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What is the plural of "horcrux"?

Is there a general rule about words ending in "-ux"?

If so what? And are there exceptions?
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potterarchy | 1 year, 11 months ago
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It is "Horcruxes," via JK Rowling herself. If you're going by Latin rules, however, it should be "Horcrēs" ("-rēs" rhymes with "bees"), as in the nominative singular "lūx" ("light") and its plural "lūcēs" ("lights").

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honey_girl | 1 year, 11 months ago
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@Potterarchy took my answer ;) Couldn't have said it better myself!

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philipy | 1 year, 11 months ago Report

I added a separate question for listing words ending in -ux.

Words of any origin and part of speech count in that list.

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/what-english-words-end-in-ux

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potterarchy | 1 year, 11 months ago Report

You wouldn't happen to know anything about the exceptions @philipy was asking about, would you? My Latin knowledge doesn't go quite that far...

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neon22 | 1 year, 11 months ago Report

Tux as in tuxedo
Benelux - not that there will ever be more than one of those :-)

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philipy | 1 year, 11 months ago Report

If you can even think of other nouns in English that end in -ux that would be nice. :)

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potterarchy | 1 year, 11 months ago Report

@neon22: "Tuxedo" is actually from "Tuxedo Park" in New York, where a tuxedo was first worn in 1886. The "tuxedo" in "Tuxedo Park" most likely comes from Algonquian, not Latin. "Benelux" comes from the combination of "Belgium," "Netherlands," and "Luxembourg" (and the "Luxembourg" isn't Latin either, technically it comes from the Luxembourgish "Lëtzebuerg").

Sorry to rain on your parade, just wanted to clarify those. :)

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