plerique
Latin
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pleːˈriː.kʷe/, [pɫ̪eːˈriːkʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pleˈri.kwe/, [pleˈriːkwe]
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.
| Case | Plural | 
|---|---|
| Nominative | plērīque | 
| Genitive | plērōrumque plērōrunque | 
| Dative | plērīsque | 
| Accusative | plērōsque | 
| Ablative | plērīsque | 
| Vocative | plērīque | 
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).
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)
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