more (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. plus, plūris, n.; pl. plūres, a (the sing. plus is used as subs., esp. with part. gen., the pl., as other adjectt. of number). and what is m., (being) Romans, et quod plus est, Romani, Liv. 9, 24, med.2. amplius, indecl. (denoting greater extent of space or time; also number); a space of not m. than 600 ft., spatium, quod est non a. pedum DC, Caes. B. G. 1, 383. ultra, adv. and prep. (to denote excess above a certain limit)4. suprā (like preced.; but more freq. as prep.) • more (adj.): 1. plus, plūris, n.; pl. plūres, a (the sing. plus is used as subs., esp. with part. gen., the pl., as other adjectt. of number). and what is m., (being) Romans, et quod plus est, Romani, Liv. 9, 24, med.: Cic.: to have m. money, m. strength, etc., plus pecuniae, virium habere, Cic. pass.: the sing. is sometimes used with ref. to numbers: he had no m. than 30 of his friends with him, non plus habuit secum [quam] triginta de suis, Nep. Thras. 2. The pl. occurs in sense of more (as strict compar. to multi, cf. Cic. Man. 7, 19, non possunt ... multi rem atque fortunas amittere, ut non plures secum in eandem calamitatem trahant, i. e. without involving still more, etc.): or more freq. = a considerable number: v. several. Note also the use of neut. pl. plura, pluribus, with ellipsis of verba, verbis though I would fain write m., plura quum scribere vellem, Sall. Cat. 33, fin.: to pursue at m. length, pluribus exsequi, Phaedr. 3, 10, extr. Dimin. plusculus (a little more): to use rather m. salt, plusculo sale uti, Col. 12, 50, med.: Ter. (N.B.--Plus is often an adv. in Latin, where the corresponding word in Eng. is regarded as an adj.: I am aware that a number of colours appear, and that there is really not m. than one, sentio plures videri colores, nec esse plus uno, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79: so in phr., plus minusve, more or less = thereabouts: Auct. B. G. 8, 20.) 2. amplius, indecl. (denoting greater extent of space or time; also number); a space of not m. than 600 ft., spatium, quod est non a. pedum DC, Caes. B. G. 1, 38: for m. than four hours, a. quattuor horis, ib. 4, 37: m. than a hundred Roman citizens knew him, eum a. centum cives Romani cognoverunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5, 14. (N.B.--Plus, amplius, minus, are often used adverbially with numeral adjectives, without effecting any change in their syntactical construction. L. G. § 349.) 3. ultra, adv. and prep. (to denote excess above a certain limit): m. than enough, ultra quam satis est, Cic. Inv. 1, 49, init.: rather m. than that number, paulo u. eum numerum, Auct. B. Alex. 21: m. than is right, u. fas, Hor.: v. beyond. 4. suprā (like preced.; but more freq. as prep.): m. than 20,000 were slain, caesa s. millia viginti, Liv. 30, 35: v. above (prep.). Phr.: with m. eagerness than discretion, avidius quam consultius (L. G. § 549): nay more, immo, immo vēro: cf. Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 31 and 49 (immo etiam ...): cf. id. Eun. 2, 3, 37 (immo enimvero, infeliciter, nay, more than that, unluckily): also Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2. Vivit?--immo vero etiam in Senatum venit, Lives?--Nay more, he actually appears in the Senate (cf. Dr. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. immo): in somewhat similar use, (atque) adeo: v. indeed (I., 2).