vulgus

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noun

A school exercise in which pupils are tasked with writing a short piece of Greek or Latin verse on a given subject.

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Meanings

nounvulgus (plural vulguses)

plural vulguses

  1. UKhistoricaleducationA school exercise in which pupils are tasked with writing a short piece of Greek or Latin verse on a given subject.

    So the table was cleared, the cloth restored, and the three fell to work with Gradus and dictionary upon the morning's vulgus.

    1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
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APA

vulgus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vulgus

MLA

“vulgus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vulgus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vulgus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vulgus.

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