| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Latin term or phrase: | ad captadum vulgus | | English translation: | to capture the affection or suit the taste of the crowd | | Entered by: | Fuad Yahya |
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Latin term or phrase: ad captadum vulgus | | not sure once again, it was on a web page epicmusic.cjb.net |
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Fuad Yahya
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31 mins peer agreement (net): +2 | to capture the affection or suit the taste of the crowd
Explanation:
The correct spelling is “ad captandum vulgus.” It is Latin and it means “to capture the affection or suit the taste of the crowd.”
Fuad
Reference: http://www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/d0000250....
| Fuad Yahya
United States
Native speaker of:  Arabic, English
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11 hrs | ad captandum vulgus = to attract or please the rabble
Explanation:
Latin.
Very often preceded by 'argumentum':
E.g.: 'Argumentum ad captandum vulgus' = 'argument to capture the vulgar mass/rabble'
Many references at www.google.com (enter it as such there)
+ 6 years studying Latin :)
Hope this helps.
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