* "Michael J. Hußmann" <michael_at_michael-hussmann.de> on Sun, 13 Oct 2002
| > But I am curious: what does your dictionary list for plural forms of
| > pelagus and vulgus?
| "pelage" and "vulgi".
That is about what I figured. It was a trick question to check the
accuracy of your dictionary, and I'm afraid your dictionary fails. Pelagus
is "the sea", and vulgus is "the crowd". They are irregular nouns of the
second declension that end in "us". The correct plurals are pelagus and
vulgus.
I believe "pelage" is not proper for the second declension, so even if
pelagus were not an irregular noun your dictionary is still mistaken.
You might want to get a better Latin dictionary.
| Well, I've never regarded grammar as a particularly romantic topic myself
| ... ;-)
That's Romantic as in Romance Languages. :)
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