[Ads-l] origin of the term "coronavirus"

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Fri Mar 20 15:29:20 UTC 2020


JL:  << "Quid, me anxius sum?"  - Alfr. E. Neumannus >>
WB: Căvē vīrus Vǔhànense!  Mĕtŭēte, maxŭmē mĕtŭēte!  (Ait nēmō numquam.)
Wǔhàn 武漢/武汉: wǔ 'warlike, martial' + hàn 'Chinese'
Quite possibly, Victor Davis Hanson & I are alone in thinking that the (nom
/acc) plural of <vīrus> is <vīra>.

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