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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *pleh₁-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [pɫeːˈrʊŋ.kʷɛ]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pleˈruŋ.kʷe]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''plērumque''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the neuter of [[m|la|plērusque|t=most, the greater part]], used as an adverb (an adverbial accusative).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|plērusque]] from the older [[m|la|plērus|t=most of]], from [[itc-pro|*plēro-]] and [[ine-pro|*pl(e)h₁-ro-|t=full]], from the root [[ine-pro|*pleh₁-|t=to fill]] of [[m|la|plēnus|t=full]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus says of bird-traps ''in eās plērumque ēsca impōnitur'', “bait is usually put in them”.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ ''Plērumque'' is “on most occasions, mostly, generally” (Terence: ''hīc solēbāmus ferē plērumque eam opperīrī'', “here we usually waited for her”), and “for most of the time” (Sallust: he mostly kept the soldiers in a fixed camp).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) From Cicero on, and more often after Augustus, it is weaker, “often, frequently”, and also “to a large extent” (Cicero: the face largely shows the feelings).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) As a noun with a genitive it is “the greater part”.^(Wiktionary)
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+ Church Latin glosses it “mostly, commonly, for the most part”.^(Stelten 1995)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''in eās plērumque ēsca impōnitur''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''ferē plērumque''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust: ''plērumque mīlitēs statīvīs castrīs habēbat''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # Mostly, [[m|en|generally]], usually.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # For most of the time.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Often, [[m|en|frequently]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To a large extent, largely.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ===Noun===
+ # ''(with genitive)'' The greater part.^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[plērusque]]
+ * [[plērīque]]
+ * [[plēnus]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}