the common soldiery

vulgus ( volg-), i, n. ( masc., Att., Sisenn., and Varr. ap. Non. p. 230, 27 sq.; Verg. A. 2, 99; Phaedr. 4, 14; Liv. 6, 34, 5; 24, 32, 1; Lucr. 2, 920 et saep.) [Sanscr. várga, a group], the great mass, the multitude, the people, public (class.; cf.: plebs, turba).

In [p. 2016] gen.:

non est consilium in vulgo, non ratio, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 4, 9; Sall. J. 66, 2; Verg. A. 2, 39:

quod in vulgus gratum esse sentimus,

with the people, with the public, generally, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 3:

in vulgus notus,

id. ib. 9, 5, 2; Liv. 22, 3, 14; Tac. H. 1, 71; 2, 26 fin.;

2, 93 al.: apio gratia in vulgo est,

Plin. 20, 11, 44, § 112.—

In partic.

A mass, crowd, throng, multitude of persons or animals:

vulgus servorum,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 4:

mulierum,

id. Hec. 4, 2, 24:

patronorum,

Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

insipientium,

id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63:

densum (umbrarum),

Hor. C. 2, 13, 32:

inane (animarum),

Ov. F. 2, 554:

femineum,

Luc. 7, 39:

incautum (ovium),

Verg. G. 3, 469:

aequoreum,

of sea-monsters, Sen. Hippol. 957.—

With an accessory idea of contempt, the crowd, the vulgar, mob, rabble, populace:

sapientis judicium a judicio vulgi discrepat,

Cic. Brut. 53, 198:

ceteri omnes strenui, boni, nobiles atque ignobiles, vulgus fuimus sine gratiā, sine auctoritate,

Sall. C. 20, 7:

gratiam ad vulgum quaesierat,

Liv. 6, 34, 5:

quid oportet Nos facere, a vulgo longe lateque remotos?

Hor. S. 1, 6, 18:

odi profanum vulgus et arceo,

id. C. 3, 1, 1:

malignum Spernere vulgus,

id. ib. 2, 16, 40:

infidum,

id. ib. 1, 35, 25:

mobile,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 123: fani pulchritudo et vetustas Praenestinarum etiam nunc retinet sortium nomen: atque id in vulgus;

quis enim magistratus aut quis vir illustrior utitur sortibus?

among the common people, among the populace, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86:

spargere voces In volgum ambiguas,

Verg. A. 2, 99:

alio pane procerum, alio volgi,

Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53:

vulgus proceresque gemunt,

Ov. M. 8, 526.—

Militari gratiora vulgo, the common soldiery, Curt. 3, 6, 19:

vulgo militum acceptior,

id. 7, 2, 33.— Hence, vulgō ( volg-), abl. adv., prop. among the multitude; hence, in gen., before every body, before all the world, generally, universally, everywhere, all over, commonly, openly, publicly (syn.:

palam, publice, aperte): num locum ad spectandum dare? aut ad prandium invitare? Minime, sed vulgo, passim. Quid est vulgo? Universos,

Cic. Mur. 35, 73:

ejusmodi tempus erat, ut homines vulgo impune occiderentur,

id. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

vulgo totis castris testamenta obsignabantur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

accidit, ut vulgo milites ab signis discederent,

id. ib. 5, 33:

vulgo nascetur amomum,

everywhere, Verg. E. 4, 25:

vituli volgo moriuntur in herbis,

id. G. 3, 494:

vulgo loquebantur, Antonium mansurum esse Casilini,

generally, Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1:

aliquid vulgo ostendere ac proferre,

before all the world, openly, id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; cf.:

quas (litteras) vulgo ad te mitto,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6, § 21:

verum illud verbum est, vulgo quod dici solet, Omnes, etc.,

usually, Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf.:

ut vulgo uti solemus,

Quint. 9, 2, 8:

hoc quod vulgo sententias vocamus,

id. 12, 10, 48:

victum vulgo quaerere,

i. e. by prostitution, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38; so,

vulgo concepti,

Dig. 1, 5, 23.

pŏpŭlāris (sync. poplāris, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36), e, adj. [1. populus], of or belonging to the people, proceeding from or designed for the people.

In gen.:

populares leges,

i. e. laws instituted by the people, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:

accessus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25:

coetus,

id. Ac. 2, 2, 6:

munus,

a donation to the people, id. Off. 2, 16, 56:

popularia verba usitata,

id. ib. 2, 10, 35; cf.:

ad usum popularem atque civilem disserere,

id. Leg. 3, 6, 14:

dictio ad vulgarem popularemque sensum accommodata,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 108:

oratio philosophorum... nec sententiis nec verbis instructa popularibus,

id. Or. 19, 64:

popularis oratio,

id. ib. 44, 151:

populari nomine aliquid appellare,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48:

laudes,

in the mouths of the people, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6:

admiratio,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

honor,

Cic. Dom. 18:

ventus,

popular favor, id. Clu. 47, 130 init.:

aura,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 20:

civitas,

democracy, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200 (opp. regia civitas, monarchy):

popularia sacra sunt, ut ait Labeo, quae omnes cives faciunt nec certis familiis attributa sunt,

Fest. p.253 Müll.—

Subst.: pŏpŭlārĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. subsellia), the seats of the people in the theatre, the common seats, Suet. Claud. 25; id. Dom. 4 fin. —

In partic.

Of or belonging to the same people or country, native, indigenous (as an adj. rare):

Sappho puellis de popularibus querentem vidimus,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 25:

flumina,

of the same district, Ov. M. 1, 577:

oliva,

native, id. ib. 7, 498.—

As subst.: pŏpŭlāris, is, comm. (freq. and class.).

Masc., a countryman, fellow-countryman:

redire ad suos populares, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. stuprum, p. 317 Müll.: o mi popularis, salve,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 79:

o populares,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 1; id. Ad. 2, 1, 1:

popularis ac sodalis suus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

ego vero Solonis, popularis tui, ut puto, etiam mei, legem neglegam (for Cicero had also lived in Athens),

id. Att. 10, 1, 2:

popularis alicujus definiti loci (opp. civis totius mundi),

id. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

non populares modo,

Liv. 29, 1:

cum turbā popularium,

Just. 43, 1, 6: quae res indicabat populares esse.—

Fem.:

mea popularis opsecro haec est?

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 35; 4, 4, 36; 4, 8, 4 al.; Sall. J. 58, 4:

tibi popularis,

Ov. M. 12, 191.—

Transf.

Of animals and plants of the same region:

leaena, Ov. lb. 503: (glires) populares ejusdem silvae (opp. alienigenae, amne vel monte discreti),

Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 224:

populares eorum (prunorum) myxae,

id. 15, 13, 12, § 43.—

Of persons of the same condition, occupation, tastes, etc., a companion, partner, associate, accomplice, comrade: meus popularis Geta, fellow (i. e. a slave), Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 1:

populares conjurationis,

Sall. C. 24, 1; 52, 14:

sceleris,

id. ib. 22, 1: invitis hoc nostris popularibus dicam, the men of our school, i. e. the Stoics, Sen. Vit. Beat. 13.—

In a political signification, of or belonging to the people, attached or devoted to the people (as opposed to the nobility), popular, democratic:

res publica ex tribus generibus illis, regali et optumati et populari confusa modice,

Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 41 (ap. Non. 342, 31):

homo maxime popularis,

Cic. Clu. 28, 77:

consul veritate non ostentatione popularis,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 23: animus vere popularis, saluti populi consulens, id. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

ingenium,

Liv. 2, 24:

sacerdos, i. e. Clodius, as attached to the popular party,

Cic. Sest. 30, 66:

vir,

Liv. 6, 20: homo, of the common people (opp. rex), Vulg. Sap. 18, 11. —Hence, subst.: pŏpŭlāres, ĭum, m., the people's party, the democrats (opp. optimates, the aristocrats):

duo genera semper in hac civitate fuerunt... quibus ex generibus alteri se populares, alteri optimates et haberi et esse voluerunt. Quia ea quae faciebant, multitudini jucunda esse volebant, populares habebantur,

Cic. Sest. 45, 96:

qui populares habebantur,

id. ib. 49, 105:

ex quo evenit, ut alii populares, alii studiosi optimi cujusque videantur,

id. Off. 1, 25, 85.—

Acceptable to the people, agreeable to the multitude, popular:

dixi in senatu me popularem consulem futurum. Quid enim est tam populare quam pax?

Cic. Agr. 2, 4, 9:

potest nihil esse tam populare quam id quod ego consul popularis adfero, pacem, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 37, 102:

quo nihil popularius est,

Liv. 7, 33, 3:

populare gratumque audientibus,

Plin. Paneg. 77, 4.—

Of or belonging to the citizens (as opposed to the soldiery):

quique rem agunt duelli, quique populare auspicium,

Cic. Leg.2, 8; cf.Amm. 14, 10; usually as subst.: popŭlāris, is, m., a citizen (post-class.):

multa milia et popularium et militum,

Capitol. Ant. Phil. 17; Dig. 1, 12, 1 fin.:

popularibus militibusque,

Juv. 26, 3, 5; Amm. 22, 2.—

Belonging to or fit for the common people; hence, common, coarse, mean, bad: sal. Cato, R. R. 88:

pulli (apium),

Col. 9, 11, 4: popularia agere, to play coarse tricks, Laber. ap. Non. 150, 25.—Hence, adv.: pŏpŭlārĭter.

After the manner of the common people, i. e. commonly, coarsely, vulgarly, Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

loqui,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

scriptus liber (opp. limatius),

id. ib. 5, 5, 12.—

In a popular manner, popularly, democratically:

agere,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73:

conciones seditiose ac populariter excitatae,

id. Clu. 34, 93:

occidere quemlibet populariter,

to win popularity, Juv. 3, 37.

pŏpŭlāris (sync. poplāris, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36), e, adj. [1. populus], of or belonging to the people, proceeding from or designed for the people.

In gen.:

populares leges,

i. e. laws instituted by the people, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9:

accessus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25:

coetus,

id. Ac. 2, 2, 6:

munus,

a donation to the people, id. Off. 2, 16, 56:

popularia verba usitata,

id. ib. 2, 10, 35; cf.:

ad usum popularem atque civilem disserere,

id. Leg. 3, 6, 14:

dictio ad vulgarem popularemque sensum accommodata,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 108:

oratio philosophorum... nec sententiis nec verbis instructa popularibus,

id. Or. 19, 64:

popularis oratio,

id. ib. 44, 151:

populari nomine aliquid appellare,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48:

laudes,

in the mouths of the people, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6:

admiratio,

id. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

honor,

Cic. Dom. 18:

ventus,

popular favor, id. Clu. 47, 130 init.:

aura,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 20:

civitas,

democracy, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200 (opp. regia civitas, monarchy):

popularia sacra sunt, ut ait Labeo, quae omnes cives faciunt nec certis familiis attributa sunt,

Fest. p.253 Müll.—

Subst.: pŏpŭlārĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. subsellia), the seats of the people in the theatre, the common seats, Suet. Claud. 25; id. Dom. 4 fin. —

In partic.

Of or belonging to the same people or country, native, indigenous (as an adj. rare):

Sappho puellis de popularibus querentem vidimus,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 25:

flumina,

of the same district, Ov. M. 1, 577:

oliva,

native, id. ib. 7, 498.—

As subst.: pŏpŭlāris, is, comm. (freq. and class.).

Masc., a countryman, fellow-countryman:

redire ad suos populares, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. stuprum, p. 317 Müll.: o mi popularis, salve,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 79:

o populares,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 1; id. Ad. 2, 1, 1:

popularis ac sodalis suus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:

ego vero Solonis, popularis tui, ut puto, etiam mei, legem neglegam (for Cicero had also lived in Athens),

id. Att. 10, 1, 2:

popularis alicujus definiti loci (opp. civis totius mundi),

id. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

non populares modo,

Liv. 29, 1:

cum turbā popularium,

Just. 43, 1, 6: quae res indicabat populares esse.—

Fem.:

mea popularis opsecro haec est?

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 35; 4, 4, 36; 4, 8, 4 al.; Sall. J. 58, 4:

tibi popularis,

Ov. M. 12, 191.—

Transf.

Of animals and plants of the same region:

leaena, Ov. lb. 503: (glires) populares ejusdem silvae (opp. alienigenae, amne vel monte discreti),

Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 224:

populares eorum (prunorum) myxae,

id. 15, 13, 12, § 43.—

Of persons of the same condition, occupation, tastes, etc., a companion, partner, associate, accomplice, comrade: meus popularis Geta, fellow (i. e. a slave), Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 1:

populares conjurationis,

Sall. C. 24, 1; 52, 14:

sceleris,

id. ib. 22, 1: invitis hoc nostris popularibus dicam, the men of our school, i. e. the Stoics, Sen. Vit. Beat. 13.—

In a political signification, of or belonging to the people, attached or devoted to the people (as opposed to the nobility), popular, democratic:

res publica ex tribus generibus illis, regali et optumati et populari confusa modice,

Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 41 (ap. Non. 342, 31):

homo maxime popularis,

Cic. Clu. 28, 77:

consul veritate non ostentatione popularis,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 23: animus vere popularis, saluti populi consulens, id. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

ingenium,

Liv. 2, 24:

sacerdos, i. e. Clodius, as attached to the popular party,

Cic. Sest. 30, 66:

vir,

Liv. 6, 20: homo, of the common people (opp. rex), Vulg. Sap. 18, 11. —Hence, subst.: pŏpŭlāres, ĭum, m., the people's party, the democrats (opp. optimates, the aristocrats):

duo genera semper in hac civitate fuerunt... quibus ex generibus alteri se populares, alteri optimates et haberi et esse voluerunt. Quia ea quae faciebant, multitudini jucunda esse volebant, populares habebantur,

Cic. Sest. 45, 96:

qui populares habebantur,

id. ib. 49, 105:

ex quo evenit, ut alii populares, alii studiosi optimi cujusque videantur,

id. Off. 1, 25, 85.—

Acceptable to the people, agreeable to the multitude, popular:

dixi in senatu me popularem consulem futurum. Quid enim est tam populare quam pax?

Cic. Agr. 2, 4, 9:

potest nihil esse tam populare quam id quod ego consul popularis adfero, pacem, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 37, 102:

quo nihil popularius est,

Liv. 7, 33, 3:

populare gratumque audientibus,

Plin. Paneg. 77, 4.—

Of or belonging to the citizens (as opposed to the soldiery):

quique rem agunt duelli, quique populare auspicium,

Cic. Leg.2, 8; cf.Amm. 14, 10; usually as subst.: popŭlāris, is, m., a citizen (post-class.):

multa milia et popularium et militum,

Capitol. Ant. Phil. 17; Dig. 1, 12, 1 fin.:

popularibus militibusque,

Juv. 26, 3, 5; Amm. 22, 2.—

Belonging to or fit for the common people; hence, common, coarse, mean, bad: sal. Cato, R. R. 88:

pulli (apium),

Col. 9, 11, 4: popularia agere, to play coarse tricks, Laber. ap. Non. 150, 25.—Hence, adv.: pŏpŭlārĭter.

After the manner of the common people, i. e. commonly, coarsely, vulgarly, Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

loqui,

id. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

scriptus liber (opp. limatius),

id. ib. 5, 5, 12.—

In a popular manner, popularly, democratically:

agere,

Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73:

conciones seditiose ac populariter excitatae,

id. Clu. 34, 93:

occidere quemlibet populariter,

to win popularity, Juv. 3, 37.

mīlĕs (MEILES, Inscr. Mur. 582; late form, milex, Gromat. Vet. p. 246, 19), ĭtis, comm. [Sanscr root mil-, to unite, combine; cf.:

mille, milites, quod trium millium primo legio fiebat, ac singulae tribus Titiensium, Ramnium, Lucerum milia singula militum mittebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.], a soldier.

Lit.

In gen.:

miles, qui locum non tenuit,

Cic. Clu. 46, 128: legere milites, to levy, raise, Pompei, ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 a, 3:

scribere,

to enlist, enroll, Sall. J. 43, 3:

deligere,

Liv. 29, 1:

ordinare,

to form into companies, id. ib.:

mercede conducere,

to hire, take into one's pay, id. ib. 29, 5:

dimittere,

to dismiss, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2:

miles tremulus,

i. e. Priam, Juv. 10, 267:

miles cum die, qui prodictus sit, aberat, neque excusatus erat, infrequens dabatur,

Gell. 16, 4, 5.—

In partic., of foot-soldiers, infantry, in opp. to eques:

tripartito milites equitesque in expeditionem inisit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 10: v. eques.—Opp. to the general: miles gregarius, or miles alone, a common soldier, private:

strenui militis et boni imperatoris officia simul exsequebatur,

Sall. C. 60, 4; id. J. 62; Vell. 2, 18, 1 volgus militum, Liv. 22, 30, 7:

maritim as,

a soldier in sea-service, marine, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61.—

Transf.

Collect., the soldiery, the army (esp. freq. in the postAug. per.), Liv. 22, 57 fin.; Verg. A. 2, 495; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 78, 2; Tac. A. 1, 2; 24; 2, 16; Juv. 10, 155; 16, 18 et saep.—

Under the emperors, an armed servant of the emperor, court-official, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 34; Dig. 4, 6, 10.—

A chessman, pawn, in the game of chess:

discolor ut recto grassetur limite miles,

Ov. Tr. 2, 477.—

Fem., of a woman who is in childbed for the first time:

et rudis ad partūs et nova miles eram,

Ov. H. 11, 48.—Of a nymph in the train of Diana:

miles erat Phoebes,

Ov. M. 2, 415.—

(Eccl. Lat.) Of a servant of God or of Christ, struggling against sin, etc.:

bonus Christi,

Vulg. 2 Tim. 2, 3.