proletarius

Latin > English

proletarius proletaria, proletarium ADJ :: proletarian, of lowest class; common, vulgar
proletarius proletarius proletarii N M :: proletarian
proletarius proletarius proletarii N M :: citizen of the lowest class (serving the state only by fathering children)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prōlētārĭus: ĭi, m. proles.
I According to a division of the people by Servius Tullius, a citizen of the lowest class, who served the State not with his property, but only with his children (proles), a proletary: qui aut non plus mille quingentum aeris aut omnino nihil in suum censum praeter caput attulissent, proletarios nominavit, ut ex iis quasi proles [id est quasi progenies civitatis exspectari videretur, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40; cf Liv. 1, 43; Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 16, 10, 1; Enn. ib. (Ann. v. 189 Vahl.): proletarios lucrari plures, Amm. 19, 11, 7: proletarium capite censum, dictum quod ex his civitas constet, quasi proles progenie: iidem et proletanei, Fest. p. 228 Müll.—*
II Transf., adj., low, common: sermo, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) prōlētārĭus,¹⁵ ĭī, m. (proles), qui ne compte dans l’État que par ses enfants, cf. Gell. 16, 10 || prolétaire [citoyen pauvre, des dernières classes] : Cic. Rep. 2, 40 ;
(2) prōlētārĭus, a, um, du bas peuple, trivial : Pl. Mil. 752.

Latin > German (Georges)

prōlētārius, a, um (proles), I) die Nachkommenschaft betreffend; dah. subst., prōlētā ius, iī, m., nach der Volkseinteilung des Servius Tullius der Bürger der untersten Klasse, der dem Staate nur mit seiner Nachkommenschaft (proles), nicht mit seinem Vermögen diente, der Proletarier, Enn. u. XII tabb. b. Gell. 16. 10. § 1 u. 3. Arnob. 2, 29 (Ggstz. classici). Paul. ex Fest. 226, 13: Plur., Cic. de rep. 2, 40. Vgl. übh. Gell. 16, 10. – II) übtr., gemein, niedrig, sermo, Plaut. mil. 752.

Latin > Chinese

proletarius sermo :: 下民之話