EPTHow to "correctly" say colossus - Page 5
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Mastermind
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Roe
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Coltossus Coltosis Cortosis Cartosis Artosis | ||
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Paradice
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Same as why we have the Maple Leafs, and not the Maple Leaves.... just because they have been named after something, they don't inherit all their grammar rules. | ||
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Blackk
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S.O.L.I.D.
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CodECleaR
United States395 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:53 MajorityofOne wrote: Plural of colossus: Colossoraptors, obviously BAHAHAHAH! Seriously though, Collossorum is win. | ||
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Phant
United States737 Posts
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/colossus They even have an audio clip! | ||
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:07 GGOda wrote: I as a Latin student get annoyed with how other people say colossus in different forms. When blizzard released that colossus was plural as colossi I thought this would stop the misuse of the word. But then i thought of how people said things like "The colossi's lazer beams" which is completely wrong. As Colossus is considered a Latin word i thought I would educate the Starcraft 2 community on how to "Correctly" say colossus.... The following terms are used in this explanation.... Nominative- the noun doing noun ie. subject Genitive- the Way to show ownership ie. Joey's Dative- indirect object form Accusative- Direct object form Ablative- used with non action prepositions (all action prepositions used with accusative) vocative- used as command ie colossus kill the zerglings Now for the analysis colossus is a masculine 2nd declension (way Latin uses to separate nouns) so.... Singular Nominative- Colossus Genitive- Colossi *i sounds like ee* Dative- Colosso *long o* Accusative- Colossum Ablative- Colosso *long o* vocative- Collosse *e like eh* Plural Nominative- Colossi *i sounds like ee* Genitive- Colossorum Dative- Colossis Accusative- Colossos *Long o* Ablative- Colossis vocative- colossi *i sounds like ee* Correct use of this would be as followed... "The Colossorum lazer beams" "The viking shot a missile at the Colosso" ect. ect. Thanks for reading and try to use the "Correct" way of saying Colossus... and for those who think its a joke and don't believe me look at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_declension I find this highly comical simply due to the fact that no one really cares exactly how its pronounced in latin .. when casters say collosi we pretty much understand what they mean.. and otherwise I could care less if we are butchering an old fairly dead language. Idk is this like an epic troll or are you for real? I CAN'T TELL | ||
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Mabilis
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Moletrap
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Darclite
United States1021 Posts
The conjugation in Ancient Greek would be: nom. sing. κολοσσός gen. sing. κολοσσοῦ dat. sing. κολοσσῷ acc. sing. κολοσσόν voc. sing. κολοσσέ nom. pl. κολοσσοί gen. pl. κολοσσῶν dat. pl. κολοσσοῖς acc. pl. κολοσσοῦς voc. pl. κολοσσοί *These are the Attic Greek forms, there may be slight changes in Doric and other forms. So It would be more like colossoi if we were being purists, but we shouldn't be. As words travel from language to language, they change. So it is irrelevant what it is in Latin, because we are speaking English, and the correct form in English is accepted as Colossus in the singular and Colossi in the plural. I've been a student of Ancient Greek (mega-nerd) for two years, and I thought this might show you that you shouldn't get annoyed at people who don't call a colossus a collosorum for a possessive, because words change through time. In case you don't believe me: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/κολοσσός#Ancient_Greek | ||
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
According to the American Heritage Dictionary it is Colossi, rhyming with "lie" or "pie", which is the way that Blizzard or whomever has chosen for it. Now Oxford English rhyming dictionary is showing both rhymes, Coloss(ee) and Coloss(i) as both correct. Overall, I will stick with Colossi as in pie, but thanks for the information! | ||
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Jonoman92
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boyle
United States134 Posts
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gamecrazy
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DarKcS
Australia1237 Posts
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MaxField
United States2386 Posts
On April 16 2011 11:08 GGOda wrote: ok... s Nom- Nexus Gen- Nexi Dat- Nexo acc- nexum Abl- Nexo voc-Nexe Pl Nom-nexi gen-nexorum dat- nexis acc- nexos abl- nexis voc- nexi Bro you are just blowing my mind, i am going to need for you to do the same thing with Hydralisk, Protoss, and TSL. | ||
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Okiesmokie
Canada379 Posts
On April 16 2011 11:20 DrGreen wrote: In Polish every word have 7+ forms. Funny that americans can't remember 7 forms of one word. And yet you couldn't remember the form 'has'  | ||
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