plerique
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pleːˈriː.kʷe/, [pɫ̪eːˈriːkʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pleˈri.kwe/, [pleˈriːkwe]
Etymology 1
editA substantivisation of the masculine plural forms of the adjective plērusque.
Noun
editplērīque m pl (genitive plērōrumque or plērōrunque); second declension
- (with specific referents) most of them
- (of people generally) most people, most men, the majority
Declension
editSecond-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
editRegularly declined forms of plērusque (adjective).
Adjective
editplērīque
Etymology 3
editA regularly declined form of plērumque (noun).
Noun
editplērīque n
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)