Atlai Or Atlases? Vote Now!
#61
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:03 PM
#62
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:03 PM
#64
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:09 PM
I am pretty sure it would be "ALTLI" anyway.
#65
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:09 PM
SakuranoSenshi, on 01 August 2012 - 09:58 PM, said:
Not to be pedantic, but Atlantes is the pluralization of atlant (also known as atlas), which is a pillar in the form of a man.
It's an architectural term, and using the pluralization of atlant for the proper noun Atlas is still incorrect.
So how do we pluralize a proper name like Atlas? The answer is debatable because no prior usage exists.
Ultimately Atlases wins out because it's grammatically correct in both English and Greek.
#66
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:10 PM
Atlases of course. Pretty sure that's even in the canon somewhere..
#68
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:12 PM
Gendou, on 01 August 2012 - 10:09 PM, said:
It's an architectural term, and using the pluralization of atlant for the proper noun Atlas is still incorrect.
So how do we pluralize a proper name like Atlas? The answer is debatable because no prior usage exists.
Ultimately Atlases wins out because it's grammatically correct in both English and Greek.
No, sorry, you're not being pedantic, you're being wrong. It's the plural and that's because the stem of Atlas is Atlant-. In any case but the nominative and vocative, it adds the case ending to that stem.
That plural works in English, not in (Ancient) Greek.
"A little knowledge..." ;-)
Edited by SakuranoSenshi, 01 August 2012 - 10:13 PM.
#69
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:12 PM
#70
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:16 PM
If someone feels it is not enough why then you are always welcome to view the numbers first hand in the battlefield and see for your self.
#71
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:17 PM
#72
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:19 PM
#73
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:21 PM
The plural of Atlas is Atlas.
What is the plural of Abrams (tank)?
One Abrams. Two Abrams.
One Atlas. Two Atlas.
Two Dire Wolf
Two Timberwolf
Two Hunchback
Thirty Five Thunder Hawk
Edited by Damocles, 01 August 2012 - 10:21 PM.
#75
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:24 PM
YES
no wait NO
NO?
#76
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:24 PM
SakuranoSenshi, on 01 August 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:
First of all, Atlantes seems to be using a Latin pluralization rather than Greek.
Second, how is this not the nominative case? I guess I could see arguing accusative if we were talking about piloting the Atlases...
#77
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:29 PM
It's Atlas'
the ' denoting plural
#79
Posted 01 August 2012 - 10:30 PM
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