From: Alan Cairns 

On Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:35:31 -0700, Randall Parker  wrote:

>> False analogy. The correct plural is "clitorides".
>
>Is that Greek?

"Clitoris" is a Latin word, and follows Latin rules for the
plural. It comes from Greek "kleitoris", but the form is a New
(i.e. Mediaeval) Latin one. "Analysis", OTOH, is pure Greek --
(the -lysis part is from the verb "luo", I loose, which is the
paradigm -omega verb), and therefore follows Greek rules for the plural.

Given the subject, I can't help feeling this is all a bit pedantic.


Alan
alancairns{at}dccnet.com

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