A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Vir, gen. sg. viri (s.m.II), abl. sg. viro, gen. pl. virorum, of men: a man, a (mature, adult) male person (i.e. not a boy); “a man (of courage, principle or honor, one who deserves the name of a man” (Lewis & Short); “the condition of being a man, manhood. … one possessing manly virtures, a true man” (Glare); human beings; opp. femina,-ae (s.f.I), a woman, a female person; cf. mas, gen. sg. maris (s.m.III), ‘a male,’ applied to people, plants and animals; = Gk. anEr (s.m.III), gen.sg. andros: a man; as opp. femina,-ae (s.f.I), a woman, a female person; as opp. to homo,-inis (s.m.III), a human being (gender neutral); see andr-, andro-;

   vir, gen. sg. viri (s.m.II)   
        singular           plural

  Nom.  vir               viri   
  Gen.  viri               virorum   
  Dat.   viro              viris   
  Acc.   virum           viros  
  Abl.   viro               viris

- viri inclytissimi Brasiliensium, men the most famous of those of Brazil.

- VIRIS CLARISSIMIS DE STUDIIS BRYOLOGICIS NOSTRIS MERITISSIMIS G. KUNZE ET D. F. L. DE SCLECHTENDAL HANC SYNOPSIN MUSCORUM FRONDOSORUM D. D. D. gratus auctor (C. Muell.), the grateful author gave and dedicated as a gift to our most meritorious, most eminent men in the matter of bryological studies, G. Kunze and D. F. L. de Schlechtendal, this synopsis of the leafy mosses.

- perquam officiose dedicat & plurimam Salutem vovet Joannes Raius HANC Plantarum Historiam Praenobili Viro D. CAROLO HATTON; John Ray wishes [him] the greatest good health and with the highest courtesy dedicates this [natural] history of plants to the celebrated man, Lord D. [Dominus] Carolus Hatton.

NOTE: V.C., VC.: vir clarissimus, a man most illustrious; see clarus,-a,-um (adj.A).