plerusque

Latin

plērusque (feminine plēraque, neuter plērumque or plērunque); first/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion

most, very many, most of, the greater or larger part or number of, a very great part or number of
Synonyms: complures, plūrimus

Antonyms: perpauci, paucī
(less emphatically) a considerable part or number of, a great part or number of, many, much, many of, much of

Apart from in the works of C. Sallustius Crispus, this adjective only occurs in plural forms in Classical sources; moreover, the genitive plural forms are exclusively post-Classical, and rare generally. The forms with m assimilated to n (plēranque, plērārunque, plērōrunque, and plērunque), meanwhile, do not occur until the New Latin period.

First/second-declension adjective (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	plērusque	plēraque	plērumque plērunque	plērīque	plēraeque	plēraque
genitive	plērīque	plēraeque	plērīque	plērōrumque plērōrunque	plērārumque plērārunque	plērōrumque plērōrunque
dative	plērōque	plēraeque	plērōque	plērīsque
accusative	plērumque plērunque	plēramque plēranque	plērumque plērunque	plērōsque	plērāsque	plēraque
ablative	plērōque	plērāque	plērōque	plērīsque
vocative	plēreque	plēraque	plērumque plērunque	plērīque	plēraeque	plēraque

“plērusque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“plerusque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
plērusquĕ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,190/2.
“plērusque” on page 1,391 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)