Publius
Latin
Alternative forms
- P. (praenominal abbreviation)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.bli.us/, [ˈpuːblʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.bli.us/, [ˈpuːblius]
Proper noun
Pūblius m (genitive Pūbliī or Pūblī); second declension
- A masculine praenomen, famously held by:
- Publius Valerius Publicola (6th century BCE)
- Pūblius Aelius Hadriānus (birth name of emperor Caesar Trāiānus Hadriānus Augustus)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Pūblius | Pūbliī |
Genitive | Pūbliī Pūblī1 |
Pūbliōrum |
Dative | Pūbliō | Pūbliīs |
Accusative | Pūblium | Pūbliōs |
Ablative | Pūbliō | Pūbliīs |
Vocative | Pūblī | Pūbliī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Publius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pūblĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,273/2.