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populus

Meaning

(declension-2, masculine) a people, nation
(declension-2, masculine) a community of people
(declension-2, masculine) the people, public, crowd, host, multitude
(Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine) a group of people
(Medieval-Latin, declension-2, masculine) a parish, part of a city

the people

gēns

plēbs

κόσμος

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɔ.pʊ.ɫʊs]

From Old Latin populus (since mid-2nd c. BC), from earlier poplus, from even earlier poplos (attested already since early 5th c. BC), from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”), further origin unknown; perhaps from Etruscan or from the root of pleō (Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). See also plēbs, from the root of pleō.