plurimus
Latin
Alternative forms
- plisimus (hapax legomenon; nonstandard)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *plousisemos. Suppletive superlative of multus (“many”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpluː.ri.mus/, [ˈpɫ̪uːrɪmʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplu.ri.mus/, [ˈpluːrimus]
Adjective
plūrimus (feminine plūrima, neuter plūrimum); first/second-declension adjective
- most
- very many
- Synonyms: complures, plērusque
- Antonyms: perpauci, paucī
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | plūrimus | plūrima | plūrimum | plūrimī | plūrimae | plūrima | |
| Genitive | plūrimī | plūrimae | plūrimī | plūrimōrum | plūrimārum | plūrimōrum | |
| Dative | plūrimō | plūrimō | plūrimīs | ||||
| Accusative | plūrimum | plūrimam | plūrimum | plūrimōs | plūrimās | plūrima | |
| Ablative | plūrimō | plūrimā | plūrimō | plūrimīs | |||
| Vocative | plūrime | plūrima | plūrimum | plūrimī | plūrimae | plūrima | |
References
- “plurimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “plurimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plurimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- Cicero sends cordial greetings to Atticus: Cicero Attico S.D.P. (salutem dicit plurimam)
- my best wishes for your welfare: tibi plurimam salutem
- to have a powerful navy: navibus plurimum posse
- Cicero sends cordial greetings to Atticus: Cicero Attico S.D.P. (salutem dicit plurimam)