vulgus
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Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *wel (“to throng, crowd”), see also Welsh gwala (“sufficiency, enough”), Middle Breton gwal'ch (“abundance”), Ancient Greek εἰλεῖν (“to throng, press”), Sanskrit वर्ग (“group, division”).
Some have attempted, without success, to link it to Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-go, whence English folk.
Noun [edit]
vulgus (genitive vulgī); n and rarely m, second declension
- (uncountable) the common people
- (uncountable) the public
- throng, crowd
- gathering
Inflection [edit]
Vulgus belongs to a small group of second declension neuter nouns that end in -us instead of -um. Vulgus is also rarely encountered as a regular masculine second declension noun for which both inflections have been given below.
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vulgus | —1 |
| genitive | vulgī | — |
| dative | vulgō | — |
| accusative | vulgus | — |
| ablative | vulgō | — |
| vocative | vulgus | — |
1 vulgus is here declined in the singular only.
But also
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vulgus | vulgī |
| genitive | vulgī | vulgōrum |
| dative | vulgō | vulgīs |
| accusative | vulgum | vulgōs |
| ablative | vulgō | vulgīs |
| vocative | vulge | vulgī |
