plerique
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pleːˈriː.kʷe/, [pɫ̪eːˈriːkʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pleˈri.kwe/, [pleˈriːkwe]
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
- (with specific referents) most of them
- (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.
| 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
Etymology 3
[edit]A regularly declined form of plērumque (noun).
Noun
[edit]plērīque 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)