populus
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŏpŭlus: (contr. POPLVS, Inscr. Column. Rostr. in Corp. Inscr. Lat. 195, 17, Plaut. Am. prol. 101; 1, 1, 103; id. Aul. 2, 4, 6; id. Cas. 3, 2, 6 et saep.—Also written POPOLVS, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 197, 15 al.;
I nom. plur. poploe, Carm. Sal. ap. Fest. p. 205 Müll.; v. pilumnoe) from root pleof pleo; v. plenus, i, m., a people, the people.
I Lit.
A In gen. (cf.: gens, natio): res publica res populi: populus autem non omnis hominum coetus quoquo modo congregatus, sed coetus multitudinis juris consensu et utilitatis communione sociatus, Cic. Rep. 1, 25, 39: populus Romanus, id. Phil. 6, 5, 12: exspectabat populus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 90 Vahl.): tene magis salvum populus velit an populum tu, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 27: casci populi Latini, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.): hi populi: Atellani, Calatini, etc., Liv. 22, 61 fin.—
B Esp.
1 The people, opp. to the Senate, in the formula senatus populusque Romanus (abbreviated S. P. Q. R.), saep.; cf.: et patres in populi fore potestate, Liv. 2, 56.—
2 Opp. to the plebs: non enim populi, sed plebis eum (tribunum) magistratum esse, Liv. 2, 56: ut ea res populo plebique Romanae bene eveniret, Cic. Mur. 1, 1.—
3 Rarely for plebs, the populace: dat populus, dat gratus eques, dat tura senatus, Mart. 8, 15, 3: urbanus, the citizens (opp. to the military), Nep. Cim. 2, 1.—
II Transf.
1 A region, district, regarded as inhabited: frequens cultoribus alius populus, Liv. 21, 34, 1 (cf. Gr. δῆμος).—
2 A multitude, host, crowd, throng, great number of persons or things (poet. and in postAug. prose): ratis populo peritura recepto, i. e. with the great multitude of passengers, Luc. 3, 665: fratrum, Ov. H. 14, 115: in tanto populo sileri parricidium potuit, Just. 10, 1: sororum, Ov. H. 9, 52; App. Mag. p. 304: apum, Col. 9, 13, 12: populus totidem imaginum, Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 129; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5: spicarum, Pall. 7, 2: scelerum, Sid. Ep. 6, 1 fin.: concursus in forum populi, Liv. 22, 7, 6.—
3 The public, i. e. the open street (poet.): omnis habet geminas janua frontis, E quibus haec populum spectat; at illa Larem, Ov. F. 1, 136.
pōpŭlus: i, f. root pamp-, pap-, to swell; Lat. papula, papilla, pampinus,
I a poplar, poplar-tree, Plin. 16, 23, 35, § 85; 16, 18, 31, § 77; 17, 11, 15, § 78; Ov. H. 5, 27; sacred to Hercules, Verg. E. 7, 61; Ov. H. 9, 64; Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3: alba, the silver-poplar, Hor. C. 2, 3, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) pŏpŭlus,⁴ ī, m.,
1 peuple [habitants d’un État constitué ou d’une ville] : Cic. Rep. 1, 39 ; Phil. 6, 12 ; populus Romanus, Syracusanus, le peuple romain, syracusain ; defecere ad Pœnos hi populi, Atellani, Calatini... Liv. 22, 61, 11, passèrent aux Carthaginois les peuples suivants, les Atellans, les Calatins...
2 [à Rome] le peuple [opp. au sénat] : senatus populusque Romanus, le sénat et le peuple romain [= les deux organes essentiels de l’État ; abrév. S. P. Q. R. ] || le peuple, [ensemble des citoyens de tout ordre opposé à plebs, plèbe, comme le tout à la partie] : Liv. 2, 56, 12 ; 29, 27, 2 ; Cic. Mur. 1 || [rart] plèbe, populace = plebs : Mart. 8, 15, 3
3 les gens, le monde : Ter. Ad. 93 ; Phorm. 911 ; populi contemnere voces Hor. S. 1, 1, 65, mépriser les propos du monde || le public : Pl. As. 4 ; Pœn. 11 ; Ter. Andr. 3 ; Cic. de Or. 2, 339 ; populo vacare Cic. Tusc. 2, 64, n’avoir point de public, de spectateurs || aliquis ] ex ou de populo Cic. Br. 320 ; Arch. 25, [qqn] de la foule, le premier venu, cf. unus S 2
4 rare canton, région : Liv. 21, 34, 1 || populus Ov. F. 1, 136, le public = le dehors, opposé à Lar, le dedans de la maison. arch. popolus CIL 1, 582, 14 || sync. poplus CIL 1, 25, 17 ; Pl. Amph. 190 ; Aul. 285, etc.; pl. poplœ, v. Fest. 205, 24.
(2) pōpŭlus,¹² ī, f., peuplier : Plin. 16, 85, etc.; Virg. B. 7, 61.