populus

1.

pŏpŭlus (contr. POPLVS, Inscr. Column. Rostr. in Corp. Inscr. Lat. 195, 17, Plaut. Am. prol. 101; 1, 1, 103; id. Aul. 2, 4, 6; id. Cas. 3, 2, 6 et saep.—Also written POPOLVS, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 197, 15 al.; nom. plur. poploe, Carm. Sal. ap. Fest. p. 205 Müll.; v. pilumnoe) [from root pleof pleo; v. plenus], i, m., a people, the people.

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen. (cf.:

gens, natio): res publica res populi: populus autem non omnis hominum coetus quoquo modo congregatus, sed coetus multitudinis juris consensu et utilitatis communione sociatus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 25, 39:

populus Romanus,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 12: exspectabat populus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 90 Vahl.):

tene magis salvum populus velit an populum tu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 27: casci populi Latini, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.):

hi populi: Atellani, Calatini, etc.,

Liv. 22, 61 fin. —

B.

Esp.

1.

The people, opp. to the Senate, in the formula senatus populusque Romanus (abbreviated S. P. Q. R.), saep.; cf.:

et patres in populi fore potestate,

Liv. 2, 56.—

2.

Opp. to the plebs:

non enim populi, sed plebis eum (tribunum) magistratum esse,

Liv. 2, 56:

ut ea res populo plebique Romanae bene eveniret,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1.—

3.

Rarely for plebs, the populace:

dat populus, dat gratus eques, dat tura senatus,

Mart. 8, 15, 3: urbanus, the citizens (opp. to the military), Nep. Cim. 2, 1.—

II.

Transf.

1.

A region, district, regarded as inhabited:

frequens cultoribus alius populus,

Liv. 21, 34, 1 (cf. Gr. dêmos).—

2.

A multitude, host, crowd, throng, great number of persons or things ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

ratis populo peritura recepto,

i. e. with the great multitude of passengers, Luc. 3, 665:

fratrum,

Ov. H. 14, 115:

in tanto populo sileri parricidium potuit,

Just. 10, 1:

sororum,

Ov. H. 9, 52; App. Mag. p. 304:

apum,

Col. 9, 13, 12:

populus totidem imaginum,

Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 129; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5:

spicarum,

Pall. 7, 2:

scelerum,

Sid. Ep. 6, 1 fin.:

concursus in forum populi,

Liv. 22, 7, 6.—

3.

The public, i. e. the open street ( poet. ): omnis habet geminas janua frontis, E quibus haec populum spectat;

at illa Larem,

Ov. F. 1, 136.

2.

pōpŭlus, i, f. [root pamp-, pap-, to swell; Lat. papula, papilla, pampinus], a poplar, poplar-tree, Plin. 16, 23, 35, § 85; 16, 18, 31, § 77; 17, 11, 15, § 78; Ov. H. 5, 27;

sacred to Hercules,

Verg. E. 7, 61; Ov. H. 9, 64; Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3:

alba,

the silver-poplar, Hor. C. 2, 3, 9.