plerus

ἡ δὲ γεωργία πέττει καὶ ἐνεργὸν ποιεῖ τὴν τροφήν → tillage brings to maturity and calls into action the nutritive properties of the soil

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

plērus: a, um, adj. root ple-, v. plenus,
I 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.

plērus¹⁶ (plœrus), a, um = plerusque : Cato Orig. 1, 4 ; Pacuv. 136 ; 320 ; Cic. Leg. 3, 6.