noun · masculinesecond declension
plērīque
plērīque m pl (genitive plērōrumque or plērōrunque)
Classical[pɫeːˈriː.kʷɛ]Ecclesiastical[pleˈriː.kʷe]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- most of them
- most people, most men, the majority
Sed ēvēnit mihi quod plērīsque nōn suō vitiō ad inopiam redāctīs: omnēs ignōscunt, nēmō succurrit.
But what has happened to me is what [happens] to most people reduced to poverty not by their own fault: everyone forgives, no one helps. (The financially wealthy Seneca writes with playful irony about a perceived lack of time — everyone understands the complaint, although no one can replace what has been lost.)c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.1.4
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
most people
plērīque — in Seneca, ch. XXI
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | plērīque |
| genitive | — | plērōrumque plērōrunque |
| dative | — | plērīsque |
| accusative | — | plērōsque |
| ablative | — | plērīsque |
| vocative | — | plērīque |
plērīque, raeque, răque, v. plerusque.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
plērīque raeque, raque, see plerusque.
Origins
A substantivisation of the masculine plural forms of the adjective plērusque.