crime+figure

săcer, sā̆cra, sā̆crum (ante-class. collat. form sacer, sacris, sacre; plur.:

sacres porci,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 16; id. Rud. 4, 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 20; 4, 16; sing. acc.: sacrem porcum, Fest. s. h. v. p. 318 Müll.), adj. [root sa-; Gr. saos, sôos, safe; whence Lat. sānus], dedicated or consecrated to a divinity, holy, sacred, = hieros (cf.: sanctus, augustus): Gallus Aelius ait, sacrum esse quocumque modo atque instituto civitatis consecratum sit, sive aedis, sive ara, sive signum, sive locus, sive pecunia, sive quid aliud quod dis dedicatum atque consecratum sit, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.; cf.:

quicquid destinatum est diis, sacrum vocatur,

Macr. S. 3, 7:

sacrae (res) sunt quae diis superis consecratae sunt: religiosae quae diis manibus relictae sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 3.

In gen.

Absol.:

quicquam (opp. profanum),

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 27; id. Trin. 2, 2, 8; cf.:

aedificiis omnibus, publicis privatis sacris profanis, sic pepercit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 129; so,

locus sacer et profanus,

id. Inv. 1, 26, 38; Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; Quint. 5, 10, 38:

miscebis sacra profanis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 54; id. A. P. 397; Nep. Them. 6, 5; Sall. C. 11, 6:

villae signis et tabulis refertae partim publicis partim etiam sacris et religiosis,

Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31; so (with religiosus) id. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127; Suet. Tib. 61:

mores autem rapere properant quā sacrum quā puplicum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 37:

(legum) genera sunt tria, sacri, publici, privati juris,

Quint. 2, 4, 33; cf. in the sup.:

deprecor hoc unum per jura sacerrima lecti,

Ov. H. 9, 159:

aedes,

Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 5; Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 8; Ov. M. 14, 315:

lucus late sacer,

Verg. A. 5, 761:

arvum Martis,

Ov. M. 7, 101:

ara,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 20:

aurum,

Liv. 5, 50; cf.

pecunia (opp. privata),

Quint. 4, 2, 8:

arma,

Liv. 24, 21:

tus,

Ov. M. 14, 130:

sanguis (of the sacrificial victim),

Cat. 68, 75:

ales (so called from its use in augury),

Verg. A. 11, 721:

luces (with profestae),

Hor. C. 4, 15, 25; cf.

dies (with religiosus),

Suet. Tib. 61:

tempus,

Hor. C. S. 4:

commissum,

a crime against religion, Cic. Leg. 2, 9 et saep.— Poet.: vitis (as sacred to Bacchus), Enn. ap. Charis. p. 214 P. (Trag. v. 149 Vahl.); Hor. C. 1, 18, 1; so,

laurus,

id. ib. 3, 4, 18; Verg. A. 7, 60:

robur,

Ov. M. 8, 752:

aqua,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 22:

fontes,

Ov. M. 2, 464; Verg. E. 1, 53:

focus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 43:

Tarentum,

id. C. 1, 28, 29:

fines,

Sil. 3, 501; cf.

montes (the Alps, because not to be ascended by men),

id. 4, 70;

vates (because dedicated to Apollo),

Hor. C. 4, 9, 28; Tib. 2, 5, 113; cf.:

sacer interpresque deorum Orpheus,

Hor. A. P. 391;

and (for sanctus) of the divinity itself: Vesta,

Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 11; so,

Cybebe,

id. 3 (4), 22, 3 (but in Liv. 3, 19: ut sacrosancti habeantur, quibus ipsi dii neque sacri neque sancti sunt, so used only on account of the lusus verbb. with sacrosancti;

v. the context).—Sacer Mons,

a hill about three miles from Rome, beyond the Anio, and on the right of the Via Nomentana, to which the Roman people retired during their controversy with the Senate, Liv. 2, 32; 3, 52; Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63; id. Brut. 14, 54:

os sacrum, quod imum ventrem sustinet,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4: Sacra Via, or ( poet.) Sacer Clivus, a street in Rome leading from the Forum to the Capitol, Cic. Planc. 7, 17; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; Hor. S. 1, 9, 1; id. C. 4, 2, 35; Mart. 1, 70, 5;

v. also via, I. A. 2.: sacer morbus,

the epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4:

sacer lapis,

a stone landmark, a mere-stone, Liv. 41, 13: os sacrum, anatom. t. t., = Gr. hieron osteon, the lowest bone of the spine, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 24:

litterae sacrae (eccl. Lat.),

the Scriptures, Vulg. 2 Tim. 3, 15.—For its combinations with ignis, via, etc., v. those words.—

With gen. (class.):

ego te sacram coronam surripuisse scio Jovis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 38; so,

urna Veneris,

id. Rud. 2, 5, 16 (for which:

urna Veneria,

id. ib. 2, 5, 18):

Dianae celebris dies,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 20:

sepulcrum Batti veteris,

Cat. 7, 6; cf. Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.—As a predicate: terra, ut focus domiciliorum, sacra deorum omnium est (a transl. of the Platon. Gê hiera pantôn theôn), Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

illa insula (sc. Delos) eorum deorum sacra putatur,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48.—

With dat. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

infra, II. A.): sacra Jovi quercus,

Ov. M. 7, 623:

esculus Jovi sacra,

Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 11:

Nymphis cervus,

Ov. M. 10, 109:

Cereri Polyphoetes (as a priest),

Verg. A. 6, 484:

pugionem templo Salutis detraxerat gestabatque velut magno operi sacrum,

Tac. A. 15, 53:

cupressus Diti sacra,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139:

aesculus Jovi,

id. 16, 4, 5, § 11.—As a predicate:

Jani mensis, Qui sacer est imis Manibus,

Ov. F. 2, 52, quercus antiqua, quae erat Marti sacra, Suet. Vesp. 5 (al. sacrata).—

Transf., in gen., holy, sacred, awful, venerable (not till after the Aug. per., and very rare):

silentium,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 29:

laedere amantes,

Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 11:

lingua (Ciceronis),

Mart. 5, 69, 7:

Maro,

id. 8. 56, 3:

quaedam patris memoria,

Quint. 11, 1, 59:

O sacer et magnus vatum labor,

Luc. 9, 983:

heu sacri vatum errores,

Sil. 8, 100.—So used of the emperors;

disapproved of by Tiberius: (Tiberius) alium dicentem sacras ejus occupationes verba mutare et pro sacris laboriosas dicere coëgit,

Suet. Tib. 27.—But soon after Tiberius in general use:

auris Caesaris,

Mart. 7, 99, 4:

sacri lateris custos,

id. 6, 76, 1:

apud aures sacras mentitus est,

Amm. 28, 6, 26 (cf.:

se Imperatori mentitum,

id. 28, 6, 26, § 21); and hence, for ecclesiastical: domus, comitatus, scrinia, largitiones, etc., in the law books et saep.

In partic., with a bad accessory signif., devoted to a divinity for destruction, forfeited; and absol., accursed, criminal, impious, wicked.

With dat.: si quisquam aliuta faxit, ipsos Jovi sacer esto, Lex Numae ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.; cf.: ut caput ejus Jovi sacrum esset, an ancient plebiscitum ap. Liv. 3, 55, 7:

non alienum videtur, de condicione eorum hominum referre, quos leges sacros esse certis diis jubent, quod, cum cetera sacra violari nefas sit, hominem sacrum jus fuerit occidi, etc.,

Macr. S. 3, 7.—

Absol.: homo sacer is est, quem populus judicavit ob maleficium; neque fas est eum immolari; sed qui occidit, parricidii non damnatur. Nam lege tribuniciā primā cavetur: si quis eum, qui eo plebei scito sacer sit, occiderit, parricida ne sit. Ex quo quivis homo malus atque improbus sacer appellari solet, Fest. s. v. sacer mons, p. 318 Müll.: PATRONVS SI CLIENTI FRAVDEM FECERIT SACER ESTO, LEX XII. Tab. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 609;

in imitation: uter aedilis fuerit, etc.... is intestabilis et sacer esto,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 181:

eum, qui cuiquam nocuerit, sacrum sanciri,

Liv. 3, 55.—

Transf., in gen., accursed, execrable, detestable, horrible, infamous, etc. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Of persons:

ego sum malus, Ego sum sacer, scelestus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 14; Afran. ap. Non. 397, 22 (with malus); Lucil. ib. 397, 27.— Sup., Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 67:

homo sacerrimus,

id. Poen. prol. 90; id. Rud. 1, 2, 69; Turp. ap. Non. 397, 29 (with pessimus). —

Of things: sacerrimum domicilium, Turp. ap. Non. 397, 30:

di magni, horribilem et sacrum libellum,

Cat. 14, 12:

hircus alarum,

id. 71, 1:

auri fames,

Verg. A. 3, 57 (for which:

aurum fame,

Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 6:

venenum (Medeae),

Val. Fl. 7, 165:

nox,

id. 8, 25:

arma metu,

id. 4, 185; cf.

pavor,

id. 1, 798:

insania,

Stat. Th. 10, 804:

morbus,

i. e. epilepsy, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4.—With dat.:

ut immerentis fluxit in terram Remi Sacer nepotibus cruor,

Hor. Epod. 7, 20.— Comp. and adv. do not appear (as for the comp. v. Varr. L. L. 8, § 77 Müll.).—Hence, subst.: sā̆crum, i, n., something consecrated; a holy or sacred thing, a sacred vessel or utensil; a sanctuary, a temple; a religious act, a sacrifice, etc.; in plur. in gen., sacred rites, religious worship, religion (both of the State and of single races and families; and even of individuals; v. infra, b; class.; most freq. in plur.).

Lit.

Sing.:

sacrum sacrove commendatum qui cleperit rapsitque parricida esto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

ubi sacro manus sis admolitus,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 24:

omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 52:

metuens velut contingere sacrum,

id. S. 2, 3, 110:

apud Cluacinae sacrum,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10; Quint. 1, 4, 6:

Minervae,

Dict. Cret. 5, 12 fin.:

theatrum veluti quoddam illius sacri templum vocabimus,

Quint. 3, 8, 29: [p. 1611] quae (sacerdos Cereris) Graecum illud sacrum monstraret et faceret, Cic. Balb. 24, 55:

sacrum Herculi facere,

Liv. 1, 7:

facere Junoni,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 43:

facto per Magos sacro,

Suet. Ner. 34:

sollemne sacrum conficere,

Flor. 1, 13, 16:

ita se habet sacrum (Suovetaurilia),

Quint. 1, 5, 67:

arma lecta conici in acervum jussit consul sacrumque id Vulcano cremavit,

Liv. 41, 12:

sacrum piaculare fieri,

id. 29, 19:

sollemne Apollinis sacrum,

Suet. Aug. 94; Ov. M. 12, 33:

pyrā sacri sub imagine factā,

id. ib. 14, 80:

nec de lucernā fas est accendi sacrum,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 13:

neve initianto, nisi ut assolet, Cereri, Graeco sacro,

according to the Grecian rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanae,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 26:

morientibus operire (oculos) rursusque in rogo patefacere, Quiritium ritu sacrum est,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

in sacro est,

id. 18, 12, 30, § 118.—

Plur.: sacra deosque penates.. ex aedibus suis eripuisse dixit, sacred vessels or utensils, holy things, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; cf. Liv. 5, 40:

sacra omnia proferre, Auct. B. Alex. 32, 3: portabant canistris,

Ov. M. 2, 713:

Troïa,

Tib. 2, 5, 40:

velut qui Junonis sacra ferret,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 11; cf.

of the same,

Verg. A. 2, 293; 2, 717 Heyne; Ov. F. 1, 527; id. H. 7, 80; 7, 158:

cumque suis penetralia sacris,

i. e. the images of the gods, Penates, id. M. 1, 287:

jactata aequoribus sacra,

Hor. C.4,4,54:

pueri Sacra canunt,

sacred songs, Verg. A. 2, 239; cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

sacra ordine in mensā Penatium deorum Ponuntur,

sacred gifts, offerings, Naev. B. Pun. 1, 11:

neve ulla vitiorum sacra sollemnia obeunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

sicut in sollemnibus sacris fieri consuevit,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

qui (Mercurius) sacris anniversariis coleretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84 (for which:

sacrificiis anniversariis colebatur,

id. ib. 2, 4, 57, §

128: sacris e principum numero pontifices quinque praefecit,

id. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

(Romulus) sacra diis aliis Albano ritu, Graeco Herculi facit,

Liv. 1, 7; cf.:

sacra Jovi facturus erat,

Ov. M. 3, 26:

sacra Jovi Stygio Perficere,

Verg. A. 4, 638:

ipse (Numa) plurima sacra obibat,

Liv. 1, 20:

densi circumstant sacra ministri,

Ov. M. 2, 717:

arcana sacra,

Hor. Epod. 5, 52; Ov. M. 10, 436:

fera,

id. ib. 13, 454:

nefanda,

id. ib. 10, 228:

mystica,

id. H. 2, 42:

horrida,

Sil. 3, 140:

veneranda,

id. 7, 382:

casta,

Stat. Achill. 1, 370.

Divine worship or religion in gen.: publica sacra, quae publico sumptu pro populo fiunt, quaeque pro montibus, pagis, curiis, sacellis: at privata, quae pro singulis hominibus, familiis, gentibus fiunt, Fest. pp. 244 and 245 Müll.; Liv. 5, 52:

quo foedere (Romulus) et Sabinos in civitatem ascivit, sacris communicatis,

Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:

quod per populum errari fas non erat propter religionem sacrorum,

id. Agr. 2, 7, 18; so,

religio sacrorum,

id. Fl. 28, 69:

sacra Cereris conficere,

id. Balb. 24, 55; so,

Cereris,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 14 (cf. supra, a fin.):

Eleusina,

Suet. Claud. 23:

Junonis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 11:

Orphica,

rites, solemnity, festival, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58:

Bacchia,

Ov. M. 3, 518:

trieterica Bacchi,

id. ib. 6, 587:

Dianae,

id. ib. 7, 94;

15, 489: Isidis,

Suet. Oth. 12 et saep.—

The private religious rites of a gens, a family, etc. (observed by the Romans with the greatest care):

sacra privata perpetua manento,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; cf. id. ib. 2, 19, 47:

an gentilicia sacra ne in bello quidem intermitti, publica sacra et Romanos deos etiam in pace deseri placet?

Liv. 5, 52:

ut ne morte patris familias sacrorum memoria occideret,

Cic. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

docebant (antiqui) tribus modis sacris adstringi,

id. ib. 2, 20, 49:

magnum est eadem habere monumenta majorum, eisdem uti sacris, sepulcra habere communia,

id. Off. 1, 17, 55; cf.:

ut qui natus sit, ignoret, cujus sanguinis, quorum sacrorum sit,

Liv. 4,2:

sacra interire illi (majores) noluerunt,

Cic. Mur. 12, 27:

sacrorum alienatio,

id. Or. 42, 144 (v. alienatio); cf. sing.:

sacrum familiare,

Macr. S. 1, 16:

nuptialia,

marriage solemnities, Quint. 1, 7, 28;

called also jugalia,

Ov. M. 7, 700; cf. respecting the sacra privata of the Romans, Savigny, in his Zeitschr. 2, p. 397 sq.—

Poet., poems (as sacred to the Muses):

mihi jam puero caelestia sacra placebant, Inque suum furtim Musa trahebat opus,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 19:

vatum,

Pers. prol. 7:

Maronis,

Mart. 7, 63, 5. —

Prov.

Inter sacrum saxumque stare, to stand between the victim and the knife, i. e. to be between the door and the wall, to be in great straits, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 84; cf.:

inter sacrum et saxum positus,

App. M. 11, p. 271 fin. —

Hereditas sine sacris, i. e. a great profit without trouble, = a rose without thorns, meat without bone, etc. (because the keeping up of the sacra privata was attended with great expense), Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8, and id. Trin. 2, 4, 83; cf. Fest. p. 290 Müll.—

Transf., in gen. (the figure being borrowed from secret religious rites), in plur.: sacra, secrets, mysteries (not till after the Aug. period, and very rare):

sacra tori coitusque novos referebam,

Ov. M. 7, 709:

peregisse mihi videor sacra tradentium artes,

Quint. 5, 14, 27 (cf.:

omnes fere, qui legem dicendi, quasi quaedam mysteria, tradiderunt,

id. 5, 13, 60):

litterarum colere,

id. 10, 1, 92:

studiorum profanare,

Tac. Or. 11.

grow ( prét grew, pp grown)

A vtr

1 ( cultivate) cultiver [plant, crop, cells] ;

2 (increase, allow to increase) [person] laisser pousser [hair, beard, nails] ; to grow 5 cm [person] grandir de 5 cm ; [plant] pousser de 5 cm ; the economy has grown 2% la croissance de l'économie est de 2%.

B vi

1 ( increase physically) [plant, hair, nails] pousser (by de) ; [person] grandir (by de) ; [queue] s'allonger ; [tumour, cancer] se développer ; haven't you grown! qu'est-ce que tu as grandi! ; to let one's hair/nails grow laisser pousser ses cheveux/ongles ; to grow from pousser à partir de [bulb, seed] ; to grow to a height of 4 metres atteindre 4 mètres de hauteur ;

2 ( of something abstract) [deficit, spending, crime, population, tension, anger, chances] augmenter (by de) ; [company] prospérer ; [economy] être en expansion ; [movement, opposition, support, problem] devenir plus important ; [poverty, crisis] s'aggraver ; [pressure, influence] devenir plus fort ; [list] s'allonger ; [mystery] s'épaissir ; fears are growing that on craint de plus en plus que (+ subj) ; to grow from x to y [profit, movement] passer de x à y ; to grow to atteindre [figure, level] ; to grow to civil war proportions prendre les proportions d'une guerre civile ; to grow in acquérir plus de [authority, strength, confidence] ; to grow in popularity devenir plus populaire ;

3 ( become) devenir [hotter, colder, stronger] ; to grow more sophisticated devenir plus sophistiqué ; to grow old vieillir ; to grow weak s'affaiblir ; to grow more and more impatient s'impatienter de plus en plus ;

4 to grow to do finir par faire ; I soon grew to like him j'ai vite fini par l'aimer ; I was growing to like him je commençais à l'aimer.

■ grow apart:

▶ grow apart [people] s'éloigner l'un de l'autre ; to grow apart from s'éloigner de [person].

■ grow in:

▶ grow in [nail] devenir incarné.

■ grow into: grow into [sth]

1 ( become) devenir [frog, adult] ;

2 ( fit into) s'accoutumer à [role, position] ; he'll grow into it ( of garment) quand il aura un peu grandi il pourra le mettre ;

3 [skin, bone] se fondre dans [tissue].

■ grow on: to grow on sb [habit] s'imposer ; the music was starting to grow on me je commençais à apprécier la musique.

■ grow out:

▶ grow [sth] out, grow out [sth] laisser pousser ses cheveux jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y ait plus de [perm, dye].

■ grow out of:

▶ grow out of [sth]

1 ( get too old for) he's grown out of his suit son costume est devenu trop petit pour lui ; she's grown out of discos/going to discos elle a passé l'âge des discothèques/d'aller en discothèque ; children's games I've grown out of des jeux d'enfants qui ne sont plus de mon âge ;

2 ( come from) naître de [interest, idea, institution].

■ grow together

1 lit ( join together) [bones, plants, eyebrows] se rejoindre ;

2 fig ( become close) [people] se rapprocher.

■ grow up

1 (grow, get bigger) [child] grandir ; [movement, idea] se développer ; to grow up in London/believing that grandir à Londres/dans l'idée que ;

2 (become adult, mature) [person, movement] devenir adulte ; when I grow up quand je serai grand ; to grow up into devenir [scientist, beauty] ; grow up! arrête tes enfantillages!

pin

A n

1 (for sewing, fastening cloth or paper) épingle f ;

2 Elec ( of plug) fiche f ; two-/three-pin plug prise f à deux/trois fiches ;

3 Tech ( to attach wood or metal) goujon m ; ( machine part) goupille f ;

4 Med ( in surgery) broche f ;

5 ( brooch) barrette f ; diamond pin barrette avec brillant ;

6 ( in bowling) quille f ;

7 ( in golf) drapeau m (de trou).

B pins ○ ( legs) npl quilles ○ fpl, jambes fpl.

C vtr ( p prés etc - nn-)

1 ( attach with pins) épingler [dress, hem, curtain] ; to pin sth to épingler qch à ; to pin sth on(to) épingler qch sur ; ( with drawing pin) fixer qch avec une punaise sur [board, wall] ; to pin two things together épingler deux choses l'une avec l'autre ; to pin sth with attacher qch avec [brooch, grip, pin] ;

2 (trap, press) coincer [person, part of body] ; to pin sb against ou to coincer qn contre [wall, sofa, floor] ; her arms were pinned to her sides elle avait les bras plaqués au corps ; to be pinned under être coincé sous [fallen tree, wreckage] ;

3 ○ (attribute, attach) to pin sth on sb imputer qch à qn, rejeter qch sur qn [blame, crime] ;

4 Mil, Sport coincer, bloquer ; France were pinned in their own half la France a été coincée sur son terrain ;

5 ( in chess) coincer [piece].

for two pins I would do pour un peu je ferais ; to pin one's ears back ○ ouvrir grand les oreilles ○ ; you could have heard a pin drop on aurait entendu voler une mouche ; ⇒ hope.

■ pin down:

▶ pin down [sb], pin [sb] down

1 ( physically) immobiliser (to à) ;

2 fig coincer ; he won't be pinned down il ne se laissera pas coincer ; to pin sb down to a definite date/an exact figure arriver à soutirer une date fixe/un chiffre exact à qn ; to pin sb down to doing obliger qn à s'engager à faire ;

▶ pin down [sth], pin [sth] down

1 lit accrocher [piece of paper, cloth, map] ; épingler [sheet] ;

2 fig ( define) identifier [concept, feeling] ; I can't pin it down je n'arrive pas à mettre le doigt dessus.

■ pin up:

▶ pin up [sth], pin [sth] up accrocher [poster, notice, map] (on à) ; remonter [hair].

taint

A n

1 ( defect) (of crime, corruption, cowardice) souillure f ; (of insanity, heresy) tare f ;

2 ( trace) (of contamination, infection, bias) trace f.

B vtr

1 ( sully) souiller [public figure, organization, reputation] ; entacher [lineage] ; altérer [motive] ; entacher [opinion] ;

2 ( poison) polluer [air, water] ; gâter [meat, food].

public ['pʌblɪk]

1 adjective

(a) (of, by the state → education, debt) public;

∎ built at public expense construit aux frais du contribuable;

∎ to hold public office avoir des fonctions officielles

(b) (open or accessible to all → place, meeting) public;

∎ was it a public trial? le public pouvait-il assister au procès?;

∎ let's talk somewhere less public allons discuter dans un endroit plus tranquille;

∎ these gardens are public property! ces jardins appartiennent à tout le monde!

(c) (of, by the people) public;

∎ the public interest or good le bien ou l'intérêt m public;

∎ in the public interest dans l'intérêt du public;

∎ public interest in the matter was flagging le public manifestait de moins en moins d'intérêt pour cette affaire;

∎ to make a public protest protester publiquement;

∎ the increase in crime is generating great public concern la montée de la criminalité inquiète sérieusement la population;

∎ to restore public confidence regagner la confiance de la population;

∎ to be in the British public or American public's eye être très en vue;

∎ to disappear from the British public or American public's eye tomber dans les oubliettes;

∎ a public outcry un tollé général;

∎ it created a public scandal ça a provoqué un scandale retentissant;

∎ public awareness of the problem has increased le public est plus sensible au problème maintenant;

∎ the bill has public support l'opinion publique est favorable au projet de loi

(d) (publicly known, open) public;

∎ to make sth public rendre qch public;

∎ to make a public appearance paraître en public;

∎ to go into public life se lancer dans les affaires publiques;

∎ she's active in public life elle prend une part active aux affaires publiques;

∎ the contrast between his public and his private life le contraste entre sa vie publique et sa vie privée;

∎ his first public statement sa première déclaration publique;

∎ he made a public denial of the rumours il a démenti publiquement les rumeurs, il a apporté un démenti public aux rumeurs;

∎ it's public knowledge that… il est de notoriété publique que…

2 adverb

∎ to go public (company) s'introduire en Bourse; (reveal information) tout dire ou raconter;

∎ the company is going public la société va être cotée en Bourse;

∎ to go public with the story raconter toute l'histoire

3 noun

public m;

∎ the (general) public le (grand) public;

∎ in public en public, publiquement;

∎ the public is or are tired of political scandals la population est lasse des scandales politiques;

∎ Finance to issue shares to the public placer des actions dans le public;

∎ her books reach a wide public ses livres touchent un public très large;

∎ the movie-going public les amateurs de ou les gens qui vont au cinéma;

∎ the viewing public les téléspectateurs;

∎ your public awaits or await you votre public vous attend

4 in public adverb

en public

►► American Television public access channel = chaîne du réseau câblé sur laquelle des particuliers peuvent diffuser leurs propres émissions;

American Television public access television = chaînes télévisées câblées non commerciales;

public affairs affaires fpl publiques;

American public assistance aide f sociale;

public authorities pouvoirs mpl publics;

British public bar salle f de bar (dans un "pub" qui contient deux bars séparés, l'expression désigne le plus populaire des deux);

public baths bains mpl publics;

British Politics public bill ≃ projet m de loi d'intérêt général;

public body corporation f de droit public;

British public call box cabine f (téléphonique) publique;

public company ≃ société f anonyme;

British public convenience toilettes fpl publiques;

British & French Canadian public corporation entreprise f publique;

Finance public debt dette f publique ou de l'État;

American Law public defender avocat m commis d'office;

Finance public deposits = avoirs des différents services du gouvernement britannique à la Banque d'Angleterre;

public domain domaine m public;

∎ to be in the public domain (publication) être dans le domaine public;

Computing public domain software logiciel m (du domaine) public, French Canadian publiciel m;

public enemy ennemi m public;

∎ public enemy number one ennemi m public numéro un;

Finance public enterprise (company) entreprise f publique;

public examination examen m national de l'enseignement public;

public expenditure dépenses fpl publiques;

public figure personnalité f très en vue;

public finance finances fpl publiques;

British public footpath sentier m public;

public funds fonds mpl publics;

public gallery tribune f réservée au public;

public health santé f publique;

the public health authorities = administration régionale des services publics de santé;

public health clinic centre m d'hygiène publique;

public health hazard risque m pour la santé publique;

old-fashioned public health inspector inspecteur(trice) m,f sanitaire;

public health official représentant(e) m,f de la santé publique;

public holiday jour m férié, fête f légale;

public house British (pub) pub m, bar m; American (inn) auberge f;

American public housing logements mpl sociaux, ≃ HLM f inv;

American Public Housing Administration = services du logement social aux États-Unis;

American public housing project ≃ cité f HLM;

Law public indecency outrage m public à la pudeur;

∎ to be arrested for public indecency se faire arrêter pour outrage public à la pudeur;

public inquiry enquête f officielle;

∎ to hold a public inquiry faire une enquête officielle;

British public lavatory toilettes fpl publiques;

public law droit m public;

public lending right = droits que touche un auteur ou un éditeur pour le prêt de ses livres en bibliothèque;

public liability responsabilité f civile;

public liability insurance assurance f responsabilité civile;

public library bibliothèque f municipale;

public limited company ≃ société f anonyme;

public loan emprunt m public;

public money deniers mpl ou fonds mpl publics;

public monies deniers mpl de l'État;

public nuisance (person) fléau m public, empoisonneur(euse) m,f;

∎ the pub's late opening hours were creating a public nuisance (act) les heures d'ouverture tardives du pub portaient atteinte à la tranquillité générale;

Stock Exchange public offering offre f publique;

public official fonctionnaire mf;

public opinion opinion f publique;

public opinion poll sondage m (d'opinion);

public ownership nationalisation f, étatisation f;

∎ most airports are under public ownership la plupart des aéroports appartiennent à l'État;

public park jardin m public;

Law public prosecutor ≃ procureur m général, ≃ ministère m public;

British the public purse le Trésor (public);

British Public Record Office ≃ Archives fpl nationales;

public relations relations fpl publiques;

∎ giving them a free meal was great public relations en leur offrant le repas, nous avons fait un excellent travail de relations publiques;

public relations agency, public relations consultancy agence f conseil en communication;

public relations consultant conseil m en relations publiques, conseil m en communication;

public relations exercise opération f de relations publiques;

∎ it was a good public relations exercise ce fut une réussite pour ce qui est des relations publiques;

public relations manager directeur(trice) m,f des relations publiques;

public relations officer responsable mf des relations publiques;

public room (in hotel, institution) salle f de réception; Scottish (in house) salon m;

public school (in UK) public school f, école f privée (prestigieuse); (in US) école f publique;

British public schoolboy = élève d'une "public school";

British public schoolgirl = élève d'une "public school";

public sector secteur m publique;

British Finance public sector borrowing requirement = besoins d'emprunt du secteur public non couverts par les rentrées fiscales;

Finance public sector deficit déficit m du secteur public;

Finance public sector earnings revenus mpl du secteur public;

public servant fonctionnaire mf;

public service (amenity) service m public ou d'intérêt général; British (civil service) fonction f publique;

∎ she's in public service elle est fonctionnaire;

∎ Administration our organization performs a public service notre association assure un service d'intérêt général;

Stock Exchange public share offer offre f publique de vente;

public speaker orateur(trice) m,f;

∎ he's a very good public speaker c'est un excellent orateur;

public speaking art m oratoire;

∎ humorous unaccustomed as I am to public speaking bien que je n'aie pas l'habitude de prendre la parole en public;

School public speaking contest concours m d'éloquence;

Finance public spending (UNCOUNT) dépenses fpl publiques ou de l'État;

public spirit sens m civique, civisme m;

American public television (télévision f du) service m public;

public transport (UNCOUNT) transports mpl en commun;

∎ he went by public transport (bus) il est allé en bus; (train) il est allé en train;

public transport users usagers mpl des transports en commun;

public utility American (company) = société privée assurant un service public et réglementée par une commission d'État; British (amenity) service m public;

British public utility company société f d'utilité publique;

public works travaux mpl publics

ⓘ PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION Aux États-Unis, on appelle "public access television" les chaînes télévisées câblées non commerciales mises à la disposition d'organisations à but non lucratif et des citoyens. En 1984, le Congrès adopta le "Cable Communications Policy Act" afin de faire face au problème de la monopolisation des chaînes par un nombre réduit de cablo-opérateurs. Cette loi exige des propriétaires de chaînes câblées qu'ils mettent une chaîne à la disposition des communautés locales ainsi qu'un studio et du matériel d'enregistrement, et qu'ils fournissent également une assistance technique si nécessaire.

ⓘ PUBLIC SCHOOL En Angleterre et au pays de Galles, le terme "public school" désigne une école privée de type traditionnel. Certaines de ces écoles (Eton et Harrow, par exemple) sont très prestigieuses et élitistes. Les "public schools" sont censées former l'élite de la nation. Aux États-Unis et parfois en Écosse, le terme désigne une école publique.

1. dark figure (of crime)

2. estimated number of unknown cases

3. estimated number of unreported/undetected cases

bird; manu uru, bird figure (like the drawings or wooden figures once found in caves and houses); manu va'e e-há, four-legged bird (name given to the first sheep introduced to the island).

insect. manupatia, wasp.

bird's egg: mâmari manu.

wild, untamed.

song in which is expressed the desire to kill someone, or in which a crime is confessed: he-tapa i te manu (see tapa).