plebei

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pleˈbɛ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɛi
• Hyphenation: ple‧bè‧i

Adjective

plebei

1. masculine plural of plebeo

Latin

Noun

plēbeī

1. genitive/dative singular of plēbēs

Noun

plēbēī

1. genitive singular of plēbēius

Adjective

plēbēī

1. genitive masculine/neuter singular of plēbēius
   • 61 CE – 65 CE, Lucan, Pharsalia 8.736:

     Dā vīlem Magnō plēbēī fūnĕrĭs arcam
     quae lacerum corpus siccos effundat in ignes

     • 1928 translation by J. D. Duff

       But grant to Magnus the paltry bier of a pauper’s burial, to let down the mutilated body on the unfed fires

   • c. 83 CE – 96 CE, Silius Italicus, Punica 8243:

     Dumque Arpos tendunt instincti pectora Poeni,
     subnīxus rāptō plēbēī mūnĕrĭs ōstro
     saevit iam rostris Varro, ingentique ruinae
     festinans aperire locum, fata admovet urbi.
     

     • 1934 translation by J. D. Duff

       Thus encouraged, the Carthaginians made for Arpi. Meanwhile Varro, relying on the purple that he had seized by gift of the people, was already ranting on the Rostrum, and, by his haste to prepare the way for a mighty downfall, brought Rome near to destruction.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

plebei m (definite singular plebeien, indefinite plural plebeiar, definite plural plebeiane)

1. (pre-2016) alternative form of plebeiar