Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1404.populus on page 1404
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populus people
populus is a Latin Noun that primarily means people.
Definitions for populus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
the people, a people, a nation
English derivatives:
populace population popularity popularize populous
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A human community, people, nation. (b) (pl.) the peoples of the world. (c) (transf., of other creatures). (d) the members (of a society or sim.).
- 2
The people (as transcending the individuals composing it), the state. (b) (at Rome) the whole people (exercising legislative and judicial power); (in other cities).
- 3
The general public, populace, multitude. (b) the common people (dist. from the upper classes), the 'masses'.
Sentences with populus
Latin to English
Populus Rōmānus ōtium bonum nōn semper habet.Compare The Roman people do not always have good peace.
Lībertās populō ab rēge tertiō brevī tempore dabitur.Compare Liberty will be given to the people by the third king in a short time.
Numerus populī Rōmānī est magnus.Compare The number of the Roman people is great.
Salūs populī suprēma lēx est. (Cicero, De legibus III.8)Compare The safety of the people is the supreme law.
Aliae nationes servitutem pati possunt, populi Romani est propria libertas.Compare Other nations may be able to put up with slavery, but freedom is the distinguishing attribute of the Roman people.
Multa fero, ut placem genus irritabile vatum, cum scribo et supplex populi suffragia capto.Compare So long as I am writing and wooing on my knees the people's suffrages, I have to submit to much in order to pacify the sensitive race of poets.
Mutavit mentem populus levis et calet uno scribendi studio; pueri patresque severi fronde comas vincti cenant.Compare The fickle populace has changed its taste, and nowadays is fevered with a universal passion for writing. Boys and grave fathers alike sit at supper with their brows crowned with leaves.
Eripio, exturqueo tu iste populus Romanus utinam salvus ego.Compare The Roman people will snatch and wrest these things from you, I hope without injury to us.
Declension table for populus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | populus | populī |
| Gen. | populī | populōrum |
| Dat. | populō | populīs |
| Acc. | populum | populōs |
| Voc. | popule | populī |
| Abl. | populō | populīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 21.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1404.
- 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): 119.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "populus, populī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 25, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/populus-populi.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 21.populus, populī on page 21
