regnat populus

[ reg-naht paw-poo-loos; English reg-nat pop-yuh-luhs ]

Latin.
  1. let the people rule: motto of Arkansas.

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How to use regnat populus in a sentence

  • Maître Mule was a little round-faced man, forced by his physical inferiority to Populus to take out his valour by word of mouth.

    The False Chevalier | William Douw Lighthall
  • To them exclusively the name of populus applied, as that of plebs was given to the plebeians.

    History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
  • The true reading is, Quis tribuat ut omnis populus prophetet.

  • One of the smallest of the Trichiae, not uncommon in the Mississippi valley on decaying fallen stems of Populus—sp.

    The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride