publicus
Latin
Etymology
Cognate to Old Latin poplicus, Old Latin poplus, Latin populus (“the people”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.bli.kus/, [ˈpuːblʲɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.bli.kus/, [ˈpuːblikus]
Adjective
pūblicus (feminine pūblica, neuter pūblicum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to the people, State, or community
- 58-49 BCE, Gaius Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico, VI.13.4:
- Illi rebus divinis intersunt, sacrificia publica ac privata procurant, religiones interpretantur.
- The former are engaged in things sacred, conduct the public and the private sacrifices, and interpret all matters of religion.
- Illi rebus divinis intersunt, sacrificia publica ac privata procurant, religiones interpretantur.
- 58-49 BCE, Gaius Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico, VI.13.4:
- public, general
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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 | pūblicō | pūblicīs | ||||
Accusative | pūblicum | pūblicam | pūblicum | pūblicōs | pūblicās | pūblica | |
Ablative | pūblicō | pūblicā | pūblicō | pūblicīs | |||
Vocative | pūblice | pūblica | pūblicum | pūblicī | pūblicae | pūblica |
Synonyms
- (public): forēnsis
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Noun
pūblicus m (genitive pūblicī); second declension
- a public officer, magistrate
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pūblicus | pūblicī |
Genitive | pūblicī | pūblicōrum |
Dative | pūblicō | pūblicīs |
Accusative | pūblicum | pūblicōs |
Ablative | pūblicō | pūblicīs |
Vocative | pūblice | pūblicī |
References
- “publicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- publicus 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)
- publicus 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 interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
- statesmen: auctores consilii publici
- public land; state domain: ager publicus
- (ambiguous) in the time of the Republic: libera re publica
- (ambiguous) to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
- (ambiguous) to be cast out unburied: proiici inhumatum (in publicum)
- (ambiguous) in the streets: in publico
- (ambiguous) to show oneself in the streets, in public: in publicum prodire (Verr. 2. 1. 31)
- (ambiguous) to never appear in public: publico carere, se abstinere
- (ambiguous) at the time of a most satisfactory government: optima re publica
- (ambiguous) the Republic: libera res publica, liber populus
- (ambiguous) to hold the first position in the state: principem in re publica locum obtinere
- (ambiguous) public affairs: negotia publica (Off. 1. 20. 69)
- (ambiguous) to take part in politics: in re publica or in rebus publicis versari
- (ambiguous) to retire from public life: a re publica recedere
- (ambiguous) to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere
- (ambiguous) the state is secure: res publica stat (opp. iacet)
- (ambiguous) for the advantage of the state; in the interests of the state: e re publica (opp. contra rem p.)
- (ambiguous) the welfare of the state: summa res publica (or summa rei publicae)
- (ambiguous) the interests of the state: commoda publica or rei publicae rationes
- (ambiguous) to have the good of the state at heart: bene, optime sentire de re publica
- (ambiguous) to have the good of the state at heart: omnia de re publica praeclara atque egregia sentire
- (ambiguous) statesmen: viri rerum civilium, rei publicae gerendae periti or viri in re publica prudentes
- (ambiguous) an experienced politician: homo in re publica exercitatus
- (ambiguous) to possess great political insight: plus in re publica videre
- (ambiguous) a man's policy is aiming at, directed towards..: alicuius in re publica or capessendae rei publicae consilia eo spectant, ut...
- (ambiguous) to bring a law before the notice of the people: legem proponere in publicum
- (ambiguous) a political ally: consiliorum in re publica socius
- (ambiguous) to have the same political opinions: idem de re publica sentire
- (ambiguous) to hold different views in politics: ab aliquo in re publica dissentire
- (ambiguous) democracy: imperium populi or populare, civitas or res publica popularis
- (ambiguous) to betray the interests of the state: a re publica deficere
- (ambiguous) the public income from the mines: pecunia publica, quae ex metallis redit
- (ambiguous) let the consuls take measures for the protection of the state: videant or dent operam consules, ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat (Catil. 1. 2. 4)
- (ambiguous) to let out public works to contract: locare opera publica
- (ambiguous) the council of the nation; the senate: publicum consilium (Phil. 7.7. 19)
- (ambiguous) a criminal case: causa publica (Brut. 48. 178)
- (ambiguous) to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost): funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)