LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

vulgāris

vulgāris (neuter vulgāre, superlative vulgārissimus, adverb vulgāre or vulgāriter)
Classical[wʊɫˈɡaː.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[vulˈɡaː.ris]

Meaning

  1. two terminationcommon, usual, commonly known
    Near-synonym: ūsitātus
  2. two terminationsimple, plain

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevulgārisvulgārisvulgāre
genitivevulgārisvulgārisvulgāris
dativevulgārīvulgārīvulgārī
accusativevulgāremvulgāremvulgāre
ablativevulgārīvulgārīvulgārī
vocativevulgārisvulgārisvulgāre
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevulgārēsvulgārēsvulgāria
genitivevulgāriumvulgāriumvulgārium
dativevulgāribusvulgāribusvulgāribus
accusativevulgārīs
vulgārēs		vulgārīs
vulgārēs		vulgāria
ablativevulgāribusvulgāribusvulgāribus
vocativevulgārēsvulgārēsvulgāria

vulgāris (volg-), e (ante- and postclass. collat. form vulgārius, a, um, Afran., Nov., and Turp. ap. Non. p. 488, 26 sq.; Gell. 1, 22, 2; 3, 16, 18; 12, 10, 6; 16, 5, 1), adj. vulgus,
I. of or belonging to the great mass or multitude, general, usual, ordinary, every-day, common, commonplace, vulgar (freq. and class.): in omni arte, cujus usus vulgaris communisque non sit, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3: in communi vitā et vulgari hominum consuetudine, id. de Or. 1, 58, 248: vulgaris popularisque sensus, id. ib. 1, 23, 108: liberalitas, i. e. exlended to all, id. Off. 1, 16, 52: vulgaria et obsoleta sunt, id. Quint. 18, 56: vulgari et pervagatā declamatione contendere, id. Planc. 19, 47; cf.: ut pervagatum et vulgare videatur, id. Or. 57, 195: nihil tam vile neque tam vulgare est, cujus, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: commendatio, id. Fam. 1, 3, 2: opinio, id. de Or. 1, 23, 109: artes, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit, Hor. S. 2, 2, 38: coetus vulgares spernere, id. C. 3, 2, 23: prostratas arbores restitui ... vulgare est, is a common thing, Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131; 14, 19, 24, § 120: vocabula, Quint. 1, 1, 34: verba, id. 10 1, 9, No comp. or sup. — vulgā-rĭter, after the ordinary or common manner, commonly, vulgarly (very rare): non vulgariter nec ambitiose scribere, Cic. Fam. 13, 69, 1 (dub.); Plin. 8, 5, 5, §§ 13 and 28; 28, 14, 58, § 204.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wolgosder.?
  2. Proto-Italic*welgosder.?
  3. Latinvulgāris

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin vulgāris From vulgus (“the multitude, the masses”) + -āris.

Descendants
  • Catalanvulgar
  • Englishvulgar
  • Frenchvulgaire
  • Germanvulgärfrom French vulgaire
  • Italianvolgare
  • Portuguesevulgar
  • Romanianvulgar
  • Spanishvulgar
  • Danishvulgærfrom French vulgaire
  • Dutchvulgairfrom French vulgaire

In English words that came into English from vulgāris

  • vulgarvulgāris
  • vulgarityvulgaritas

Quick answers

What does vulgāris mean in Latin?
vulgāris, a adjective, means “common, usual, commonly known; simple, plain”.
How do you pronounce vulgāris?
In classical Latin, [wʊɫˈɡaː.rɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vulˈɡaː.ris].
Where does vulgāris come from?
Proto-Italic *wolgosder.? → Proto-Italic *welgosder.? → Latin vulgāris.