"plebiscitum" meaning in English

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Noun

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, historical) A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate. Tags: Ancient-Rome, historical Categories (topical): 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-Ehq3uItP 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': 96 4
  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-ZCas~mfy 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: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 42 58

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.