STREET Copy link • STREETvia (having houses on each side): platea (a broad or open place in a town; opposed to more dense or crowded parts, lanes, etc.): vicus (a main street with several by-streets, forming a whole quarter or ward of a town). In the street = publicly, in publico (opposed to in privato): to walk in the street, in via ire: to cross the street, per viam ire: to go out into the street, in publicum prodire.