2007-03-08 22:38:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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2007-03-08 22:50:41 · update #1
Haha! Of course, if the plural of virus is viri and the plural of Wheatus is Wheati.
Thanks for the laugh.
2007-03-09 01:08:08 · answer #1 · answered by Wildamberhoney 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Is the plural of doofus doofi?
2015-08-18 06:51:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahaha! Great q. Yes, it is the plural and spartaci is the plural of spartacus.
There's a spectre haunting Latin grammar online. People are forming plurals for latinate words with absolutely no respect for Latin morphology. Just today, I ran across opii as the plural of opus 'work'. The plural of opus is opera, if you wish to be pedantic, or opuses. Opii is the genitive singular of opium. Extra points if you know what gender opus is. Neuter: why else magnum opus. Next is virus. Virus is another neuter, third declension noun in Latin. Take a look in Google and you'll come across spurious forms such as: viri, virii, vira, virora. They're all wrong. It's a trick! There was no plural for virus 'slime, poison' which was a collective noun. (Collective nouns, though singular in form, are plural in meaning, e.g., vulgus 'the people,' pelagus 'the sea') There's a good run-down on the Perl website. The plural of virus is viruses. This tendency is sometimes called hypercorrection. A similar habit is the often-reviled "between you and I" of the pseudo-literate. And finally, what is the plural of octopus? Either octopodes or octopuses, but never octopi.
2007-03-09 00:39:16 · answer #3 · answered by ms vicci pollard 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No! Ted Kennedy & Nancy Pelosi. That's plural for Doofus!
2007-03-08 22:47:39 · answer #4 · answered by Goggles 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah, it goes like this:
doofus
doofi
doofo
doofum
doofo
doofi
dooforum
doofis
doofos
doofis
2007-03-08 22:43:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the plural of doofus is doofuses. but the plural of cactus and octopus is cacti and octopi
2007-03-08 22:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it's not, it totally should be!
2007-03-09 02:26:06 · answer #7 · answered by sylvia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if the plural of rabbit is rabbi....
2007-03-08 22:42:23 · answer #8 · answered by vospire s 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES
2007-03-08 22:42:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋