proletarius

prōlētārĭus, ĭi, m. [proles].

• According to a division of the people by Servius Tullius, a citizen of the lowest class, who served the State not with his property, but only with his children (proles), a proletary: qui aut non plus mille quingentum aeris aut omnino nihil in suum censum praeter caput attulissent, proletarios nominavit, ut ex iis quasi proles [id est quasi progenies] civitatis exspectari videretur, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40; cf Liv. 1, 43; Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 16, 10, 1; Enn. ib. (Ann. v. 189 Vahl.): proletarios lucrari plures, Amm.19, 11, 7: proletarium capite censum, dictum quod ex his civitas constet, quasi proles progenie: iidem et proletanei, Fest. p. 228 Müll.—*
• II Transf., adj., low, common: sermo, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157 (752).

prōlētārius, a, um (proles), I) die Nachkommenschaft betreffend; dah. subst., prōlētā ius, iī, m., nach der Volkseinteilung des Servius Tullius der Bürger der untersten Klasse, der dem Staate nur mit seiner Nachkommenschaft (proles), nicht mit seinem Vermögen diente, der Proletarier, Enn. u. XII tabb. b. Gell. 16. 10. § 1 u. 3. Arnob. 2, 29 (Ggstz. classici). Paul. ex Fest. 226, 13: Plur., Cic. de rep. 2, 40. Vgl. übh. Gell. 16, 10. – II) übtr., gemein, niedrig, sermo, Plaut. mil. 752.

proletarius [CL in sense 2] 1 who has many children, prolific. 1174 ~ius est [sc. abbas] adeo quod paucis annis ei soboles tanta succrevit, ut patriarcharum seriem antecedat Ep. J. Sal. 310 (322 p. 792); s1173 C. abbas electus Sancti Augustini, quia ‥ ~ius testimonio multitudinis comprobatus est ‥ degradatus Diceto YH 354; Henricus Loodiensis episcopus ‥ eo quod ~ius extiterat ‥ spoliatus, sexaginta enim et unum ‥ filios et filias genuerat Oxnead Chr. 257; s1280 Henricus ‥ dignitate episcopali eo quod ~ius extiterat ‥ spoliatus est. sexaginta enim et unum ‥ filios et filias genuerat B. Cotton HA 161. 2 of the lowest class of citizens, of the common people (in quot. as sb. m.). illi ‥ ignaviae operam dantes quasi prolaetarii ad solam voluptatem domi residerent Abbo Edm. 1.

1 prōlētārĭus, (15) ĭī, m. (proles), qui ne compte dans lʼÉtat que par ses enfants, cf. Gell. 16, 10 || prolétaire [citoyen pauvre, des dernières classes] : Cic. Rep. 2, 40 ;

2 prōlētārĭus, a, um, du bas peuple, trivial : Pl. Mil. 752.

proletarius sermo
下民之話。

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prōlētārius adj.

• proles, relating to offspring; hence, in the division of the people by Servius Tullius, affording to the state only children, having no estate, of the lowest class, proletary.