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Re: Correct plural for Tribus
> What is the correct latin plural for "Tribus"
Tribus again. U-declension, like manus.
That is, the plural has a long u, but even though Latin had long vowels and
long consonants like Finnish, it only marked the consonant length in writing.
In Linnaeus' times people sometimes used a circumflex to distinguish short and
long vowels in the (few) cases of potential confusion.
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