plerusque

Latin

Etymology

plērus +‎ -que

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

1. most, very many, most of, the greater or larger part or number of, a very great part or number of

   Synonyms: complures, plūrimus

   Antonyms: perpauci, paucī

2. (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
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

• plēraque
• plēraque omnia
• plērīque
• plērīque omnēs
• plērumque
• plērumquē

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)