pleraque
Latin
    
    Etymology 1
    
A substantivisation of the neuter plural forms of the adjective plērusque, in later use functioning as an adverb.
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpleː.ra.kʷe/, [ˈpɫ̪eːräkʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈple.ra.kwe/, [ˈplɛːräkwe]
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.
| Case | 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) IPA(key): /ˈpleː.ra.kʷe/, [ˈpɫ̪eːräkʷɛ]
- plēraque: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈple.ra.kwe/, [ˈplɛːräkwe]
- plērāque: (Classical) IPA(key): /pleːˈraː.kʷe/, [pɫ̪eːˈräːkʷɛ]
- plērāque: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pleˈra.kwe/, [pleˈräːkwe]
Adjective
    
plēraque
- inflection of plērusque:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
 
Etymology 3
    
Regularly declined forms of plērumque (noun).
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpleː.ra.kʷe/, [ˈpɫ̪eːräkʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈple.ra.kwe/, [ˈplɛːräkwe]
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