From plēbēs (“the common people”) (archaic form of plēbs) + -ius, alternatively analyzable as plēbs + -ēius.
Note: the long vowel /eː/ before the consonantal /i̯/ of the suffix is due to plēbēs being an ē-stem, differently from e.g. Pompeius.
plēbēius (feminine plēbēia, neuter plēbēium); first/second-declension adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | plēbēius | plēbēia | plēbēium | plēbēiī | plēbēiae | plēbēia | |
Genitive | plēbēiī | plēbēiae | plēbēiī | plēbēiōrum | plēbēiārum | plēbēiōrum | |
Dative | plēbēiō | plēbēiō | plēbēiīs | ||||
Accusative | plēbēium | plēbēiam | plēbēium | plēbēiōs | plēbēiās | plēbēia | |
Ablative | plēbēiō | plēbēiā | plēbēiō | plēbēiīs | |||
Vocative | plēbēie | plēbēia | plēbēium | plēbēiī | plēbēiae | plēbēia |
plēbēius m (genitive plēbēiī or plēbēī); second declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | plēbēius | plēbēiī |
Genitive | plēbēiī plēbēī1 |
plēbēiōrum |
Dative | plēbēiō | plēbēiīs |
Accusative | plēbēium | plēbēiōs |
Ablative | plēbēiō | plēbēiīs |
Vocative | plēbēie | plēbēiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).