plerus

Latin

Alternative forms

• ploerus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Italic *plēros

Latin plērus

Inherited from Proto-Italic *plēros, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-. Compare Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫeː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈplɛː.rus]

Adjective

plērus (feminine plēra, neuter plērum); first/second-declension adjective

1. most; almost all; very many

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	plērus	plēra	plērum		plērī	plērae	plēra
genitive	plērī	plērae	plērī		plērōrum	plērārum	plērōrum
dative	plērō	plērae	plērō		plērīs
accusative	plērum	plēram	plērum		plērōs	plērās	plēra
ablative	plērō	plērā	plērō		plērīs
vocative	plēre	plēra	plērum		plērī	plērae	plēra

Adverb

plērus (feminine plēra, neuter plērum); first/second-declension adjective

1. a very great part; most; for the most part; mostly; commonly

Related terms

• plēnus
• plūs

References

• https://outils.biblissima.fr/en/collatinus-web/
• https://logeion.uchicago.edu/plerus

References

• “plerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “plerus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.