plerus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.