adjectivethird declension
plūs1
plūs (comparative, neuter plūs)
Classical[ˈpɫuːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈplus]
Meaning
- comparativein pluralmore (in quantity)
Nemini plura acerba credo esse ex amore homini umquam oblata / quam mi.
2001 translation by John Barsby I don't believe anyone has ever had more anguish inflicted on him by love than I have.165 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Hecyra 281Ilia, pone metus! / tu centum aut plures inter dominabere nymphas; / nam centum aut plures flumina nostra tenent.
1914 translation by Grant Showerman, revised by G. P. Goold Ilia, lay aside thy fears! Thou shalt be mistress among a hundred nymphs, or more; for a hundred, or more, are the nymphs that dwell in my stream.16 BCE, Ovidius, Amores 3.6.63-64 - comparativein pluralseveral, many
Hoc ipse quoque faciō: ex plūribus quae lēgī, aliquid apprehendō.
This I myself also do: from the many [things] which I have read, I obtain something [to reflect upon].c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.5Vix praesenti custodia manere inlaesa coniugia: quid fore si per pluris annos in modum discidii oblitterentur?
c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 3.34.25 - New Latincomparativesingularmore, additional
Sudor multus ex somno factus sine causa manifesta, corpus uti plure cibo significat; si autem non, evacuatione indiget.
Much sweat made in sleep without a clear cause means that the body uses more food; but if not, it needs evacuation.1764, Francisco Puente, Ars Hippocratica, vel Hippocrates Extractus a Practico Celtibero, page 20:
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
maiōris pretiīplūris — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 8
more than
plūs quam — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 1, 24
is worth more than
plūs valet quam — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 2, 6
more, several
plūrēs -a — in De Bello Gallico I
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | — | plūs |
| genitive | plūris | plūris | plūris |
| dative | plūrī | plūrī | plūrī |
| accusative | plūrem | plūrem | plūs |
| ablative | plūrī plūre | plūrī plūre | plūrī plūre |
| vocative | — | — | plūs |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | plūrēs | plūrēs | plūra |
| genitive | plūrium | plūrium | plūrium |
| dative | plūribus | plūribus | plūribus |
| accusative | plūrēs plūrīs | plūrēs plūrīs | plūra |
| ablative | plūribus | plūribus | plūribus |
| vocative | plūrēs | plūrēs | plūra |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ut plura non dicam
- to say nothing further on...
- sed de hoc alias pluribus
- more of this another time.
- plura in eam sententiam disputare
- to discuss a subject more fully on the same lines.
- dies unus, alter, plures intercesserant
- one, two, several days had passed, intervened.
- ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
- in short; to be brief.
- pluribus verbis, copiosius explicare, persequi aliquid
- to give a full, detailed account of a thing.
plūs, plūris, v. multus, II.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
plūs plūris (plur. plūres, plūra, gen. plūrium), adj.
PLE-.
I. I. Sing. n as subst, more : ne quid faciam plus, too much , T.: tantum et plus etiam ipse mihi deberet: vos et decem numero, et, quod plus est, Romani estis, and what is more , L.: voltis pecuniae plus habere: Albano non plus animi erat quam fidei, as little courage as fidelity , L.: paene plus quam sat erat, T.: ne plus reddat quam acceperit: de paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent, more than the importunate , H.: ex his alius alio plus habet virium: hoc plus ne facito, more than this : annos sexaginta natus es Aut plus eo, or more than that , T.: plus nimio, overmuch , H.: quam molestum est uno digito plus habere, one finger too much : uno plus Etruscorum cecidisse in acie, one man more , L.—Gen of price, of more value, of a higher price, worth more, higher, dearer : ager multo pluris est, is worth far more : quo pluris sint nostra oliveta: pluris emere, dearer : mihi conscientia pluris est, quam, etc.: te cottidie pluris feci, have esteemed more highly . —Repeated: quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo, more and more .—
II. II. Plur., in comparison, more, in greater number : omnes qui aere alieno premuntur, quos plures esse intellego quam putaram: Nemini ego plura acerba esse credo oblata quam mihi, T.— A great number, many : plura castella temptaverat, Cs.: summus dolor plures dies manere non potest.—As subst m. : qui plus fore dicant in pluribus consili quam in uno: quid quaeso interest inter unum et plures?—As subst n . (sc. verba): pluribus haec exsecutus sum, Ph.: Quid plura? in short .
plūs adv.
sing n. of 1 plus, more (used as comp. of multum, with sup. plurimum): apud me argumenta plus quam testes valent: plus quam semel, more often : nulla (navis) plus quam triginta remis agatur, L.: Plus miliens audivi, T.: ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria, for more than , etc.: paulo plus mille passūs a castris, L.
Origins
From Old Latin plous, from Proto-Italic *plēōs (after being levelled in favour of the neuter *plowis), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-, *pelh₁u- (“many”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”), Old English feolo (“much, many”). More at fele. The adverb is an adverbial accusative.