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--- Anton Sherwood skrzypszy: > > It's a pretty regular possessive of a place name: > > Universitas Bostoniensis; Archiediocesis > > Washingtoniensis; etc. > > Are you sure those are genitive? I read them as "Bostonese U., > Washingtonese AD."; a genitive of the city itself would more likely be > "-toniae" imho. (Or: -to: -tonis ;) ) No no, these are not genitives, but adjectives (of the -is type, like "fortis"). The conjugation would be: Nom. Universitas Bostoniensis Gen. Universitatis Bostoniensis Dat. Universitati Bostoniensi Acc. Universitatem Bostoniensem Abl. Universitate Bostoniense Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com