most (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. plūrĭmus (either absolutely, very much or many; or relatively, the most)2. maxĭmus3. plērusque, plērăque, plērumque (usu. in pl.) • most (adj.): 1. plūrĭmus (either absolutely, very much or many; or relatively, the most): of this deity there are m. images, hujus sunt p. simulacra, Caes. B. G. 6, 17: Cic. When quantity is indicated, the nom. and acc. sing. neut. are often used subs.: far the m. toil and utility, laboris et utilitatis longe plurimum, Quint. 10, 3, 1. The gen. plurimi is also used subs.: to possess what is of m. value, id quod plurimi est possidere, Cic. Par. 6, 2, fin. 2. maxĭmus: esp. in phr., for the m. part, chiefly, maximam partem, Caes. B. G. 4, 1: Cic. 3. plērusque, plērăque, plērumque (usu. in pl.): m. money-dealers have this way, habent hunc morem p. argentarii, Pl. Curc. 3, 7: strengthened by omnes: m. young men, p. omnes adolescentuli, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 28. But plerique oft. denotes nothing more than a good many: cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65, multi nihil prodesse philosophiam, plerique etiam obesse arbitrantur, where plerique denotes less than multi: Tac. Phr.: at the m., (1.) summum (not ad summum): twice, or at the m., thrice, bis terve summum, Cic. Fam. 2, 1: Liv. 33, 5, med. (2.) quum plūrĭmum: stakes having three or at m. four branches, valli trium aut quum plurimum quattuor ramorum, Liv. l. c. Also simply, plurimum: Plin. 22, 5, 22.