(adj.adj.Adj.) : com-plūres (conp-), a, and (mostly ante-class.) ia;
* Gen. ium (cf. Gell. 5, 21, 6; Charis. pp. 56 and 100 P.; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 6 Don.), adj., more than one, not a few, several, very many; as adj. or subst., wholly without comp. force (freq. and class.).
* Adj.
* Nom.: complures consules,Cic. Fam. 10, 6, 3: Volcani,id. N. D. 3, 22, 55; Nep. Epam. 4 fin. al.: mulieres complures,Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 22: fana compluria, Cato ap. Don. l. l.: nova, Ter. Phorm. l. l.: genera, Cic. Fragm. ap. Don. l. l.: scyphorum paria complura,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47; so, genera ambiguorum,id. de Or. 2, 26, 111 (al. plura): loca,Liv. 40, 45, 3: sacella publica,id. 40, 51, 8.
* As subst.
* Dat.: ut compluribus tonsoribus operam daret,Suet. Aug. 79.
* Acc.: servos complures,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 13; so, menses,id. Phorm. 3, 2, 35: dies,id. Hec. 1, 2, 110; Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2: alios, * Hor. S. 1, 10, 87.—(ε) Abl.: ratibus compluribus factis,Caes. B. G. 1, 8 Oud. N. cr.; 8, 14 ib. et saep.— (ζ) Sup.: buceta complurima,Gell. 11, 1, 1 Hertz.
* Complūres, ĭum, m. and f., several, many persons, etc.: Graecis institutionibus eruditi,Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 8; Nep. Timol. 5, 2: (ea) compluribus narravit,Sall. C. 23, 4: mandata ad complures dare,Suet. Tib. 12: complures hostium,Hirt. B. G. 8, 48.
* Complūra, ium, n., many things: complura ne posui quidem, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3: ejusdem generis complura,Caes. B. C. 2, 12 fin.

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