pluries

pluries

English

Etymology

From Latin plūriēs (“many times, often”), which occurs in the first clause.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplʊəɹi.iːz/

Noun

pluries (plural pluries)

  1. (law) A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded.

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

  • plūriēns

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs
Proto-Italic *plēōs
Old Latin plousder.
Latin plūr-
Latin -iēs
Latin plūriēs

    From plūr- + -iēs.

    Adverb

    plūriēs (not comparable)

    1. often, frequently

    References

    • “pluries”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “pluries”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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