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.
people (v.) Copy link Outline I. To dwell inII. To stock with inhabitants • people (v.): I. To dwell in: incŏlo, 3: v. to inhabit. II. To stock with inhabitants: frĕquento, 1: to p. the world with a new stock, mundum prole nova f., Col. 10, 213: Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15 (urbes sine hominum coetu non potuissent nec aedificari nec frequentari): but the verb strictly denotes, to fill with inhabitants, not merely to place inhabitants in a country. See foll. art.
PEOPLE Copy link • PEOPLE 1. s. Persons (general term), homines, plur.; frequently, however, in Latin, homines is omitted: (a) with adjectives; e.g., many people, multi; all people, omnes; good people, boni: (b) when followed by qui; e.g., there are people who say, sunt, qui dicant: there are people who believe, sunt, qui existiment: (c) in the phrase people (= persons generally, most men) say, dicunt; narrant. Persons belonging to anyone, alicujus familia (the slaves, etc., collectively; Vid: Caes., B.G., 1, 4): alicujus famuli, ministri (servants): alicujus comites, qui aliquem comitantur (attendants): alicujus milites (soldiers); my, thy, etc., people, mei, tui (Vid: Plin., Ep., 5, 6, 46; of the servants): to belong to the people of anyone, esse ab aliquo. Persons derived from a common origin, gens (as descended from one ancestor): natio (as belonging to the same country, and possessing the same national characteristics; so that one gens may include many nationes): genus (a race distinguished by certain peculiar excellences or good qualities): populus (a society of free citizens, or of men united under one common government; the Latins also used nomen in this sense to designate some particular people defined by the context; e.g., Hannibal, inimicissimus nomini Romano, to the Roman people): foreign people, nationes, or gentes, exterae; populi externi. The inhabitants of a town, etc. populus (the people of all classes; distinguished sometimes from the principes or senatus, sometimes from the plebs): plebs (the lower orders; distinguished sometimes from the patricii, nobiles; sometimes from the populus): vulgus (the common people; i. e., not so much those of the lower ranks as those who are personally and individually inferior to others, being culpably ignorant, low-minded, or immoral): cives, civitas (the body of citizens): in the name of the people, publice: out of the pockets of the people, publice; publico sumtu; de publico (so that the people bear the expense): impendio publico (so that the people suffer loss): a man of the people, homo plebeius (in speaking of his descent): homo de plebe (in speaking of his actual position). 2. v. frequentare (incolis): to people a place with colonists, coloniam or colonos deducere, mittere aliquo (the former when a person himself leads the colonists to a place): peopled, frequens, celeber (populous; opposed to deseitus).