plebiscitum
Syllables: ple·bi·sci·tumUK/ˌplɛbɪˈsaɪtəm/US/ˌplɛbəˈsaɪtəm/
plebiscitum noun: a law enacted by the plebs, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the senate's intervention.
Noun
plebiscitum (plural plebiscitums or plebiscita)
- A law enacted by the plebs, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the senate's intervention.
- Still worse went it with another individual; doomed, by extempore Plebiscitum, to the Lanterne; […]1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)
- Synonyms:
- plebiscite
- Synonym of plebiscite (“a direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy; a referendum”).
- The propositions of M[axime] du Camp are as follows: […] 3. No war to be declared before it has been submitted to a plebiscitum of the nations preparing to take part in it.1894, Leo Tolstoy, “Attitude of Men of the Present Day to War”, in Constance Garnett, transl., “The Kingdom of God is within You”: Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion, but as a New Theory of Life...
- Synonyms:
- plebiscite
Synonyms of plebiscitum
Forms of plebiscitum
| plural | plebiscitums |
|---|---|
| plural | plebiscita |
Origin of plebiscitum
Learned borrowing from Latin plēbiscītum, plēbis scītum, plēbī scītum (“law of the common people or plebs”), from plēbis (the genitive singular of plēbs (“common people, plebeians”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + scītum (“decree, ordinance, statute”) (from scīscō (“to ascertain; to know; to decree, enact, ordain”) (from sciō (“to know; to understand”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”)) + -scō (suffix meaning ‘to begin [doing something]’)) + -tum (suffix forming action nouns from verbs)).
Questions about plebiscitum
- What does plebiscitum mean?
- Plebiscitum means a law enacted by the plebs, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the senate's intervention.
- What part of speech is plebiscitum?
- Plebiscitum is a noun.
- How do you pronounce plebiscitum?
- Plebiscitum is pronounced /ˌplɛbɪˈsaɪtəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of plebiscitum?
- The plural of plebiscitum is plebiscitums.
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