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Re: Theropod forelimbs

To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Theropod forelimbs
From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:04:24 +0200
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Does this apply also to all Latin words ending in "us"?

No, the vast majority of -us words are O declension words and form the plural in -i. Astragali is correct.

Processus is another U declension word, though.

References:
- RE: Theropod forelimbs
  - From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>
- Re: Theropod forelimbs
  - From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
- Re: Theropod forelimbs
  - From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
- Re: Theropod forelimbs
  - From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
- Re: Theropod forelimbs
  - From: Augusto Haro <augustoharo@gmail.com>

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