plerumque

Latin

Etymology 1

From plērusque: as a noun, a substantivisation of its neuter forms; as an adverb, a neuter adverbial accusative.

Alternative forms

• plērunque (New Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pleːˈrun.kʷe/, [pɫ̪eːˈrʊŋkʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pleˈrun.kwe/, [pleˈruŋkwe]

Noun

plērumque n (genitive plērīque); second declension

1. (construed with a partitive genitive) the greatest part, the greater part

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter) with an indeclinable portion.

	singular	plural
nominative	plērumque	plēraque
genitive	plērīque	plērōrumque
dative	plērōque	plērīsque
accusative	plērumque	plēraque
ablative	plērōque	plērīsque
vocative	plērumque	plēraque

Adverb

plērumque (not comparable)

1. for the most part, on most occasions, (for) most of the time, mostly, usually, generally, ordinarily, very commonly, very often, very frequently
2. (post-Augustan, less emphatically) on many occasions, often, frequently
   1. to a large extent, largely

References

• “plērumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ¶ 2 plērumquĕ, ¶ 2 in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,190/2.
• “plērusque 2.b” on page 1,391/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Adjective

plērumque

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