plusquamperfectum

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɫuːs.kʷam.pɛrˈfɛk.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [plus.kʷam.perˈfɛk.t̪um]

From plūs (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”). Literally, "more than finished".

plūsquamperfectum

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of plūsquamperfectus

From tempus praeteritum plūsquamperfectum, "the pluperfect tense" (Literally: "the more-than-finished past tense").

plūsquamperfectum n (genitive plūsquamperfectī); second declension

1. (grammar; neuter substantive (etymological)) the pluperfect

• The term tempus praeteritum plūsquamperfectum should always be used; "plūsquamperfectum" by itself is simply the word from which the term's descendants originated.

Second-declension noun (neuter).