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Pūblĭlĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens, of whom the best known are,

  1. I. Publilius, brother of Publilia, second wife of Cicero, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1.
  2. II. Volero Publilius, who secured to the plebs the election of the tribunes, A. U. C. 282, Liv. 2, 55 sqq.
  3. III. Publilius Syrus, a famous composer and actor of mimes, at the beginning of the eighth century A. U. C., Plin. 35, 17, 58, § 199; Macr. S. 2, 7, 6 sqq.; Sen. Ep. 8, 8; less correctly called Publius Syrus, Gell. 17, 14, 1; Sen. Tranq. 11, 8 al.; v. Wölfflin, Philol. 22, p. 439 sq.; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 208, 2.
    Hence, adj.: Publĭlĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to Publilius: sententiae, Sen. Contr. 7, 18, 8 sq. (where the common text has Publiliae).
  4. IV. Publilia, Cicero’s second wife, whom he married B. C. 46, and divorced the next year, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1; cf. id. Fam. 4, 14, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 75.