"vulgus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vulguses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vulgus (plural vulguses)
  1. (UK, education, historical) A school exercise in which pupils are tasked with writing a short piece of Greek or Latin verse on a given subject. Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-vulgus-en-noun-ePuSvY-Q Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 83 2 2 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 2 2 6 6 Topics: education

Inflected forms

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