pulchrorum

Pulchrorum is a Latin term primarily encountered in discussions of Latin grammar rather than as a standalone concept. It is related to the adjective pulcher, meaning beautiful. In standard classical Latin, the genitive plural of pulcher is pulchrōrum for masculine and neuter nouns, while the feminine genitive plural is pulchrārum. The form pulchrorum, when encountered without macrons, is generally considered a variant spelling found in some manuscripts or orthographic practices, though it is not the preferred form in most modern editions.

In usage, adjectives in Latin agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case. Therefore, pulchrōrum would typically modify masculine or neuter plural nouns in the genitive case, indicating possession or association (for example, “of the beautiful ones”). The feminine genitive plural form pulchrārum would be used with feminine nouns. Because tonal and orthographic conventions vary across manuscripts, the non-marked form pulchrorum occasionally appears, but it is not the standard in classical grammar references.

Beyond grammar, pulcher serves as the root in many scholarly discussions of beauty and aesthetics in Latin literature. The form pulchrōrum is sometimes cited in linguistic studies to illustrate how vowel length and orthography shift in manuscript transmission, while pulchrōrum or pulchrārum are the canonical standard forms in printed references when macrons are omitted.

See also: Pulcher; Latin grammar; Genitive case in Latin; Latin adjectives.