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So the plural of virus, if it wouldn't have been viruses, would be viri, not virii? I think for octopus I'd have intuitively thought octopi, but for virus I'd h
by Aardwolf 2y ago
So the plural of virus, if it wouldn't have been viruses, would be viri, not virii? I think for octopus I'd have intuitively thought octopi, but for virus I'd have thought virii.
- nerdponx 2y agoIt is in fact "viri".
- jjk166 2y agoVirus actually is a latin word, but the plural is vira. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virus#Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virus#Latin
- Rebelgecko 2y agoThe plural of the Latin virus is vira (second declension etc etc). However viri means "men"