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  3. March 2002

Latin plurals (was midrange-l Re: Printing question)

Vernon wrote:

> Would you believe the plural of status, in the original Latin,
> is status? No kidding.

That's because it's 4th declension masculine. The "u" changes from short in
the singular to long in the plural: pronounced to rhyme with moose. The
more familiar shift from -us to -i is a feature of 2nd declension masculine
nouns, which are much more common.

Nil carborundum illegitimi,

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