phoenices
SayFEE-ni-seezUS/ˈfinɪˌsiz/UK/ˈfiːnɪsiːz/
- 1Plural of phoenix. Rare; the usual plural is phoenixes.
The collector owns two silver phoenices struck for the young Greek state.
Both companies proved to be phoenices, revived years after everyone had written them off.
Note
The plural follows the Latin pattern that turns -ix into -ices, as appendix becomes appendices. It earns its place where there can be more than one: the silver coins Greece used from 1828 to 1832, the birds of Chinese myth, or companies reborn after ruin. The bird of the burning pyre is the only one of its kind, so on its own terms it has no plural.
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