"plusculus" meaning in Latin

See plusculus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈpɫuːs.kʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈplus.ku.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From plūs + -culus. Etymology templates: {{af|la|plūs|-culus}} plūs + -culus Head templates: {{la-adj|plūsculus}} plūsculus (feminine plūscula, neuter plūsculum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|plūsculus}} Forms: plūsculus [canonical], plūscula [feminine], plūsculum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], plūsculus [masculine, nominative, singular], plūscula [feminine, nominative, singular], plūsculum [neuter, nominative, singular], plūsculī [masculine, nominative, plural], plūsculae [feminine, nominative, plural], plūscula [neuter, nominative, plural], plūsculī [genitive, masculine, singular], plūsculae [feminine, genitive, singular], plūsculī [genitive, neuter, singular], plūsculōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], plūsculārum [feminine, genitive, plural], plūsculōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], plūsculō [dative, masculine, singular], plūsculae [dative, feminine, singular], plūsculō [dative, neuter, singular], plūsculīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], plūsculum [accusative, masculine, singular], plūsculam [accusative, feminine, singular], plūsculum [accusative, neuter, singular], plūsculōs [accusative, masculine, plural], plūsculās [accusative, feminine, plural], plūscula [accusative, neuter, plural], plūsculō [ablative, masculine, singular], plūsculā [ablative, feminine, singular], plūsculō [ablative, neuter, singular], plūsculīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], plūscule [masculine, singular, vocative], plūscula [feminine, singular, vocative], plūsculum [neuter, singular, vocative], plūsculī [masculine, plural, vocative], plūsculae [feminine, plural, vocative], plūscula [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. a somewhat larger amount of, a little extra Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-plusculus-la-adj-LXkVDvxZ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 48 48 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 50 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 50 2
  2. a somewhat larger amount of, a little extra
    a largish amount of, quite a lot of
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-plusculus-la-adj-tvCaR5KK Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -culus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 48 48 4 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -culus: 39 55 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 50 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 50 2
  3. (in the plural) a fairly large number of, several Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, in-plural
    Sense id: en-plusculus-la-adj-TzxkTPpc
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