What does plūs minus mean in Latin?

plūs minus, a adverb, means “synonym of fere (“more or less”)”.

How do you pronounce plūs minus?

In classical Latin, [ˈpɫuːs ˈmɪ.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈplus ˈmiː.nus].

adverb

plūs minus (not comparable)

Classical[ˈpɫuːs ˈmɪ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈplus ˈmiː.nus]

not comparablesynonym of fere (“more or less”)
[…] cum victos tanta calamitate existimaret hostes nuntio accepto locum castrorum relicturos, quae non longius ab ea caede abesse plus minus octo milibus dicebantur,[…]c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 8.20.1
Habeo scyphos urnales plus minus [C] […] [videtur] quemadmodum Cassandra occidit filios suos,[…]Translation by William Charles Firebaugh I have goblets as big as wine-jars, a hundred of ’em more or less, with engraving that shows how Cassandra killed her sons, […]c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 52

From plūs + minus.

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