plusculus

Latin

Etymology

From plūs +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

plūsculus (feminine plūscula, neuter plūsculum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. a somewhat larger amount of, a little extra
    1. a largish amount of, quite a lot of
  2. (in the plural) a fairly large number of, several

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative plūsculus plūscula plūsculum plūsculī plūsculae plūscula
genitive plūsculī plūsculae plūsculī plūsculōrum plūsculārum plūsculōrum
dative plūsculō plūsculae plūsculō plūsculīs
accusative plūsculum plūsculam plūsculum plūsculōs plūsculās plūscula
ablative plūsculō plūsculā plūsculō plūsculīs
vocative plūscule plūscula plūsculum plūsculī plūsculae plūscula

References

  • “plusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “plusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “plusculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “plusculus” on page 1534 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
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