plebeian的词源
英文词源
- 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.
中文词源
plebeian（平民）：古罗马氏族贵族以外的普通公民
古罗马创立之初，创建者罗慕路斯召集各氏族中的首脑人物，由他们组成元老院，负责协助治理罗马。这些氏族贵族及其后代就被称为patrician（贵族），而其他普通公民则被称为plebeian，即所谓的“平民”，有时候被缩略为pleb。平民最初不能和贵族通婚，不能担任任何公职。后来，经过长年抗争后，平民争取到了和贵族通婚以及担任公职的权利。担任执政官、保民官等高级职位的平民及其后代就成了nobleman，但依然不是patrician。除了nobleman以外，plebeian中其他人就是common（平民）。
plebeian：[plɪ'biːən] n.平民，百姓，普通人，粗俗的人adj.平民的，普通的，粗俗的
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：plebeian 词源，plebeian 含义。
来自拉丁语pleb,平民，普通人，来自PIE*ple,装满，填满，词源同fill,full.引申词义平民的， 大众的，庸俗的。
