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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌplɛbɪˈsaɪtəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpliː-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌplɛbəˈsaɪtəm/ [General-American], /ˌpli-/ [General-American], [-ɾəm] [General-American] Forms: plebiscitums [plural], plebiscita [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin plēbiscītum, plēbis scītum, plēbī scītum (“law of the common people or plebs”), from plēbis (the genitive singular of plēbs (“common people, plebeians”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + scītum (“decree, ordinance, statute”) (from scīscō (“to ascertain; to know; to decree, enact, ordain”) (from sciō (“to know; to understand”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”)) + -scō (suffix meaning ‘to begin [doing something]’)) + -tum (suffix forming action nouns from verbs)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-|*skey-}}, {{lbor|en|la|plēbiscītum}} Learned borrowing from Latin plēbiscītum, {{glossary|genitive}} genitive, {{glossary|singular}} singular, {{der|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-|t=to fill}} Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*skey-|t=to dissect; to split}} Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|verb}} verb Head templates: {{en-noun|s|plebiscita}} plebiscitum (plural plebiscitums or plebiscita)
  1. (Ancient Rome) A law enacted by the plebs, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the senate's intervention. Tags: Ancient-Rome Synonyms: plebiscite Translations (law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate): kansanpäätös (Finnish), plēbiscītum [neuter] (Latin), psēphisma [neuter] (Latin), plebiscyt [masculine] (Polish), plebiscitum [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-plebiscitum-en-noun-j2a5MYp5 Categories (other): Ancient Rome Disambiguation of 'law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate': 85 15
  2. Synonym of plebiscite (“a direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy; a referendum”). Synonyms: plebiscite [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-plebiscitum-en-noun-oonzcQDm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 68

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [pɫeː.bɪsˈkiː.tũː] [Classical-Latin], [ple.biʃˈʃiː.tum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From plēbs + scītum. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|plēbs|scītum|text=+|title=plēbiscītum|tree=1}} From plēbs + scītum. Head templates: {{la-noun|plēbiscītum<2>}} plēbiscītum n (genitive plēbiscītī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|plēbiscītum<2>}} Forms: plēbiscītum [canonical, neuter], plēbiscītī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], plēbiscītum [nominative, singular], plēbiscīta [nominative, plural], plēbiscītī [genitive, singular], plēbiscītōrum [genitive, plural], plēbiscītō [dative, singular], plēbiscītīs [dative, plural], plēbiscītum [accusative, singular], plēbiscīta [accusative, plural], plēbiscītō [ablative, singular], plēbiscītīs [ablative, plural], plēbiscītum [singular, vocative], plēbiscīta [plural, vocative], plēbī scītum [alternative], plēbeī scītum [alternative]
  1. plebiscite, decree of the people, which originally applied only to the plēbs and not the patricians Tags: declension-2

Inflected forms

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}

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