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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
A substantivisation of the masculine plural forms of the adjective plērusque.
Noun
plērīque m pl (genitive plērōrumque or plērōrunque); second declension
- (with specific referents) most of them
- (of people generally) most people, most men, the majority
Declension
Second-declension noun (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion, plural only.
Etymology 2
Regularly declined forms of plērusque (adjective).
Adjective
plērīque
- inflection of plērusque:
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
Etymology 3
A regularly declined form of plērumque (noun).
Noun
plērīque n
- 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)