plerusque

Latin

Etymology

plērus +‎ -que

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pleːˈrus.kʷe/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pleˈrus.kwe/,

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.

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)