pūblicus adj. populus, of the people, of the state, done for the state, public, common: rem bene gerere publicam, the business of the state, Enn. ap. C.: sacrificia publica ac privata, Cs.: iniuriae, to the state, Cs.: litterae testimonium: causa, an affair of state, L.: causam publicam dicere, i. e. a criminal prosecution: in causis iudiciisque publicis: largitiones, S.: ludus, H.: incisa notis marmora publicis, H.

—In the phrase, res publica (often written res {*}.: less correctly as one word, respublica), a commonwealth, state, republic: ne quid detrimenti res p. caperet, S.: res R. publica: tria genera rerum p.: delere rem p.: senatūs consultis e re p. factis, for the public good: faceret quod e re p. fideque suā duceret, L.: aetatem a re p. procul habendam decrevi, from public life, S.: res p. suas retinere.

—As subst n., possessions of the state, public property, state treasury, public revenue: qui (agri) in publicum Campanum incurrebant, the public lands: nihil neque privati neque publici in Siciliā reliquisse: de publico nummos accipere: de publico convivari, at public cost: bona in publicum redigere, into the public treasury, L.: frumenti quod inventum est, in publicum conferunt, the public granaries, Cs.: publicis male redemptis: conducere publica, farm the public revenues, H.: publicorum societates, i. e. of farmers of the revenue: magister scripturae et sex publicorum, i. e. branches of the revenue: frui publico: pessimo publico facere, to the injury of the state, L.

—Common, general, public: aqua publica in privatum agrum fluens, L.: usus, H.: favor, the favor of all, O.: lux publica mundi, the sun, O.: verba, common, usual, O.

—As subst n., a public place, publicity: pernoctare in publico: relatis in publicum Cornibus, Cs.: summa in publico copia: epistulam in publico proponere, publicly: prodire in publicum, go out in public: carere publico, be in retirement.

—General, common, ordinary, vulgar: structura carminis, O.: vatem, cui non sit publica vena, Iu.