Transfers, Decals, and pronounciation of Deckals/Deecals

[Bob G]

So is the plural of Minitrix Minitrices?

And two bossy women out shopping, who promised to be back shortly, are dom-in-a-trice-s?

[chrism]

Going back to my schooldays and learning Latin, I would have thought the singular of 'Planteria' would have been 'Planterium' as in 'bellum/bella' and 'forum/fora' but, hey, I only scraped an '0' level in it.

That's what I'd have thought too.

Latin is a language
As dead as dead can be
It killed off all the Romans
And now it's killing me

That brought back memories - the second thing our Latin teacher told us, the first being his name.

[PGN]

Going back to my schooldays and learning Latin, I would have thought the singular of 'Planteria' would have been 'Planterium'

That presupposes that "planteria" is the plural form, Nobby ... but it's not. "Planteria" is the singular ...

[PGN]

And the verse is from an Anthony Buckeridge "Jennings" book (although possibly it wasn't original to him ... ); and yes, the Latin plural of diminatrix is indeed dominatrices

All of which puts me in the mood to quote, from memory, from my favourite Latin poem (Horace, Odes III.XXX)

exegi monumentum aere perennius, regalique situ pyramidum altius
quod non imber edax, non aquilo impotens possit dirruere
aut innumerabilis series annorum, aut fuga temporum.
non omnis moriar! multaque pars mei vitabit libitinam

(and he was right, wasn't he ... although his seemingly extravagant claims as to how long his fame would outlive him turned out to be a rather under-ambitious claim, as events turned out. He thought his works would only be read until the end of the Roman empire ... yet over 1600 years since the fall of Rome, they're still in print ... )