Is Plural of Prius Prii? Wife & I have 2 Prius; now my In-laws have 1

24th June 2007, 02:15 PM

On Jun 21, 6:03 pm, mikeP...@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg)
wrote:

> -ii. For example, the plural of radius is radii.* Prius is a made-up
> name, not a Latin word, so standard pluralization applies, hence the

"Prius" is a Latin word. However, the definition that Toyota supplies
is not correct.

24th June 2007, 02:16 PM

On Jun 23, 10:26 am, "Michael Pardee" <michaeltn...@cybertrails.com>
wrote:
> I suspect if we could bring an ancient Roman here in a time machine and ask
> him (in Latin, of course!) what the plural of Prius is, he would have a
> puzzled look.

Yes, because the plural would depend on what the gender of the noun
that the adjective "prius" is modifying.

25th June 2007, 03:36 PM

<mrv@kluge.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:1182708913.654881.126300@c77g2000hse. o...
> On Jun 21, 6:03 pm, mikeP...@TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg)
> wrote:
>
>> -ii. For example, the plural of radius is radii.* Prius is a made-up
>> name, not a Latin word, so standard pluralization applies, hence the
>
> "Prius" is a Latin word. However, the definition that Toyota supplies
> is not correct.

Maybe this may help: in Italian nobody would dream of using the plural of
Prius so the subject of this thread: "Wife & I have 2 Prius" in Italian is
"Io e mia moglie abbiamo 2 Prius" and, you know, Italian comes from
Latin...
Prius is perceived as Latin adverb (earlier, before, ahead) or, most
probably, a proper name with no plural usage.
I have 2 Apples or 2 Apple or 2 Apple computers?

Diako

26th June 2007, 12:59 AM

Michael Pardee:
> > I suspect if we could bring an ancient Roman here in a time machine and ask
> > him (in Latin, of course!) what the plural of Prius is, he would have a
> > puzzled look.

mrv@kluge.net:
> Yes, because the plural would depend on what the gender of the noun
> that the adjective "prius" is modifying.

No, he would have a puzzled look because "Prius" in the sense it is
used here -- the name of an automobile -- is not a Latin word and he
would have no knowledge of automobiles, no knowledge of Japan, and no
insight into how Japanese automobile manufacturers name their cars.
Might as well ask him the Latin plural of Camry.

Davoud

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