Publius

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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  • P. (praenominal abbreviation)
  • Poplios (Early Latin)

Etymology

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From populus. Compare pūblicus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Pūblius m (genitive Pūbliī or Pūblī); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen, famously held by:
    1. Publius Valerius Publicola (6th century BCE)
    2. Pūblius Aelius Hadriānus (birth name of emperor Caesar Trāiānus Hadriānus Augustus)
    3. Publius Ovidius Naso (Roman poet, 43 BCE - 17 CE)

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Pūblius Pūbliī
Genitive Pūbliī
Pūblī1
Pūbliōrum
Dative Pūbliō Pūbliīs
Accusative Pūblium Pūbliōs
Ablative Pūbliō Pūbliīs
Vocative Pūblī Pūbliī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

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References

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  • Publius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pūblĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,273/2.