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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.

pŏpa, ae, m.

  1. I. A Roman inferior priest, a priest’s assistant or minister, who brought the victim to the altar and felled it with an axe, Suet. Calig. 32 fin.; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 62; Cic. Mil. 24, 65; Serv. Verg. A. 12, 120. Alluding to the corpulence of such priests: popa venter, a fat paunch, glutton, Pers. 6, 74.
  2. * II. In fem.: PHILEMA POPA DE INSVLA, perh. = she who sells animals for sacrifice, Inscr. Orell. 2457.

† pŏpănum, i, n., = πόπανον, a sacrificial cake, Juv. 6, 541.

pŏpellus, i, m. dim. [populus], the rabble, mob, populace, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 65; Pers. 4, 15.

Popilĭa (Popill-), tribus, v. Poblilia.

Popĭlĭus (Popill-), i, m., and Popi-lĭa (Popill-), ae, f.,

  1. I. the name of a Roman gens. So esp.,
      1. 1. M. Popillius Laenas, a consul A. U.C. 395, Cic. Brut. 14, 56.
      2. 2. C. Popilius Laenas, the assassin of Cicero, Liv. Epit. 120; Sen. Suas. 7.
      3. 3. In fem.: Popilia, the wife of Q. Catulus, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44.
        Hence,
  2. II. Popĭlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Popilius, Popilian: gens, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55.

pŏpīna, ae, f. [πέπω, πέπτω, to cook],

  1. I. a cook-shop, victualling-house, eating-house (syn.: caupona, taberna): bibitur, estur, quasi in popinā, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 13; Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69; 13, 11, 24; Suet. Tib. 34; id. Ner. 16; Hor. S. 2, 4, 62; id. Ep. 1, 14, 21; Mart. 1, 42, 10; 5, 70, 3; Juv. 8, 172; 11, 81.
  2. II. Transf., the food sold at a cookshop: si epulae potius quam popinae nominandae sunt, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 20: taeterrimam popinam inhalare, id. Pis. 6, 13.

pŏpīnālis, e, adj. [popina], of or belonging to a cook-shop: deliciae, Col. 8, 16, 5: luxuria, App. M. 8, p. 201, 13.

pŏpīnārĭus, ĭi, m. [popina], a cook, victualler (post-class.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 49 fin.; Firm. Math. 4, 15.

pŏpīnātor, ōris, m. [popina], a frequenter of cook-shops, a gormandizer, Macr. S. 7, 14; cf. popino.

pŏpīno, ōnis, m. [popina], a frequenter of eating-houses, a gormandizer, Lucil. and Varr. ap. Non. 161, 16 sq.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 39; Suet. Gram. 15.

pŏpīnor, āri, v. dep. n. [id.], to frequent eating-houses, to gormandize (post-class.): dum Gallienus popinatur, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. 29.

poplĕs, ĭtis, m.

  1. I. Lit.: the ham of the knee, the hough (cf. suffrago): genua poplitesque et crura, Col. 6, 12, 3: succisis feminibus poplitibusque, Liv. 22, 51, 7: succiso poplite, Verg. A. 9, 762; cf. Liv. 22, 48, 4; Hor. C. 3, 2, 16: elephas poplites intus flectit hominis modo, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; 28, 6, 17, § 59.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., the knee, Luc. 9, 771; Lucr. 4, 953: duplicato poplite, i. e. with bended knee, Verg. A. 12, 927: se collegit in arma poplite subsidens, id. ib. 12, 492: contento poplite, with a stiff knee, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97: nec parcit imbellis juventae Poplitibus, id. C. 3, 2, 16: poplitibus semet excipit, he sank down upon his knees, Curt. 6, 1: flexo poplite, Vulg. Judic. 7, 6.

poplĭcĭtus, adv., v. publicitus.

Poplĭcŭla (Poplĭcŏla) or Publĭ-cŏla (the very ancient inscr. in Orell. 547 has POPLICVLA, the palimpsest of Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 53; 55, twice Publicola), ae, m. [1. populus-colo] (a favorer or friend of the people), a surname of P. Valerius, and of his descendants, Inscr. Orell. 547: inde cognomen factum Publicolae est, Liv. 2, 8: Poplicola, ingentis Volesi Spartana propago, Sil. 2, 8; Inscr. Grut. 480, 5: Poplicola atque Corvinus, Hor. S. 1, 10, 28.
Poet., in plur., as an appellative, Sid. Carm. 23, 80.

poplĭcus, a, um, v. publicus.

Pŏplĭfŭgĭa (Pŏpŭ-), ōrum, n. [1. populus-fugio], a festival in memory of the people’s flight to the rescue of the Latins, celebrated on the nones of July, POPLIF. NP., Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 394; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, 3, § 18; Piso ap. Macr. S. 3, 2.

poplus and pŏpŏlus, i, v. 1. populus init.

Poppaeus, i, m.; Poppaea, ae, f., the name of a Roman gens.

  1. I. Masc., Poppaeus Sabinus, Tac. A. 1, 80; 4, 46; 5, 10; 6, 39: Poppaeus Silvanus, id. H. 2, 86; 3, 50.
  2. II. Fem.: Poppaea (on inscrr. also Poppea and Poppaia) Sabina, wife of the emperor Nero, Suet. Oth. 3; id. Ner. 35; Tac. A. 13, 45 sq.; id. H. 1, 13; 78; Inscr. Orell. 731; 733; Inscr. Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. tab. XVII. b, p. 123.
    Hence,
    1. B. Poppaeā-nus, a, um, adj., named after Poppœa, Poppœan: pinguia, a species of cosmetic (bread-dough mixed with asses’ milk), Juv. 6, 465.

† poppysma, ătis, n., and poppys-mus, i, m., = πόππυσμα and ποππυσμός, a smacking or clucking with the tongue, as a sign of approbation, Juv. 6, 584; on occasion of lightning, as a religious ceremony, Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; of a similar sound, Mart. 7, 18, 11.

poppysmus, i, v. poppysma.

† poppȳzon, ontis, m., = ποππύζων, one who clucks with the tongue: cum pingeret poppyzonta retinentem equum, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 104.

pŏpŭlābĭlis, e, adj. [populor], that may be laid waste or ravaged, destructible (poet.): quodcunque fuit populabile flammae, Ov. M. 9, 262.

pŏpŭlābundus, a, um, adj. [populor], laying waste, ravaging (rare): agros populabundus, Sisenn. ap. Non. 471, 23; cf.Gell. 11, 15, 7: in fines Romanos excurrerunt populabundi, Liv. 1, 15, 1: vagari populandum, id. 2, 60, 2: consul per agrum populabundus ierat, id. 3, 3, 10.

pŏpŭlārĭa, ĭum, v. popularis, I. B.

pŏpŭlāris (sync. poplāris, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36), e, adj. [1. populus], of or belonging to the people, proceeding from or designed for the people.

  1. I. In gen.: populares leges, i. e. laws instituted by the people, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 9: accessus, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25: coetus, id. Ac. 2, 2, 6: munus, a donation to the people, id. Off. 2, 16, 56: popularia verba usitata, id. ib. 2, 10, 35; cf.: ad usum popularem atque civilem disserere, id. Leg. 3, 6, 14: dictio ad vulgarem popularemque sensum accommodata, id. de Or. 1, 23, 108: oratio philosophorum … nec sententiis nec verbis instructa popularibus, id. Or. 19, 64: popularis oratio, id. ib. 44, 151: populari nomine aliquid appellare, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48: laudes, in the mouths of the people, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6: admiratio, id. Fam. 7, 1, 2: honor, Cic. Dom. 18: ventus, popular favor, id. Clu. 47, 130 init.: aura, Hor. C. 3, 2, 20: civitas, democracy, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200 (opp. regia civitas, monarchy): popularia sacra sunt, ut ait Labeo, quae omnes cives faciunt nec certis familiis attributa sunt, Fest. p.253 Müll.
    1. B. Subst.: pŏpŭlārĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. subsellia), the seats of the people in the theatre, the common seats, Suet. Claud. 25; id. Dom. 4 fin.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. Of or belonging to the same people or country, native, indigenous (as an adj. rare): Sappho puellis de popularibus querentem vidimus, Hor. C. 2, 13, 25: flumina, of the same district, Ov. M. 1, 577: oliva, native, id. ib. 7, 498.
      1. 2. As subst.: pŏpŭlāris, is, comm. (freq. and class.).
          1. (α) Masc., a countryman, fellow-countryman: redire ad suos populares, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. stuprum, p. 317 Müll.: o mi popularis, salve, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 79: o populares, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 1; id. Ad. 2, 1, 1: popularis ac sodalis suus, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118: ego vero Solonis, popularis tui, ut puto, etiam mei, legem neglegam (for Cicero had also lived in Athens), id. Att. 10, 1, 2: popularis alicujus definiti loci (opp. civis totius mundi), id. Leg. 1, 23, 61: non populares modo, Liv. 29, 1: cum turbā popularium, Just. 43, 1, 6: quae res indicabat populares esse.
          2. (β) Fem.: mea popularis opsecro haec est? Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 35; 4, 4, 36; 4, 8, 4 al.; Sall. J. 58, 4: tibi popularis, Ov. M. 12, 191.
        1. b. Transf.
          1. (α) Of animals and plants of the same region: leaena, Ov. lb. 503: (glires) populares ejusdem silvae (opp. alienigenae, amne vel monte discreti), Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 224: populares eorum (prunorum) myxae, id. 15, 13, 12, § 43.
          2. (β) Of persons of the same condition, occupation, tastes, etc., a companion, partner, associate, accomplice, comrade: meus popularis Geta, fellow (i. e. a slave), Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 1: populares conjurationis, Sall. C. 24, 1; 52, 14: sceleris, id. ib. 22, 1: invitis hoc nostris popularibus dicam, the men of our school, i. e. the Stoics, Sen. Vit. Beat. 13.
    2. B. In a political signification, of or belonging to the people, attached or devoted to the people (as opposed to the nobility), popular, democratic: res publica ex tribus generibus illis, regali et optumati et populari confusa modice, Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 41 (ap. Non. 342, 31): homo maxime popularis, Cic. Clu. 28, 77: consul veritate non ostentatione popularis, id. Agr. 1, 7, 23: animus vere popularis, saluti populi consulens, id. Cat. 4, 5, 9: ingenium, Liv. 2, 24: sacerdos, i. e. Clodius, as attached to the popular party, Cic. Sest. 30, 66: vir, Liv. 6, 20: homo, of the common people (opp. rex), Vulg. Sap. 18, 11.
      Hence, subst.: pŏpŭlāres, ĭum, m., the people’s party, the democrats (opp. optimates, the aristocrats): duo genera semper in hac civitate fuerunt . . . quibus ex generibus alteri se populares, alteri optimates et haberi et esse voluerunt. Quia ea quae faciebant, multitudini jucunda esse volebant, populares habebantur, Cic. Sest. 45, 96: qui populares habebantur, id. ib. 49, 105: ex quo evenit, ut alii populares, alii studiosi optimi cujusque videantur, id. Off. 1, 25, 85.
    3. C. Acceptable to the people, agreeable to the multitude, popular: dixi in senatu me popularem consulem futurum. Quid enim est tam populare quam pax? Cic. Agr. 2, 4, 9: potest nihil esse tam populare quam id quod ego consul popularis adfero, pacem, etc., id. ib. 2, 37, 102: quo nihil popularius est, Liv. 7, 33, 3: populare gratumque audientibus, Plin. Paneg. 77, 4.
    4. D. Of or belonging to the citizens (as opposed to the soldiery): quique rem agunt duelli, quique populare auspicium, Cic. Leg.2, 8; cf.Amm. 14, 10; usually as subst.: popŭlāris, is, m., a citizen (post-class.): multa milia et popularium et militum, Capitol. Ant. Phil. 17; Dig. 1, 12, 1 fin.: popularibus militibusque, Juv. 26, 3, 5; Amm. 22, 2.
    5. E. Belonging to or fit for the common people; hence, common, coarse, mean, bad: sal. Cato, R. R. 88: pulli (apium), Col. 9, 11, 4: popularia agere, to play coarse tricks, Laber. ap. Non. 150, 25.
      Hence, adv.: pŏpŭlārĭter.
    1. A. After the manner of the common people, i. e. commonly, coarsely, vulgarly, Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24: loqui, id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: scriptus liber (opp. limatius), id. ib. 5, 5, 12.
    2. B. In a popular manner, popularly, democratically: agere, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: conciones seditiose ac populariter excitatae, id. Clu. 34, 93: occidere quemlibet populariter, to win popularity, Juv. 3, 37.

pŏpŭlārĭtas, ātis, f. [popularis].

  1. * I. (Acc. to popularis, II. A.) A being of the same country, fellow-citizenship: popularitatis causa, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 81.
  2. II. (Acc. to popularis, II. B.) Popularity, but only subjectively, an effort to please the people, a courting of popular favor, popular bearing (post-Aug.): ne quid popularitatis praetermitteret, Suet. Tit. 8; id. Calig. 15; id. Ner. 53: quanto rarior apud Tiberium popularitas, tanto, etc., Tac. A. 3, 69: gratus popularitate, Stat. S. 2, 7, 69.
  3. III. Transf., the population, inhabitants (late Lat.), Tert. Anim. 30; id. adv. Marc. 1, 10.

pŏpŭlārĭter, adv., v. popularis fin.

pŏpŭlātim, adv. [1. populus], from people to people, among all nations, everywhere, universally (ante-class.): poëta placuit populatim omnibus, Pompon. ap. Non. 150, 20; Caecil. ap. ib. 154, 14; Arn. 3, 5.

1. pŏpŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [populor], a laying waste, ravaging, plundering, spoiling, devastation, etc. (not in Cic.).

  1. I. Lit.: populationem effuse facere, Liv. 2, 64.
    In plur.: populationibus incursionibusque, Liv. 3, 3 fin.: hostem rapinis, pabulationibus populationibusque prohibere, Caes. B. G. 1, 15.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Concr., things plundered, plunder, booty: Veientes pleni populationum, Liv. 2, 43.
      2. 2. A ravaging, destroying done by animals: a populatione murium formicarumque frumenta defendere, Col. 2, 20; so, volucrum, id. 3, 21.
  2. II. Trop., destruction, corruption, ruin (post-Aug.): morum, Plin. 9, 34, 53, § 104; of ruin through luxury, Col. 1, 5, 7.

2. pŏpŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. populus], population; concr., a people, a multitude (late Lat.): flebat populatio praesens, Sedul. 4, 275.

pŏpŭlātor, ōris, m. [populor], a devastator, destroyer, ravager, spoiler, plunderer (perh. not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: agrorum, Liv. 3, 68 fin.: Trojae (Atrides), Ov. M. 13, 655.
    Poet., transf.: Tuscae glandis aper, Mart. 7, 27, 1: Calabri arvi Sirius, Val. Fl. 1, 683.
  2. II. Trop., a destroyer, consumer: luxus populator opum, Claud. in Ruf. 1, 35: civitatis, Quint. Decl. 12, 24 fin.; Luc. 4, 92.

pŏpŭlātrix, īcis, f. [populator], she that wastes or destroys (poet.): Siculi populatrix virgo profundi, i. e. Scylla, Stat. S. 3, 2, 86: catervae, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 167.
Poet., transf.: populatrix Hymetti, apis, a rifler, Mart. 13, 104.

pŏpŭlātus, ūs, m. [populor], a laying waste, a devastating, devastation (poet.), Luc. 2, 634: squalent populatibus agri, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 244: coërcere populatibus, Sid. Ep. 3, 3, p. 181, 40.

pōpŭlētum, i, n. [2. populus], a poplar wood, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61.

pōpŭlĕus, a, um, adj. [2. populus], of or belonging to poplars, poplar-: frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Idyll. 5, 160 (Ann. v. 562 Vahl.): frondes, Verg. A. 8, 32; 10, 190; cf. Cato ap. Plin. 16, 21, 38: corona, Hor. C. 1, 7, 23: umbra, Verg. G. 4, 511: silva, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641.

pōpŭlĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [2. populusfero], poplar-bearing (poet.): Padus, whose banks abound with poplars, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 32: Spercheos, id. M. 1, 579.

Pŏpŭlĭfŭgĭa, ōrum, v. Poplifugia.

pŏpŭliscītum, i, n., or better written separately, pŏpŭli scītum, a decree of the people: Athenienses nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant, Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43; id. Opt. Gen. 7, 19: populiscito in patriam restitutus est, Nep. Arist. 1, 5: scitum populi, Liv. 45, 25.

* pŏpŭlĭto, āre, v. freq. a. [populor], to lay waste, to plunder: fructus agrorum, Dig. 49, 1, 21 fin. (al. popularentur).

pōpulnĕus, a, um, adj. [2. populus], of poplars, poplar-: frons, Cato, R. R. 5, 8; Col. 6, 3, 7: scobis, Col. 12, 43, 4; cf. populeus.

* pōpulnus, a, um, adj. [2. populus], of poplars, poplar-: sors, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 32.

pŏpŭlo, āre, v. populor.

1. Pŏpŭlōnĭa, ae, f. [populor] (she who protects against devastation), a surname of Juno, Macr. S. 3, 11; Arn. 3, 118; Mart. Cap. 2, § 149; Sen. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 10 fin.

2. Pŏpŭlōnĭa, ae, f., also Pŏpŭlō-nĭum, ĭi, n., and Pŏpŭlōnĭi, ōrum, m.,

  1. I. a town on the coast of Etruria, now the ruins of Poplonia, near Piombino.
    Form Populonia, Verg. A. 10, 172; Mel. 2, 4, 9: Populonium, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50: Populonii, Liv. 30, 39, 2.
    Hence,
  2. II. Pŏpŭlōnĭen-ses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Populonia, the Populonians, Liv. 28, 45.

pŏpŭlor, ātus, 1. v. dep., and pŏpŭlo, āre, v. a. [1. populus; prop. to spread or pour out in a multitude over a region; hence, transf. to the result], to lay waste, ravage, devastate, desolate; to spoil, plunder, pillage (class.; syn.: vasto, vexo, diripio).

  1. I. Lit.
          1. (α) Form populor: Romanus exercitus insulam integram urit, populatur, vastat, Naev. ap. Non. 90, 29: noctu populabatur agros, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33: Remorum agros, Caes. B. G. 5, 56: arva ferro populatur et igni, Luc. 2, 445; so, omnia igni ferroque populatus, Flor. 2, 17, 16: consules Aequos populantur, Liv. 3, 23 fin.
          2. (β) Form populo (in Cicero only in part. perf. pass.): patriam populavit meam, Pac. ap. Non. 39, 32: agrum populare coeperunt, Quadrig. ib. 471, 20: litora vestra Vi populat, Verg. A. 12, 263: Penates, id. ib. 1, 527.
            In pass.: urbem Romanam deūm irā morbo populari, Liv. 3, 6; 3, 3 fin.: populata vexataque provincia, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 122; cf.: Siculi nunc populati atque vexati, id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2: arva Marte populata nostro, Hor. C. 3, 5, 23: populatis messibus, Plin. 8, 55, 81.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., to destroy, ruin, spoil (mostly poet. and in the active form), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.: populatque ingentem farris acervum Curculio, Verg. G. 1, 185: capillos, Ov. M. 2, 319: feris populandas tradere gentes, id. ib. 1, 249: populata tempora raptis Auribus, mutilated, deprived of, Verg. A. 6, 496: populatum exspuit hamum, robbed of the bait, Ov. Hal. 36.
    In a deponent form: quisque suum populatus iter, Verg. A. 12, 525: iter, Sil. 3, 445: formam populabitur aetas, Ov. Med. Fac. 45: (ventus in Aetnā) Putria multivagis populatur flatibus antra, lays waste, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 176.

pŏpŭlōsĭtas, ātis. f. [populosus], a multitude (post-class.): deorum, Arn. 3, p. 102: luminum Argi, Fulg. Myth. 1, 24; Sid. Ep. 1, 6.

pŏpŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [1. populus], abounding in people, populous, numerous (post-class.): gens populosa, App. Flor. p. 342: familia, id. M. 5, p. 162: Briareus populoso corpore, Sid. Carm. 15, 27.
Comp.: populosior globus, Veg.Mil. 3, 19 fin.
Sup.: insula populosissima, Sol. 52.

1. pŏpŭlus (contr. POPLVS, Inscr. Column. Rostr. in Corp. Inscr. Lat. 195, 17, Plaut. Am. prol. 101; 1, 1, 103; id. Aul. 2, 4, 6; id. Cas. 3, 2, 6 et saep.
Also written POPOLVS, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 197, 15 al.; nom. plur. poploe, Carm. Sal. ap. Fest. p. 205 Müll.; v. pilumnoe) [from root pleof pleo; v. plenus], i, m., a people, the people.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen. (cf.: gens, natio): res publica res populi: populus autem non omnis hominum coetus quoquo modo congregatus, sed coetus multitudinis juris consensu et utilitatis communione sociatus, Cic. Rep. 1, 25, 39: populus Romanus, id. Phil. 6, 5, 12: exspectabat populus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 90 Vahl.): tene magis salvum populus velit an populum tu, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 27: casci populi Latini, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.): hi populi: Atellani, Calatini, etc., Liv. 22, 61 fin.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. The people, opp. to the Senate, in the formula senatus populusque Romanus (abbreviated S. P. Q. R.), saep.; cf.: et patres in populi fore potestate, Liv. 2, 56.
      2. 2. Opp. to the plebs: non enim populi, sed plebis eum (tribunum) magistratum esse, Liv. 2, 56: ut ea res populo plebique Romanae bene eveniret, Cic. Mur. 1, 1.
      3. 3. Rarely for plebs, the populace: dat populus, dat gratus eques, dat tura senatus, Mart. 8, 15, 3: urbanus, the citizens (opp. to the military), Nep. Cim. 2, 1.
  2. II. Transf.
      1. 1. A region, district, regarded as inhabited: frequens cultoribus alius populus, Liv. 21, 34, 1 (cf. Gr. δῆμος).
      2. 2. A multitude, host, crowd, throng, great number of persons or things (poet. and in postAug. prose): ratis populo peritura recepto, i. e. with the great multitude of passengers, Luc. 3, 665: fratrum, Ov. H. 14, 115: in tanto populo sileri parricidium potuit, Just. 10, 1: sororum, Ov. H. 9, 52; App. Mag. p. 304: apum, Col. 9, 13, 12: populus totidem imaginum, Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 129; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5: spicarum, Pall. 7, 2: scelerum, Sid. Ep. 6, 1 fin.: concursus in forum populi, Liv. 22, 7, 6.
      3. 3. The public, i. e. the open street (poet.): omnis habet geminas janua frontis, E quibus haec populum spectat; at illa Larem, Ov. F. 1, 136.

2. pōpŭlus, i, f. [root pamp-, pap-, to swell; Lat. papula, papilla, pampinus], a poplar, poplar-tree, Plin. 16, 23, 35, § 85; 16, 18, 31, § 77; 17, 11, 15, § 78; Ov. H. 5, 27; sacred to Hercules, Verg. E. 7, 61; Ov. H. 9, 64; Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3: alba, the silver-poplar, Hor. C. 2, 3, 9.

pūblĭcus (in inscrr. also POBLICVS and POPLICVS), a, um, adj. [contr. from populicus, from populus], of or belonging to the people, State, or community; that is done for the sake or at the expense of the State; public, common.

  1. I. Lit.: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patriā procul, the business of the State, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.): publica magnificentia (opp. privata luxuria), Cic. Mur. 36, 76: sacrificia publica ac privata, Caes. B. G. 6, 12: injuriae, done to the State, id. ib. 1, 12: litterae testimonium, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 31, § 74: memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa, id. Mil. 27, 73: pecunia, id. Agr. 2, 30, 82: publicum funus, at the public expense, Plin. Ep. 2, 1 init.: defunctum senatus publico funere honoravit, Suet. Vit. 3: causa, an affair of State, Liv. 2, 56; also, a criminal process, Cic. Rosc. Am. 21, 59: in causis judiciisque publicis, id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1: largitiones, Sall. C. 37, 7: res publica, the commonwealth, the State; v. publicus ludus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 42: in publica commoda peccare, id. Ep. 2, 1, 3: incisa notis marmora publicis, id. C. 4, 8, 13.
    1. B. Subst.
      1. 1. pūblĭcūs, i, m.
        1. a. A public officer, public functionary, magistrate: si quis aut privatus aut publicus, etc., Caes. B. G. 6, 12: metuit publicos, the police, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6.
        2. b. A public slave or servant, an attendant upon a college of augurs, etc., Inscr. Orell. 24, 68 sq.; 2470; 2853 al.
      2. 2. publĭcum, i, n.
        1. a. Possessions of the State, public territory, communal property: publicum Campanum, Cic. Agr. 2, 30, 82.
        2. b. The public purse, the public coffers or treasury, public income, revenue, etc.: solitus non modo in publico (in public, openly; v. under II. b.), sed etiam de publico convivari, at public cost, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105: bona alicujus vendere et in publicum redigere, into the public treasury, for public use, Liv. 4, 15 fin.: in publicum emere, id. 39, 44; 26, 27: mille et ducenta talenta praedae in publicum retulit, Nep. Timoth. 1, 2: publicis male redemptis, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 33: conducere publica, to farm the public revenues, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 77: habere publicum, to be a farmer of the public revenues, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 41: frui publico, Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 12; Dig. 39, 4, 1, § 1: publicum quadragesimae in Asiā egit, Suet. Vesp. 1: publicum agitare, Sen. Ep. 119, 5: pessimo publico facere, to the injury of the State, Liv. 2, 1, 1.
          1. (β) Transf.: qui hoc salutationum publicum exercet, who receives pay (like a porter) for admitting to an audience, Sen. Const. 14, 4.
        3. c. The archives of the State, public records: ut scriptum in publico in litteris exstat, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 10.
        4. d. The commonwealth, State, community, city: consulere in publicum, to deliberate for the public weal, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 21.
  2. II. Transf., common, general, public (as adj. rare, and mostly poet.): publica lex hominum, Pers. 5, 98: juvenum Publica cura, Hor. C. 2, 8, 7: usus, id. Ep. 2, 1, 92: favor, the favor of all, Ov. P. 4, 14, 56: lux publica mundi, the sun, id. M. 2, 35: verba, common, usual, id. Am. 3, 7, 12; id. A. A. 1, 144; Sen. Ep. 3, 1; 59, 1: moneta, current, Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.
    Hence,
      1. 2. Substt.
        1. * a. publica, ae, f., a public woman, Sen. Ep. 88, 37.
        2. b. pu-blicum, i, n., a public place, publicity (freq. and class.): NEVE IN POPLICOD NEVE IN PREIVATOD, S. C. de Bacchan.: IN. POPLICO, Tab. Bantin. lin. 3: in publico esse non audet, includit se domi, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92: summa in publico copia, id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102: epistulam in publico proponere, publicly, id. Att. 8, 9, 2: prodire in publicum, to go out in public, id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 80: egredi, Tac. H. 4, 49: carere publico, not to go out in public, to remain at home, Cic. Mil. 7, 18: abstinere publico, Tac. A. 3, 3; Suet. Claud. 36: lectica per publicum vehi, id. Ner. 9: oratio, quam nuper in publicum dedi, published, Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 2.
    1. B. General, in a bad sense, i. e. common, ordinary, bad (very rare): structura carminis, Ov. P. 4, 13, 4: vatem, cui non sit publica vena, Juv. 7, 53: sermo non publici saporis, Petr. 3.
      Hence, adv.: pu-blĭcē (poplice).
    1. A. On account, at the cost, in behalf, or in charge of the State: haud scio mali quid ortum ex hoc sit publice, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 89: AES. ARGENTVM. AVRVMVE. PVPLICE. SIGNANTO, to provide with the public stamp, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: VT BONA EIVS POPLICE POSSIDEANTVR FACITO, for the State, in charge of the State, Tab. Bantin. lin. 9: sunt illustriora, quae publice fiunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: disciplina puerilis publice exposita, on the part of the State, by the State, id. ib. 4, 3, 3: publice interfici, by order of the State, id. Brut. 62, 224: legationis princeps publice dixit, in the name of the State, id. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105: publice maximam putant esse laudem, quam latissime a suis finibus vacare agros, in a national point of view, Caes. B. G. 4, 3: frumentum, quod Aedui essent publice polliciti, for the State, in the name of the State, id. ib. 1, 16: gratiam atque amicitiam publice privatimque petere, on behalf of the public, and as individuals, id. ib. 5, 55 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 16: ea privatim et publice rapere, Sall. C. 11, 6: potius publice quam privatim amicitiam populi Ron ani colere, id. J. 8, 2; id. C. 49, 3: Minucius eandem publice curationem agens, quam Maelius privatim agendam susceperat, Liv. 4, 13: neque publice neque privatim, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 16: ut filiae ejus publice alerentur, at the public expense, Nep. Arist. 3, 3: in urbe, celeberrimo loco elatus publice, id. Dion, 10, 3; cf. Liv. 5, 55; Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11.
    2. B. Generally, all together, universally: exulatum publice ire, Liv. 5, 53 fin.; Dig. 39, 2, 24: Labeo consulentibus de jure publice responsitavit, all without exception, Gell. 13, 10, 1.
    3. C. Before the people, openly, publicly, = palam (only post-class.): publice disserere, Gell. 17, 21, 1: virtutem Claudii publice praedicare, Treb. Pol. Claud. 17: rumor publice crebuerat, App. M. 10, p. 247, 16; id. Mag. p. 276, 35; id. M. 2, p. 118, 10.