plebeian

• adj.民間人; 一般的な; 低俗な
• n.民間人；民衆；下品な人々

ラテン語のpleb, plebeian, commonerから、PIE*ple, to fill, to fill upに由来し、語源的にはfill, fullと同じである。

plebeian

plebeian: [16] The plēbs were the ‘common people’ of ancient Rome (the word may connected with Greek pléthos ‘multitude’, a relative of English plethora). English gets plebeian from its derived adjective plēbēius. The connotations of ‘lower-classness’ have been transferred from ancient Rome to the present day, and inspired the derogatory pleb [19]. A plebiscite [16] is etymologically a ‘decree approved by the common people’.

plebeian (n.)

"member of the lowest class," 1530s, from Latin plebius "person not of noble rank," from adjective meaning "of the common people" (see plebeian (adj.)).

plebeian (adj.)

also plebian, "of or characteristic of the lower class," 1560s in a Roman historical sense, from Latin plebeius "belonging to the plebs," earlier plebes, "the populace, the common people" (as opposed to patricians, etc.), also "commonality; the mass, the multitude; the lower class," from PIE *ple- (see pleio-). In general (non-historical) use from 1580s.

1. In the 1790 s Tom Paine taught plebeian radicals that mankind would live in harmony were it not for the vested interest which princes，diplomats and soldiers had in promoting wars to enrich themselves.

トム?ペインは、王公、外交官、兵士が戦争を起こして自分を豊かにする潜在的利益を実現するためでなければ、人類は調和の中で生活するだろうと、18世紀90年代に庶民の過激派を教育した際に述べた。

2.He spent all day playing rackets on the beach，a plebeian sport if there ever was one.

彼は一日中ビーチでスカッシュをしていたが、これほど流れない運動はなかった。

3.Flying wing to wing through the plebeian .

比翼双方向に人間界を飛ぶ.

4.He was born of plebeian origins.

彼は庶民出身だ。

5.This book has plebeian tastes.

この本は俗っぽい味がします。