Público, públicas, pen. cor. publicâre. Pli. To publish: to make knowne: to cause to be openly cryed: to make common: to cõfiscate: to set abrode as one doth a booke. To abandon in cõmou as harlots doe.Publicare matrimonij reticÊda. Iust. To publish or declare abroade. Publicare hominem, Populo communem facere. Suet. Agros publicare. Ci. Bona publicare. Ci. To confiscate goods to the vse of the cõmon weale.Librum publicare. Pli. iun. To set forth a booke.Fortunam suam publicare. Sen. To communicate his fortune to al men and make them partakers of it.Se publicare. Sueton. To shew himselfe openly that the people may see him. vt, Non cessauit identidem se publicare. Sueron. Publicat vulgò corpus suum meretrix. Plautus. A strumpet abandoneth hir bodie to the dishonest imbracing of lewd persons. Publicare crimen.Liu.To lay or turne the fault vpon all in generally.
Publicus, pe. co. Adie. Publike: common: pertayning to euerie state of the people iointly and seuerally.Conuiuari de publico, Vide CONVIVOR.Publica prinatis secernere. Hor. Iam publicum quidem omnium est, tabulata, &c. Pl. Moreouer this is common to al them, that, &c. Aes publicum. Tac. Assertor publicus. Oui. Antea causam publicam nullam dixi. Ci. Commoda publica. Hor. Publicum consilium, dictus est Senatus. Ci. Cura publica iuuenum. Horat. The common care of al yong folke.Custodia publica. Tac. A common prison.Fides publica.Salust. Vide FIDES. Furor publicus, Clau. Fauor publicus. Ouid.Littora omnia publica esse. Ci. Loca publica vrbis. Ci. Luctus publicus. Ouid.Ludus publicus vrbis. Hor. Lux publica immensi mundi.Ouid.Munera publica.Ouid. Sidera publica. Oui. Maiestas. Clau. Spes publica. Ouid.Pecunia. Ci. Sumptus publicus. Hor. Sacra publica. Quæ pro populo fiebant. Sacrifices done in common for al the people.Vectigalia publica. Vlpian. The reuenewes, tolles, customes and ordinarie paymentes due to anye citie or common weale.Verba publica. Ou. Common words that al sortes do vse.Via publica. Oui. A common hie way for al folke.Vsus publicus. Hor. Vtilitates publicæ. Tac. Consulere in publicum. Vide CONSVLO. Publicum pro conspectu populi. vt, Nemo forum aut publicum aspicere volebat. Liu.No man woulde come abroade into the streetes or common place.In publico, Vide IN præpositionem.Abstinere publico, Vide ABSTINEO.Carere publico.Cicer.Not to come abroade or among the people. Vide CAREO. Egredi in publicum. Tac. To goe foorth abroade among the people.Proponere literas in publico.Cic.To set vp letters openlye in some common place.In publicum redigere bona, Vide IN præpositionem.Prodire in publicum. Suet. Per publicum vehi. Suet. To be carried abroade through the streetes.Non audere esse in publico.Cic.Not to dare to shewe himselfe abroade. Versari in publico. Tac. Publicum aliquando significat vectigal. Ci. The reuenew or ordinarie payment due to a common weale.
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pūblĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [publicus]. I.To make public property, to seize and adjudge to the public use, to confiscate (class.; cf. proscribo): regnum Jubae, Caes. B. C. 2, 25: bona Cingetorigis, id. B. G. 5, 54; 7, 43: privata, Cic. Agr. 2, 21, 57: bona, id. Cat. 4, 4, 8: Ptolemaeum, id. Dom. 8, 20: censeo publicandas eorum pecunias, Sall. C. 51, 43; Nep. Thras. 1, 5; Liv. 3, 58; 29, 19; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 13: aurarias, Tac. A. 6, 19.—II.To show or tell to the people, to impart to the public, make public or common (freq. only in the post-Aug. period, not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. vulgo): Aventinum, i. e.
to open for building
, Liv. 3, 31, 1: bibliothecas Graecas et Latinas,
to furnish for the use of the public
,
throw open to the public
, Suet. Caes. 44; Plin. 7, 30, 31, 115; Suet. Aug. 43.—With se, to let one's self be heard in public, to come before the public, Suet. Ner. 21: oratiunculam,
to publish
, Plin. Ep. 5, 13, 1: epistulas, id. ib. 1, 1, 1: librum, id. ib. 1, 5, 2: libellos, Suet. Caes. 56; id. Aug. 43.—B. In partic. 1.To make known, publish, reveal, disclose (very rare): reticenda, Just. 1, 7, 5; 2, 15, 17: dies fasti publicati, Plin. 33, 1, 6, 17.—2. Corpus publicare, to expose one's self to common use, prostitute one's self, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 22: publicata pudicitia, Tac. G. 19; Quint. 7, 9, 4.—3.To lay waste, destroy, make a ruin of: domus, Vulg. 1 Esdr. 6, 11; id. Dan. 2, 5.
pūblĭcus (in inscrr. also POBLICVS and POPLICVS), a, um, adj. [contr. from populicus, from populus], of or belonging to the people, State, or community; that is done for the sake or at the expense of the State; public, common.I.Lit.: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patriā procul, the business of the State, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.): publica magnificentia (opp. privata luxuria), Cic. Mur. 36, 76: sacrificia publica ac privata, Caes. B. G. 6, 12: injuriae,
done to the State
, id. ib. 1, 12: litterae testimonium, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 31, 74: memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa, id. Mil. 27, 73: pecunia, id. Agr. 2, 30, 82: publicum funus,
at the public expense
, Plin. Ep. 2, 1 init.: defunctum senatus publico funere honoravit, Suet. Vit. 3: causa,
an affair of State
, Liv. 2, 56; also,
a criminal process
, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59: in causis judiciisque publicis, id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1: largitiones, Sall. C. 37, 7: res publica, the commonwealth, the State; v. publicus ludus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 42: in publica commoda peccare, id. Ep. 2, 1, 3: incisa notis marmora publicis, id. C. 4, 8, 13.—B.Subst.1. pūblĭcūs, i, m.a.A public officer, public functionary, magistrate: si quis aut privatus aut publicus, etc., Caes. B. G. 6, 12: metuit publicos, the police, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6.—b.A public slave or servant, an attendant upon a college of augurs, etc., Inscr. Orell. 24, 68 sq.; 2470; 2853 al.—2. publĭcum, i, n.a.Possessions of the State, public territory, communal property: publicum Campanum, Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—b.The public purse, the public coffers or treasury, public income, revenue, etc.: solitus non modo in publico (in public, openly; v. under II. b.), sed etiam de publico convivari, at public cost, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, 105: bona alicujus vendere et in publicum redigere,
into the public treasury
,
for public use
, Liv. 4, 15 fin.: in publicum emere, id. 39, 44; 26, 27: mille et ducenta talenta praedae in publicum retulit, Nep. Timoth. 1, 2: publicis male redemptis, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, 33: conducere publica,
, Liv. 2, 1, 1.—(b).Transf.: qui hoc salutationum publicum exercet, who receives pay (like a porter) for admitting to an audience, Sen. Const. 14, 4. —c.The archives of the State, public records: ut scriptum in publico in litteris exstat, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10.—d.The commonwealth, State, community, city: consulere in publicum,
to deliberate for the public weal
, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.—II.Transf., common, general, public (as adj. rare, and mostly poet.): publica lex hominum, Pers. 5, 98: juvenum Publica cura, Hor. C. 2, 8, 7: usus, id. Ep. 2, 1, 92: favor,
the favor of all
, Ov. P. 4, 14, 56: lux publica mundi,
the sun
, id. M. 2, 35: verba,
common
,
usual
, id. Am. 3, 7, 12; id. A. A. 1, 144; Sen. Ep. 3, 1; 59, 1: moneta,
current
, Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.— Hence, 2.Substt.a. publica, ae, f., a public woman, Sen. Ep. 88, 37.—b. pu-blicum, i, n., a public place, publicity (freq. and class.): NEVE IN POPLICOD NEVE IN PREIVATOD, S. C. de Bacchan.: IN. POPLICO, Tab. Bantin. lin. 3: in publico esse non audet, includit se domi, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, 92: summa in publico copia, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102: epistulam in publico proponere,
, Cic. Mil. 7, 18: abstinere publico, Tac. A. 3, 3; Suet. Claud. 36: lectica per publicum vehi, id. Ner. 9: oratio, quam nuper in publicum dedi,
published
, Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 2.—B.General, in a bad sense, i. e. common, ordinary, bad (very rare): structura carminis, Ov. P. 4, 13, 4: vatem, cui non sit publica vena, Juv. 7, 53: sermo non publici saporis, Petr. 3.—Hence, adv.: pu-blĭcē (poplice). A.On account, at the cost, in behalf, or in charge of the State: haud scio mali quid ortum ex hoc sit publice, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 89: AES. ARGENTVM. AVRVMVE. PVPLICE. SIGNANTO,
to provide with the public stamp
, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: VT BONA EIVS POPLICE POSSIDEANTVR FACITO, for the State, in charge of the State, Tab. Bantin. lin. 9: sunt illustriora, quae publice fiunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: disciplina puerilis publice exposita,
on the part of the State
,
by the State
, id. ib. 4, 3, 3: publice interfici,
by order of the State
, id. Brut. 62, 224: legationis princeps publice dixit,
in the name of the State
, id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, 105: publice maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros,
in a national point of view
, Caes. B. G. 4, 3: frumentum, quod Aedui essent publice polliciti,
for the State
,
in the name of the State
, id. ib. 1, 16: gratiam atque amicitiam publice privatimque petere,
on behalf of the public
,
and as individuals
, id. ib. 5, 55fin.; id. B. C. 2, 16: ea privatim et publice rapere, Sall. C. 11, 6: potius publice quam privatim amicitiam populi Ron ani colere, id. J. 8, 2; id. C. 49, 3: Minucius eandem publice curationem agens, quam Maelius privatim agendam susceperat, Liv. 4, 13: neque publice neque privatim, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, 16: ut filiae ejus publice alerentur,
at the public expense
, Nep. Arist. 3, 3: in urbe, celeberrimo loco elatus publice, id. Dion, 10, 3; cf. Liv. 5, 55; Plin. 33, 1, 4, 11.—B.Generally, all together, universally: exulatum publice ire, Liv. 5, 53 fin.; Dig. 39, 2, 24: Labeo consulentibus de jure publice responsitavit,
all without exception
, Gell. 13, 10, 1.—C.Before the people, openly, publicly, = palam (only post-class.): publice disserere, Gell. 17, 21, 1: virtutem Claudii publice praedicare, Treb. Pol. Claud. 17: rumor publice crebuerat, App. M. 10, p. 247, 16; id. Mag. p. 276, 35; id. M. 2, p. 118, 10.