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plebs | plēbēs | plēbis (noun F) : (in inscriptions often PLEPS), -bis, and archaic (‡ ), (plebium, Prud. στεφ. 10, 709:
* Plebibus,Aug. Ep. 166), f.root ple-, fill; whence Gr. πίμπλημι, πλήρης; cf. πλῆ θος, multitude.
* Lit., the common people, the commons or commonalty, the plebeians (opp. the patricians, senators, and knights; whereas populus signifies the collective people, including, therefore, the Senate),Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10: plebes in hoc regi antistat loco, licet Lacrumare plebi, regi honeste non licet, Enn. ap. Hier. Epit. Nep. p. 590 Mign. (Trag. v. 271 Vahl.): plebs a populo eo differt quo species a genere: nam appellatione populi universi cives significantur, connumeratis etiam patriciis et senatoribus: plebis autem appellatione sine patribus et senatu ceteri cives significantur,Just. Inst. 1, 2, 4; cf. Gai. Inst. 1, 3: plebes dominandi studio permota a patribus secessit,Sall. C. 33, 3: ita tribuni plebei creati duo,Liv. 2, 33, 2: dum decem tribunos plebi faceret,id. 3, 65, 4: non enim populi, sed plebis eum (sc.: tribunum plebis) magistratum esse,Liv. 2, 56: populo plebique Romanae,Cic. Mur. 1, 1: in duas partes ego civitatem divisam arbitror in patres, et plebem,Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 5; Liv. 2, 56: Martia Roma triplex equitatu, plebe, senatu,Aus. Idyll. 11, 78.
* Transf., in gen.
* The great mass, the multitude: in Hyrcaniā, plebs publicos alit canes, optimates domesticos,Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: plebem et infimam multitudinem delinire,id. Mil. 35, 95.
* With accessory notion of contempt, the populace, the lower class or order, the mass (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): multitudo de plebe,Liv. 5, 39: si quadringentis sex septem millia desunt, Plebs eris,you shall be plebeian,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 59: misera,id. S. 1, 8, 10: ventosa,id. Ep. 1, 19, 37: immensa nimiaque,Juv. 11, 194.—Among the gods: plebs Superūm, Fauni, Satyrique, Laresque, Fluminaque, et Nymphae, Semideūmque genus,Ov. Ib. 81.—Of bees, a stock, swarm, hive (meaning the great mass, opp. to the queen); in plur. (rare): tres alveorum plebes,Col. 9, 11, 1: corona plebium, Prud. στεφ. 10, 709.
* The whole people, nation, community, = populus (late Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 23, 13: plebs tua Israel,id. Luc. 2, 32 et saep.
* Plebibus,Aug. Ep. 166), f.root ple-, fill; whence Gr. πίμπλημι, πλήρης; cf. πλῆ θος, multitude.
* Lit., the common people, the commons or commonalty, the plebeians (opp. the patricians, senators, and knights; whereas populus signifies the collective people, including, therefore, the Senate),Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10: plebes in hoc regi antistat loco, licet Lacrumare plebi, regi honeste non licet, Enn. ap. Hier. Epit. Nep. p. 590 Mign. (Trag. v. 271 Vahl.): plebs a populo eo differt quo species a genere: nam appellatione populi universi cives significantur, connumeratis etiam patriciis et senatoribus: plebis autem appellatione sine patribus et senatu ceteri cives significantur,Just. Inst. 1, 2, 4; cf. Gai. Inst. 1, 3: plebes dominandi studio permota a patribus secessit,Sall. C. 33, 3: ita tribuni plebei creati duo,Liv. 2, 33, 2: dum decem tribunos plebi faceret,id. 3, 65, 4: non enim populi, sed plebis eum (sc.: tribunum plebis) magistratum esse,Liv. 2, 56: populo plebique Romanae,Cic. Mur. 1, 1: in duas partes ego civitatem divisam arbitror in patres, et plebem,Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 5; Liv. 2, 56: Martia Roma triplex equitatu, plebe, senatu,Aus. Idyll. 11, 78.
* Transf., in gen.
* The great mass, the multitude: in Hyrcaniā, plebs publicos alit canes, optimates domesticos,Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: plebem et infimam multitudinem delinire,id. Mil. 35, 95.
* With accessory notion of contempt, the populace, the lower class or order, the mass (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): multitudo de plebe,Liv. 5, 39: si quadringentis sex septem millia desunt, Plebs eris,you shall be plebeian,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 59: misera,id. S. 1, 8, 10: ventosa,id. Ep. 1, 19, 37: immensa nimiaque,Juv. 11, 194.—Among the gods: plebs Superūm, Fauni, Satyrique, Laresque, Fluminaque, et Nymphae, Semideūmque genus,Ov. Ib. 81.—Of bees, a stock, swarm, hive (meaning the great mass, opp. to the queen); in plur. (rare): tres alveorum plebes,Col. 9, 11, 1: corona plebium, Prud. στεφ. 10, 709.
* The whole people, nation, community, = populus (late Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 23, 13: plebs tua Israel,id. Luc. 2, 32 et saep.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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