pōpulus

    līberātor ōris, m    [libero], a freer, deliverer, liberator: patriae liberatores: urbis, L.: liberator populus, L.

    māximus    [1 MAC-].—Of size, large, great, big, high, tall, long, broad, extensive, spacious: fons, S.: aedificium: urbs: solitudines, S.: simulacrum facere maius: oppidum non maximum maximis locis decoravit: aquae magnae fuerunt, inundations, L.: Maior (belua) dimidio, by half, H.: maior videri (Scylla), statelier, V.: Calceus pede maior, too large for, H.: onus parvo corpore maius, H.—Of number or quantity, great, large, abundant, considerable, much: numerus frumenti: copia pabuli, Cs.: maiorem pecuniam polliceri: tibi praeda cedat Maior an illi, i. e. the victor's spoils, H.: populus, V.: tribunorum pars maior, the majority, L.: turba clientium maior, more numerous, H.: maximum pondus auri: Si maiorem feci rem, increased my estate, H.—Of value, great, large, considerable: magni preti servi: ager preti maioris, T.: magna munera et maiora promissa, S.: cuius auctoritas magni habebatur, was highly esteemed, Cs.: qui auctoritatem magni putet, esteems highly: quem tu Non magni pendis, H.: multo maioris vēnire, dearer, Ph.: quorum longe maximi consilia fuerunt, most valuable: haec te semper fecit maxumi, prized most highly, T.: conduxit non magno domum, at no high price: magno illi ea cunctatio stetit, cost him dear, L.—Of force, strong, powerful, vehement, loud: manu magnā euntem Inpulit, V.: magnā voce confiteri: strenitus, H.—Of time, great, long, extended: annum, V.: annum, i. e. the Platonic cycle of the heavens.—Early, high, long past: iam magno natu, aged, N.: magno natu non sufficientibus viribus, through old age, L.: maximo natu filius, N.: maior patria, original, Cu.—Of persons, aged, old, advanced ; only in comp. and sup, elder, eldest: omnes maiores natu, elders, Cs.: maior natu quam Plautus: frater suus maior natu, elder, L.: maximus natu ex iis, the oldest, L.: ex duobus filiis maior, Cs.: Maior Neronum, the elder, H.: (homo) annos natus maior quadraginta, more than forty years old: annos natast sedecim, non maior, T.: non maior annis quinquaginta, L.— Plur m. as subst: maiores, the fathers, ancestors, ancients, men of old: maiores vestri: nostri: more maiorum.—Fig., great, noble, grand, mighty, important, weighty, momentous: rebus maximis gestis: missi magnis de rebus, important business, H.: in agro maiora opera: causa, weighty: omen, significant, V.: spectaculum, impressive, H.: aliquid invadere magnum, enterprise, V.: haud magna memoratu res est, L.—As subst n.: id magnum est, a great thing: magna di curant, parva neglegunt: maiora audere, V.: ad maiora properat oratio: magnum loqui, loftily, H.: Omnia magna loquens, of everything magnificent, H.—Of rank or station, great, high, eminent, powerful: potestas: dignitas: di, Enn. ap. C.: rex Olympi, V.: maximus Ilioneus, V.: maiorum ne quis amicus, one of your great friends, H.: Iuppiter optimus maximus: pontifex maximus, chief: maioribus uti, associate with superiors, H.—Of mind or character, great, elevated, noble, lofty: vir acris animi magnique: magno animo est: vir magnus: Cato magnus habetur, S.: magnus hoc bello Themistocles fuit, N.: invidiā maior, above, H.: maior reprensis, greater than those criticised, H.: nebulo, thorough-paced, T.: fur. —In force or degree, great, severe, strong, intense: morbi: dolor, Cs.: minae: amor, V.: gemitus luctusque: quid potuere maius? more heinous, H.: Mari virtutem in maius celebrare, magnify, S.: his in maius etiam acceptis, L.: incerta in maius vero ferri solent, be exaggerated, L.— Proud, boastful, lofty, assuming: nobis ut res dant sese, ita magni atque humiles sumus, T.: lingua, H.: verba, V.

    mōbilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 MV-], easy to move, movable, loose, not firm: turres, Cu.: pinna, O.: mobilissimus ardor.—Fig., pliable, pliant, flexible, susceptible, nimble, quick, fleet: aetas, V.: populus mobilior ad cupiditatem agri, L.: agmen, Cu.: venti, O.: hora, H.— Changeable, inconstant, fickle: in te animus: in consiliis capiendis, Cs.: gens ad omnem auram spei, L.: res humanae, S.: Quirites, H.: caeli umor, V.: natura malorum, Iu.

    neglegēns (not neglig-, necl-), entis, adj. with comp.    [P. of neglego], heedless, careless, unconcerned, indifferent, negligent, neglectful: neglegentem (eum) feceris, T.: duces: ne quā populus laboret, H.: legum, rei p. neglegentior.—Of property. heedless, careless, improvident: in sumptu: adulescentia, L.

    numerābilis e, adj.    [numero], that can be counted: calculus, O.: populus, easily numbered, H.

    opportūnus (opor-) adj. with comp. and sup.    [ob+2 PAR-], fit, meet, adapted, convenient, suitable, seasonable, opportune: tempus actionis: tempore opportunissimo, in the nick of time, Cs.: urbs opportunior ad res gerundas: nidis domus volucrum, V.: suā pōpulus umbrā, O.: nihil opportunius accidere vidi: Romanus opportunus huic eruptioni fuit, liable, L.: necubi hosti opportunus fieret, exposed, S.: iniuriae, S.: loca, exposed to attack, L.— Plur n. as subst, exposed parts, accessible places: moenium, L.: locorum, Ta.—Advantageous, serviceable, useful: res singulae rebus singulis nulla opportunior nostrā amicitia, S.

    Phaeāx ācis, m    a Phaeacian; usu. plur, the Phaeacians (who lived luxuriously), C., V., O., Iu. —Sing. (poet.), a good liver, well-fed man, H.— Once As adj.: Phaeax populus, Iu.

    plēbs (-bis) plēbis, or plēbēs, ēī (ei) or ī, f    [PLE-], the common people, commons, commonalty, plebeians, folk: plebem facio meam, win to my support, T.: nisi quod populus plebesve sanxit: plebei scitum, a decree of the commons: plebi contra patres concitatio: tribunum plebi creare, L.: plebis libertas: iucunda res plebei: dominandi studio permota, S.: cum plebe agere.— The great mass, multitude: in Hyrcaniā (opp. optimates).— The populace, lower class, mass, vulgar: multitudo de plebe, L.: multa sine nomine, V.: Plebs eris, you shall be plebeian, H.: Immensa nimiaque, Iu.: (deorum), the lower ranks, O.: superūm, O.

    plūsculus adj. dim.    [plus], somewhat more, a little more: plusculā Supellectile opus est, T.—As subst n.: plusculum etiam, quam concedit veritas, amori nostro largiare, grant a little more influence: ut plusculum sibi iuris populus ascisceret, somewhat larger rights.

    popellus ī, m dim.    [populus], the rabble, crowd, H.

    populāris e, adj. with comp.    [1 populus], of the people, proceeding from the people, popular, general, common: leges, instituted by the people: munus, to the people: verba: dictio ad popularem sensum accommodata: oratio: laudes, by the people: ventus, popular favor: aura, H.— Of the same people, of the country, native, indigenous: queri puellis de popularibus, H.: flumina, of the same district, O.: oliva, native, O.: virgo tibi, of thy nation, O.—As subst m., a fellow-countryman, compatriot, associate, fellow, comrade, accomplice: suus: quae res indicabat popularīs esse, his own army, S.: non popularīs modo concitat, L.: populares coniurationis, accomplices, S.— Of the people, devoted to the people, attached to the commons, popular, democratic: genus (rei p.): animus: ingenium, L.: sacerdos, i. e. Clodius.—Acceptable to the people, agreeable to the multitude, popular: consul: quo nihil popularius est, L.— Plur m. as subst, the popular party, democrats. I II

    pōpuleus adj.    [2 populus], of poplars, poplar-: frondes, V.: corona, H.: umbra, V.

    pōpulifer era, erum, adj.    [2 populus+1 FER-], poplar-bearing: Padus, shaded by poplars, O.

    pōscō popōscī, —, ere, inch.    [PREC-], to ask urgently, beg, demand, request, desire: Impius es cum poscis, ait: sed pensio clamat, Posce, beg, Iu.: Fauno immolare, Seu poscat agnā sīve malit haedo, if he require it, H.: argentum: pugnam, L.: peccatis veniam, H.: accusant ei, quos populus poscit, demands for punishment: dictatorem reum, require the prosecution of, L.: ego poscor Olympo, it is I that Olympus summons, V.: tua numina, invoke, V.: abs te litteras: parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberūm poscere: non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos, H.: Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem Vates? H.: gravidae posceris exta bovis, they ask you for the entrails, O.: poscor meum Laelapa, they demand of me, O.: Parilia poscor, O.: poscimus, ut cenes civiliter, Iu.: poscat sibi fabula credi, H.: Esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus, O.: poscunt maioribus poculis (sc. bibere), challenge with larger goblets.—Of things, to make necessary, demand, require, need, call for: quod res poscere videbatur, Cs.: quod negotium poscebat, S.: terrae semina poscunt, V.

    postulō āvī, ātus, āre    [PREC-], to ask, demand, claim, require, request, desire: incipiunt postulare, minari: nemo inventus est tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet: postulavere plerique, ut proponeret, etc., S.: suom ius postulat, T.: fidem publicam: ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum, Cs.: noctem sibi ad deliberandum: postulatur a te iam diu historia: quod principes civitatum a me postulassent: postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur: legatos mittit postulatum, ne, etc., S.: qui postularent, eos sibi dederent, Cs.: postulo, Appi, consideres, quo progrediare, L.: a senatu de foedere: me ducere istis dictis postulas? expect, T.: quod de argento posse postulem me fallere (eum), i. e. undertake to deceive him, T.: qui adire senatum non postulassent, asked an audience, L.: ante quam bona possideri postularentur, were claimed: hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc., expects: haec cum praetorem postulabas, of the praetor: qui postulat deus credi, Cu. — To summon, arraign before a court, prosecute, accuse, impeach: Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: alqm de ambitu: alqm maiestatis, Ta.: delationem nominis, i. e. ask leave to prosecute: servos in quaestionem, ask that the slaves be examined under torture: quaestionem, the appointment of a special tribunal, L.—Of price, to demand, ask: Accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum, Iu.—Of things, to make necessary, require, demand, call for: Nunc hic dies alios mores postulat, T.: ut temporis exiguitas postulabat, Cs.: mittor, quo postulat usus, O.: res postulare videtur alqd exponere, S.

    praecipiō cēpī, ceptus, ere    [prae+capio], to take beforehand, get in advance: ab publicanis pecuniam insequentis anni mutuam praeceperat, had borrowed in advance, Cs.: aliquantum viae, get something of a start, L.: Piraeeum quinqueremibus, preoccupy, L.: si lac praeceperit aestus, i. e. have dried up, V.: praecipitur seges, ripens prematurely, O.—Fig., to take in advance, obtain beforehand, anticipate: alterum mihi est certius, nec praecipiam tamen, I will not anticipate: ut ne multi ante praeciperent oculis quam populus R., got an earlier view: famā prius praecepta res, anticipated by rumor, L.: aliquantum ad fugam temporis, gain some advantage in time, L.: tempore illi praecepto, by priority, L.: praecipio gaudia suppliciorum vestrorum, I rejoice in advance: iam animo victoriam praecipiebant, figured to themselves beforehand, Cs.: cogitatione futura, to imagine beforehand: omnia, V.: quod haec usu ventura opinione praeceperat, had already suspected, Cs.— To give rules, advise, admonish, warn, inform, instruct, teach, enjoin, direct, bid, order: bene praecepi semper quae potui omnia, T.: Quicquid praecipies, esto brevis, H.: de eloquentiā: artem nandi, O.: Mitem animum, recommend, Iu.: haec illi: numerum modumque carinis, prescribe, V.: parcere omnibus: ceteras (sarcinas) incendi, Cu.: an ratio parum praecipit, nec bonum illud esse, nec, etc., teaches: illud potius praecipiendum fuit, ut, etc.: Caesar praecepit vobis, ne sibi adsentiremini: praecipit atque interdicit, omnes unum peterent, Cs.: eis adgrediantur, etc., S.

    prae-stō itī, itus    (P. fut. praestatūrus), āre, to stand out, stand before, be superior, excel, surpass, exceed, be excellent: suos inter aequalīs: civitas hominum multitudine praestabat, Cs.: sacro, quod praestat, peracto, Iu.: probro atque petulantiā maxume, to be pre-eminent, S.: virtute omnibus, Cs.: quā re homines bestiis praestent: pingendo aliis: praestare honestam mortem existimans turpi vitae, N.: quantum ceteris praestet Lucretia, L.: virtute ceteros mortales, L.: gradu honoris nos, L.: imperatores prudentiā, N.—Impers. with subject-clause, it is preferable, is better: sibi praestare, quamvis fortunam pati, quam interfici, etc., Cs.: mori milies praestitit, quam haec pati: motos praestat componere fluctūs, V.—To become surety for, answer for, vouch for, warrant, be responsible for, take upon oneself: ut omnīs ministros imperi tui rei p. praestare videare: ut nihil in vitā nobis praestandum praeter culpam putemus, i. e. that we have nothing to answer for if free from guilt: impetūs populi praestare nemo potest, answer for the outbreaks of the people: emptori damnum praestari oportere, compensation ought to be made: nihil, be responsible for nothing: quod ab homine non potuerit praestari, what none could guaranty against: tibi a vi nihil, give no guaranty against: meliorem praesto magistro Discipulum, warrant, Iu.: quis potest praestare, semper sapientem beatum fore, cum, etc.?: Illius lacrimae praestant Ut veniam culpae non abnuat Osiris, insure, Iu.—To fulfil, discharge, maintain, perform, execute: in pugnā militis officia, Cs.: amicitiae ius officiumque: praestiti, ne quem pacis per me partae paeniteat, have taken care, L.: quamcumque ei fidem dederis, ego praestabo, will keep the promise: ei fidem, L.: mea tibi fides praestabitur: pacem cum iis populus R. praestitit, maintained, L.: argenti pondo bina in militem, pay as ransom, L.: tributa, pay, Iu.: triplicem usuram, Iu.—To keep, preserve, maintain, retain: pueri, quibus videmur praestare rem p. debuisse: nepotibus aequor, O.: omnīs socios salvos praestare poteramus: Incolumem me tibi, H.—To show, exhibit, prove, evince, manifest, furnish, present, assure: mobilitatem equitum in proeliis, Cs.: in iis rebus eam voluntatem: consilium suum fidemque: honorem debitum patri: senatui sententiam, to give his vote: terga hosti, i. e. flee, Ta.: voluptatem sapienti, assure: praesta te eum, qui, etc., show thyself such, as, etc.: teque praesta constanter ad omne Indeclinatae munus amicitiae, show thyself constant, O.: vel magnum praestet Achillen, approve himself a great Achilles, V.

    prae-valēns entis, adj.,    of superior strength, mighty: iuvenis, L.: populus, L.

    prīnceps cipis, adj.    [primus+CAP-], first in order, foremost: se principes ex omnibus bellum facturos pollicentur, Cs.: in fugā postremus, in periculo princeps: princeps Horatius ibat, in front, L.: principes pecuniae pollicendae fuerunt, took the lead in: princeps in haec verba iurat, Cs.: ut principes talem nuntium attulisse viderentur, might be the first, Cs.: matri Qui dederit princeps oscula, O.: Princeps ante omnīs agebat Agmen, first of all, V.: qualitatum aliae sunt principes, original: addere principi Limo particulam, H.— The first, chief, most eminent, most noble: longe omnium gravitate princeps Plato: terrarum populus, L.— Prov.: Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est, H.—As subst m., the first man, first person: senatūs, first on the roll, S.: principes sententiarum consulares, who were first asked for their opinion, L.— The first, chief, leader, foremost man: in re p. principes esse: iuventutis, one of the noblest of the Roman knights: trecenti principes iuventutis Romanae, i. e. patrician youths, L.: (pueri) aequalium principes, first among their fellows. —A chief, head, author, founder, originator, leader, contriver: Zeno eorum (Stoicorum): Argonautarum, i. e. Jason: principes inferendi belli, Cs.: sententiae in senatu: eius consili principes, Cs.: equitum, at the head of, Iu.: familiae suae, founder, L.— A prince, ruler, sovereign, emperor: hic ames dici pater atque princeps, H.: principis uxor, Iu.—In the army, plur., orig., the foremost line ; hence, the heavy-armed, second line of soldiers ; cf. totidem princeps habebat Corpora (poet. for principes), O.— A company of the principes: primi principis signum, of the first company of the heavyarmed, L.: octavum principem duxit, was centurion of the eighth maniple.—A centurion of the principes: princeps prior, first captain of the principes, Cs.: tertiae legionis, L.— The office of centurion of the principes, captaincy of the principes: mihi primus princeps prioris centuriae est adsignatus, i. e. centurion of the first century of the first maniple, L. I II

    prior neut. prius, ōris, adj. comp. (for sup. see primus)    [PRO-], former, previous, prior, first: me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus R. faciebat: qui prior has angustias occupaverit, first, Cs.: exercitus, L.: priore loco causam dicere, first: priore aestate, last summer: prioribus comitiis: priore anno, the preceding year, L.: Dionysius prior, the elder, N.: pedes, the forefeet, N.— Plur m. as subst, forefathers, ancestors, the ancients: abiturus illuc, quo priores abierunt, Ph.: nomen dixere priores Ortygiam, V.: more priorum, O.—Fig., better, superior, preferable, more excellent: color puniceae flore prior rosae, H.: ut nemo haberetur prior, L.: aetate et sapientiā, S.: quanto prius potiusque est... quam, etc., L.— Plur f. as subst. (only acc; sc. partīs), superior rank, preference, lead: etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio. I II