plerusque

Latin

Etymology

plērus +‎ -que

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pleːˈrus.kʷe/, [pɫeːˈrʊs.kᶣɛ]

Adjective

plērusque (feminine plēraque, neuter plērumque or plērunque); first/second declension

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative plērusque plēraque plērumque plērīque plēraeque plēraque
Genitive plērīque plēraeque plērīque plērōrumque plērārumque plērōrumque
Dative plērōque plērōque plērīsque
Accusative plērumque plēramque plērumque plērōsque plērāsque plēraque
Ablative plērōque plērāque plērōque plērīsque
Vocative plēreque plēraque plērumque plērīque plēraeque plēraque

First/second declension, with m → n in compounds.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative plērusque plēraque plērunque plērīque plēraeque plēraque
Genitive plērīque plēraeque plērīque plērōrunque plērārunque plērōrunque
Dative plērōque plērōque plērīsque
Accusative plērunque plēranque plērunque plērōsque plērāsque plēraque
Ablative plērōque plērāque plērōque plērīsque
Vocative plēreque plēraque 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)
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