Re: There's no such word as `virii'

From: scerir (scerir@libero.it)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 15:09:38 MDT

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> But then what did the latin word mean?
> -- Charles Hixson

"virus" (from "visham", Sanskrit) means "poison"
["viria", plural, seems possible]

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