Actually, "virus" is not a second-declension noun in Latin; it is fourth. As
Tom pointed out, "viri" is the plural of "vir."
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"Paddy" wrote in message
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"JoAnn Paules" wrote:
All over the web. There are literally thousands of site that off free
fonts. You just need to watch out for virii, spyware, etc.
Sorry, JoAnn. I must correct your Latin.
Virus, in Latin, is a masculine noun, and thus becomes viri (single "i"
ending) in plural. For it to have double "i" plural, it would need to
have
the singular form "--ius", as in "radius".
However, in English, the "--es" plural ending should be used - thus
viruses.
Similarly, a university or college may have a number of campuses rather
than
campi and certainly never campii.
Other than that, your advice is, as always, exemplary!
Patricius .... errrr .... Paddy