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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], 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.

2. vulgo (volg-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [vulgus], to spread among the multitude; to make general, common, or universal; to put forth to the world, publish (cf. publico).

  1. I. In gen.: morbos, Liv. 3, 6, 3: contagium in alios, Curt. 9, 10, 1: rem, i. e. to let all share in, Liv. 2, 29, 7: librum, to publish, Quint. 1, prooem. § 7; Suet. Gram. 8.
    Mid.: vulgari cum privatis, i. e. to confound one’s self with, put one’s self on a level with, Liv. 3, 35, 6.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. To make known to all by words, to spread abroad, publish, divulge (cf. promulgo): jurgare coepit dicens, quae facis atque in vulgus vulgat, Varr. ap. Non. p. 230, 31: vulgare aliquem vulgo, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 44: non quod ego vulgari facinus per omnes velim, Liv. 28, 27, 10: vulgatur rumor duas deesse tabulas, id. 3, 34, 7: dolorem verbis, Verg. A. 10, 64: haec atque talia vulgantibus, Tac. A. 13, 7.
    2. B. In mal. part., to make common, mingle, confound, to prostitute: ut ferarum prope ritu vulgentur concubitus plebis patrumque, Liv. 4, 2, 6: vulgato corpore, id. 1, 4, 7: pretio corpus, Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 21.
    3. C. To name, call (poet.): bosporon hinc veteres errantis nomine divae Vulgavere, Val. Fl. 4, 420.
      Hence, vulgātus (volg-), a, um, P. d., general, ordinary, usual, common.
    1. A. In gen.: vulgatissimi sensus, Quint. 2, 4, 28.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Commonly or generally known, notorious: vulgatior fama est, Liv. 1, 7, 2: amores, Ov. M. 4, 276: αὐλητρὶς illa vulgata, Quint. 7, 9, 4: illud vulgatum, etc., id. 5, 10, 70; cf. id. 1, 5, 11.
      2. 2. In mal. part., common, public: vulgatissimae meretrices, Suet. Dom. 22; cf.: quis navis umquam in flumine publico tam volgata omnibus quam istius aetas fuit? Cic. Har. Resp. 27, 59.—vulgātē (volg-), notoriously; comp., Amm. 15, 3, 6, and id. 31, 3, 2 init.