Name of a servant of

Săbīni, ōrum, m., the Sabines, an ancient Italian people adjoining the Latins, a part of whom, as early as the time of Romulus, were united with the Romans as one people, under the name of Quirites, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 108; Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 638; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29; id. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Col. praef. § 19; Liv. 1, 9 sq.; 1, 9, 31; 33, 2, 16 sq.; 3, 26 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; id. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31:

rigidi,

Ov. M. 14, 797; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25 et saep. — Meton. (cf.: Bruttii, Lucani, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.), the Sabine territory:

ex Sabinis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6; Liv. 1, 45:

ardui,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 22.—Hence,

Săbīnus, a, um, adj., Sabine:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4; 3, 1, 6; Cic. Lig. 11, 32; id. Agr. 2, 25, 66; id. Sen. 7, 24; Hor. S. 2, 7, 118 al.:

montes,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9:

fana,

id. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.:

virgines raptae,

id. ib. 6, 3, 57; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; Liv. 1, 9 sq. et saep.:

lingua,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.:

vocabulum,

id. ib. 5, § 107 ib.; cf.

origo (vocabuli),

id. ib. 7, § 28 ib.: ficus, Varr. R. R. 1, 67:

salix,

Col. 4, 30, 4:

oleum,

Pall. Mart. 9, 8 et saep.—

Adv.: Săbīnē, in Sabine, in the Sabine tongue, Varr. L. L. 5, § 159 Müll.—

In partic.: Sabina herba, a kind of juniper, the savin: Juniperus Sabina, Linn.;

used for incense,

Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 17, 13, 21, § 98; 24, 11, 61, § 102; Verg. Cul. 402; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; Ov. F. 1, 343; 4, 741.—Hence,

Săbīnus, i, m., a Sabine, Liv. 1, 45; 3, 26.—And as a Roman proper name,

A servant of Trebonius, Cic. Fam. 16, 16.—

The name of an Augustan poet, a friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 2, 18, 27; the same perh. also Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 27.—

The surname of the jurist Massurius, v. h. v.—

A brother of the emperor Vespasian, Suet. Vesp. 1.—Hence, Săbīnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Sabinus:

libri Sabiniani, the books composed by him,

Cod. Just. 3, 33, 17; 3, 34, 14 al.— Subst.: Săbīnĭāni, ōrum, m., the followers of Sabinus, the Sabinists, Dig. 24, 1, 11; 41, 1, 11.—

Săbīna, ae, f., a Sabine woman, Prop. 2, 6, 21; 2, 32 (3, 30), 47; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 15; id. A. A. 1, 102.—

Săbī-num, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Sabine wine:

vile,

Hor. C. 1, 20, 1.—

(Sc. praedium.) The estate of Horace in the territory of the Sabines, north of Tibur, described by the poet, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 1-14; cf. Sil. 3, 596.— In plur. (sc. praedia):

satis beatus unicis Sabinis,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 14.

Săbīni, ōrum, m., the Sabines, an ancient Italian people adjoining the Latins, a part of whom, as early as the time of Romulus, were united with the Romans as one people, under the name of Quirites, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 108; Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 638; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29; id. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Col. praef. § 19; Liv. 1, 9 sq.; 1, 9, 31; 33, 2, 16 sq.; 3, 26 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; id. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31:

rigidi,

Ov. M. 14, 797; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25 et saep. — Meton. (cf.: Bruttii, Lucani, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.), the Sabine territory:

ex Sabinis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6; Liv. 1, 45:

ardui,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 22.—Hence,

Săbīnus, a, um, adj., Sabine:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4; 3, 1, 6; Cic. Lig. 11, 32; id. Agr. 2, 25, 66; id. Sen. 7, 24; Hor. S. 2, 7, 118 al.:

montes,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9:

fana,

id. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.:

virgines raptae,

id. ib. 6, 3, 57; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; Liv. 1, 9 sq. et saep.:

lingua,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.:

vocabulum,

id. ib. 5, § 107 ib.; cf.

origo (vocabuli),

id. ib. 7, § 28 ib.: ficus, Varr. R. R. 1, 67:

salix,

Col. 4, 30, 4:

oleum,

Pall. Mart. 9, 8 et saep.—

Adv.: Săbīnē, in Sabine, in the Sabine tongue, Varr. L. L. 5, § 159 Müll.—

In partic.: Sabina herba, a kind of juniper, the savin: Juniperus Sabina, Linn.;

used for incense,

Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 17, 13, 21, § 98; 24, 11, 61, § 102; Verg. Cul. 402; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; Ov. F. 1, 343; 4, 741.—Hence,

Săbīnus, i, m., a Sabine, Liv. 1, 45; 3, 26.—And as a Roman proper name,

A servant of Trebonius, Cic. Fam. 16, 16.—

The name of an Augustan poet, a friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 2, 18, 27; the same perh. also Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 27.—

The surname of the jurist Massurius, v. h. v.—

A brother of the emperor Vespasian, Suet. Vesp. 1.—Hence, Săbīnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Sabinus:

libri Sabiniani, the books composed by him,

Cod. Just. 3, 33, 17; 3, 34, 14 al.— Subst.: Săbīnĭāni, ōrum, m., the followers of Sabinus, the Sabinists, Dig. 24, 1, 11; 41, 1, 11.—

Săbīna, ae, f., a Sabine woman, Prop. 2, 6, 21; 2, 32 (3, 30), 47; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 15; id. A. A. 1, 102.—

Săbī-num, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Sabine wine:

vile,

Hor. C. 1, 20, 1.—

(Sc. praedium.) The estate of Horace in the territory of the Sabines, north of Tibur, described by the poet, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 1-14; cf. Sil. 3, 596.— In plur. (sc. praedia):

satis beatus unicis Sabinis,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 14.

Săbīni, ōrum, m., the Sabines, an ancient Italian people adjoining the Latins, a part of whom, as early as the time of Romulus, were united with the Romans as one people, under the name of Quirites, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 108; Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 638; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29; id. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Col. praef. § 19; Liv. 1, 9 sq.; 1, 9, 31; 33, 2, 16 sq.; 3, 26 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; id. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31:

rigidi,

Ov. M. 14, 797; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25 et saep. — Meton. (cf.: Bruttii, Lucani, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.), the Sabine territory:

ex Sabinis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6; Liv. 1, 45:

ardui,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 22.—Hence,

Săbīnus, a, um, adj., Sabine:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4; 3, 1, 6; Cic. Lig. 11, 32; id. Agr. 2, 25, 66; id. Sen. 7, 24; Hor. S. 2, 7, 118 al.:

montes,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9:

fana,

id. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.:

virgines raptae,

id. ib. 6, 3, 57; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; Liv. 1, 9 sq. et saep.:

lingua,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.:

vocabulum,

id. ib. 5, § 107 ib.; cf.

origo (vocabuli),

id. ib. 7, § 28 ib.: ficus, Varr. R. R. 1, 67:

salix,

Col. 4, 30, 4:

oleum,

Pall. Mart. 9, 8 et saep.—

Adv.: Săbīnē, in Sabine, in the Sabine tongue, Varr. L. L. 5, § 159 Müll.—

In partic.: Sabina herba, a kind of juniper, the savin: Juniperus Sabina, Linn.;

used for incense,

Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 17, 13, 21, § 98; 24, 11, 61, § 102; Verg. Cul. 402; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; Ov. F. 1, 343; 4, 741.—Hence,

Săbīnus, i, m., a Sabine, Liv. 1, 45; 3, 26.—And as a Roman proper name,

A servant of Trebonius, Cic. Fam. 16, 16.—

The name of an Augustan poet, a friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 2, 18, 27; the same perh. also Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 27.—

The surname of the jurist Massurius, v. h. v.—

A brother of the emperor Vespasian, Suet. Vesp. 1.—Hence, Săbīnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Sabinus:

libri Sabiniani, the books composed by him,

Cod. Just. 3, 33, 17; 3, 34, 14 al.— Subst.: Săbīnĭāni, ōrum, m., the followers of Sabinus, the Sabinists, Dig. 24, 1, 11; 41, 1, 11.—

Săbīna, ae, f., a Sabine woman, Prop. 2, 6, 21; 2, 32 (3, 30), 47; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 15; id. A. A. 1, 102.—

Săbī-num, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Sabine wine:

vile,

Hor. C. 1, 20, 1.—

(Sc. praedium.) The estate of Horace in the territory of the Sabines, north of Tibur, described by the poet, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 1-14; cf. Sil. 3, 596.— In plur. (sc. praedia):

satis beatus unicis Sabinis,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 14.

Săbīni, ōrum, m., the Sabines, an ancient Italian people adjoining the Latins, a part of whom, as early as the time of Romulus, were united with the Romans as one people, under the name of Quirites, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 108; Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 638; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29; id. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Col. praef. § 19; Liv. 1, 9 sq.; 1, 9, 31; 33, 2, 16 sq.; 3, 26 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; id. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31:

rigidi,

Ov. M. 14, 797; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25 et saep. — Meton. (cf.: Bruttii, Lucani, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.), the Sabine territory:

ex Sabinis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6; Liv. 1, 45:

ardui,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 22.—Hence,

Săbīnus, a, um, adj., Sabine:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4; 3, 1, 6; Cic. Lig. 11, 32; id. Agr. 2, 25, 66; id. Sen. 7, 24; Hor. S. 2, 7, 118 al.:

montes,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9:

fana,

id. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.:

virgines raptae,

id. ib. 6, 3, 57; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; Liv. 1, 9 sq. et saep.:

lingua,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.:

vocabulum,

id. ib. 5, § 107 ib.; cf.

origo (vocabuli),

id. ib. 7, § 28 ib.: ficus, Varr. R. R. 1, 67:

salix,

Col. 4, 30, 4:

oleum,

Pall. Mart. 9, 8 et saep.—

Adv.: Săbīnē, in Sabine, in the Sabine tongue, Varr. L. L. 5, § 159 Müll.—

In partic.: Sabina herba, a kind of juniper, the savin: Juniperus Sabina, Linn.;

used for incense,

Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 17, 13, 21, § 98; 24, 11, 61, § 102; Verg. Cul. 402; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; Ov. F. 1, 343; 4, 741.—Hence,

Săbīnus, i, m., a Sabine, Liv. 1, 45; 3, 26.—And as a Roman proper name,

A servant of Trebonius, Cic. Fam. 16, 16.—

The name of an Augustan poet, a friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 2, 18, 27; the same perh. also Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 27.—

The surname of the jurist Massurius, v. h. v.—

A brother of the emperor Vespasian, Suet. Vesp. 1.—Hence, Săbīnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Sabinus:

libri Sabiniani, the books composed by him,

Cod. Just. 3, 33, 17; 3, 34, 14 al.— Subst.: Săbīnĭāni, ōrum, m., the followers of Sabinus, the Sabinists, Dig. 24, 1, 11; 41, 1, 11.—

Săbīna, ae, f., a Sabine woman, Prop. 2, 6, 21; 2, 32 (3, 30), 47; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 15; id. A. A. 1, 102.—

Săbī-num, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Sabine wine:

vile,

Hor. C. 1, 20, 1.—

(Sc. praedium.) The estate of Horace in the territory of the Sabines, north of Tibur, described by the poet, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 1-14; cf. Sil. 3, 596.— In plur. (sc. praedia):

satis beatus unicis Sabinis,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 14.

Săbīni, ōrum, m., the Sabines, an ancient Italian people adjoining the Latins, a part of whom, as early as the time of Romulus, were united with the Romans as one people, under the name of Quirites, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 108; Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 638; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29; id. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Col. praef. § 19; Liv. 1, 9 sq.; 1, 9, 31; 33, 2, 16 sq.; 3, 26 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; id. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31:

rigidi,

Ov. M. 14, 797; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25 et saep. — Meton. (cf.: Bruttii, Lucani, and v. Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.), the Sabine territory:

ex Sabinis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6; Liv. 1, 45:

ardui,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 22.—Hence,

Săbīnus, a, um, adj., Sabine:

ager,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4; 3, 1, 6; Cic. Lig. 11, 32; id. Agr. 2, 25, 66; id. Sen. 7, 24; Hor. S. 2, 7, 118 al.:

montes,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9:

fana,

id. L. L. 6, § 57 Müll.:

virgines raptae,

id. ib. 6, 3, 57; Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12; Liv. 1, 9 sq. et saep.:

lingua,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 Müll.:

vocabulum,

id. ib. 5, § 107 ib.; cf.

origo (vocabuli),

id. ib. 7, § 28 ib.: ficus, Varr. R. R. 1, 67:

salix,

Col. 4, 30, 4:

oleum,

Pall. Mart. 9, 8 et saep.—

Adv.: Săbīnē, in Sabine, in the Sabine tongue, Varr. L. L. 5, § 159 Müll.—

In partic.: Sabina herba, a kind of juniper, the savin: Juniperus Sabina, Linn.;

used for incense,

Cato, R. R. 70, 1; Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 17, 13, 21, § 98; 24, 11, 61, § 102; Verg. Cul. 402; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 58; Ov. F. 1, 343; 4, 741.—Hence,

Săbīnus, i, m., a Sabine, Liv. 1, 45; 3, 26.—And as a Roman proper name,

A servant of Trebonius, Cic. Fam. 16, 16.—

The name of an Augustan poet, a friend of Ovid, Ov. Am. 2, 18, 27; the same perh. also Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 27.—

The surname of the jurist Massurius, v. h. v.—

A brother of the emperor Vespasian, Suet. Vesp. 1.—Hence, Săbīnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Sabinus:

libri Sabiniani, the books composed by him,

Cod. Just. 3, 33, 17; 3, 34, 14 al.— Subst.: Săbīnĭāni, ōrum, m., the followers of Sabinus, the Sabinists, Dig. 24, 1, 11; 41, 1, 11.—

Săbīna, ae, f., a Sabine woman, Prop. 2, 6, 21; 2, 32 (3, 30), 47; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 15; id. A. A. 1, 102.—

Săbī-num, i, n.

(Sc. vinum.) Sabine wine:

vile,

Hor. C. 1, 20, 1.—

(Sc. praedium.) The estate of Horace in the territory of the Sabines, north of Tibur, described by the poet, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 1-14; cf. Sil. 3, 596.— In plur. (sc. praedia):

satis beatus unicis Sabinis,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 14.

Sĕleucus, i, m., = Seleukos.

The name of several kings of Syria; their ancestor, Seleucus Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great after the latter's death founded the kingdom of the Seleucidae, Just. 13, 4, 17; 15, 4, 1.—

Name of a servant of Q. Lepta, Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 1.—

Name of a player on the cithern, Juv. 10, 24.

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.

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.—

Subst.

pūblĭcūs, i, m.

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.—

A public slave or servant, an attendant upon a college of augurs, etc., Inscr. Orell. 24, 68 sq.; 2470; 2853 al.—

publĭcum, i, n.

Possessions of the State, public territory, communal property:

publicum Campanum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

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.—

Transf.: qui hoc salutationum publicum exercet, who receives pay (like a porter) for admitting to an audience, Sen. Const. 14, 4. —

The archives of the State, public records:

ut scriptum in publico in litteris exstat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10.—

The commonwealth, State, community, city:

consulere in publicum,

to deliberate for the public weal, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.—

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,

Substt. *

publica, ae, f., a public woman, Sen. Ep. 88, 37.—

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.—

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).

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.—

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.—

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.

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.

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.—

Subst.

pūblĭcūs, i, m.

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.—

A public slave or servant, an attendant upon a college of augurs, etc., Inscr. Orell. 24, 68 sq.; 2470; 2853 al.—

publĭcum, i, n.

Possessions of the State, public territory, communal property:

publicum Campanum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

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.—

Transf.: qui hoc salutationum publicum exercet, who receives pay (like a porter) for admitting to an audience, Sen. Const. 14, 4. —

The archives of the State, public records:

ut scriptum in publico in litteris exstat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10.—

The commonwealth, State, community, city:

consulere in publicum,

to deliberate for the public weal, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.—

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,

Substt. *

publica, ae, f., a public woman, Sen. Ep. 88, 37.—

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.—

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).

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.—

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.—

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.

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.

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.—

Subst.

pūblĭcūs, i, m.

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.—

A public slave or servant, an attendant upon a college of augurs, etc., Inscr. Orell. 24, 68 sq.; 2470; 2853 al.—

publĭcum, i, n.

Possessions of the State, public territory, communal property:

publicum Campanum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

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.—

Transf.: qui hoc salutationum publicum exercet, who receives pay (like a porter) for admitting to an audience, Sen. Const. 14, 4. —

The archives of the State, public records:

ut scriptum in publico in litteris exstat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10.—

The commonwealth, State, community, city:

consulere in publicum,

to deliberate for the public weal, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.—

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,

Substt. *

publica, ae, f., a public woman, Sen. Ep. 88, 37.—

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.—

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).

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.—

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.—

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.

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.

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.—

Subst.

pūblĭcūs, i, m.

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.—

A public slave or servant, an attendant upon a college of augurs, etc., Inscr. Orell. 24, 68 sq.; 2470; 2853 al.—

publĭcum, i, n.

Possessions of the State, public territory, communal property:

publicum Campanum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.—

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.—

Transf.: qui hoc salutationum publicum exercet, who receives pay (like a porter) for admitting to an audience, Sen. Const. 14, 4. —

The archives of the State, public records:

ut scriptum in publico in litteris exstat,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10.—

The commonwealth, State, community, city:

consulere in publicum,

to deliberate for the public weal, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.—

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,

Substt. *

publica, ae, f., a public woman, Sen. Ep. 88, 37.—

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.—

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).

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.—

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.—

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.

Sĕrāpĭo or - on, ōnis, m., = Serapiôn.

The name of an Egyptian ambassador to Rome, Caes. B. C. 3, 109.—

A geographer of Antioch, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; 2, 6, 1.—

In Rome, as a name for slaves;

thus,

of a servant of Atticus, Cic. Att. 10, 17, 1.—

A nickname of P. Cornel. Scipio Nasica, consul 616 A. U. C., Liv. Epit. 55; Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 54; Val. Max. 9, 14, 3; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17.—

A Greek physician, Cels. 5, 28, 17 al.—

A Stoic of Hierapolis, Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—

A Greek painter, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113.

Sĕrāpĭo or - on, ōnis, m., = Serapiôn.

The name of an Egyptian ambassador to Rome, Caes. B. C. 3, 109.—

A geographer of Antioch, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; 2, 6, 1.—

In Rome, as a name for slaves;

thus,

of a servant of Atticus, Cic. Att. 10, 17, 1.—

A nickname of P. Cornel. Scipio Nasica, consul 616 A. U. C., Liv. Epit. 55; Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 54; Val. Max. 9, 14, 3; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17.—

A Greek physician, Cels. 5, 28, 17 al.—

A Stoic of Hierapolis, Sen. Ep. 40, 2.—

A Greek painter, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113.

Mĕtellus, a [etym. dub.; metellus = misthios, hired, i. e. a hired servant, Gloss. Philox.: metelli dicuntur in re militari quasi mercenarii, Attius in Annalibus: calones famulique metellique caculaeque; a quo genere hominum Caeciliae familiae cognomen putatur ductum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 146 and 147 Müll.], the name of a Roman family in the gens Caecilia; its most famous members were:

Q. Metellus Macedonicus, who made Macedonia a Roman province, and was renowned for his good-fortune, Vell. 1, 11, 1; Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; id. ib. 1, 36, 86, etc.—

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, who defeated Jugurtha in Numidia, Sall. J. 43 sqq.; Cic. Brut. 35, 135.—

L. Caecilius Metellus, who saved the palladium from the burning temple of Vesta, B. C. 241, Liv. Epit. 19; Flor. 2, 2, 27; Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1; Juv. 6, 265; cf. id. 3, 137 sq.—

C. Caecilius Metellus Celer, Cicero's contemporary, and husband of Coelia, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5, etc. —

Qu. Caecilius Metellus Pius (Scipio), son of Scipio Nasica, and Pompey's fatherin-law, Vell. 2, 15, 5.—

Caecilia Metella, wife of P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, divorced A. U. C. 709, Hor. S. 2, 3, 239; Cic. Att. 11, 23, 3; 13, 7, 1.—

Caecilia Metella, wife of M. Aemilius Scaurus, Cic. Sest. 47, 101.

pŭer, ĕri (old voc. puere, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 2; 5, 2, 42; id. Most. 4, 2, 32 et saep.; Caecil. and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.; gen. plur. puerūm, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50), m. (v. infra) [root pu-, to beget; v. pudes; and cf. pupa, putus], orig. a child, whether boy or girl:

pueri appellatione etiam puella significatur,

Dig. 50, 16, 163.—Thus, as fem.: sancta puer Saturni filia, regina, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.:

prima incedit Cereris Proserpina puer,

i.e. daughter of Ceres, Naev. ib. p. 697 P.: mea puer, mea puer, Poët. ap. Charis. p. 64 P.; Ael. Stil. and As. ib. p. 64 P.—Hence, freq. in the plur. pueri, children, in gen., Plaut. Poen. prol. 28; 30:

infantium puerorum incunabula,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

cinis eorum pueros tarde dentientes adjuvat cum melle,

Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 22; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7; id. C. 4, 9, 24.—

In partic.

A male child, a boy, lad, young man (strictly till the seventeenth year, but freq. applied to those who are much older):

puero isti date mammam,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 1:

aliquam puero nutricem para,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 104; 5, 2, 4:

homini ilico lacrimae cadunt Quasi puero,

id. Ad. 4, 1, 21:

quo portas puerum?

id. And. 4, 3, 7:

nescire quid antea quam natus sis, acciderit, id est semper esse puerum,

Cic. Or. 34, 120; Ov. P. 4, 12, 20:

laudator temporis acti Se puero,

when he was a boy, Hor. A. P. 173; cf.:

foeminae praetextatique pueri et puellae,

Suet. Claud. 35.—A puero, and with plur. verb, a pueris (cf. Gr. ek paidos, ek paidôn), from a boy, boyhood, or childhood (cf. ab):

doctum hominem cognovi, idque a puero,

Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4; id. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

diligentiā matris a puero doctus,

id. Brut. 27, 104;

Hor S. 1, 4, 97: ad eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2.—In like manner: ut primum [p. 1487] ex pueris excessit Archias, as soon as he ceased to be a child, Cic. Arch. 3, 4.—

A grown-up youth, young man, Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 2:

puer egregius praesidium sibi primum et nobis, deinde summae rei publicae comparavit, of Octavian at the age of nineteen,

id. ib. 12, 25, 4 (cf. Vell. 2, 61, 1; Tac. A. 13, 6); cf.

of the same: nomen clarissimi adulescentis vel pueri potius,

Cic. Phil. 4, 1, 3;

of Scipio Africanus, at the age of twenty,

Sil. 15, 33; 44 (coupled with juvenis, id. 15, 10 and 18);

of Pallas, in military command,

Verg. A. 11, 42.—

An unmarried man, a bachelor, Ov. F. 4, 226.—

As a pet name, or in familiar address, boy, fellow, Cat. 12, 9; Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 17.—

Transf.

A little son, a son ( poet.), Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 72:

Ascanius puer,

Verg. A. 2, 598:

tuque (Venus) puerque tuus (Cupido),

id. ib. 4, 94; cf. Hor. C. 1, 32, 10:

Latonae puer,

id. ib. 4, 6, 37:

Semeles puer,

id. ib. 1, 19, 2:

deorum pueri,

id. A. P. 83; 185.—

A boy for attendance, a servant, slave:

cedo aquam manibus, puer,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150; Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

Persicos odi, puer, apparatus,

Hor. C. 1, 38, 1; 2, 11, 18; 4, 11, 10:

hic vivum mihi cespitem ponite, pueri,

id. ib. 1, 19, 14:

cena ministratur pueris tribus,

id. S. 1, 6, 116:

tum pueri nautis, pueris convicia nautae Ingerere,

id. ib. 1, 5, 11:

regii,

royal pages, Liv. 45, 6; Curt. 5, 2, 13:

litteratissimi,

Nep. Att. 13, 3; Juv. 11, 59; Dig. 50, 16, 204.—

As adj., youthful:

puera facies,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 25, 217.