publicum

See also: 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).

	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

pūblicum

1. inflection of pūblicus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

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]