vulgus
From Proto-Italic *wolgous, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to throng, crowd”), whence also Welsh gwala (“sufficiency, enough”), Middle Breton gwalc'h(“abundance”), Sanskrit वर्ग (varga, “group, division”); see also Latin volvō (“I roll, turn over”) for the same or a similar root.
Some have attempted, without success, to link it to Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-go-, whence English folk.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ul.ɡus/, [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪ɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvul.ɡus/, [ˈvulɡus]
Noun
vulgus n sg or m sg (genitive vulgī); second declension
- (uncountable) the common people
- (uncountable) the public
- throng, crowd [ synonyms ▲]
- gathering
Declension
Second declension, usually nominative/accusative/vocative in -us.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | vulgus |
| Genitive | vulgī |
| Dative | vulgō |
| Accusative | vulgus vulgum |
| Ablative | vulgō |
| Vocative | vulgus vulge |
Second declension neuter, nominative/accusative/vocative in -us. Also rarely encountered as a regular masculine second declension noun.
There is also the heteroclitic ablative singular vulgū.