πληβείος

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σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone

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Greek Monolingual

-α, -ο, / πληβεῑος, ΝΜΑ, και πληβήιος, -ΐα, -ον, Α
αυτός που κατάγεται από λαϊκή, κατώτερη κοινωνική τάξη
2. (στην αρχ. Ρώμη) πολίτης από κατώτερη τάξη που δεν είχε ευγενή καταγωγή, σε αντιδιαστολή προς τους πατρικίους.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λατ. plebeius < plebs, -bis «δήμος, όχλος»].