What does "vulgus" mean?

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

Vulgus

Common synonyms include: common people, commoner, commons, laborer, lower class, lumpen proletariat.

noun

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Noun

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A school exercise in which pupils are tasked with writing a short piece of Greek or Latin verse on a given subject. UK, historical
"So the table was cleared, the cloth restored, and the three fell to work with Gradus and dictionary upon the morning's vulgus."

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

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