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Latin
Etymology
From plūs + -culus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
plusculus (feminine pluscula, neuter plusculum); first/second-declension adjective
- a somewhat larger amount of, a little extra
- a largish amount of, quite a lot of
- (in the plural) a fairly large number of, several
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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)