LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

popellus

popellus m (genitive popellī)

Meaning

  1. derogatorymasculinerabble
    Volteium mane Philippus / vilia vendentem tunicato scruta popello / occupat et salvere iubet priorIn the morning Philippus surprises Volteius, / who is selling cheap trinkets to the tunic-wearing rabble, / and is first to greet him20 BCE – 14 BCE, Horatius, Epistulae 1.7.65–67

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepopelluspopellī
genitivepopellīpopellōrum
dativepopellōpopellīs
accusativepopellumpopellōs
ablativepopellōpopellīs
vocativepopellepopellī

pŏpellus, i, m. dim. populus,
I. the rabble, mob, populace, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 65; Pers. 4, 15.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin popellus From populus (“people”) + -lus (diminutive suffix). Compare Russian люди́шки (ljudíški, “worthless people”), diminutive of Russian лю́ди (ljúdi, “people”).

Quick answers

What does popellus mean in Latin?
popellus, a noun, means “rabble”.
What is the genitive of popellus?
The genitive singular is popellī. popellus is masculine, second declension.