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What is the plural of deus ex machina?

Question #139701. Asked by serpa.
Last updated Mar 12 2015.
Originally posted Mar 11 2015 9:29 PM.

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samak
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samak
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dei ex machina or dei ex machinis or deus ex machinas
link http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deus_ex_machina

Mar 11 2015, 10:53 PM
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Dando star
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Dando star
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Dei(or di) ex machina.

The preposition "ex" is followed by the ablative case in Latin. Ablative singular of machina = machina, plural = machinis. The wiki source given above gives "machinas" as an alternative, but this is incorrect.

Di is just an alternative form of dei, the plural of deus.

Source : A Level Latin.

Mar 12 2015, 7:48 AM
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