vulgaris

Latin

Alternative forms

• volgāris

Etymology

From vulgus (“the multitude, the masses”) +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wʊɫˈɡaː.rɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vulˈɡaː.ris]

Adjective

vulgāris (neuter vulgāre, superlative vulgārissimus, adverb vulgāre or vulgāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. common, usual, commonly known
2. simple, plain

Usage notes

In New Latin, within taxonomic binomial nomenclature, vulgaris is a specific epithet in many genera, across all kingdoms, denoting a common (prevalent) species of the genus (for example, Beta vulgaris, Vespula vulgaris, Sturnus vulgaris), and within disease classification and nomenclature (nosology), it denotes the common or classic form of any of various disorders (for example, acne vulgaris, impetigo vulgaris, psoriasis vulgaris).

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	vulgāris	vulgāre		vulgārēs	vulgāria
genitive	vulgāris			vulgārium
dative	vulgārī			vulgāribus
accusative	vulgārem	vulgāre		vulgārēs vulgārīs	vulgāria
ablative	vulgārī			vulgāribus
vocative	vulgāris	vulgāre		vulgārēs	vulgāria

Related terms

• vulgāritās
• vulgāriter
• vulgārius
• vulgātē
• vulgātor
• vulgātus
• vulgivagus
• vulgō
• vulgus

Descendants

• Catalan: vulgar
• English: vulgar
• French: vulgaire
  • Danish: vulgær
  • Dutch: vulgair
  • German: vulgär
• Galician: vulgar
• Italian: volgare
• Norman: vuldgaithe
• Portuguese: vulgar
• Romanian: vulgar
• Spanish: vulgar
• Swedish: vulgär

References

• “vulgaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "vulgaris", 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)
• “vulgaris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.