publicus

Latin

Etymology

Contracted from populicus, from populus (“the people”)

Adjective

pūblicus m (feminine pūblica, neuter pūblicum); first/second declension

1. of or belonging to the people, State, or community
2. public, general
3. (substantive) a public officer, magistrate

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	pūblicus	pūblica	pūblicum		pūblicī	pūblicae	pūblica
genitive	pūblicī	pūblicae	pūblicī		pūblicōrum	pūblicārum	pūblicōrum
dative	pūblicō	pūblicae	pūblicō		pūblicīs	pūblicīs	pūblicīs
accusative	pūblicum	pūblicam	pūblicum		pūblicōs	pūblicās	pūblica
ablative	pūblicō	pūblicā	pūblicō		pūblicīs	pūblicīs	pūblicīs
vocative	pūblice	pūblica	pūblicum		pūblicī	pūblicae	pūblica

Synonyms

• (public): forēnsis

Derived terms

• pūblica
• pūblicē
• pūblicum
• rēspūblica

Related terms

• populus

Descendants

English: public French: public Italian: pubblico Portuguese: público

Romanian: public Russian: публика, публичный Spanish: publico

References

• publicus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879