plerumque
Latin
Etymology 1
From plērusque: as a noun, a substantivisation of its neuter forms; as an adjective, regularly declined forms.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pleːˈrun.kʷe/, [pɫeːˈrʊŋ.kᶣɛ]
Noun
plērumque n (genitive plērīque); second declension
- (construed with a partitive genitive) the greatest part, the greater part
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | plērumque | plēraque |
Genitive | plērīque | plērōrumque |
Dative | plērōque | plērīsque |
Accusative | plērumque | plēraque |
Ablative | plērōque | plērīsque |
Vocative | plērumque | plēraque |
Derived terms
- plērumquē (adverb)
References
- plērumque in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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)
Adjective
plērumque
Etymology 2
plērumque (“the greatest part [of …]”, noun) + -ē (suffix forming adverbs)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pleːˈrum.kʷeː/, [pɫeːˈrʊm.kᶣeː]
Adverb
plērumquē (not comparable)
- for the most part, on most occasions, (for) most of the time, mostly, usually, generally, ordinarily, very commonly, very often, very frequently
- (post-Augustan, less emphatically) on many occasions, often, frequently
- to a large extent, largely
References
- plērumquē in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- plerumque in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plērumquĕ, ¶ 1 in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,190/2
- “plērumque” on page 1,391/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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