complures

Latin

Alternative forms

conplūrēs

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs

Proto-Italic *plēōs

Old Latin plousder.

Latin plūrēs

Latin complūrēs

From con- + plūrēs.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpɫuː.reːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈpluː.res]

Determiner

complūrēs (neuter complūra or complūria, adverb complūriēns or complūriēs); third-declension one-termination determiner (non-i-stem) or third-declension two-termination determiner, plural only

several; very many
Synonyms: plūrimus, plērusque

Antonyms: perpauci, pauci

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem) or third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only.

	plural
	masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	complūrēs	complūra complūria
genitive	complūrium complūrum
dative	complūribus
accusative	complūrīs complūrēs	complūra complūria
ablative	complūribus
vocative	complūrēs	complūra complūria

Derived terms

complūsculī

Pronoun

complūrēs (genitive complūrium or complūrum); third-declension masculine/feminine pronoun

many or several persons
Antonyms: perpauci, pauci

Declension

Third-declension pronoun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem), plural only.

	plural
nominative	complūrēs
genitive	complūrium complūrum
dative	complūribus
accusative	complūrēs complūrīs
ablative	complūribus
vocative	complūrēs

References

“complures”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“complures”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“complures”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.