... but it still has not helped me answer this question:

What is the plural of alma mater? Does the designation apply to graduate schools one attended? (So one could in fact have more than one of them?)

From: [identity profile] joedecker.livejournal.com


On the other hand, there are a lot of on-line cites for "almas mater". (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%22almas+mater%22&btnG=Search)

From: [identity profile] joedecker.livejournal.com


...and almae matres (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%22Almae+matres%22&btnG=Search)

From: [identity profile] hobbitbabe.livejournal.com


I believe that is the correct Latin plural - alma is an adjective so it needs to agree with the noun. If that is not correct, I'll check with the more recent Latin scholar at our house and comment.

From: [identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com


Yes, that's what I was going to recommend too. Matres is the plural of mater, and alma pluralizes as almae.
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