popular Copy link Outline I. Of the peopleII. Relating to the people as distinguished from the aristocracyIII. In general favour1. pŏpŭlāris (somewhat rare in this sense)2. usu. better expr. by circuml.IV. Adapted for general use; or actually so used • popular: I. Of the people: pŏpŭlāris, e: the breath of p. favour, p. aura, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 20: Cic.: or expr. by gen. of populus: the p. feeling, populi sensus, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 2. II. Relating to the people as distinguished from the aristocracy: pŏpŭlāris: a p. form of government, reipublicae genus p., Cic. Rep. 2, 23. Hence, the p. party, populares, opp. optimates: Cic. Sext. 45, init. III. In general favour 1. pŏpŭlāris (somewhat rare in this sense): a man p. for his very gravity and sternness, homo ipsa tristitia et severitate p., Cic. Br. 25, 97 (in Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10, to be p., is expr. by populares haberi, to be looked upon as men of the people, the friends of the people: and this is the best use of the word): a very useful present but not equally p. (a public library), utilissimum munus sed non perinde p., Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 12. Join: populare gratumque audientibus id. Pan. 77. 2. usu. better expr. by circuml.: their object was to be p., *ea quae faciebant multitudini jucunda esse volebant, Cic. in Nizol.; or perh. more exactly, *ea faciebant quae multitudini jucunda esse videbantur: so, in vulgus gratus (acceptus), Cic. Att. 2, 22, med. (not, vulgo gratus, in which case vulgo would be taken as adv.). Phr.: my books are said to be p., libelli quos emisimus dicuntur in manibus esse, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 6: Cic.: to become less p., studium populi amittere, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2. IV. Adapted for general use; or actually so used: Phr.: a p. style, genus dictionis ad vulgarem popularemque sensum accommodatum, Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108: to adopt a p. style, populariter loqui, id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: a p. treatise, liber populariter scriptus; liber ἐξωτερικός, id. 5, 5, 12: later, exotericus is used as a Latin word: Gell. 20, 5, med.: the p. name (of a plant), populare nomen, Plin. 13, 4, 9 § 48 (see also common).
POPULAR Copy link • POPULARAcceptable to the people, popularis (Cic.); in vulgus (☞ not vulgo) gratus; gratus, acceptus populo: a man of popular manners, homo communis (Cic.). In ordinary use, understood by all, ad sensum popularem vulgaremque or ad commune judicium popularemque intelligentiam (accommodates, Cic., De Or., 1, 23, 108; e.g., oratio); intelligentia a populari non remotus. Popular writings, quae scripta sunt indoctis; genus librorum populariterscriptorum (Cic., 5 Fin., 12).
populär Copy link Outline I. dem Volke angenehm, volksmäßig: ...II. gemeinfaßlich: ad sensum popularem vulgaremque accommodatus ... populär, I. dem Volke angenehm, volksmäßig: popularis (Adv.populariter). civilis, Adv.civiliter (dem Bürger angenehm, Kaiszt.). ein p. Mann, homo communis (der gegen alle. selbst gegen den Geringsten herablassend ist); homo popularis. homo gratiosus apud populum (beim Volke in Gunst stehend); homo gratiosus apud omnes ordines (bei allen Ständen in Gunst stehend). sich p. zu machen suchen, auram favoris popularis petere: p. werden, apud populum gratiosum esse coepisse. II. gemeinfaßlich: ad sensum popularem vulgaremque accommodatus; ad commune iudicium popularemque intellegentiam accommodatus p. Schriften, libri populariter scripti; ea quae. scripta sunt indoctis. Adv.ad sensum popularem vulgaremque accommodate; ad commune iudicium popularemqueintellegentiam accommodate. ich will p. reden, ita dicam, ut ab omnibus intel legar; popularibus ver bis agam atque usitatis.