pluralis
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
plūrālis: e, adj. plus,
I belonging or relating to more than one, relating to many (post-Aug.).
I In gen.
1 Pluralis elocutio testium, Dig. 22, 5, 12.—
2 Plural, consisting of more than one: deitas, Arn. in Psa. 67.—
II In partic., a gram. t. t., plural: praeterea numeros, in quibus nos singularem ac pluralem habemus, Graeci et δυικον, Quint. 1, 5, 42: genitivus, of the plural, id. 1, 6, 26.—Absol.: cum singulari pluralis subjungitur, the plural, Quint. 9, 3, 8: singularia pluralibus miscet, id. 9, 3, 63; 1, 5, 16; cf. id. 8, 6, 28.—Adv.: plūrālĭ-ter, in the plural, gram. t. t.: tonitrua nos pluraliter dicimus, Sen. Q. N. 2, 56, 1; Quint. 1, 6, 25; 8, 3, 35; 8, 6, 28.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
plūrālis, e (plus), composé de plusieurs : Arn. J. Psalm. 67 || pluriel [t. de gramm.] : Quint. 1, 5, 42 || subst. m., le pluriel : Quint. 9, 3, 8 ; pluralia, n., Quint. 9, 3, 63, noms au pluriel.
Latin > German (Georges)
plūrālis, e (plus), zu mehreren-, zur Mehrzahl gehörig, I) im allg., aus mehreren bestehend, pluralem facitis deitatem, Ps. Arnob. in psalm. 67. – II) insbes.: A) als jurist. t. t., in der Mehrzahl abgefaßt, -ausgesprochen, pl. elocutio testium, ICt.: pl. sermo, ICt. – B) als gramm. t. t., im Plural stehend, des Plurals (Ggstz. singularis), numerus, Quint.: casus, ICt.: genetivus, Quint.: numerum pluralem facere (bilden), Gramm. Vatic. – subst., plūrālis, is, m., der Plural, Quint.: plūrālia, ium, n., Plurale, im Plural stehende Nomina, Quint.
