From: Anton Sherwood (dasher@netcom.com)
Date: Thu Dec 11 1997 - 19:32:09 MST
: > >>the new Toyota Prion
: >
: > Oops: I meant the Toyota *Prius*
:
: Interesting typo. Been studying Latin lately and got your genders
: mixed up, or did you just have microbiology in mind?
They're both neuter if anything.
_prius_ is the neuter (or adverbial) form of _prior_;
_prion_ is an invented word with a Greek neuter suffix.
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