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Subject:Re: CV [trivia, sort of] From:"Amber J. Gray" <AJGRAY -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 8 Mar 1995 11:42:06 -0500
Hi there!
Thought I would de-lurk for a moment to clear up a latin error.
Curriculum is a neuter noun.
Vita is a feminine noun. Its plural is vitae but its genitive (similar to
our possesive) is also vitae.
In translation, "curriculum vitae" means something like "course of life."
If this phrase is to be made plural curriculum should be curricula and vita
would be vitarum.
My Latin is pretty rusty, but in short, vitae is the correct (singular
genitive) modifier for the singular neuter curriculum.
