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proletarius

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Latin

Etymology

From prōlēs (offspring) + -ārius with an altered stem prōlēt-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

prōlētārius (feminine prōlētāria, neuter prōlētārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. belonging to the lowest class of citizens, whose only contribution to the State was their offspring

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

More information singular, plural ...

Antonyms

Descendants

References

  • proletarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • proletarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "proletarius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • proletarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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