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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pleˈbɛ.i/
- Rhymes: -ɛi
- Hyphenation: ple‧bè‧i
Adjective
plebei
- masculine plural of plebeo
Latin
Noun
plēbeī
- genitive/dative singular of plēbēs
Noun
plēbēī
- genitive singular of plēbēius
Adjective
plēbēī
- genitive masculine/neuter singular of plēbēius
61 CE – 65 CE,
Lucan,
Pharsalia 8.736:
- Dā vīlem Magnō plēbēī fūnĕrĭs arcam
quae lacerum corpus siccos effundat in ignes- 1928 translation by J. D. Duff
- But grant to Magnus the paltry bier of a pauper’s burial, to let down the mutilated body on the unfed fires
c. 83 CE – 96 CE,
Silius Italicus,
Punica 8243:
- Dumque Arpos tendunt instincti pectora Poeni,
subnīxus rāptō plēbēī mūnĕrĭs ōstro
saevit iam rostris Varro, ingentique ruinae
festinans aperire locum, fata admovet urbi.
- 1934 translation by J. D. Duff
- Thus encouraged, the Carthaginians made for Arpi. Meanwhile Varro, relying on the purple that he had seized by gift of the people, was already ranting on the Rostrum, and, by his haste to prepare the way for a mighty downfall, brought Rome near to destruction.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
plebei m (definite singular plebeien, indefinite plural plebeiar, definite plural plebeiane)
- (pre-2016) alternative form of plebeiar