people (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A communityII. Persons, generally1. hŏmĭnes (which however may be left unexpressed when indicated by masc. termination of adj.. L. G. § 339)2. expr. by 3 pers. pl. of verb; or pass. impers.III. Colloq. a man's servants, retainers, etc. • people (subs.): I. A community: pŏpŭlus: the p. of Rome, Alba, etc., p. Romanus, Albanus, etc.: Cic.: Liv.: pass. (N.B.--Never with dependent gen. of the place.) Belonging to the p., publĭcus (v. public): on behalf of the p., by authority of the p., publice; opp. privatim: Caes. B. G. 5, 55, extr.: emanating from the p., calculated to please the p., popularis (v. popular). The common p., plebs: v. plebeian. See also foll. art. II. Persons, generally: 1. hŏmĭnes (which however may be left unexpressed when indicated by masc. termination of adj.. L. G. § 339): many p., multi, plerique, Cic. Inv. 1, 36: et pass. 2. expr. by 3 pers. pl. of verb; or pass. impers.: the former chiefly in such phrr. as, aiunt, p. say; narrant, p. tell: the latter in various general statements: not without reason do p. say, non sine causa dicitur, Cic. Fin. 3, 18., 60 (where dicunt might stand): p. are ignorant, ignoratur, Lucr. 1, 113; p. look with disfavour on men's self-aggrandizement., invidetur commodis hominum ipsorum, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 207. III. Colloq. a man's servants, retainers, etc.: my p., your p., mei, tui: Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 2. Collectively, familia can be used (the entire establishment of slaves): v. slave.