publicum

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,

to farm the public revenues, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 77:

habere publicum,

to be a farmer of the public revenues, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 41:

frui publico,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 12; Dig. 39, 4, 1, § 1:

publicum quadragesimae in Asiā egit,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

publicum agitare,

Sen. Ep. 119, 5:

pessimo publico facere,

to the injury of the State, Liv. 2, 1, 1.—

(β).

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,

publicly, id. Att. 8, 9, 2:

prodire in publicum,

to go out in public, id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 80:

egredi,

Tac. H. 4, 49:

carere publico,

not to go out in public, to remain at home, 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, 55 fin.; 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.