plerique

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

A substantivisation of the masculine plural forms of the adjective plērusque.

Noun[edit]

plērīque m pl (genitive plērōrumque or plērōrunque); second declension

  1. (with specific referents) most of them
  2. (of people generally) most people, most men, the majority
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative plērīque
Genitive plērōrumque
plērōrunque
Dative plērīsque
Accusative plērōsque
Ablative plērīsque
Vocative plērīque

Etymology 2[edit]

Regularly declined forms of plērusque (adjective).

Adjective[edit]

plērīque

  1. inflection of plērusque:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Etymology 3[edit]

A regularly declined form of plērumque (noun).

Noun[edit]

plērīque n

  1. genitive singular of plērumque

References[edit]

  • “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)
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