Eric McHugh on injury stati for Maroney, et al - Page 2 - New England Patriots Forums

RayClay · 09-06-2006, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundayjack

Except when he writes such tripe as:

Ummm. . . . right. . . .

He was assuming Branch wasn't dumb as a rock.

You're saying sticking with this agent is the smart move?

PonyExpress · 09-06-2006, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by patsox23

It's not. It's stati.

Status, us: a fourth declension noun whose plural nominative and accusative forms are "status" (long u). There isn't even an "i" form except as an abbreviation for the genetive.

patsox23 · 09-06-2006, 01:50 PM

-us, -i, -o, -um, -o

-i, -orum, -is, -os, -is

PonyExpress · 09-06-2006, 02:51 PM

That's second declension. "Status" is a fourth declension noun: us, us, ui, um, u// us, uum, ibus, us, ibus.

***Patriotic*** · 09-06-2006, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by PonyExpress

That's second declension. "Status" is a fourth declension noun: us, us, ui, um, u// us, uum, ibus, us, ibus.

Does this mean our Latin players won't play on Sunday due to injury??

Que mal!

patsox23 · 09-06-2006, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PonyExpress

That's second declension. "Status" is a fourth declension noun: us, us, ui, um, u// us, uum, ibus, us, ibus.

Huh. Interesting. Thanks for the lesson, pony. I haven't taken Latin since 9th grade.

Back to the topic - Eric McHugh does a good job and this is an interesting article.

***patchick*** · 09-06-2006, 03:44 PM

This thread should stand as a model for all the Latin grammar discussions on this board. Good, respecful debate with a lot of useful concrete information.