plebeius
ἕτερος ἐξ ἑτέρου σοφός τό τε πάλαι τό τε νῦν → one gets his skill from another, now as in days of old
Latin > English
plebeius plebeia, plebeium ADJ :: plebeian
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
plēbēĭus: (-ējus), a, um, adj. id..
I Of or belonging to the common people or commonalty, plebeian (opp. to patricius), Liv. 4, 4, 11; Cic. Fam. 9, 21: familia, id. Mur. 7, 15: consul, Liv. 6, 40; 10, 23: Pudicitia, the goddess of Chastity of the plebeians, as there was also a Pudicitia patricia, id. ib.; cf. Fest. p. 237 Müll.: ludi, popular sports, shows instituted by the commonalty, Liv. 29, 38 fin.: fatum (opp. divitibus responsa data), Juv. 6, 588: Deciorum animae, id. 8, 254.—Subst.: plēbēĭus, i, m., a plebeian, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. mutire, p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.); Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 10.—
II Transf., in a contemptuous sense, plebeian (opp. to refined, elevated), common, vulgar, mean, low (class.): quamquam nos videmur tibi plebei et pauperes, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 12: licet concurrant omnes plebei philosophi; sic enim ii, qui a Platone, et Socrate, et ab eā familiā dissident, appellandi videntur, i. e. the Epicureans), Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 55: purpura plebeia ac paene fusca, id. Sest. 8, 19: vina, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69: charta, id. 13, 22, 23,—75: gemma, id. 37, 9, 45, § 128: sermo, Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3.—Adverb., Petr. 93.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
plēbĕius⁹ (-jus), a, um, plébéien, du peuple, de la plèbe, non patricien : Cic. Mur. 15 ; Scauro 34 ; Prov. 45 ; Liv. 4, 4, 11 ; etc. || [fig.] du commun : Cic. Tusc. 1, 57 ; plebeius sermo Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1, langage courant, commun.
Latin > German (Georges)
plēbēius, a, um (plebs), I) bürgerlich, nicht patrizisch, plebejisch, aus der Plebs (Ggstz. patricius), familia, Cic.: homo, Cic.: Pudicitia (Göttin), Liv.: consul, Liv.: ludi, Schauspiele, die nach Vertreibung der Könige für die Freiheit der Plebejer od. für die Rückkehr der Plebejer nach dem Auszuge auf den aventinischen Berg gestiftet wurden, Cic. – subst., plēbēius, ī, m., der Plebejer, Enn. u. Petron.: Ggstz. patricius, Liv. 4, 4, 11: u. plēbēia, ae, f., die Plebejerin, Ggstz. patricia, Liv. 4, 4, 11: Plur. plēbēiī od. plēbēī (Ggstz. patricii, patres), Cic. u.a. – II) plebejisch = gemein, niedrig, gering, sermo, des gemeinen Mannes, Cic.: purpura, Cic.: vinum, Plin.: philosophi, Cic.: plebeii sanguinis pulli, Colum.
Latin > Chinese
plebeius, a, um. adj. :: 庶民者。卑。俗名者。— sermo 俗言者。土音。— Consul 庶民出身之總官。Plebeii philosophi 俗儒。Gemmae plebeiae 俗寳石。
