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I'll be that person. The plural of "penis" is "penises" in English. An alternative plural for the English word "penis" comes from Latin, the language the word i
by jhanschoo 10y ago
I'll be that person. The plural of "penis" is "penises" in English. An alternative plural for the English word "penis" comes from Latin, the language the word is borrowed from, and it is written "penes", since the word is, in Latin, of the 3rd declension, and hence takes the plural ending "-es".
Words in Latin that end in "-i" in the plural are of the 2nd declension. Hence the status of the word "penii" as a plural for "penis" exists only as a hypercorrection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection.
- igravious 10y agoI venture that penii was used either for its amusement factor or to avoid saying penises which contains the word penis which is a socially embarrassing word. :) But 10/10 for being that person, thank you for being that person.
- empressplay 10y ago"Penis" is censored in article titles. When you submit an article with the word "penis" in it, it removes the word entirely.