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Offline Wandering Man

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Plural for Apis?
« on: April 23, 2017, 07:32:48 pm »
I posted on my FB page a pic of my Apiary, and someone asked where the Apes were.

I told him they were in the trees, hiding from the bees.

He suggested the bees were in the trees hiding from the apes.

I told him, no, I could see the apis, but not the apes.

Now I'm left wondering, Apisis? Apii?

What's the plural?
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Re: Plural for Apis?
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2017, 07:52:55 pm »
Got me! :D
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Re: Plural for Apis?
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2017, 08:55:47 pm »
Well that's embarrassing.

Seems the plural for Apis is Apes!   :eusa_doh:

http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/noun:apis

Seems I showed my ignorance on that one ... :sad:
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Re: Plural for Apis?
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2017, 09:01:37 pm »
On the other hand, maybe apis is already the plural for api:

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/apis
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