Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1839.plebs on page 1839
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plēbs the common people
plēbs is a Latin Noun that primarily means the common people.
Definitions for plēbs
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
the common people, populace, plebeians
English derivatives:
plebs plebe plebeian plebiscite
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The general body of citizens at Rome (as distinct from the patricians), the plebeian class, the commons; (also in other constitutions). (b) (acting as a legislative or judiciary body often dist. from populus). (c) TRIBVNVS ~ebis, etc., an officer appointed to protect the interests of the plebs; TRIBVNATVS ~ ebis, the office of tribune; AEDILIS ~ebis, a plebeian aedile; ~ebis scitum, see PLEBISCITVM.
- 2
(with stress on the social aspect rather than the political) The common people, mob, common herd, the masses.
- 3
(transf.) The common run, ordinary class, rank and file.
Sentences with plēbs
Latin to English
Quod agebat ideo obstinate ut dissensiones augente licentia, non timeret unanimantem postea plebem, nullas infestas hominibus bestias, ut sunt sibi ferales plerique Christianorum expertus.Compare On this he took a firm stand, to the end that, as this freedom increased their dissension, he might afterwards have no fear of a united populace, knowing as he did from experience that no wild beasts are such enemies to mankind as are most of the Christian in their deadly hatred of one another.
Non ego ventosae plebis suffragia venor impensis cenarum et tritae munere vestis.Compare I am not the man to hunt the suffrages of the windy crowd at the cost of suppers and by the gift of worn raiment.
Iterum tribunus plebs fio volo.Compare He wished to be made tribune of the people a second time.
Extremus annus comitia consularis certamen Patres ac plebs dirimo.Compare At the end of the year a dispute between the patricians and the people put off the comitia for the election of the consuls.
Hic sum idem familia, Quirites, qui plebs ad curulis magistratus iter obsepio.Compare This is the same family, Romans, which has closed the road to the curule offices against the people.
Inde plebs ab iuvenis Patres iniuria fio coepi.Compare Then injuries began to be inflicted on the people by the younger patricians.
Nec somnum plebis laudo satur altilium nec otia divitiis Arabum liberrima muto.Compare And do not think that I praise the sleep of the humble while my own belly is with fat capon lined. I have no mind to exchange my ease and freedom for the riches of the Arabs.
Num ille furor tribunus plebs fraus Metellus sum, summus ille et clarus vir? Certe non sum.Compare Did that fury of the tribune of the people injure Metellus, that great and most illustrious man? Certainly it did not.
Declension table for plēbs
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | plēbs | plēbēs |
| Gen. | plēbis | plēbum |
| Dat. | plēbī | plēbibus |
| Acc. | plēbem | plēbēs |
| Abl. | plēbe | plēbibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 230.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1839.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "plēbs, plēbis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/plebs-plebis.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 230.plēbs, plēbis on page 230
