_civitate donare aliquem_ (Balb. 3. 7)—to make a man a citizen.
_in civitatem recipere, ascribere, asciscere aliquem_—to enroll as a
citizen, burgess.
_civitatem alicui dare, tribuere, impertire_—to present a person with
the freedom of the city.
_civitatem mutare_ (Balb. 11. 27)—to naturalise oneself as a citizen
of another country.
_generis antiquitate florere_—to be of noble family.
_nobilitati favere_ (Sest. 9. 21)—to be a friend of the aristocracy.
_nobilitatis fautorem, studiosum esse_—to be a friend of the
aristocracy.
_homo novus_[1]—a parvenu (a man no member of whose family has held
curule office).
_ordo senatorius (amplissimus)_—the senatorial order.
_ordo equester (splendidissimus)_—the equestrian order; the knights.
_summo loco natus_—of high rank.
_nobili, honesto, illustri loco_ or _genere natus_—of illustrious
family.
_humili, obscuro loco natus_—of humble, obscure origin.
_humilibus (obscuris) parentibus natus_—of humble, obscure origin.
_infimo loco natus_—from the lowest classes.
_equestri loco natus_ or _ortus_—a knight by birth.
_summi (et) infimi_ (Rep. 1. 34. 53)—high and low.
_homines omnis generis_—people of every rank.
_homines omnium ordinum et aetatum_—people of every rank and age.
_homo plebeius, de plebe_—one of the people.
_traduci ad plebem_ (Att. 1. 18. 4)—to get oneself admitted as a
plebeian.
_transitio ad plebem_ (Brut. 16. 62)—to transfer oneself from the
patrician to the plebeian order.
_traductio ad plebem_—to transfer oneself from the patrician to the
plebeian order.
_unus de_ or _e multis_—one of the crowd; a mere individual.
_faex populi, plebis, civitatis_—the dregs of the people.
_infima fortuna_ or _condicio servorum_—a degraded, servile condition.
_unus e togatorum numero_—an ordinary, average Roman citizen.
[1] A _novus homo_ by taking office becomes for his descendants
_princeps nobilitatis_ (Cic. Brut. 14) or _auctor generis_ (Leg. Agr.
2. 35).