perplurimus

perplūrimus, a, um (per u. plus), sehr viel, neutr. pl. subst., de alqo perplurima memoriae tradere, Rufin. Euseb. hist. eccl. 6, 7.

perplurimus [ML < CL per-+plurimus] 1 very many, most numerous: a (of person or animal); b (of object, act, or abstr.). a cum cunctis gentis suae nobilibus ac plebe ~a Bede HE II 14 p. 113; 838 praesidente Ceolnotho ‥ ceterisque ~is episcopis CS 421; contigit ‥ congros, aliosque marinos pisces ~os, trans rupes maris altissimas ‥ projectos a multis reperiri Gir. IK I 13.  b 801 quamvis tardius implerem [promissionem] propter occupationes ~as Alcuin Ep. 214; 825 episcopus his aliisque rebus ~is inhonoratus fuisset CS 384; ~a ‥ monasteria ‥ permaneant Asser Alf. 93; munera ~a concessit Byrht. V. Osw. 410; quin potius intimo pectoris archivo arcana sibi ~a, nulli vel unquam exposita vel exponenda reservaret? Gir. TH I 13 p. 44; 1460 consideret discrecio vestra ‥ ~a exempla de ‥ morte ‥ lamentanda Paston Let. 617. 2 greatest amount or degree of, most. quasi singulari ac ~a eruditione jactamus quasi non sint perplures etiam nobis multo doctiores Bede Hom. I 19. 66. 3 (as sb. m.) greatest number of men, most people. infortunium episcopo ‥ ~i reputant ‥ . multi quoque ‥ regali insolentiae deputant Asser Alf. 12; Anglorum ‥ quamquam ~i interficerentur, numerus eorum non adeo minuebatur Enc. Emmae II 13. 4 (as sb. n.) very great number of things. sunt enim revera in libro ‥ ~a que ‥ a fide catholicorum abhorrentia videantur W. Malm. GP V 240 (cf. M. Par. Maj. I 417); emergebant ‥ regi ‥ adversa ~a Ad. Eyns. Hug. II 7 p. 72. 5 (n. as adv.) to the greatest extent, most of all. 1433 viris industr’ expertis et ~um necessariis prepropere nimium destituti Deeds Balliol 302.

perplūrĭmus, a, um, très nombreux : Rufin. Aqu. Hist. eccl. 6, 9, 1.