plerumque

Latin

Etymology 1

From plērusque: as a noun, a substantivisation of its neuter forms; as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pleːˈrun.kʷe/, [pɫeːˈrʊŋ.kᶣɛ]

Noun

plērumque n (genitive plērīque); second declension

  1. (construed with a partitive genitive) the greatest part, the greater part
Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plērumque plēraque
Genitive plērīque plērōrumque
Dative plērōque plērīsque
Accusative plērumque plēraque
Ablative plērōque plērīsque
Vocative plērumque plēraque
Derived terms
References

Adjective

plērumque

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

Etymology 2

plērumque (the greatest part [of …], noun) + (suffix forming adverbs)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pleːˈrum.kʷeː/, [pɫeːˈrʊm.kᶣeː]

Adverb

plērumquē (not comparable)

  1. for the most part, on most occasions, (for) most of the time, mostly, usually, generally, ordinarily, very commonly, very often, very frequently
  2. (post-Augustan, less emphatically) on many occasions, often, frequently
    1. to a large extent, largely

References

  • plērumquē in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plerumque in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plērumquĕ, ¶ 1 in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,190/2
  • plērumque” on page 1,391/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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