plerus
plērus, a, um, adj. [root ple-, v. plenus],
- very many, a very great part, most (anteclass. prim. form, for the class. plerusque, plerique): ager, campestris plerus, for the most part, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 668 P.: pater Achaeos in Caphareis saxis pleros perdidit, Pac. ib.: plera pars, id. ib. and ap. Fest. p. 230 Müll.: minores magistratus partiti iuris ploeres in ploera sunto, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6.—Neutr. adverb.: plerum (like plerumque, v. plerusque), for the most part, mostly, commonly: fieri solet plerum, ut, etc., Asell. ap. Prisc. p. 668 P.
plērus (ploerus), a, um = plerusque (v. pleo), ager campestris plerus, zum größten Teil, Cato origg. 1. fr. 4: pater Achivos pleros in Cephareis saxis perdidit, Pacuv. tr. 136: periere Danai, plera pars pessum datur, Pacuv. tr. 320: minores magistratus partiti iuris ploeres (= plures) in ploera sunto, für die meisten Staatsämter, Cic. de legg. 3, 6: dah. plerum = plerumque, Sempr. Asellio b. Prisc. 5, 65.
plērus (16) (plœrus), a, um = plerusque : Cato Orig. 1, 4 ; Pacuv. 136 ; 320 ; Cic. Leg. 3, 6.