[23758] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] alumnus or alumnus for women?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peri Nelson)
Tue May 27 12:04:00 2003
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 12:03:58 -0400
Reply-To: Peri Nelson <pmnelson@buffalo.edu>
From: Peri Nelson <pmnelson@buffalo.edu>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <000e01c3245e$791daea0$9dedaf80@famtree>
I should have waited to see all the messages...
The word root is alumn
First declension endings (for female) are
Singular: alumna
Plural: alumnae
Second declension endings (for male, or mixed gender in this case) are
Singular: alumnus
Plural: alumni
- peri
(the one who hasn't thought about latin class since high school)
