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plebis

plebis is a Latin form of plebs, meaning “the common people”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 816 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.7.7: Constituisse autem Bellovacos omnium principum consensu, summa plebis cupiditate, si, ut diceretur, Caesar cum tribus legionibus veniret, offerre se ad dimicandum, ne miseriore ac duriore postea condicione cum toto exercitu decertare cogerentur;

Lucan, Civil War 10.403: Plebis erat Latiae: sed tanta oblivio mentes

All forms of plebs (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.