plerumque

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From plērusque: as a noun, a substantivisation of its neuter forms; as an adverb, a neuter adverbial accusative. ==== Alternative forms ==== plērunque (New Latin) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɫeːˈrʊŋ.kʷɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pleˈruŋ.kʷe] ==== Noun ==== plērumque n (genitive plērīque); second declension (construed with a partitive genitive) the greatest part, the greater part ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter) with an indeclinable portion. ==== Adverb ==== plērumque (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 ==== “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) === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== plērumque inflection of plērusque: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular accusative masculine singular