Publius

Latin

Alternative forms
  • P. (praenominal abbreviation)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.bli.us/, [ˈpuː.bli.ʊs]

Proper noun

Pūblius m (genitive Pūbliī); second declension

  1. A masculine praenomen.
  2. Publius Valerius Publicola (6th century BCE)
  3. 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

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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