pleraque

Latin

Etymology 1

A substantivisation of the neuter plural forms of the adjective plērusque, in later use functioning as an adverb.

Pronunciation

Noun

plēraque n pl (genitive plērōrumque or plērōrunque); second declension

  1. all, every thing
  2. (less emphatically) the most, the greatest part
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter; without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion, plural only.

plural
nominative plēraque
genitive plērōrumque
plērōrunque
dative plērīsque
accusative plēraque
ablative plērīsque
vocative plēraque

Adverb

plēraque (not comparable)

  1. (post-Classical) mostly, for the most part

References

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

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of plērusque (adjective).

Pronunciation

Adjective

plēraque

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

Adjective

plērāque

  1. ablative feminine singular of plērusque

Etymology 3

Regularly declined forms of plērumque (noun).

Pronunciation

Noun

plēraque n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of plērumque