Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: virus

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virus Nov 24th 2012, 22:06 ‎Usage notes: Latin uncountability Irrelevant to English ← Older revision Revision as of 22:06, 24 November 2012 Line 22: Line 22:   #*: '''Viruses''' are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.   #*: '''Viruses''' are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.   # {{computing}} A [[computer virus]].   # {{computing}} A [[computer virus]]. −   − ====Usage notes====   − * The plural is often believed to be {{term|viri|lang=en}} or even {{term|virii|lang=en}}, but neither is correct Latin and both are [[neologism|neologistic]] [[W:Folk etymology|folk etymology]]. The word has no plural in Latin as it is a mass noun, like ''oxygen'' or ''sunlight''.         ====Hyponyms====   ====Hyponyms====

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