pleraque

Latin

Etymology 1

A substantivisation of the neuter plural forms of the adjective plērusque, in later use functioning as an adverb.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpleː.ra.kʷe/, [ˈpɫ̪eːräkʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈple.ra.kwe/, [ˈplɛːräkwe]

Noun

plēraque n pl (genitive plērōrumque or plērōrunque); second declension

1. all, every thing
2. (less emphatically) the most, the greatest part

Declension

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

Case	Plural
Nominative	plēraque
Genitive	plērōrumque plērōrunque
Dative	plērīsque
Accusative	plēraque
Ablative	plērīsque
Vocative	plēraque

Adverb

plēraque (not comparable)

1. (post-Classical) mostly, for the most part

References

• “plērăque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plērăque in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,190/1.
• “plērusque 2.b” on page 1,391/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of plērusque (adjective).

Pronunciation

• plēraque: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpleː.ra.kʷe/, [ˈpɫ̪eːräkʷɛ]
• plēraque: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈple.ra.kwe/, [ˈplɛːräkwe]
• plērāque: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pleːˈraː.kʷe/, [pɫ̪eːˈräːkʷɛ]
• plērāque: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pleˈra.kwe/, [pleˈräːkwe]

Adjective

plēraque

1. inflection of plērusque:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

plērāque

1. ablative feminine singular of plērusque

Etymology 3

Regularly declined forms of plērumque (noun).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpleː.ra.kʷe/, [ˈpɫ̪eːräkʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈple.ra.kwe/, [ˈplɛːräkwe]

Noun

plēraque n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of plērumque