 It is standard meaning the form of money, where it derives from the Latin singular ablative in the phrase "in specie".Colloquial usages based in a humorous fashion on the second declension include "Elvii" (better Latin would be "Elvēs" or Elvidēs) to refer to multiple Elvis impersonators and "Loti", used by petrolheads to refer to Lotus automobiles in the plural.Some Greek plurals are preserved in English ("cf."