The Mellotron Group

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "feline1973" <feline1@...> wrote:
>
> As I'm sure the boys would have learnt at Charterhouse school, 
> Latin nouns ending in "-um" are usually 2nd declension neuter, 
> and would change their ending to "-a" in the plural of the vocative case
> (which would be the case when yelling "HERECLEUM MANTIGAZZIANA!!" at them)
> 
> "-i" is the genitive singular? Perhaps this was a subtle linguistic pun, using a Latin form of "grocer's apostrophe". 
> 
> Having said that, I doubt any word with a double z in it is authentic classical Latin to begin with!
> 
> KILL ME!

Phew! thanks for making that (somewhat) clear. Glad I didn't write "Romanes Eunt Dommus."

Jim Bailey