Publius

Latin

Alternative forms

P. (praenominal abbreviation)
Poplios (Early Latin)

Etymology

From populus. Compare pūblicus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.bli.us/, [ˈpuːblʲiʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.bli.us/, [ˈpuːblius]

Proper noun

Pūblius m (genitive Pūbliī or Pūblī); second declension

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

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

Pūbliānus
Pūblīpor

References

“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.

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