plerusque

plērusque, răque, rumque, adj. [a strengthened form from plerus],

• very many, a very great part, the most, most (rare in sing., and only in Sall. and post-class. writers; but in plur. freq. in all periods and styles).
• • • • • α Plur.: habent hunc morem plerique argentarii, Plaut. Curc. 3, 7 (377): pleraeque hae (meretrices) sub vestimentis secum habebant retia, id. Ep. 2, 2, 32 (212); Ter. Eun. 118: multi nihil prodesse philosophiam, plerique etiam obesse arbitrantur, Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65: ut plerique meministis, id. Sest. 3, 6: plerique Belgae, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: pleraeque boves, Varr. R. R. 2, 5: pleraque tecta ... alia, etc., Liv. 27, 3.—With ex and abl.: plerique e Graecis, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8: plerisque ex factione ejus corruptis, Sall. J. 29, 2.—With omnes, almost all: plerique omnes subiguntur sub suum judicium, Naev. ap. Don. ad Ter. And. 55 (Naev. Klussmann, p. 80): plerique omnes adulescentuli, id. ib. 55; cf.: dixi pleraque omnia, id. Heaut. 830.—Less emphatically, a considerable part, very many: rapti e publico plerique, plures in tabernis intercepti, Tac. H. 1, 86; so, like plures: non dubito fore plerosque, qui hoc genus scripturae leve judicent, Nep. praef. 1: pleraque testimonia, id. Timoth. 4, 2: deum ipsum multi Aesculapium, quidam Osirim, plerique Iovem, plurimi Ditem patrem conjectant, Tac. H. 4, 84 fin.—With gen.: plerique nostrūm oratorum, Cic. Or. 42, 143: Poenorum, id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12: vestrum, id. Clu. 42, 117: quorum plerique, id. Lael. 20, 71; Sall. J. 74, 1: urbium pleraeque, Liv. 5, 6, 9: eorum plerique, Cic. Top. 21, 80; id. Fam. 5, 21, 1: legentium, Liv. praef. 4: Graecorum, Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 4: militum, Tac. H. 1, 5.— Gen. plur. (rare and post-class.): scientia plerarumque litterarum, Vitr. 1, 1, 11.— Subst.: plērăque, n. plur., all, every thing: nec ratione animi quicquam, sed pleraque viribus corporis administrabant, Cic. Inv. 1, 2.—Also, the most, the greatest part.: pleraque ejus insulae, Curt. 4, 8, 15. —plērăque, adverb., mostly, for the most part (post-class.): is erit pleraque impeccabilis, Gell. 17, 19, 6.—
        • β Sing.: juventus pleraque Catilinae favebat, the greatest or largest part, Sall. C. 17, 6: pleraque nobilitas, id. ib. 23, 6: quā tempestate Carthaginienses pleraeque Africae imperitabant, id. J. 79, 2: exercitum plerumque opperiri jubet, id. ib. 54, 9: Graecia, Gell. 17, 21: comae pleramque contegebant faciem, Ap. Met. 9, 30, 12.—Neutr.: plērum-que, subst., with gen., the greatest part: ubi plerumque noctis processit, Sall. J. 21, 2: Europae, Liv. 45, 9; Just. 41, 1, 12; Mel. 1, 4, 2.—More freq.: plērumquē, adv., for the most part, mostly, commonly, very often, very frequently: haec ipsa fortuita sunt: plerumque enim non semper eveniunt, Cic. Div. 2, 5, 14: plerumque casu, saepe naturā, id. Or. 51, 170; Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 11 (1237): ridiculum acri Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res, Hor. S. 1, 10, 15: hi plerumque gradus, usually, Juv. 11, 46.—Post-Aug., in a less emphatic sense, often, frequently: plerumque permoveor, num ad ipsum referri verius sit, Tac. A. 4, 57; id. H. 5, 1; id. G. 13; 45; id. Or. 15; Dig. 2, 14, 25 and 26.

plērusque, raque, rumque, gew. Plur. plērīque, raeque, raque, eine große Anzahl, ein großer Teil, nicht wenige, nicht gerade die wenigsten, sehr viele, die meisten, im Sinne des eig. Superlativs, seit Livius auch abgeschwächt = viele, gar manche, Ggstz. unus, pauci; I) Plur.: α) absol.: plerique credebant, Ter.: plerique Belgae, Caes.: pleraeque boves, Varro: multi... plerique, Cic.: plerique... plures (noch mehrere), Tac. hist. 1, 86; 3, 81: multi... quidam... plerique... plurimi, Tac. hist. 4, 84: plerique... plurimi... toti (= omnes), Sidon. epist. 9, 14, 9: plerique omnes, meist alle, die allermeisten, pleraque omnia, meist alles, Komik. u. Gell. (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 29. Spengel u. Meißner Ter. Andr. 55): haec pleraque, pleraque illa, quae pleraque, ea ipsa pleraque, Cic.: cum pleraque possimus proferre testimonia, Nep.: non dubito fore plerosque, Nep.: pleraque (Acc. neutr.), in sehr vielen Fällen, größtenteils, Gell. 17, 19, 6. – in plerisque, in den meisten od. in sehr vielen Fällen, Cic. de amic. 13. Quint. 11, 1, 85. – β) mit Genet.: plerique nostrorum oratorum, Cic. or. 143: plerique Poenorum, Cic. Verr. 3, 12: plerique vestrûm, Cic. Clu. 117: plerique nostrûm, Colum. 1, 1, 19. Gell. 16, 9, 2: quorum plerique, Cic. de amic. 71. Sall. Iug. 74, 1: quarum (urbium) pleraeque, Liv. 5, 6, 9: plerique eorum, Cic. de inv. 1, 4; top. 80; ep. 5, 21, 1. Sall. Iug. 51, 9: eorum plerique, ibid. 54, 10: legentium plerique, Liv. praef. § 4: plerique Graecorum, Plin. ep. 5, 20, 4: plerique militum, Tac. hist. 1, 5. Curt. 4, 1 (6), 35. – γ) mit ex u. Abl.: plerisque ex factione eius corruptis, Sall. Iug. 29, 2. – II) Sing.: iuventus, Sall.: nobilitas, Sall.: exercitum plerumque opperiri iubet, Sall.: Africa, Sall.: Graecia, Gell. – Neutr. plerumque, a) subst., das Meiste, der größte Teil, noctis, Sall. Iug. 21, 2; 98, 6; 109, 4: per Europae plerumque, Liv. 45, 9, 2: so auch Plur., pleraque eius insulae, die meisten Teile, Curt. 4, 8 (34), 15: pleraque Hispaniae, die meisten Gegenden (Bezirke), Sulp. Sev. chron. 2, 46, 7. – b) adv.: α) meistens, meistenteils, insgemein, gewöhnlich, Cic. u.a. – β) zuweilen, Ps. Quint. decl. u. ICt.

plerusque [CL] 1 (w. sb. in pl.) the greater part or number of, most of. b (as sb. pl. usu. m.) most people; c (w. partitive gen.). ~aque carmina ‥ in honorem Priapi conscripta Aldh. Met. 10 p. 94; non solum in eodem monasterio sed et in ~isque locis aliis Bede HE IV 14 p. 236; et Hieronimus ~aque testimonia Veteris Instrumenti ‥ edocet Id. Retract. 995; tandem autem sciendi studio velut jam iterum incipiente, attentioni neglecta repetenti ~isque artium institutionibus eorum ad que artes notitiam redintegrari accidit Balsh. AD 7; hinc accidit ut scientissimi ~ique se nesciendo senescant Gir. TH intr. p. 5.  b constat ~osque in senectute Domino donante mutari a vitiis quae adulescentes habuerant Bede Prov. 1002; contingit ~osque de nocte surgere dum dormiunt et arma arripere Quaest. Salern. L 1.  c quia ~ique electorum non pro suae solum vitae puritate ‥ praemium perenne sortiuntur Bede Cant. 1138; Roma ‥ quam propter eximiam virtutem ~ique scriptorum Urbem appellare malebant Id. Nom. Act. 1039; ~osque prophetarum credimus quorum nulla miracula legimus Petrus Dial. 66. 2 (as sb. n. pl.) many or a great number of things. sunt ‥ ~aque que urgente natura propriis definitionibus carent J. Sal. Met. 908A. 3 (n. sg. acc. as adv.) on most or many occasions, mostly, often. nonne ~umque invenimus versum xviij aut xix seu xx sillabarum, ut sunt hi Aldh. Met. 10 p. 83; denique ~umque [gl.; sepe] ‥ castitatis conscientia elationis pulsatur cenodoxia Id. VirgP 16 p. 245; latet ‥ sub otio laudabilis ~umque virtus et eruditio Gir. TH intr. p. 5; s1455 in curis morborum moras tollere multum proficit; ocit tamen in causis rerum, ~umqueque penitenciam inducit Reg. Whet. I 204; s1456 nobili viro ‥ succedit heres spurius ‥ ~umqueque viro sic justo et juridico quod ‥ Ib. 218.

plērusquĕ, (9) ăquĕ, umquĕ.

I [rare au sing.] la plus grande partie de : juventus pleraque Sall. C. 17, 6, la plus grande partie de la jeunesse, cf. C. 23, 6 ; J. 54, 9 ; Gell. 17, 21 || n. pris subst^t  : plerumque noctis Sall. J. 21, 2, la plus grande partie de la nuit, cf. Liv. 45, 9, 2.

II pl., plerique, æque, aque ¶ 1 la plupart, le plus grand nombre : a) plerique Belgæ Cæs. G. 2, 4, 2 ; etc., la plupart des Belges, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 103, etc.; b) plerique Pœnorum Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, la plupart des Carthaginois, cf. Cic. Or. 143 ; Clu. 117 ; Læl. 71 ; c) plerique e Græcis Plin. 5, 8, la plupart dʼentre les Grecs, cf. Sall. J. 9, 2 || plerique fugimus laborem Cic. de Or. 1, 150, nous fuyons pour la plupart la peine ; pleraque illa Solonis sunt Cic. Leg. 2, 64, la plupart de ces détails sont de Solon ; quod plerisque contingit Cic. Nat. 1, 27, ce qui arrive à la plupart des hommes ¶ 2 très nombreux, en très grand nombre : non dubito fore plerosque qui... Nep. Præf. 1, je suis sûr quʼil se trouvera un grand nombre de gens pour..., cf. Nep. Timoth. 4, 2, etc.; Tac. H. 1, 86 ; 4, 84.

➳ gén. pl. rare.

plērusque raque, rumque, adj.

• plerus, a very great part, the majority, most: Sororem plerique esse credebant meam, T.: multi . . . plerique etiam: plerique Belgae, Cs.: erant pleraque (tecta) ex cratibus facta, usually, L.: plerique Poenorum: eorum plerique, S.: plerisque ex factione eius conruptis, S.: plerique omnes adulescentuli, almost all, T.: dixi pleraque omnia, about all, T.: iuventus pleraque Catilinae favebat, the majority, S.: exercitum plerumque opperiri iubet, S.—As substn., the greatest part: ubi plerumque noctis processit, S.: Europae, L.—Plur, about all, the greater part: nec ratione animi quicquam, sed pleraque viribus corporis administrabant: pleraque eius insulae obsidebantur, Cu.—A considerable part, very many, a good many: non dubito fore plerosque, qui, etc., N.: urbium pleraeque, L.