publicum

Latin

Etymology 1

Substantive of pūblicus (“of or pertaining to the people, state or community”).

Noun

pūblicum n (genitive pūblicī); second declension

1. state property
2. the treasury; state depot
3. state revenue
4. publicity
5. public road
6. the public (people in general; an audience)
7. commonwealth, the republic

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pūblicum	pūblica
Genitive	pūblicī	pūblicōrum
Dative	pūblicō	pūblicīs
Accusative	pūblicum	pūblica
Ablative	pūblicō	pūblicīs
Vocative	pūblicum	pūblica

Related terms

• pūblica
• pūblicē
• pūblicus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of pūblicus (“of or pertaining to the people, state or community”).

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) pūblicum

1. nominative neuter singular of pūblicus
2. accusative masculine singular of pūblicus
3. accusative neuter singular of pūblicus
4. vocative neuter singular of pūblicus

References

• publicum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• publicum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be cast out unburied: proiici inhumatum (in publicum)
    
  • (ambiguous) to show oneself in the streets, in public: in publicum prodire (Verr. 2. 1. 31)
    
  • (ambiguous) to bring a law before the notice of the people: legem proponere in publicum
    
  • (ambiguous) the council of the nation; the senate: publicum consilium (Phil. 7.7. 19)
    
• H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]