[ˈpɫeːps], [ˈplɛbs]
OriginFrom Old Latin plēbēs, from Proto-Italic *plēðwēs, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁dʰwḗh₁s ~ *pl̥h₁dʰuh₁és (whence Ancient Greek πληθῡ́ς (plēthū́s, “crowd”)), from the root *pleh₁- (“fill”), whence pleō. Cognate with Oscan 𐌐𐌋𐌝𐌚𐌓𐌉𐌊𐌔 (plífriks, “plebeian”, nom. sg.), perhaps derived from Proto-Italic *plēðros (adjective). See also Latin populus and the Greek-origin borrowing plēthōra.
- declension-3, uncountableplebeians, plebs, common people
“'circum fremunt': quidam hoc loco 'fremunt' id est imperia recusant intellegunt, ut apud Cassium in annalium secundo “ne quis regnum occuparet, si plebs nostra fremere imperia coepisset” , id est recu” — "circum fremunt': Some in this place understand that they 'grumble' that is, protest commands, as Cassius in the second book of Annals: "lest anyone seize power, if the plebs started to 'grumble' our
- countable, declension-3, uncountablepopulace, population, stock
“Quod si nullam progeniem tulerint favi, duas vel tres alv(e)orum plebes in unam contribuere licebit, sed prius respersas dulci liquore” — 1954 translation by E. S. Forster, Edward H. Heffner
But if the combs have produced no offspring, it will be open to you to bring together the population of two or three hives into one, but only after
- Late-Latin, countable, declension-3, uncountablelaity, congregation, parish
“aut si per epistolas agi placet, ipsae plebibus recitentur, ut aliquando non plebes, sed plebs una dicatur.” — or if you prefer the discussion to be carried out by letters, let them be read to the congregations, so that at length they may be called not "congregations", but one congregation.
Formsplēbs(canonical, feminine) · plēbis(genitive) · plēbs(nominative, singular) · plēbēs(nominative, plural) · plēbis(genitive, singular) · plēbium(genitive, plural) · plēbum(genitive, plural) · plēbī(dative, singular) · plēbibus(dative, plural) · plēbem(accusative, singular) · plēbēs(accusative, plural) · plēbīs(accusative, plural) · plēbe(ablative, singular) · plēbibus(ablative, plural) · plēbs(singular, vocative) · plēbēs(plural, vocative) · plēbēs(alternative, archaic) · plēbis(alternative, archaic)