[OFF-LIST[ Re: (Ron) Natural Man [drifting inexorably off topic]

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>>ACHILLES

>>I was taught to use genera as well, you are probably correct. Genuses is

>>definately not correct. Geni may or may not be acceptable, I am not sure, I

>>would defer to Nancy Todd on this issue, as she has demonstrated vastly

>>superior knowledge of latin. Had I thought about it I probably would have

>>written genera - what can I say, I was in a hurry :')

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>>Achilles

>>

>>"...we are not simply contending in order that my view or that

>>of yours may prevail, but I presume we ought both of us to be

>>fighting for the truth..."

>>from Philebus, the Dialogues of Plato 

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>NANCY

>The plural of genus is genera. Geni would be a different word, genius, but

>it would be a singular form (genitive case). FWIW.

>

>Nancy Todd

>todds@pa.net

ACHILLES
Aaaaahhhh... see what happens when we generalize rules onto exceptions?
Duilius -> duili; Filius -> fili; Nuntius -> nunti; genus !->geni


:') 


Anyways, thanks Nancy... 

Achilles

"...we are not simply contending in order that my view or that
of yours may prevail, but I presume we ought both of us to be
fighting for the truth..."
from Philebus, the Dialogues of Plato 

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