[Sca-cooks] Onagers

Phlip phlip at 99main.com
Fri Dec 17 17:00:38 PST 2004


Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Well, actually, it could be singular/genitive, or plural/nominative, or
> even plural accusative....
> --maire, silently chanting "us, us, ui, um, u; us, uum, ibus, us, ibus",
> and hoping she's getting it right after 20-odd years of separation from
> her last Latin class....
> Oh, wait...I bet you're talking 2nd declension, and not 4th, right?
>

Actually, onus is one of those weird neuters that's declined "onus,
oneris..." etc, which, if I'd checked first, would make sense, since it's
originally a Greek word. Borrowed words are usually the ones with the weird
declensions.

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....



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