poster was using virii as a humorous misspelling of viruses to be funny, then I'm sorry I missed the smiley. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TYMNET:JMS@F29 CA:"POPJ P," UUCP:{ames|pyramid}oliveb!tymix!antares!jms | | INTERNET:JMS%F29.Tymnet@Office-1.ARPA PHONE:Joe Smith @ (408)922-6220 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+