Meaning of plebes | Babel Free

Definitions

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of plēbs

accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, vocative

Examples

“Habes tantam pecuniam qua hosce omnis agros et ceteros horum similis non modo emere verum etiam coacervare possis; cur eos non definis neque nominas, ut saltem deliberare plebes Romana possit quid intersit sua, quid expediat, quantum tibi in emendis et in vendendis rebus committendum putet?”

1930 translation by John Henry Freese Your wealth is so great that you can not only buy these lands and others like them, but heap them all together; why do you not limit them and give their names, that the Roman people may at least be able to consider what its interest is, what is to its advantage, how much confidence it thinks ought to be given to you in the purchase and sale of things?

“Eo nuntio erecti patres, erecta plebes.”

1919 translation by B. O. Foster These tidings cheered the Fathers and encouraged the plebs.

“Hoc duce saepe pulsi foro tribuni, fusa ac fugata plebes est; qui obvius fuerat, mulcatus nudatusque abibat, ut satis appareret, si sic agi liceret, victam legem esse.”

1922 translation by B. O. Foster His leadership often drove the tribunes from the Forum and ignominiously routed the plebeians; the man who crossed his path came off bruised and stripped; so that it was clear that if things were allowed to go on in this way the law was beaten.

“Perculsa erat plebes consulem habitura iratum, potentem favore patrum, virtute sua, tribus liberis, quorum nemo Caesoni cedebat magnitudine animi, consilium et modum adhibendo ubi res posceret priores erant.”

1922 translation by B. O. Foster The plebs were filled with dismay at the prospect of a consul incensed against themselves and strong in the favour of the senate, his own worth, and his three sons, none of whom was inferior to Caeso in courage, while they surpassed him in using wisdom and restraint when the need arose.

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