Ita vero, et deinde correctoribus indico declinationes figurarum octopi atque platypi re vera e

     Ita vero, et deinde correctoribus indico declinationes figurarum octopi atque platypi re vera excusatas esse, quia non solum Romani ipsi elemento derivato e lingua Graeca -pus secundum declinationem secundam nonnumquam usi sint, ut Oedipi (Oedipus), coronopum (coronopus), polyporum (polypus), sed etiam ille Homerus ipse et alii poetae elemento Graeco -πους nonnumquam usi sint quoque secundum declinationem Linguae Graecae secundam, ut τρίπος (τρίπους), πουλύπου (πολύπους).  Neque quicquam est dicere nullas attestationes figurarum octopi atque platypi esse.  Quamquam fortasse figuris ὀκτώποδες atque πλατύποδες Graeci usi sunt, attestationibus figurarum octopodes atque platypodes egemus, etiamsi hae figurae exempla declinationum habent.  Octopi atque platypi exempla declinationum, ut vidimus.  Ergo, si octopodes atque platypodes correctae sunt, octopi atque platypi esse correctae quoque debent.     Figura syllabi quoque bene est.  Quamquam ea mendum pro sittybas facta est, nunc hac figura Lingua Neolatina perfecte bona figura plurali utitur.     Et denique ignorami bene est.  Ignoramos oportet scire scriptorem Georgium Ruggle, qui fabulam nomine Ignoramus scripserit, figura verbali ignoramus nomine substantivo secundum declinationem secundam usum esse: Ignoramus, Ignorami.  Ergo, ignoramus et figura verbalis Latina et nomen substantivum Neolatinum est.     Yes, and then I point out to the correctors that the inflections of octopi and platypi are in fact justified, because not only did the Romans themselves sometimes use the Greek-derived element -pus according to the second declension, as Oedipi (Oedipus), coronopum (coronopus), polyporum (polypus), but also the great Homer himself and the other poets sometimes used the Greek element -πους according to Greek’s second declension, as τρίπος (τρίπους), πουλύπου (πολύπους).  And there is no use in saying that there are no attestations of the forms octopi and platypi.  Although the Greeks perhaps used ὀκτώποδες and πλατύποδες, we lack attestations of the forms octopodes and platypodes, even if these forms have inflectional precedent.  Octopi and platypi also have inflectional precedent, as we have seen.  Therefore, if octopodes and platypodes are correct, octopi and platypi should also be correct.     The form syllabi is also fine.  Although it came about as an error for sittybas, now Neo-Latin uses this form as a perfectly good plural form.     And finally, ignorami is fine.  Ignorami should know that the writer George Ruggle, who wrote the play Ignoramus, used the verb form ignoramus as a noun of the second declension: Ignoramus, Ignorami.  Therefore, ignoramus is both a Latin verb form and a Neo-Latin noun. -- source link

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