plēbēĭus (
plēbēĭus (-ējus), a, um, adj. id.. Of or belonging to the common people or commonalty, plebeian (opp. to patricius), Liv. 4, 4, 11; Cic. Fam. 9, 21: familia, id. Mur. 7, 15: consul, Liv. 6, 40; 10, 23: Pudicitia, the goddess of Chastity of the plebeians, as there was also a Pudicitia patricia, id. ib.; cf. Fest. p. 237 Müll.: ludi, popular sports, shows instituted by the commonalty, Liv. 29, 38 fin.: fatum (opp. divitibus responsa data), Juv. 6, 588: Deciorum animae, id. 8, 254.—Subst.: plēbēĭus, i, m., a plebeian, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. mutire, p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.); Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 10.— Transf., in a contemptuous sense, plebeian (opp. to refined, elevated), common, vulgar, mean, low (class.): quamquam nos videmur tibi plebei et pauperes, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 12: licet concurrant omnes plebei philosophi; sic enim ii, qui a Platone, et Socrate, et ab eā familiā dissident, appellandi videntur, i. e. the Epicureans), Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 55: purpura plebeia ac paene fusca, id. Sest. 8, 19: vina, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69: charta, id. 13, 22, 23,—75: gemma, id. 37, 9, 45, § 128: sermo, Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3.—Adverb., Petr. 93.
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plēbēĭus (-ējus), a, um, adj. id.. Of or belonging to the common people or commonalty, plebeian (opp. to patricius), Liv. 4, 4, 11; Cic. Fam. 9, 21: familia, id. Mur. 7, 15: consul, Liv. 6, 40; 10, 23: Pudicitia, the goddess of Chastity of the plebeians, as there was also a Pudicitia patricia, id. ib.; cf. Fest. p. 237 Müll.: ludi, popular sports, shows instituted by the commonalty, Liv. 29, 38 fin.: fatum (opp. divitibus responsa data), Juv. 6, 588: Deciorum animae, id. 8, 254.—Subst.: plēbēĭus, i, m., a plebeian, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. mutire, p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.); Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 10.— Transf., in a contemptuous sense, plebeian (opp. to refined, elevated), common, vulgar, mean, low (class.): quamquam nos videmur tibi plebei et pauperes, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 12: licet concurrant omnes plebei philosophi; sic enim ii, qui a Platone, et Socrate, et ab eā familiā dissident, appellandi videntur, i. e. the Epicureans), Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 55: purpura plebeia ac paene fusca, id. Sest. 8, 19: vina, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69: charta, id. 13, 22, 23,—75: gemma, id. 37, 9, 45, § 128: sermo, Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3.—Adverb., Petr. 93.
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