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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• 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.
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• plebeian (subs.):
    1. I. A member of the plebeian order at Rome:
      1. 1. plēbēius (homo, etc.): to elect no p. (as consul), neminem plebeium creare, Liv. 6, 40, fin.: Cic.: the pl. can be used without a subs.: cf. L. G. § 339, Obs. 2.
      2. 2. collect. the p.s, the plebeian order: plebs or plēbes, is (rarely -ĕi), f.: the p.s seceded from the patricians, plebes a patribus secessit, Sall. Cat. 33: so Cic. Br. 14, 54 (where some edd. read plebs, which became the more usual form): Liv.
    2. II. In wider sense, a low-bred person: homo sordĭdus (v. mean, adj. II.); infimo loco natus, Cic. Fl. 11, init. See also ignoble; obscure; lower (II.). (Not homo plebeius, in this sense.)
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• PLEBEIAN
adj., homo vulgaris; unus e or de multis (one of the multitude): homo de plebe; plebejus (a citizen): homo infimo or sordido loco natus; homo sordidus; homo obscurus (of low birth): homo rudis (an uneducated person): homo inhonestus (a dishonest, vile person). Quite a plebeian, homo ultimae sortis (with respect to extraction): homo inhonestissimus (relative to character): the plebeians, plebs (the common people, in opposition to partly to populus, partly to patricii, nobiles; also, the lower class of the people, in a depreciatory sense): vulgus (as distinguished by ignorance, credulity, etc., from the better class of the people, and so implying a reflection on personal or individual character or qualifications): multitudo (the multitude in general).