volgum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →volgus, volgi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
common people/general public/multitude/common herd/rabble/crowd/mob; flock;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...possint, at coetu concilioque nil facient praeter volgum turbamque animantum, scilicet ut nequeant homines armenta feraeque inter sese..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...eaque ipsa adfinitas haud spreta gratiam Fabio ad volgum quaesierat. Forte ita incidit ut in Ser. Sulpici tribuni..."