plebes

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See also: plèbes

English

Noun

plebes

  1. plural of plebe

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

plēbēs f (variously declined, genitive plēbeī or plēbis); fifth declension, third declension

  1. Alternative form of plēbs

Declension

Fifth-declension noun or third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plēbēs plēbēs
Genitive plēbeī
plēbis
plēbium
Dative plēbeī
plēbī
plēbibus
Accusative plēbem plēbēs
plēbīs
Ablative plēbē
plēbe
plēbibus
Vocative plēbēs plēbēs

Noun

plēbēs

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of plēbs

References

  • plebes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plebes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plebes 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)
  • plebes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) the dregs of the people: faex populi, plebis, civitatis
    • (ambiguous) a demagogue, agitator: plebis dux, vulgi turbator, civis turbulentus, civis rerum novarum cupidus
    • (ambiguous) the plebeian tribunes, whose persons are inviolable: tribuni plebis sacrosancti (Liv. 3. 19. 10)
    • (ambiguous) to appeal to the plebeian tribunes against a praetor's decision: appellare tribunos plebis (in aliqua re a praetore) (Liv. 2. 55)
  • plebes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

plebes

  1. plural of plebe

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplebes/
  • Rhymes: -ebes
  • Syllabification: ple‧bes

Noun

plebes

  1. plural of plebe