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To: TXnMA

“Some people use the Latin plural, opera.”

That must be where I’m pulling it from the back of my mind: High school Latin. I knew I’d heard it’s “opera” at some point in time.


1,999 posted on 02/27/2019 11:34:46 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee ... I knew thee.")
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To: MayflowerMadam
Correct. Opus is Latin, third declension, neuter. The plural is opera.
2,000 posted on 02/27/2019 11:36:00 AM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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