plebs

Etymology
From, variant of earlier. Later also understood as the plural of.

Noun

 * 1)  The plebeian class of Ancient Rome.
 * 2) The common people, especially  the mob.
 * 3) * a. 1657,, "The Author" in Poems, Vol. II, p. 131:
 * For 'tis an Easier Thing To make Trees Leape, and Stones selfe-burthens bring (As once to the walls of Thæbes,) Then Stop the giddie Clamouring of Plebs...
 * 1) * 1993, Max Cavalera, "Refuse/Resist", Sepultura, Chaos A.D.
 * Chaos A.D. / Tanks On The Streets / Confronting Police / Bleeding The Plebs
 * For 'tis an Easier Thing To make Trees Leape, and Stones selfe-burthens bring (As once to the walls of Thæbes,) Then Stop the giddie Clamouring of Plebs...
 * 1) * 1993, Max Cavalera, "Refuse/Resist", Sepultura, Chaos A.D.
 * Chaos A.D. / Tanks On The Streets / Confronting Police / Bleeding The Plebs

Usage notes
Although the Latin was usually declined as a singular group noun, English plebs is usually treated as grammatically plural in all its senses.

Translations

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 * Esperanto: popolamaso
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Noun

 * , commoners

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * , rabble, riffraff
 * , commoners non-aristocratic class in ancient Rome, esp. during the Roman Republic
 * , commoners non-aristocratic class in ancient Rome, esp. during the Roman Republic

Etymology
From, from (whence Oscan  via ), from  (whence Ancient Greek ) from , whence. See also.

Noun

 * 1)  plebeians, common people

Descendants
From *plēbānus: Early borrowings: Modern borrowings:

Etymology
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