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Thread #113728   Message #2420544
Posted By: Richard Bridge
23-Aug-08 - 03:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: Roman Coffins Found at Newcastle
Subject: RE: BS: Roman Coffins Found at Newcastle
Surely if the root of the word sarcophagus (a corrupted "os" ending) is ancient Greek then the plural should be sarcophagoi. My classics master at school was most insistent about the plural of "discus" being "discoi".