Re: [boost] Re: Threads: what I wrote...

From: Lois Goldthwaite (loisg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-08-09 06:52:17

And also lex -> leges. But what about index -> indices, codex -> codices?

Who says a classical education isn't useful?

Lois

Branko Èibej wrote:

> Branko Èibej wrote:
> >
> > William Kempf wrote:
> > > those I've already listed.  Mutexes (muti?  could someone really tell
> > > me what the plural form is?),
> >
> > There isn't one, at leas not the Latinish one you're looking for.
> > AFAIK there's no -ex postfix in Latin, at least for nouns,
>
> Arrgh, sorry, of course there are: rex->reges, ergo mutex->muteges.
> There! Now we can finally discuss this topic intelligently!
>
> > Sorry for being off-topicatious ...
> ... won't do it again.
>
>     Brane
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