populus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →populus, populi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
poplar tree; (long o);
nom. sg. - Entry →populus, populi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
people, nation, State; public/populace/multitude/crowd; a following;; members of a society/sex; region/district (L+S); army (Bee);
nom. sg.
Examples
- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...date vina volentes.' dixerat, Herculea bicolor cum populus umbra velavitque comas foliisque innexa pependit, et sacer implevit dextram..." - P
Ecloga VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...uirebit, Iuppiter et laeto descendet plurimus imbri. Corydon Populus Alcidae gratissima, uitis Iaccho, formosae myrtus Veneri, sua laurea..." - P
Ecloga IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...flumina circum fundit humus flores; hic candida populus antro imminet et lentae texunt umbracula uites. Huc ades; insani..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...late curua tenent, ut molle siler lentaeque genistae, populus et glauca canentia fronde salicta; pars autem posito surgunt..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...XCVb. Parva mei mihi sint cordi monimenta ..., at populus tumido gaudeat Antimacho. XCVI. ad Gaium Licinium Calvum..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...modo, is qui auctoritatem minimam habet, maximam vim, populus cum illis facit. quos nisi redarguimus, omnis virtus, omne..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...putares. cana salicta dabant nutritaque populus unda sponte sua natas ripis declivibus umbras. accessi primumque pedis vestigia tinxi..." - C
Res Gestae I
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...caperet, me propraetore simul cum consulibus providere iussit. Populus autem eodem anno me consulem, cum cos. uterque bello..."