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Poblĭlĭa or Publĭlĭa tribus (also, Publĭa, Publĭcĭa, Popĭlĭa, Popĭl-lĭa), one of the rustic tribes, Liv. 7, 15, fin.; Inscr. Grut. 568, 1; Inscr. Don. cl. 6, n. 112; Inscr. Maff. Ver. Illustr. 1; cf. Fest. p. 233 Müll.; cf.: Popillia tribus a progenitrice traxit vocabulum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 232 Müll.

Publĭcĭānus, a, um, v. Publicius, B.

pūblĭcĭtus, adv. [publicus].

  1. I. On the public account, at the public expense, by or for the State (ante-class.): publicitus aurum praebere, Lucil. ap. Non. 513, 4: dare publicitus cibaria, Pompon. ib. 10: proletarius publicitus scutis Ornatur, Enn. ap. Gell. 16, 10, 1 (Ann. v. 189 Vahl.): hospitio accipi, i. e. into imprisonment, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 8; 4, 2, 7: aurum in aede Dianae publicitus servant, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 79; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 85; Treb. Pol. XXX. Tyr. 18: quae (peccata) prohibere publicitus interest, Gell. 7 (6), 14, 4.
  2. II. Before the people, in public, publicly (ante- and post-class. for palam): ut fiat auctio Publicitus, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 40; Caecil. ap. Non. 513, 8. In this signif. freq. in App.; so M. 3, p. 136, 25; 6, p. 176, 3 (opp. privatim, id. Flor. 2, p. 347).

Pūblĭcĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens; esp. the brothers L. and M. Publicius Malleolus, œdiles, Varr. L. L. 5, 32 fin.; Ov. F. 5, 288.
Hence,

  1. A. Pūblĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Publician: Clivus Publicius, a hill in Rome, Liv. 26, 10, 6; 27, 37 fin.; Ov. F. 5, 294.
  2. B. Publĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Publicius, Publician: locus, prob. the Clivus Publicius (v. supra), Cic. Att. 12, 38, 4: actio, so called after a prætor named Publicius, Dig. 6, tit. 2; cf. Just. Inst. 4, 6, 4.