Follow up Question Was: Re: Virtal Machine preferences?
Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)
amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be
Wed Sep 16 11:33:51 UTC 2009
On Wed, September 16, 2009 10:15, Patton Echols wrote:
> Follow up (Hijacking my own thread?) Since it is still windows, it will
> be susceptible to virii just like a hardware box.
virii is the plural of the non-existent word virius
viri is the plural of the second declension masculine noun "vir" (man) so
viri = men
Originally virus was a mass noun in Latin, it meant "poison" (like snake
poison) so it had no plural. In the modern usage of the word, these are
the Latin forms of the word virus:
singular plural
nominative virus vira
vocative virus/vire vira
accusative virus vira
genitive viri virorum
dative viro viris
ablative viro viris
So if you want to look smart and use a Latin plural for virus, use vira.
Thank you!
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Amedee
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