plebeian (adj.) Copy link • plebeian (adj.): plēbēius (both in strict sense, relating to the plebs; and fig. = low, vulgar): distinguished and honourable p. families, amplae et honestae familiae p., Cic. Mur. 7, 15: Liv. Fig.: the p. (inferior) philosophers, p. philosophi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 55. For fig. sense, v. vulgar, mean (II.). The p. order, plebs, plēbis: v. foll. art.