(adj.adv.) : pŏpŭlāris (sync. poplāris, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36), e, adj. 1. populus
* Of or belonging to the people, proceeding from or designed for the people.
* In gen.: populares leges,i. e. laws instituted by the people,Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9: accessus,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25: coetus,id. Ac. 2, 2, 6: munus,a donation to the people,id. Off. 2, 16, 56: popularia verba usitata,id. ib. 2, 10, 35; cf.: ad usum popularem atque civilem disserere,id. Leg. 3, 6, 14: dictio ad vulgarem popularemque sensum accommodata,id. de Or. 1, 23, 108: oratio philosophorum ... nec sententiis nec verbis instructa popularibus,id. Or. 19, 64: popularis oratio,id. ib. 44, 151: populari nomine aliquid appellare,Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48: laudes,in the mouths of the people,Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6: admiratio,id. Fam. 7, 1, 2: honor,Cic. Dom. 18: ventus,popular favor,id. Clu. 47, 130 init.: aura,Hor. C. 3, 2, 20: civitas,democracy,Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200 (opp. regia civitas, monarchy): popularia sacra sunt, ut ait Labeo, quae omnes cives faciunt nec certis familiis attributa sunt,Fest. p.253 Müll.
* Subst.: pŏpŭlārĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. subsellia), the seats of the people in the theatre, the common seats, Suet. Claud. 25; id. Dom. 4 fin.
* In partic.
* Of or belonging to the same people or country, native, indigenous (as an adj. rare): Sappho puellis de popularibus querentem vidimus,Hor. C. 2, 13, 25: flumina,of the same district,Ov. M. 1, 577: oliva,native,id. ib. 7, 498.
* As subst.: pŏpŭlāris, is, comm. (freq. and class.).
* In a political signification, of or belonging to the people, attached or devoted to the people (as opposed to the nobility), popular, democratic: res publica ex tribus generibus illis, regali et optumati et populari confusa modice,Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 41 (ap. Non. 342, 31): homo maxime popularis,Cic. Clu. 28, 77: consul veritate non ostentatione popularis,id. Agr. 1, 7, 23: animus vere popularis, saluti populi consulens, id. Cat. 4, 5, 9: ingenium,Liv. 2, 24: sacerdos, i. e. Clodius, as attached to the popular party,Cic. Sest. 30, 66: vir,Liv. 6, 20: homo, of the common people (opp. rex), Vulg. Sap. 18, 11. —Hence, subst.: pŏpŭlāres, ĭum, m., the people's party, the democrats (opp. optimates, the aristocrats): duo genera semper in hac civitate fuerunt . . . quibus ex generibus alteri se populares, alteri optimates et haberi et esse voluerunt. Quia ea quae faciebant, multitudini jucunda esse volebant, populares habebantur,Cic. Sest. 45, 96: qui populares habebantur,id. ib. 49, 105: ex quo evenit, ut alii populares, alii studiosi optimi cujusque videantur,id. Off. 1, 25, 85.
* Acceptable to the people, agreeable to the multitude, popular: dixi in senatu me popularem consulem futurum. Quid enim est tam populare quam pax?Cic. Agr. 2, 4, 9: potest nihil esse tam populare quam id quod ego consul popularis adfero, pacem, etc.,id. ib. 2, 37, 102: quo nihil popularius est,Liv. 7, 33, 3: populare gratumque audientibus,Plin. Paneg. 77, 4.
* Of or belonging to the citizens (as opposed to the soldiery): quique rem agunt duelli, quique populare auspicium,Cic. Leg.2, 8; cf.Amm. 14, 10; usually as subst.: popŭlāris, is, m., a citizen (post-class.): multa milia et popularium et militum,Capitol. Ant. Phil. 17; Dig. 1, 12, 1 fin.: popularibus militibusque,Juv. 26, 3, 5; Amm. 22, 2.
* Belonging to or fit for the common people; hence, common, coarse, mean, bad: sal. Cato, R. R. 88: pulli (apium),Col. 9, 11, 4: popularia agere, to play coarse tricks, Laber. ap. Non. 150, 25.—Hence, adv.: pŏpŭlārĭter.
* After the manner of the common people, i. e. commonly, coarsely, vulgarly, Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24: loqui,id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: scriptus liber (opp. limatius),id. ib. 5, 5, 12.
* In a popular manner, popularly, democratically: agere,Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: conciones seditiose ac populariter excitatae,id. Clu. 34, 93: occidere quemlibet populariter,to win popularity,Juv. 3, 37.

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