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Publius
Publius
Latin
Alternative forms
- P. praenominal abbreviation
Proper noun
Pūblius m (genitive Pūbliī); second declension
- A masculine praenomen.
- Publius Valerius Publicola (6th century BCE)
- Pūblius Aelius Hadriānus (birth name of emperor Caesar Trāiānus Hadriānus Augustus)
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pūblius |
| genitive | Pūbliī Pūblī1 |
| dative | Pūbliō |
| accusative | Pūblium |
| ablative | Pūbliō |
| vocative | Pūblī |
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Pūblĭus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,273/2.