I just saw a commercial asking for the plural of Prius.
Here's the website:
http://www.toyota.com/upcoming-vehicles/prius-family/
The candidates are:
priuses, prium, prien, prii, prius.
I assume prien is the Germanic plural ending, as in "children" or "brethren."
prii is a wrongly assumed Latin plural.
I'm not sure where they get prium from. What language forms its plural with -um?
Maybe it's Hebrew cherubim, seraphim....that's a stretch though.
prius -- possibly influenced from 5th declension derivatives such as series....maybe if the plural seems awkward, just keep it the same, as in "deer."
priuses - this is the best of the alternatives I suppose.
We could suggest priora.
Here's the website:
http://www.toyota.com/upcoming-vehicles/prius-family/
The candidates are:
priuses, prium, prien, prii, prius.
I assume prien is the Germanic plural ending, as in "children" or "brethren."
prii is a wrongly assumed Latin plural.
I'm not sure where they get prium from. What language forms its plural with -um?
Maybe it's Hebrew cherubim, seraphim....that's a stretch though.
prius -- possibly influenced from 5th declension derivatives such as series....maybe if the plural seems awkward, just keep it the same, as in "deer."
priuses - this is the best of the alternatives I suppose.
We could suggest priora.