vulgus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wel (“to throng, crowd”), see also Welsh gwala (“sufficiency, enough”), Middle Breton gwal'ch (“abundance”), Ancient Greek εἰλεῖν (“to throng, press”), Sanskrit वर्ग (“group, division”).
Some have attempted, without success, to link it to Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-go, whence English folk.
Noun
vulgus (genitive vulgī); n and rarely m, second declension
- (uncountable) the common people
- (uncountable) the public
- throng, crowd
- gathering
Inflection
Vulgus belongs to a small group of second declension neuter nouns that end in -us instead of -um. Vulgus is also rarely encountered as a regular masculine second declension noun for which both inflections have been given below.
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vulgus | —1 |
| genitive | vulgī | — |
| dative | vulgō | — |
| accusative | vulgus | — |
| ablative | vulgō | — |
| vocative | vulgus | — |
1 vulgus is here declined in the singular only.
But also
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vulgus | vulgī |
| genitive | vulgī | vulgōrum |
| dative | vulgō | vulgīs |
| accusative | vulgum | vulgōs |
| ablative | vulgō | vulgīs |
| vocative | vulge | vulgī |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- vulgāritās
- vulgāriter
- vulgātē
- vulgātor
- vulgātus