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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=plerus plera, plerum ADJ :: (w/que) the majority, most, very great part; about all; very many, a good many
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>plērus</b>: a, um, adj. [[root]] ple-, v. [[plenus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>plērus</b>¹⁶ <b>(plœrus)</b>, a, um = [[plerusque]] : [[Cato]] Orig. 1, 4 ; Pacuv. 136 ; 320 ; Cic. Leg. 3, 6.
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{{Georges
|georg=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.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=&#42;plerus, a, um. ''adj''. :: 大半。Plera pars 多半。遇半。&#42;Plerimo cibo uti 多食。
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