English

Noun

plebes

1. plural of plebe

Anagrams

• bleeps

Latin

Alternative forms

• plēbs

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpleː.beːs/, [ˈpɫeː.beːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈple.bes/, [ˈpleː.bes]

Noun

plēbēs f ‎(variously declined, genitive plēbis or plēbeī); third declension, fifth declension

1. Alternative form of plēbs

Declension

Noun

plēbēs

1. nominative plural of plēbs
2. accusative plural of plēbs
3. vocative plural of plēbs

References

• plebes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plebes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PLEBES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “plebes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the dregs of the people: faex populi, plebis, civitatis
    
  • (ambiguous) a demagogue, agitator: plebis dux, vulgi turbator, civis turbulentus, civis rerum novarum cupidus
    
  • (ambiguous) the plebeian tribunes, whose persons are inviolable: tribuni plebis sacrosancti (Liv. 3. 19. 10)
    
  • (ambiguous) to appeal to the plebeian tribunes against a praetor's decision: appellare tribunos plebis (in aliqua re a praetore) (Liv. 2. 55)
    
• plebes in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin