plerique

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɫeːˈriː.kʷɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pleˈriː.kʷe] === Etymology 1 === A substantivisation of the masculine plural forms of the adjective plērusque. ==== Noun ==== plērīque m pl (genitive plērōrumque or plērōrunque); second declension (with specific referents) most of them (of people generally) most people, most men, the majority ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (without or with m optionally → n in compounds) with an indeclinable portion, plural only. === Etymology 2 === Regularly declined forms of plērusque (adjective). ==== Adjective ==== plērīque inflection of plērusque: nominative/vocative masculine plural genitive masculine/neuter singular === Etymology 3 === A regularly declined form of plērumque (noun). ==== Noun ==== plērīque n genitive singular of plērumque === References === “plērīque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “plerique”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “plērīquĕ”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,190/2. “plērīque” on page 1,391/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)