Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>  > email virii
>
> I saw a great rant from someone who actually knows Latin about "virii".
> "Virii" is apparently the plural of some completely unrelated latin word,
> like "voice" or "people" or something.  "Virus" is apparently already a mass
> noun not unlike "stuff".

Actually, the word "virus" is taken from latin, originally meaning
"slime/poison/venom" ; the correct latin plural would be "vira", while "viri"
would be singular genitive; a double-i form ("virii") does not exist.

There's also a latin word having the plural form "viri" - that would be "vir",
meaning "man/hero"; again, no double-i form here.

If there existed a lating word with the plural form "virii", it would have to be
"viri" in singular. To the best of my knowledge, there is no such word in latin.

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