quamplures

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

quamplūres, a (or quam plūres), adj. [quam-plus],

very many (ante-class. and post-Aug. for complures): curiosi sunt hic quamplures mali, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 44: palaestritae, Petr. 21.— Sup. : quamplūrĭ-mus ( quam plūrĭmus ), a, um; commonly in plur., very many : colles, Caes. B. C. 3, 45: radices, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 126.—Hence, subst.: quamplūrĭmum , i, n., very much : quam plurimo vendere, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50: quam plurimum brassicae, Cato R. R. 157, 8.