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Maddeningly, it doesn't even apply to all Latin -us nouns. For instance, the plural of apparatus should be apparatūs if we're applying the Latin rules. Apparati
by jacobmartin 4y ago
Maddeningly, it doesn't even apply to all Latin -us nouns. For instance, the plural of apparatus should be apparatūs if we're applying the Latin rules. Apparati, as it might seem, makes no sense! So even when the pattern match correctly identifies the language, it can be misleading.
--fellow Latin nerd
- jjtheblunt 4y ago4th or 5th declension esoterica ftw!
- jjtheblunt 4y agoapparatus is a past participle from apparare, so as an adjective plural would follow second declension, not fourth, i thought. used as a noun, it's an (implicit thing) prepared (which preparatus would describe, but i guess we don't have any other word in English other than apparatus. i don't have a Latin dictionary though
- jacobmartin 4y agoapparatus is first/second as a past participle. I suppose it could be used as a substantive, but there is also a fourth declension noun with the same lemma meaning implements, tools, etc.: https://logeion.uchicago.edu/apparatus https://logeion.uchicago.edu/apparatus