“Millennium” is singular, ergo a singularity, and so the plural of that implies many singularities, a separation and discontinuity of eras.
“Millennia” is plural in and of itself, and implies continuity, an uninterrupted era.
So, “millennia” is the term the author should have chosen, and would have, if he had any grasp of Latin.
Millennia is plural in and of itself, and implies continuity, an uninterrupted era.
So, millennia is the term the author should have chosen, and would have, if he had any grasp of Latin.
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