plerique

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pleːˈriː.kʷe/, [pɫ̪eːˈriːkʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pleˈri.kwe/, [pleˈriːkwe]

Etymology 1

A substantivisation of the masculine plural forms of the adjective plērusque.

Noun

plērīque m pl (genitive plērōrumque or plērōrunque); second declension

1. (with specific referents) most of them
2. (of people generally) most people, most men, the majority

Declension

Second-declension noun (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	plērīque
Genitive	plērōrumque plērōrunque
Dative	plērīsque
Accusative	plērōsque
Ablative	plērīsque
Vocative	plērīque

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of plērusque (adjective).

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) plērīque

1. nominative masculine plural of plērusque
2. genitive masculine singular of plērusque
3. genitive neuter singular of plērusque
4. vocative masculine plural of plērusque

Etymology 3

A regularly declined form of plērumque (noun).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) plērīque n

1. genitive singular of plērumque

References

• “plērīque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “plerique”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• plērīquĕ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,190/2.
• “plērīque” on page 1,391/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)