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    What's the plural of the word 'equinox?'

    Question #29310. Asked by an alias. (Mar 08 03 5:08 PM)


    billfay

    		Assuming you mean 'equinox' as in 'Vernal Equinox' and Autumnal Equinox,' both m-w.com and World Almanac use 'equinoxes' for the plural.

    Mar 08 03, 5:27 PM
    mibmob

    		Technically it should be equinoces.

    Mar 08 03, 6:05 PM
    Gnomon

    		The plural would only be equinoces if you were talking in Latin. For most Latin words in English, you make the plural the same way as for any other word. For example, pendulums.

    Mar 08 03, 10:14 PM
    Tabby Tom

    		In any case, 'equinox' is not a classical Latin word. The Latin is aequinoctium (plural aequinoctia).

    Mar 09 03, 11:19 AM

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