plerusque
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pleːˈrus.kʷe/, [pɫ̪eːˈrʊs̠kʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pleˈrus.kwe/, [pleˈruskwe]
Adjective
plērusque (feminine plēraque, neuter plērumque or plērunque); first/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion
- most, very many, most of, the greater or larger part or number of, a very great part or number of
- (less emphatically) a considerable part or number of, a great part or number of, many, much, many of, much of
Usage notes
- Apart from in the works of C. Sallustius Crispus, this adjective only occurs in plural forms in Classical sources; moreover, the genitive plural forms are exclusively post-Classical, and rare generally. The forms with m assimilated to n (plēranque, plērārunque, plērōrunque, and plērunque), meanwhile, do not occur until the New Latin period.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | plērusque | plēraque | plērumque plērunque |
plērīque | plēraeque | plēraque | |
Genitive | plērīque | plēraeque | plērīque | plērōrumque plērōrunque |
plērārumque plērārunque |
plērōrumque plērōrunque | |
Dative | plērōque | plērōque | plērīsque | ||||
Accusative | plērumque plērunque |
plēramque plēranque |
plērumque plērunque |
plērōsque | plērāsque | plēraque | |
Ablative | plērōque | plērāque | plērōque | plērīsque | |||
Vocative | plēreque | plēraque | plērumque plērunque |
plērīque | plēraeque | plēraque |
Derived terms
References
- “plērusque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “plerusque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plērusquĕ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,190/2.
- “plērusque” on page 1,391 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)