Joel
No, I had forgotten. I'll check with Madame B.
I reckon that modern English allows us to add 's' or 'es' without risk of
censure, but I had thought it possible that the word 'crocus' was a neuter
noun, rather than masculine. Whereas a masculine noun like 'locus' had the
plural 'loci', there are I think neuter nouns which have 'us' in the plural.
However, I have just looked up 'crocus' and it's a masculine noun which has
'croci' for the nominative plural; so you were right. Thanks for making me
look it up :-)
Chris
On 7 Apr 2013, at 17:05, DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for looking, Chris. Did you ever determine what the flowers were in
> that photo from Cambridge you posted a couple weeks ago?
>
> Also, while I've got you -- is "crocus" one of those strange declensions
> where "-us" is also the plural? "Croci" does not feel right to me.
>
> Joel (small Latin, more Greek) W.
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
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