• commonalty,
commons: plebs, plēbis; also plēbes, ĕi,
f.:
i. e. the c. of Rome as opposed to the patricians tribunes of the c., tribuni plebis, or simply tribuni,
Cic.:
Liv.:
the c., influenced by a desire for ruling, seceded from the patricians, plebes, dominandi studio permota, a patribus secessit,
Sall.:
Cic.:
Liv.:
a resolution of the c., plēbiscītum, as one word,
Liv. Dimin. as term of contempt, plēbēcŭla:
Hor. Adj. plēbēius,
belonging to the c.:
v. plebeian.
Phr.:
the house of c., *parlamenti s. senatûs plebeius ordo, Milt. Defens. 8:
members of the house of c., senatores plebeii, Milt.: who also uses domus plebeia and collectively plebs:
ib.: *curia plebeia (the building).