vulgar (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Pertaining to the multitude, general1. vulgāris, e2. commūnis, e3. ūsĭtātusII. In bad sense1. perh. plēbēius2. sometimes may be expr. by ĭneptus (wanting in tact, vulgarly ostentatious, etc.)3. inconcinnus (wanting in grace, awkward)4. sometimes agrestis, e (clownish)5. sometimes insulsus (without taste)6. ĭnurbānus (boorish)7. sordĭdus • vulgar (adj.): I. Pertaining to the multitude, general: 1. vulgāris, e: in all arts not in v. and general use, in omni arte cujus usus v. communisque non sit, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3. 2. commūnis, e: v. general, common: Join: c. et vulgaris, Cic. 3. ūsĭtātus: v. ordinary, usual. II. In bad sense: lacking refinement, low, in bad taste: 1. perh. plēbēius: though we seem to you v. and beggars, quanquam nos videmur tibi pleb. et pauperes, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 12. 2. sometimes may be expr. by ĭneptus (wanting in tact, vulgarly ostentatious, etc.): ineptus, quod non sit aptus, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: one man is somewhat v. and loud-tongued, i. et jactantior hic paullo est, Hor. S. 1, 3, 49. 3. inconcinnus (wanting in grace, awkward): boorish and vulgar roughness, asperitas agrestis et i., Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 6. 4. sometimes agrestis, e (clownish): one class of men is ignorant and v., alterum hominum genus indoctum et a., Cic. Part. 25, 90. Join: agrestis et inconcinnus. 5. sometimes insulsus (without taste): Cic. 6. ĭnurbānus (boorish): Cic.: v. rude, boorish. 7. sordĭdus: v. low, mean, base.