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Definitions and meaning of plebs

plebs

Etymology

From Latin plēbs (“the plebeian class”), variant of earlier plēbēs. Later also understood as the plural of pleb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɛbz/
• Rhymes: -ɛbz

Noun

plebs

1. plural of pleb

Noun

plebs pl (plural only)

1. (historical) The plebeian class of Ancient Rome.

   Synonym: plebeiate
2. The common people, especially (derogatory) the mob.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commonalty

   • a. 1657, George Daniel, "The Author" in Poems, Vol. II, p. 131:

     For 'tis an Easier Thing
     To make Trees Leape, and Stones selfe-burthens bring
     (As once Amphion to the walls of Thæbes,)
     Then Stop the giddie Clamouring of Plebs...

   • 1993, Max Cavalera, "Refuse/Resist", Sepultura, Chaos A.D.

     Chaos A.D. / Tanks On The Streets / Confronting Police / Bleeding The Plebs

Usage notes

Although the Latin plebs was usually declined as a singular group noun, English plebs is usually treated as grammatically plural in all its senses.

Derived terms

• plebiscite
• tribune of the plebs

Related terms

• plebeian, plebe, pleb

Translations

References

• “plebs, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2006.

Czech

Noun

plebs m inan

1. plebs, commoners

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• plebs in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• plebs in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plēbs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɛps/
• Hyphenation: plebs

Noun

plebs n (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) plebs, rabble, riffraff

   Synonyms: gepeupel, gespuis, grauw, tuig van de richel

2. (historical) plebs, commoners (non-aristocratic class in ancient Rome, esp. during the Roman Republic)

Related terms

• plebejer
• plebejisch
• plebisciet

Latin

Alternative forms

• plēbēs, plēbis (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Latin plēbēs, from Proto-Italic *plēðwēs (whence Oscan 𐌐𐌋𐌝𐌚𐌓𐌉𐌊𐌔 (plífriks, “plebeian”, nom. sg.) via *plēðros), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁dʰwḗh₁s ~ *pl̥h₁dʰuh₁és (whence Ancient Greek πληθῡ́ς (plēthū́s, “crowd”)) from *pleh₁- (“fill”), whence pleō. See also populus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pleːbs/, [pɫ̪eːps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plebs/, [plɛbs]

Noun

plēbs f (genitive plēbis); third declension

1. (countable and uncountable) plebeians, common people

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

The non-i-stem variant is found in Medieval Latin.

Derived terms

• plēbēcula/ plēbicula
• plēbēius
• plēbicola
• plēbiscītum
• plēbitās
• concilium plēbis
• tribūnus plēbis

Descendants

References

• “plebs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “plebs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• plebs in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• plebs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “plebs”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “plēbs”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 494
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “plēbs”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 55

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin plēbs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɛps/
• Rhymes: -ɛps
• Syllabification: plebs

Noun

plebs m inan

1. (collective, derogatory) plebs (common people, hoi polloi, the mob)
2. (collective, historical, Ancient Rome) plebs (plebeian class of Ancient Rome)

Declension

Further reading

• plebs in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• plebs in Polish dictionaries at PWN