>Interesting. When I learned Latin, myself some 30-odd years ago, it was noun - adj., as in:
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>"Pueri in herba longa sunt cum puellis pulchris".

So there's nothing odd with either order, then. I still think it's "magnum opus" :).

>Also, we were of the "waney weedy winchy" school of pronunciation. How about you?

Our old professor (who retired next year) gave us a brief tour of the classic pronunciation (caesar - kaisar, cicero - kikero, poena - poyna), and then we just learned the traditional, which is as it's pronounced by Italian clergy. So, vehny, vihdy, vintzy.