pleraque
Latin
Etymology 1
A substantivisation of the neuter plural forms of the adjective plērusque, in later use functioning as an adverb.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫeː.ra.kʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplɛː.ra.kʷe]
Noun
plēraque n pl (genitive plērōrumque or plērōrunque); second declension
- all, every thing
- (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)
- (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
- plēraque: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫeː.ra.kʷɛ]
- plēraque: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplɛː.ra.kʷe]
- plērāque: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɫeːˈraː.kʷɛ]
- plērāque: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pleˈraː.kʷe]
Adjective
plēraque
- inflection of plērusque:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
plērāque
- ablative feminine singular of plērusque
Etymology 3
Regularly declined forms of plērumque (noun).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫeː.ra.kʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplɛː.ra.kʷe]
Noun
plēraque n
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of plērumque