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plēbēcŭla (plēbĭcŭla, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 2, 36), ae, f. dim. [plebs], the common people, the populace, the mob, rabble (class.): misera ac jejuna, Cic. Att. 1, 16; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 186; Pers. 4, 6; Suet. Vesp. 18.

plēbēĭus (-ējus), a, um, adj. [plebs].

  1. I. Of or belonging to the common people or commonalty, plebeian (opp. to patricius), Liv. 4, 4, 11; Cic. Fam. 9, 21: familia, id. Mur. 7, 15: consul, Liv. 6, 40; 10, 23: Pudicitia, the goddess of Chastity of the plebeians, as there was also a Pudicitia patricia, id. ib.; cf. Fest. p. 237 Müll.: ludi, popular sports, shows instituted by the commonalty, Liv. 29, 38 fin.: fatum (opp. divitibus responsa data), Juv. 6, 588: Deciorum animae, id. 8, 254.
    Subst.: plēbēĭus, i, m., a plebeian, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. mutire, p. 145 Müll. (Trag. v. 376 Vahl.); Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 10.
  2. II. Transf., in a contemptuous sense, plebeian (opp. to refined, elevated), common, vulgar, mean, low (class.): quamquam nos videmur tibi plebei et pauperes, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 12: licet concurrant omnes plebei philosophi; sic enim ii, qui a Platone, et Socrate, et ab eā familiā dissident, appellandi videntur, i. e. the Epicureans), Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 55: purpura plebeia ac paene fusca, id. Sest. 8, 19: vina, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 69: charta, id. 13, 22, 23,—75: gemma, id. 37, 9, 45, § 128: sermo, Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3.
    Adverb., Petr. 93.

plēbes, is and ĕi, v. plebs.

plebs (in inscriptions often PLEPS), -bis, and archaic plēbēs (‡ plēbis), is and ĕi (plebium, Prud. στεφ. 10, 709: plebibus, Aug. Ep. 166), f. [root ple-, fill; whence Gr. πίμπλημι, πλήρης; cf. πλῆ θος, multitude].

  1. I. Lit., the common people, the commons or commonalty, the plebeians (opp. the patricians, senators, and knights; whereas populus signifies the collective people, including, therefore, the Senate), Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10: plebes in hoc regi antistat loco, licet Lacrumare plebi, regi honeste non licet, Enn. ap. Hier. Epit. Nep. p. 590 Mign. (Trag. v. 271 Vahl.): plebs a populo eo differt quo species a genere: nam appellatione populi universi cives significantur, connumeratis etiam patriciis et senatoribus: plebis autem appellatione sine patribus et senatu ceteri cives significantur, Just. Inst. 1, 2, 4; cf. Gai. Inst. 1, 3: plebes dominandi studio permota a patribus secessit, Sall. C. 33, 3: ita tribuni plebei creati duo, Liv. 2, 33, 2: dum decem tribunos plebi faceret, id. 3, 65, 4: non enim populi, sed plebis eum (sc.: tribunum plebis) magistratum esse, Liv. 2, 56: populo plebique Romanae, Cic. Mur. 1, 1: in duas partes ego civitatem divisam arbitror in patres, et plebem, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 5; Liv. 2, 56: Martia Roma triplex equitatu, plebe, senatu, Aus. Idyll. 11, 78.
  2. II. Transf., in gen.
    1. A. The great mass, the multitude: in Hyrcaniā, plebs publicos alit canes, optimates domesticos, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: plebem et infimam multitudinem delinire, id. Mil. 35, 95.
    2. B. With accessory notion of contempt, the populace, the lower class or order, the mass (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): multitudo de plebe, Liv. 5, 39: si quadringentis sex septem millia desunt, Plebs eris, you shall be plebeian, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 59: misera, id. S. 1, 8, 10: ventosa, id. Ep. 1, 19, 37: immensa nimiaque, Juv. 11, 194.
      Among the gods: plebs Superūm, Fauni, Satyrique, Laresque, Fluminaque, et Nymphae, Semideūmque genus, Ov. Ib. 81.
      Of bees, a stock, swarm, hive (meaning the great mass, opp. to the queen); in plur. (rare): tres alveorum plebes, Col. 9, 11, 1: corona plebium, Prud. στεφ. 10, 709.
    3. C. The whole people, nation, community, = populus (late Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 23, 13: plebs tua Israel, id. Luc. 2, 32 et saep.