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English

Etymology

From Latin pl?bs (“the plebeian class”), variant of earlier pl?b?s. Later also understood as the plural of pleb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?bz/

Noun

plebs

1. plural of pleb in its various senses.

Noun

plebs pl (plural only)

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

   Synonym: plebeiate

   • 1594, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, act IV, scene iv, line 92:

     Why I am going with my pidgeons to the tribunall Plebs.

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.

Related terms

• plebeian, plebe, pleb

Derived terms

• plebiscite

Translations

References

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

Czech

Noun

plebs m

1. plebs, commoners

Related terms

• plebej
• plebejec

Further reading

• plebs in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• plebs in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pl?bs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?ps/
• 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

• pl?b?s, pl?bis (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Latin pl?b?s, from Proto-Italic *pl?ðw?s (whence Oscan ???????????????????????????????? (plífriks, “plebeian”, nom. sg.) via *pl?ðros), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?d?w?h?s ~ *pl?h?d?uh?és (whence Ancient Greek ??????? (pl?th??s, “crowd”)) from *pleh?- (“fill”), whence ple?. See also populus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ple?bs/, [p??e?ps?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pleps/, [pl?ps]

Noun

pl?bs f (genitive pl?bis); 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

• pl?b?cula/ pl?bicula
• pl?b?ius
• pl?bicola
• pl?bisc?tum
• pl?bit?s
• concilium pl?bis
• trib?nus pl?bis

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, 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

English

Noun

blebs

1. plural of bleb