Definition of Plebes

1. Noun. (plural of plebe) ¹

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Definition of Plebes

1. plebe [n] - See also: plebe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plebes

plebbiest
plebby
plebe
plebean
plebeian
plebeiance
plebeiances
plebeianism
plebeianisms
plebeianize
plebeianized
plebeianizes
plebeianizing
plebeianly
plebeians
plebes (current term)
plebian
plebians
plebicolist
plebicolists
plebification
plebifications
plebified
plebifies
plebify
plebiscitary
plebiscite
plebiscites
plebiscitum
plebiscitums

Literary usage of Plebes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"plebes, ited the admiration of the great statesman 3. tated above that the plebeians, during their with the patricians, did not seek power for e ..."

2. An Index of Dates: Comprehending the Principal Facts in the Chronology and by J. Willoughby Rosse, John Blair (1859)
"... BC 509—their oppression causes the plebes to retire to the Mons Sacer, 494—concede, by a treaty, all the securities demanded of them, 493—create fresh ..."

3. Lectures on the History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Leonhard Schmitz (1852)
"The names of the first tribunes are C. Licinius and L. Albinius; and Sicinius, who was the commander of the plebes during their secession, is mentioned as ..."

4. Notes on Herodotus: Original and Selected from the Best Commentators by Dawson William Turner (1857)
"76, с., 83, a., and the excellent § 33, in HPA " Vicinis offensa, Deo carissima plebes Armorum ... plebes ..."

5. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"plebes, ited the admiration of the great statesman 3. tated above that the plebeians, during their with the patricians, did not seek power for e ..."

6. An Index of Dates: Comprehending the Principal Facts in the Chronology and by J. Willoughby Rosse, John Blair (1859)
"... BC 509—their oppression causes the plebes to retire to the Mons Sacer, 494—concede, by a treaty, all the securities demanded of them, 493—create fresh ..."

7. Lectures on the History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Leonhard Schmitz (1852)
"The names of the first tribunes are C. Licinius and L. Albinius; and Sicinius, who was the commander of the plebes during their secession, is mentioned as ..."

8. Notes on Herodotus: Original and Selected from the Best Commentators by Dawson William Turner (1857)
"76, с., 83, a., and the excellent § 33, in HPA " Vicinis offensa, Deo carissima plebes Armorum ... plebes ..."

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