plusculus

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Latin

Etymology

From plūs +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

plusculus (feminine pluscula, neuter plusculum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. a somewhat larger amount of, a little extra
    1. a largish amount of, quite a lot of
  2. (in the plural) a fairly large number of, several

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative plusculus pluscula plusculum plusculī plusculae pluscula
Genitive plusculī plusculae plusculī plusculōrum plusculārum plusculōrum
Dative plusculō plusculō plusculīs
Accusative plusculum plusculam plusculum plusculōs plusculās pluscula
Ablative plusculō plusculā plusculō plusculīs
Vocative pluscule pluscula plusculum plusculī plusculae pluscula

References

  • “plusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “plusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plusculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “plusculus” on page 1534 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
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