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See also: -virus, Virus, virüs, vírus, vīrus, and vīruss
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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Wikispecies has information on:
The virions that carry the Marburg virus

Etymology

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From Middle English virus, from Latin vīrus (“poison, slime, venom”), via rhotacism from Proto-Italic *weizos, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“fluidity, slime, poison”). First use in the computer context by David Gerrold in his 1972 book When HARLIE Was One.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: vīʹrəs, IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.ɹəs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪɹəs

Noun

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virus (countable and uncountable, plural viruses or (rare) virusses or (rare) vira or (proscribed) viri or (proscribed) virii or (rare, nonstandard) virus)

  2. A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:virus
    • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 64:
      Viruses are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.
    • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
      Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
    1. A species thereof.
      Meronym: virion (individual particle)
      Some viruses, such as norovirus, cause sporadic outbreaks of gastroenteritis.
    2. (occasionally proscribed) An individual particle thereof: synonym of virion.
      Under electron microscopy, a few viruses were seen floating near the cells.
  3. (uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse.
    Not much virus was detectable on a nucleic acid test; the viral load was very low.
  4. (informal, metonymic) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
    He's got a virus and had to stay home from school.
  5. (archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
    • 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, The Slum:
      Brazil, that inferno where every budding flower and every buzzing bluebottle fly bears a lascivious virus.
  6. (computing) A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
  7. (computing, proscribed) Any type of malware.
  8. (figurative) Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another.
    • 2011, Pat Mesiti, The $1 Million Reason to Change Your Mind:
      I am tired of the mind viruses that are crippling people living in the western world — especially in my own nation. Sadly, Australia is becoming known as a nation of whingers.

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Computing
Virology

Derived terms

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Virology

Descendants

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Translations

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Verb

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virus (third-person singular simple present viruses, present participle virusing, simple past and past participle virused)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) To send or infect an electronic device with a computer virus.
    I'm just going to virus anyone who tries cheating on this game.

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Further reading

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin vīrus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɾus/ [ˈbi.ɾus]
  • Rhymes: -iɾus
  • Syllabification: vi‧rus

Noun

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virus m (plural virus)

  1. virus

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin vīrus.

Noun

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virus (definite accusative virusu, plural viruslar)

  1. (medicine) virus
  2. (computing) computer virus

Declension

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Declension of virus
singular plural
nominative virusviruslar
definite accusative virusuvirusları
dative virusaviruslara
locative virusdaviruslarda
ablative virusdanviruslardan
definite genitive virusunvirusların
Possessive forms of virus
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) virusum viruslarım
sənin (“your”) virusun virusların
onun (“his/her/its”) virusu virusları
bizim (“our”) virusumuz viruslarımız
sizin (“your”) virusunuz viruslarınız
onların (“their”) virusu or virusları virusları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) virusumu viruslarımı
sənin (“your”) virusunu viruslarını
onun (“his/her/its”) virusunu viruslarını
bizim (“our”) virusumuzu viruslarımızı
sizin (“your”) virusunuzu viruslarınızı
onların (“their”) virusunu or viruslarını viruslarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) virusuma viruslarıma
sənin (“your”) virusuna viruslarına
onun (“his/her/its”) virusuna viruslarına
bizim (“our”) virusumuza viruslarımıza
sizin (“your”) virusunuza viruslarınıza
onların (“their”) virusuna or viruslarına viruslarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) virusumda viruslarımda
sənin (“your”) virusunda viruslarında
onun (“his/her/its”) virusunda viruslarında
bizim (“our”) virusumuzda viruslarımızda
sizin (“your”) virusunuzda viruslarınızda
onların (“their”) virusunda or viruslarında viruslarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) virusumdan viruslarımdan
sənin (“your”) virusundan viruslarından
onun (“his/her/its”) virusundan viruslarından
bizim (“our”) virusumuzdan viruslarımızdan
sizin (“your”) virusunuzdan viruslarınızdan
onların (“their”) virusundan or viruslarından viruslarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) virusumun viruslarımın
sənin (“your”) virusunun viruslarının
onun (“his/her/its”) virusunun viruslarının
bizim (“our”) virusumuzun viruslarımızın
sizin (“your”) virusunuzun viruslarınızın
onların (“their”) virusunun or viruslarının viruslarının

Further reading

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  • “virus” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vīrus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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virus m (invariable)

  1. virus

Hyponyms

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Cornish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English virus, from Latin vīrus, from Proto-Italic *weizos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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virus m (plural virusys)

  1. virus

References

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  • “virus” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 190

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian вирус (virus).

Noun

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virus

  1. (virology) virus

Declension

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Declension of virus
singular plural
nominative virus viruslar
genitive virusnıñ viruslarnıñ
dative virusqa viruslarğa
accusative virusnı viruslarnı
locative virusta viruslarda
ablative virustan viruslardan

References

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wisós
Proto-Italic *weizos
Latin vīrusbor.
Czech virus

    Borrowed from Latin vīrus.

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    Noun

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    virus m inan

    1. (virology) virus (a submicroscopic, non-cellular structure)
    2. (computing) virus (a type of computer malware)

    Declension

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    Declension of virus (hard masculine inanimate foreign)
    singular plural
    nominative virus viry, virusy
    genitive viru, virusu virů, virusů
    dative viru, virusu virům, virusům
    accusative virus viry, virusy
    vocative vire, viruse viry, virusy
    locative viru, virusu virech, virusech
    instrumental virem, virusem viry, virusy
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    verbs

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    Danish

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    Etymology

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    From Latin vīrus.

    Noun

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    virus c or n (singular definite virussen or virusset, plural indefinite virus or virusser or vira, plural definite virussene or virusserne or viraene)

    1. virus

    Dutch

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    Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia nl

    Etymology

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    From Latin vīrus. Coined in the virological sense by Martinus Beijerinck; the word had been previously used for pathogens, although not for viruses in the modern sense. The computing sense derives from English virus.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈviː.rʏs/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: vi‧rus

    Noun

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    virus n (plural virussen, diminutive virusje n)

    1. (microbiology) virus
    2. (computer science) virus (computer virus)

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    Like most Latin borrowings, this word kept its original Latin gender (neuter); it is one of the few Dutch words ending in -us which is not masculine; cf. also corpus and opus. Marginally, use as a masculine noun is sometimes erroneously encountered, indeed based on the ending.

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    Finnish

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    Etymology

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    From Latin vīrus.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈʋirus/, [ˈʋirus̠]
    • IPA(key): /ˈʋiːrus/, [ˈʋiːrus̠] (proscribed)
    • Rhymes: -irus
    • Syllabification(key): vi‧rus
    • Hyphenation(key): vi‧rus

    Noun

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    virus

    1. (medicine, countable, uncountable) virus
      Viruksen voi nähdä pyyhkäisyelektronimikroskoopilla. ― You can see a virus with a scanning electron microscope.
      Onko marjoissa norovirusta? ― Is there norovirus in berries?
    2. (computer security, countable) virus, computer virus
      Huomio! Tietokoneeseesi on tunkeutunut virus. ― Attention! A virus has invaded you computer.

    Declension

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    Inflection of virus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
    nominative virus virukset
    genitive viruksen virusten
    viruksien
    partitive virusta viruksia
    illative virukseen viruksiin
    singular plural
    nominative virus virukset
    accusative nom. virus virukset
    gen. viruksen
    genitive viruksen virusten
    viruksien
    partitive virusta viruksia
    inessive viruksessa viruksissa
    elative viruksesta viruksista
    illative virukseen viruksiin
    adessive viruksella viruksilla
    ablative virukselta viruksilta
    allative virukselle viruksille
    essive viruksena viruksina
    translative virukseksi viruksiksi
    abessive viruksetta viruksitta
    instructive — viruksin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of virus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative virukseni virukseni
    accusative nom. virukseni virukseni
    gen. virukseni
    genitive virukseni virusteni
    viruksieni
    partitive virustani viruksiani
    inessive viruksessani viruksissani
    elative viruksestani viruksistani
    illative virukseeni viruksiini
    adessive viruksellani viruksillani
    ablative virukseltani viruksiltani
    allative virukselleni viruksilleni
    essive viruksenani viruksinani
    translative viruksekseni viruksikseni
    abessive viruksettani viruksittani
    instructive — —
    comitative — viruksineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative viruksesi viruksesi
    accusative nom. viruksesi viruksesi
    gen. viruksesi
    genitive viruksesi virustesi
    viruksiesi
    partitive virustasi viruksiasi
    inessive viruksessasi viruksissasi
    elative viruksestasi viruksistasi
    illative virukseesi viruksiisi
    adessive viruksellasi viruksillasi
    ablative virukseltasi viruksiltasi
    allative viruksellesi viruksillesi
    essive viruksenasi viruksinasi
    translative virukseksesi viruksiksesi
    abessive viruksettasi viruksittasi
    instructive — —
    comitative — viruksinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative viruksemme viruksemme
    accusative nom. viruksemme viruksemme
    gen. viruksemme
    genitive viruksemme virustemme
    viruksiemme
    partitive virustamme viruksiamme
    inessive viruksessamme viruksissamme
    elative viruksestamme viruksistamme
    illative virukseemme viruksiimme
    adessive viruksellamme viruksillamme
    ablative virukseltamme viruksiltamme
    allative viruksellemme viruksillemme
    essive viruksenamme viruksinamme
    translative virukseksemme viruksiksemme
    abessive viruksettamme viruksittamme
    instructive — —
    comitative — viruksinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative viruksenne viruksenne
    accusative nom. viruksenne viruksenne
    gen. viruksenne
    genitive viruksenne virustenne
    viruksienne
    partitive virustanne viruksianne
    inessive viruksessanne viruksissanne
    elative viruksestanne viruksistanne
    illative virukseenne viruksiinne
    adessive viruksellanne viruksillanne
    ablative virukseltanne viruksiltanne
    allative viruksellenne viruksillenne
    essive viruksenanne viruksinanne
    translative virukseksenne viruksiksenne
    abessive viruksettanne viruksittanne
    instructive — —
    comitative — viruksinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative viruksensa viruksensa
    accusative nom. viruksensa viruksensa
    gen. viruksensa
    genitive viruksensa virustensa
    viruksiensa
    partitive virustaan
    virustansa     		viruksiaan
    viruksiansa
    inessive viruksessaan
    viruksessansa     		viruksissaan
    viruksissansa
    elative viruksestaan
    viruksestansa     		viruksistaan
    viruksistansa
    illative virukseensa viruksiinsa
    adessive viruksellaan
    viruksellansa     		viruksillaan
    viruksillansa
    ablative virukseltaan
    virukseltansa     		viruksiltaan
    viruksiltansa
    allative virukselleen
    viruksellensa     		viruksilleen
    viruksillensa
    essive viruksenaan
    viruksenansa     		viruksinaan
    viruksinansa
    translative viruksekseen
    virukseksensa     		viruksikseen
    viruksiksensa
    abessive viruksettaan
    viruksettansa     		viruksittaan
    viruksittansa
    instructive — —
    comitative — viruksineen
    viruksinensa

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    French

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin vīrus.

      Pronunciation

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      virus m (invariable)

      1. virus

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      Galician

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      Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *wisós
      Proto-Italic *weizos
      Latin vīruslbor.
      Galician virus

        Learned borrowing from Latin vīrus (“poison, slime, venom”).

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        virus m (invariable)

        1. virus (pathogen)
        2. computer virus

        Indonesian

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        Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia id

        Etymology

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        Borrowed from Dutch virus, from Latin vīrus (“poison, slime, venom”), via rhotacism from Proto-Italic *weizos, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“fluidity, slime, poison”). Doublet of bisa. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English virus.

        Pronunciation

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        virus (plural virus-virus)

        1. virus; a type of submicroscopic infectious organism
        2. virus (in quantity)
          Synonym: (uncommon) virus utuh
        3. (metonymic) virus, viral illness
        4. (computing) virus; a type of spreading malware
        5. (computing, colloquial) virus; any type of malware
          Synonym: perangkat pembahaya
        6. (figurative) any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another.

        Hyponyms

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        Computing
        Virology

        Derived terms

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        • bervirus (“viral, containing virus”)
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        Interlingua

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        Noun

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        virus (plural viruses)

        1. virus
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        Italian

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        Etymology

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          Borrowed from Latin vīrus.

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          • IPA(key): /ˈvi.rus/
          • Rhymes: -irus
          • Hyphenation: vì‧rus

          Noun

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          virus m (invariable)

          1. (virology) virus

          Further reading

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          • virus in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

          Ladino

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          Noun

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          virus m

          1. virus
            • 2018 February 7, Dora Niyego, “El Antisemitizmo De Oy”, in Şalom‎[4]:
              El antisemitizmo es un prejudizio, komo un virus.
              Antisemitism is a prejudice, like a virus.

          Latin

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          Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
          Wikipedia la

          Etymology

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            Via rhotacism from Proto-Italic *weizos, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“fluidity, slime, poison”). Cognates include Sanskrit विष (viṣá), Ancient Greek ἰός (iós, “poison”), Tocharian B wase, and Middle Irish fí. The neuter gender, despite its nominative singular ending -us being typical of the masculine second declension, is possibly a relic of this term's inheritance from a neuter s-stem.[1]

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            vīrus n sg (genitive vīrī); second declension

            1. venom (a poisonous substance secreted by animals or plants)
              Synonym: venēnum
            2. a plant- or animal-sourced substance with medicinal or magical properties
            3. a liquid element that makes something taste or smell bitter or acrid
              1. (transferred sense) bitterness, acrimony (of speech, manner or disposition)
            4. (New Latin) a virus (infectious organism)

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            • In Classical Latin, forms other than the nominative/accusative singular are rarely used.[1][2] Some Late Latin grammarians such as Pseudo-Probus and Servius treat vīrus as a defective indeclinable noun with only three cases (nominative/accusative/vocative), implying that the genitive, dative, and ablative singular inflected forms had become obsolete in their time.[3][4] Martianus Capella and Priscian describe it as indeclinable without specifying in which cases it is used.[5][6] An alternative genitive singular form vīrus or vīrūs is attested in the 4th-century author Ammianus Marcellinus.[7] Some New Latin authors use the full inflection paradigm with plural forms shown below.

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            Second-declension noun (neuter, nominative/accusative/vocative in -us), singular only.

            singular
            nominative vīrus
            genitive vīrī
            dative vīrō
            accusative vīrus
            ablative vīrō
            vocative vīrus

            In New Latin, sometimes declined as a second declension noun (neuter, nominative/accusative/vocative in -us), with plural.[8]

            singular plural
            nominative vīrus vīra
            genitive vīrī vīrōrum
            dative vīrō vīrīs
            accusative vīrus vīra
            ablative vīrō vīrīs
            vocative vīrus vīra

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            References

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            1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vīrus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 682-683
            2. ^ “uīrus” on page 2074 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
            3. ^ Pseudo-Probus (c. 4th century AD), Heinrich Keil, editor, Grammatici Latini: Probi Donati Servii, published 1864, page 21: “pus et virus tres casus tantum recipiunt, in numero tantum modo singulari declinantur, hoc pus vel virus, o pus vel virus ― 'pus' and 'virus' only take three cases. They are declined only in the singular number: 'hoc pus' or '[hoc] virus' [nominative/accusative], 'o pus' or '[o] virus' [vocative]”
            4. ^ Servius (c. 4th-5th century A.D.), Georgius Thilo, editor, Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii Bucolica et Georgica commentarii, Teubner, published 1887, page 163: “sane 'virus' hodie tres tantum habet casus: 'hoc virus, hoc virus, o virus'. antiqui 'huius viri' dicebant: Lucretius "taetri primordia viri". ― Indeed "virus" today has only three cases: 'hoc virus [nominative], hoc virus [accusative], o virus [vocative]'. The ancients used to say "huius viri' [genitive]: Lucretius "taetri primordia viri".”
            5. ^ Martianus Capella (c. 410–420 AD), Ulrich Friedrich Kopp, editor, De nuptiis philologiae, et Mercurii, et de septem artibus liberalibus libri novem, published 1836, page 309: “S litera precedente V duae species sunt. Prima, quae in I genitivum agit, et pluralem non habet, ut vulgus, pelagus; virus Lucretius viri dicit, quamquam rectius inflexum maneat. ― With the letter S preceding V, there are two types. The first, which makes a genitive in I, and does not have a plural, such as vulgus, pelagus; [from] virus Lucretius says "viri", although more correctly it would remain uninflected.”
            6. ^ Priscian (c. 500 AD), Institutiones Grammaticae: “Excipitur virus, quod quidam indeclinabile, quidam secundae declinationis esse voluerunt secundum Lucretium, qui sic protulit: "liquit enim supera taetri vestigia viri" idem "concoctosque suo contractas perdere viro".”
            7. ^ Karl Ernst Georges (1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, page 3515
            8. ^ William T. Stearn, Botanical Latin. History, Grammar, Syntax, Terminology and Vocabulary, ed. 3a (David & Charles, 1983): "Virus: virus (s.n. II), gen. sing. viri, nom. pl. vira, gen. pl. vīrorum (to be distinguished from virorum, of men)."

            Further reading

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            • "virus", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
            • "virus". in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
            • "virus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
            • "virus", in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
            • “uīrus” on page 2286 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

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            Etymology

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            (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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            virus n (plural virusse, diminutive viruske)

            1. (virology) virus (infectious organism)
            2. (computing) virus (infectious software)

            References

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            • “virus”, in D'n Dictionair‎[5] (overall work in English, Dutch, and Limburgish), Limburgish Academy, 2007-present

            Lithuanian

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            Pronunciation

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            • IPA(key): [ˈʋʲɪrʊs]
            • Rhymes: -ɪrʊs
            • Syllabification: vi̇̀‧rus

            Participle

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            vi̇̀rus

            1. active adverbial past half-participle of vi̇̀rti

            Malay

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            Etymology

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            From English virus, from Latin vīrus, from rhotacism from Proto-Italic *weizos.

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            virus (plural virus-virus)

            1. virus:
              1. (biology, virology) A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism; such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms.

            Northern Sami

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            virus

            1. virus

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            Odd, no gradation
            Nominative virus
            Genitive virusa
            Singular Plural
            Nominative virus virusat
            Accusative virusa virusiid
            Genitive virusa virusiid
            Illative virusii virusiidda
            Locative virusis virusiin
            Comitative virusiin virusiiguin
            Essive virusin
            Possessive forms
            Singular Dual Plural
            1st person virusan viruseamẹ viruseamẹt
            2nd person virusat viruseattẹ viruseattẹt
            3rd person virusis viruseaskkạ viruseasẹt

            Norwegian Bokmål

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            Wikipedia no

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            From Latin vīrus.

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            virus n (definite singular viruset, indefinite plural virus, definite plural virusa or virusene)

            1. (biology, virology) virus
            2. (computing) virus (computer virus) (see datavirus)

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            Norwegian Nynorsk

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            Wikipedia nn

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            From Latin virus.

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            virus n (definite singular viruset, indefinite plural virus, definite plural virusa)

            1. (biology, virology) virus
            2. (computing) virus (computer virus) (see datavirus)

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            Romanian

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            Etymology

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            Borrowed from French virus, Latin vīrus.

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            • IPA(key): /ˈvirus/
            • Rhymes: -irus
            • Hyphenation: vi‧rus

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            virus n (plural virusuri)

            1. (virology) virus (a submicroscopic, non-cellular structure)

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            singular plural
            indefinite definite indefinite definite
            nominative-accusative virus virusul virusuri virusurile
            genitive-dative virus virusului virusuri virusurilor
            vocative virusule virusurilor

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            virus m (plural viruși)

            1. (computing) virus (a type of computer malware)

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            singular plural
            indefinite definite indefinite definite
            nominative-accusative virus virusul viruși virușii
            genitive-dative virus virusului viruși virușilor
            vocative virusule virușilor

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            vírus m inan (Cyrillic spelling ви́рус)

            1. (medicine) virus (DNA/RNA causing disease)
            2. (computing) computer virus

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            Declension of virus
            singular plural
            nominative virus virusi
            genitive virusa virusa
            dative virusu virusima
            accusative virus viruse
            vocative viruse virusi
            locative virusu virusima
            instrumental virusom virusima

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            Etymology tree
            Proto-Indo-European *wisós
            Proto-Italic *weizos
            Latin vīrusbor.
            Spanish virus

              Borrowed from Latin vīrus.

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              virus m (plural virus)

              1. virus
                • 2023 August 22, Jamie Gumbrecht, “La FDA aprueba la primera vacuna para proteger a los recién nacidos del virus respiratorio sincitial”, in CNN en Español‎[6]:
                  La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) aprobó este lunes la primera vacuna que protege a los recién nacidos del virus respiratorio sincitial, conocido como RSV (por sus siglas en inglés).
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              2. computer virus

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              Swedish

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              From Latin vīrus.

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              virus n

              1. (biology, virology) virus
              2. (computing) computer virus
                Synonyms: datavirus, datorvirus

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              Declension of virus
              nominative genitive
              singular indefinite virus virus
              definite viruset virusets
              plural indefinite virus virus
              definite virusen virusens

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              Tagalog

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              Unadapted borrowing from English virus, from Latin vīrus. Doublet of bisa and birus. Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).

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              virus (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ or ᜊᜒᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

              1. (biology, virology) virus
                Synonyms: birus, (neologism) haykap
              2. (computing) computer virus

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              • “virus”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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