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|lshtext=<b>vulgus</b>: (volg-), i, n. (<br /><b>I</b> masc., Att., Sisenn., and Varr. ap. Non. p. 230, 27 sq.; Verg. A. 2, 99; Phaedr. 4, 14; Liv. 6, 34, 5; 24, 32, 1; Lucr. 2, 920 et saep.) [Sanscr. várga, a [[group]], the [[great]] [[mass]], the [[multitude]], the [[people]], [[public]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[plebs]], [[turba]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: non est [[consilium]] in [[vulgo]], non [[ratio]], etc., Cic. Planc. 4, 9; Sall. J. 66, 2; Verg. A. 2, 39: [[quod]] in [[vulgus]] gratum esse sentimus, [[with]] the [[people]], [[with]] the [[public]], [[generally]], Cic. Att. 2, 22, 3: in [[vulgus]] [[notus]], id. ib. 9, 5, 2; Liv. 22, 3, 14; Tac. H. 1, 71; 2, 26 fin.; 2, 93 al.: [[apio]] [[gratia]] in [[vulgo]] est, Plin. 20, 11, 44, § 112.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[mass]], [[crowd]], [[throng]], [[multitude]] of persons or animals: [[vulgus]] servorum, Ter. And. 3, 4, 4: mulierum, id. Hec. 4, 2, 24: patronorum, Cic. Brut. 97, 332: insipientium, id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63: densum (umbrarum), Hor. C. 2, 13, 32: [[inane]] (animarum), Ov. F. 2, 554: femineum, Luc. 7, 39: incautum (ovium), Verg. G. 3, 469: aequoreum, of [[sea]]-monsters, Sen. Hippol. 957.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With an [[accessory]] [[idea]] of [[contempt]], the [[crowd]], the [[vulgar]], [[mob]], [[rabble]], [[populace]]: sapientis judicium a judicio vulgi discrepat, Cic. Brut. 53, 198: ceteri omnes strenui, boni, nobiles [[atque]] ignobiles, [[vulgus]] fuimus [[sine]] gratiā, [[sine]] auctoritate, Sall. C. 20, 7: gratiam ad vulgum quaesierat, Liv. 6, 34, 5: [[quid]] [[oportet]] Nos facere, a [[vulgo]] [[longe]] lateque remotos? Hor. S. 1, 6, 18: odi profanum [[vulgus]] et [[arceo]], id. C. 3, 1, 1: malignum Spernere [[vulgus]], id. ib. 2, 16, 40: infidum, id. ib. 1, 35, 25: [[mobile]], Stat. S. 2, 2, 123: fani [[pulchritudo]] et [[vetustas]] Praenestinarum [[etiam]] [[nunc]] retinet sortium [[nomen]]: [[atque]] id in [[vulgus]]; [[quis]] [[enim]] [[magistratus]] aut [[quis]] vir illustrior utitur sortibus? [[among]] the [[common]] [[people]], [[among]] the [[populace]], Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86: spargere voces In volgum ambiguas, Verg. A. 2, 99: [[alio]] [[pane]] procerum, [[alio]] volgi, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53: [[vulgus]] proceresque gemunt, Ov. M. 8, 526.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Militari gratiora [[vulgo]], the [[common]] [[soldiery]], Curt. 3, 6, 19: [[vulgo]] militum acceptior, id. 7, 2, 33.— Hence, vulgō (volg-), abl. adv., [[prop]]. [[among]] the [[multitude]]; [[hence]], in gen., [[before]] [[every]] [[body]], [[before]] all the [[world]], [[generally]], [[universally]], [[everywhere]], all [[over]], [[commonly]], [[openly]], [[publicly]] (syn.: [[palam]], [[publice]], aperte): num locum ad spectandum [[dare]]? aut ad [[prandium]] invitare? Minime, sed [[vulgo]], [[passim]]. Quid est [[vulgo]]? Universos, Cic. Mur. 35, 73: ejusmodi [[tempus]] erat, ut homines [[vulgo]] [[impune]] occiderentur, id. Rosc. Am. 29, 80: [[vulgo]] totis castris testamenta obsignabantur, Caes. B. G. 1, 39: accidit, ut [[vulgo]] milites ab signis discederent, id. ib. 5, 33: [[vulgo]] nascetur [[amomum]], [[everywhere]], Verg. E. 4, 25: vituli [[volgo]] moriuntur in herbis, id. G. 3, 494: [[vulgo]] loquebantur, Antonium mansurum esse Casilini, [[generally]], Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1: aliquid [[vulgo]] ostendere ac proferre, [[before]] all the [[world]], [[openly]], id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; cf.: quas (litteras) [[vulgo]] ad te [[mitto]], id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 21: [[verum]] illud [[verbum]] est, [[vulgo]] [[quod]] dici solet, Omnes, etc., [[usually]], Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf.: ut [[vulgo]] uti solemus, Quint. 9, 2, 8: hoc [[quod]] [[vulgo]] sententias vocamus, id. 12, 10, 48: victum [[vulgo]] quaerere, i. e. by [[prostitution]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38; so, [[vulgo]] concepti, Dig. 1, 5, 23.

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|georg=vulgus ([[volgus]]), ī, n., seltener m., das [[Volk]] = die große [[Menge]], die [[Leute]], das [[Publikum]], der gemeine [[Mann]], I) im allg.: A) eig.: a) in der [[Stadt]]: [[non]] est [[consilium]] in [[vulgo]], [[non]] [[ratio]] etc., Cic.: civitatis [[principes]] [[inter]] se coniurant; [[nam]] [[volgus]] etc., Sall.: vulgum effusum [[oppido]] caedere, Sall.: [[magis]] historicis [[quam]] [[vulgo]] [[notus]], Nep.: disciplinam in vulgum efferre, Caes.: in vulgum vulgare, [[Varro]] fr.: [[corpus]] in [[vulgus]] dare = vulgare, v. einem Weibe, Gell.: [[exire]] [[atque]] in [[vulgus]] emanare, Cic.: ([[dies]]) [[alter]] in [[vulgus]] [[ignotus]], Cic.: [[quae]] [[non]] [[sane]] probantur in [[vulgus]], vom gemeinen Manne (vgl. [[vorher]] [[populo]] probabilia), Cic.: gratae in [[vulgus]] leges fuere, Liv.: [[aber]] [[quod]] in [[vulgus]] gratum [[esse]] sentimus, [[allgemein]], Cic.: [[ebenso]] [[apio]] [[gratia]] in [[vulgo]] est, Plin. u.a. – b) im Heere: v. militum, armatorum, die gemeinen Soldaten, Liv.: milite in [[vulgus]] [[laeto]] ferociā [[ducis]], [[allgemein]], Liv.: in [[vulgus]] edit (macht [[allgemein]] [[bekannt]]), m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Nep.: ne vulgi largitione centurionum animos averteret, Tac. – B) übtr., das [[Volk]] = die [[Menge]], [[Masse]], der [[Haufe]], aliud [[vulgus]] obaeratorum et clientium, Tac.: v. densum (umbrarum), Hor.: v. incautum ovium, Hor. – II) im üblen Sinne, der große [[Haufe]], der [[Pöbel]], A) eig.: [[demens]] iudicio volgi, Hor.: sapientis [[iudicium]] a iudicio vulgi discrepat, Cic.: in [[quo]] [[fateor]] vulgi [[iudicium]] a [[meo]] iudicio dissensisse, Cic.: fani [[pulchritudo]] et [[vetustas]] Praenestinarum [[etiam]] [[nunc]] retinet sortium [[nomen]]; [[atque]] id in [[vulgus]] (beim gemeinen Volke, beim [[Pöbel]]); [[quis]] [[enim]] [[magistratus]] [[aut]] [[quis]] [[vir]] illustrior utitur sortibus? Cic.: [[quid]] [[oportet]] [[nos]] facere a [[vulgo]] [[longe]] longeque remotos, Hor.: [[odi]] profanum [[vulgus]], Hor.: Ggstz., [[alio]] [[pane]] procerum, [[alio]] volgi, Plin. 19, 53: vulgusque proceresque gemunt, Ov. [[met]]. 8, 526. – B) übtr., der große [[Haufe]], die große [[Masse]], der gewöhnliche [[Schlag]], servorum, Ter.: mulierum, Ter.: patronorum, Cic.: [[volgus]] ab se segregat, den gew. Schl. [[von]] Liebhabern, Ter.: [[sed]] [[tamen]] [[hoc]] evenit, ut in [[vulgus]] insipientium [[opinio]] valeat honestatis, daß [[auf]] die große [[Masse]] der Unverständigen die [[Idee]] [[des]] Anständigen [[Einfluß]] übt, Cic. – / [[vulgus]] [[als]] masc., [[bes]]. Akk. vulgum, zB. [[Varro]] [[sat]]. Men. 81 u. 359. Caes. b.G. 6, 14, 4. Sall. Iug. 69, 2 u. 73, 5. Nep. Alc. 8, 7. Verg. Aen. 2, 99. Sen. de vit. beat. 2, 2; nat. qu. 1. prol. § 15; ep. 81, 13 u. 98, 13. Sil. 10, 616; 13, 279 u.a.; vgl. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 972 u. 973. – Abl. Sing. [[auch]] heteroklit. vulgu, [[Oppius]] u. [[Varro]] [[bei]] [[Charis]]. 147, 3 sq.; vgl. Prisc. 6, 79.

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