| 单词 | urban tribe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasurban tribe urban tribe n. Roman History a political division of ancient Roman citizens regarded as being of urban, rather than rural, origin; a tribe (tribe n. 2a) from the city of Rome; cf. earlier urbane tribe n. at urbane adj. 1b. ΚΠ 1700 J. Harrington's Oceana 35 Whence the Urban Tribes of Rome, consisting of the Turba forensis, and Libertins that had receiv'd their Freedom by manumission, were of no reputation in comparison of the Rustics. 1842 J. Donovan Rome Anc. & Mod. I. iii. 36 The city also was divided into four regions, which took the names of the four Urban tribes. 1890 Classical Rev. 4 222/2 The inference formerly drawn that Ostia and Puteoli belonged to the urban tribe Palatina. 1999 A. Lintott Constit. Rom. Republic vii. 118 This may not mean that they had no tribe at all, but that they were relegated to one of the urban tribes, particularly one of the pair held inferior, the Esquilina and Suburana. < as lemmas |
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