Editing Italian grammar (section)

===Irregular plurals===
There are a few genuine irregular plurals in Italian (''[[:it:plurali irregolari|plurali irregolari]]''). Most of these were introduced in Vulgar Latin, but some derive from irregular Latin plurals. Examples include:
*{{lang|it|uomo / uomini}} ('man'/'men'; Latin {{lang|la|homo / homines }})
*{{lang|it|il dio / gli dei}} ('god(s)'; note also the irregularity in the article: ''gli'' instead of ''i'')
*{{lang|it|bue / buoi}} ('ox(en)'; Latin {{lang|la|bovem / boves}})
*{{lang|it|tempio / templi}} ('temple(s)'; the plural retains the ''l'' from Vulgar Latin {{lang|la|templi}}<ref>In Classical Latin, the word is neuter: ''templum / templa''. However, in Vulgar Latin the neuter gender gradually eroded as more and more words migrated to the other genders. The earliest evidence for a masculine version of ''templum'' in Vulgar Latin comes from the Late Latin [[Codex Bezae]] (circa 400) where we read [https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-NN-00002-00041/664 'quiaegodestruamhunctemplum'] where in the Vulgata we read 'Ego dissolvam templum hoc' (''Evangelium secundum Marcum'' 14.58). The nominative singular is unattested, but judging from other attested neuter nouns turned masculine, it would presumably have been [[Asterisk#Historical linguistics|*]]''templus''. See ''An Introduction to Vulgar Latin'' by Charles Hall Grandgent, p. 145, and ''Itala und Vulgata'' by Hermann Rönsch, p. 266.</ref> in order to distinguish it from {{lang|la|tempi}}, the plural of {{lang|la|tempo}}; the ''l'' is lost in the singular)