plerisque

plerisque is a Latin form of plerusque, meaning “most, the greater part”. It is the dative plural masculine adjective or ablative plural masculine adjective or ablative plural neuter adjective or ablative plural feminine adjective.

It can also be a form of plerus, “(plerique, pleraque) most, the majority; (plerumque) generally, usually”.

Found 240 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.14.4: … vulgum disciplinam efferri velint neque eos, qui discunt, litteris confisos minus memoriae studere: quod fere plerisque accidit, ut praesidio litterarum diligentiam in perdiscendo ac memoriam remittant.

Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis 2.5.1: Nihil aeque amarum quam diu pendere; aequiore quidam animo ferunt praecidi spem suam quam trahi. Plerisque autem hoc vitium est ambitione prava differendi promissa, ne minor sit rogantium turba, quales regiae potenti …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.