plerique

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pleːˈriː.kʷe/, [pɫeːˈriː.kᶣɛ]

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

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of plērusque (adjective).

Adjective

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

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)
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