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|lshtext=<b>pŏpŭlāris</b>: (sync. poplāris, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36), e, adj. 1. [[populus]],<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to the [[people]], [[proceeding]] from or designed for the [[people]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: populares leges, i. e. laws instituted by the [[people]], Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9: [[accessus]], id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25: [[coetus]], id. Ac. 2, 2, 6: [[munus]], a [[donation]] to the [[people]], id. Off. 2, 16, 56: [[popularia]] verba usitata, id. ib. 2, 10, 35; cf.: ad usum popularem [[atque]] civilem disserere, id. Leg. 3, 6, 14: [[dictio]] ad vulgarem popularemque sensum accommodata, id. de Or. 1, 23, 108: [[oratio]] philosophorum ... nec sententiis nec verbis instructa popularibus, id. Or. 19, 64: [[popularis]] [[oratio]], id. ib. 44, 151: populari nomine aliquid appellare, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48: laudes, in the mouths of the [[people]], Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6: [[admiratio]], id. Fam. 7, 1, 2: [[honor]], Cic. Dom. 18: [[ventus]], [[popular]] [[favor]], id. Clu. 47, 130 init.: [[aura]], Hor. C. 3, 2, 20: [[civitas]], [[democracy]], Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200 (opp. [[regia]] [[civitas]], [[monarchy]]): [[popularia]] sacra sunt, ut ait [[Labeo]], quae omnes cives faciunt nec certis familiis attributa sunt, Fest. p.253 Müll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.: pŏpŭlārĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. subsellia), the seats of the [[people]] in the [[theatre]], the [[common]] seats, Suet. Claud. 25; id. Dom. 4 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of or belonging to the [[same]] [[people]] or [[country]], [[native]], [[indigenous]] (as an adj. [[rare]]): [[Sappho]] puellis de popularibus querentem vidimus, Hor. C. 2, 13, 25: flumina, of the [[same]] [[district]], Ov. M. 1, 577: [[oliva]], [[native]], id. ib. 7, 498.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As subst.: pŏpŭlāris, is, comm. (freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Masc., a [[countryman]], [[fellow]]-[[countryman]]: redire ad suos populares, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. [[stuprum]], p. 317 Müll.: o mi [[popularis]], [[salve]], Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 79: o populares, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 1; id. Ad. 2, 1, 1: [[popularis]] ac [[sodalis]] [[suus]], Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118: ego [[vero]] Solonis, [[popularis]] tui, ut [[puto]], [[etiam]] mei, legem neglegam (for [[Cicero]] had also lived in [[Athens]]), id. Att. 10, 1, 2: [[popularis]] alicujus definiti loci (opp. [[civis]] totius mundi), id. Leg. 1, 23, 61: non populares [[modo]], Liv. 29, 1: cum turbā popularium, Just. 43, 1, 6: quae res indicabat populares esse.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fem.: mea [[popularis]] opsecro haec est? Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 35; 4, 4, 36; 4, 8, 4 al.; Sall. J. 58, 4: [[tibi]] [[popularis]], Ov. M. 12, 191.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of animals and plants of the [[same]] [[region]]: [[leaena]], Ov. lb. 503: (glires) populares ejusdem silvae (opp. alienigenae, amne vel monte discreti), Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 224: populares eorum (prunorum) myxae, id. 15, 13, 12, § 43.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons of the [[same]] [[condition]], [[occupation]], tastes, etc., a [[companion]], [[partner]], [[associate]], [[accomplice]], [[comrade]]: [[meus]] [[popularis]] Geta, [[fellow]] (i. e. a [[slave]]), Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 1: populares conjurationis, Sall. C. 24, 1; 52, 14: sceleris, id. ib. 22, 1: invitis hoc nostris popularibus dicam, the men of [[our]] [[school]], i. e. the [[Stoics]], Sen. Vit. Beat. 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[political]] [[signification]], of or belonging to the [[people]], [[attached]] or [[devoted]] to the [[people]] (as opposed to the [[nobility]]), [[popular]], [[democratic]]: res publica ex [[tribus]] generibus illis, regali et optumati et populari confusa [[modice]], Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 41 (ap. Non. 342, 31): [[homo]] [[maxime]] [[popularis]], Cic. Clu. 28, 77: [[consul]] veritate non ostentatione [[popularis]], id. Agr. 1, 7, 23: [[animus]] [[vere]] [[popularis]], saluti populi consulens, id. Cat. 4, 5, 9: [[ingenium]], Liv. 2, 24: [[sacerdos]], i. e. [[Clodius]], as [[attached]] to the [[popular]] [[party]], Cic. Sest. 30, 66: vir, Liv. 6, 20: [[homo]], of the [[common]] [[people]] (opp. rex), Vulg. Sap. 18, 11. —Hence, subst.: pŏpŭlāres, ĭum, m., the [[people]]'s [[party]], the democrats (opp. optimates, the aristocrats): duo genera [[semper]] in hac civitate fuerunt… quibus ex generibus alteri se populares, alteri optimates et haberi et esse voluerunt. Quia ea quae faciebant, multitudini jucunda esse volebant, populares habebantur, Cic. Sest. 45, 96: qui populares habebantur, id. ib. 49, 105: ex quo evenit, ut alii populares, alii studiosi optimi cujusque videantur, id. Off. 1, 25, 85.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Acceptable to the [[people]], [[agreeable]] to the [[multitude]], [[popular]]: dixi in senatu me popularem consulem futurum. Quid [[enim]] est tam populare [[quam]] pax? Cic. Agr. 2, 4, 9: potest [[nihil]] esse tam populare [[quam]] id [[quod]] ego [[consul]] [[popularis]] adfero, pacem, etc., id. ib. 2, 37, 102: quo [[nihil]] popularius est, Liv. 7, 33, 3: populare gratumque audientibus, Plin. Paneg. 77, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Of or belonging to the citizens (as opposed to the [[soldiery]]): quique rem agunt duelli, quique populare [[auspicium]], Cic. Leg.2, 8; cf.Amm. 14, 10; [[usually]] as subst.: popŭlāris, is, m., a [[citizen]] (post-class.): [[multa]] milia et popularium et militum, [[Capitol]]. Ant. Phil. 17; Dig. 1, 12, 1 fin.: popularibus militibusque, Juv. 26, 3, 5; Amm. 22, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> Belonging to or [[fit]] for the [[common]] [[people]]; [[hence]], [[common]], [[coarse]], [[mean]], [[bad]]: sal. [[Cato]], R. R. 88: pulli ([[apium]]), Col. 9, 11, 4: [[popularia]] agere, to [[play]] [[coarse]] tricks, Laber. ap. Non. 150, 25.—Hence, adv.: pŏpŭlārĭter.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> After the [[manner]] of the [[common]] [[people]], i. e. [[commonly]], [[coarsely]], [[vulgarly]], Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24: loqui, id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: [[scriptus]] [[liber]] (opp. limatius), id. ib. 5, 5, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[popular]] [[manner]], [[popularly]], [[democratically]]: agere, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: conciones [[seditiose]] ac [[populariter]] excitatae, id. Clu. 34, 93: occidere quemlibet [[populariter]], to [[win]] [[popularity]], Juv. 3, 37.